John Besson Taylor

Full Name: John Besson Taylor	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: September 16, 1891
Birthdate: May 23, 1873	Final Game: September 12, 1899
Birthplace: Sandy Hill, Maryland	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: February 7, 1900
Deathplace: Staten Island, New York
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on May 23, 1873 in Sandy Hill, Maryland, Jack Taylor (John Besson Taylor) played for the New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Perfectos and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 9 year career. Taylor broke into the bigs on September 16, 1891 with the New York Giants, and put up a 4.24 ERA in 170 innings pitched in 1893, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jack Taylor's best season was 1895, when he posted a 4.49 ERA, won 26 games and struck out 93 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1891	NY	N	1	1	0	1	1.12	3	2	1	1	0	0	8	4	1	3	0	0
1892	PHI	N	3	3	1	0	1.38	7	19	4	2	0	0	26	28	2	10	0	0
1893	PHI	N	25	16	10	9	4.24	41	113	80	14	0	1	170	189	8	77	2	0
1894	PHI	N	41	34	23	13	4.08	76	201	135	31	1	1	298	347	13	96	5	0
1895	PHI	N	41	37	26	14	4.49	93	233	167	33	1	1	335	403	7	83	4	0
1896	PHI	N	45	41	20	21	4.79	97	282	191	35	1	1	359	459	17	112	3	0
1897	PHI	N	40	37	16	20	4.23	88	204	149	35	2	2	317.1	376	5	76	16	28
1898	STL	N	50	47	15	29	3.90	89	259	172	42	0	1	397.1	465	14	83	7	25
1899	CIN	N	24	18	9	10	4.12	34	103	77	15	2	2	168.1	197	7	41	1	10
Total			270	234	120	117	4.23	528	1416	976	208	7	9	2079	2468	74	581	38	63

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1891	NY	N	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1892	PHI	N	P	3	0	3	5	0	.375
1893	PHI	N	P	25	13	42	2	4	.965
1893	PHI	N	OF	3	3	0	1	0	.750
1894	PHI	N	P	41	13	68	12	3	.871
1895	PHI	N	P	41	19	89	5	3	.956
1895	PHI	N	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000
1896	PHI	N	OF	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1896	PHI	N	P	45	19	107	11	3	.920
1897	PHI	N	OF	1	3	0	1	0	.750
1897	PHI	N	P	40	12	89	16	2	.863
1898	STL	N	P	50	18	144	22	2	.880
1898	STL	N	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1899	CIN	N	P	24	6	37	4	2	.915
Total			OF	9	7	0	3	0	.700
Total			P	270	101	579	77	19	.898

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1891	NY	N	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1892	PHI	N	3	12	1	2	0	0	.167	.231	.167	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1893	PHI	N	31	93	11	20	0	18	.215	.232	.290	5	1	1	8	1	0	1
1894	PHI	N	41	144	20	48	0	22	.333	.364	.438	11	2	6	13	1	0	4
1895	PHI	N	42	155	26	45	3	35	.290	.329	.445	11	2	7	18	2	1	3
1896	PHI	N	47	157	10	29	0	18	.185	.229	.223	6	0	9	18	0	8	0
1897	PHI	N	43	139	12	35	1	17	.252	.288	.331	6	1	7	0	0	2	0
1898	STL	N	54	157	17	38	1	18	.242	.296	.318	5	2	12	0	0	5	1
1899	CIN	N	24	68	3	17	0	7	.250	.250	.279	2	0	0	0	0	3	0
Total			286	927	100	234	5	135	.252	.289	.335	46	8	44	58	4	19	9

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Lave Cross, Tommy Dowd, Jack Clements and $1000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Monte Cross, Klondike Douglass and Red Donahue (November 10, 1897).
Traded by St. Louis Perfectos to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Bill Hill and $3500 (October 11, 1898).

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