John W. Taylor
[edit] Biography
Born on January 14, 1874 in New Straightsville, Ohio, Jack Taylor (John W. Taylor) played for the Chicago Orphans, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 10 year career. Taylor broke into the bigs on September 25, 1898 with the Chicago Orphans, and put up a 3.76 ERA in 354.2 innings pitched in 1899, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jack Taylor's best season was 1902, when he posted a 1.33 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 83 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1898
| CHI
| N
| 5
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 2.20
| 11
| 12
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 41
| 32
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1899
| CHI
| N
| 41
| 39
| 18
| 21
| 3.76
| 67
| 223
| 148
| 39
| 1
| 0
| 354.2
| 380
| 6
| 84
| 0
| 3
| 22
|
| 1900
| CHI
| N
| 28
| 26
| 10
| 17
| 2.55
| 57
| 130
| 63
| 25
| 2
| 1
| 222.1
| 226
| 4
| 58
| 0
| 4
| 8
|
| 1901
| CHI
| N
| 33
| 31
| 13
| 19
| 3.36
| 68
| 165
| 103
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 275.2
| 341
| 5
| 44
| 0
| 3
| 8
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| 36
| 33
| 23
| 11
| 1.33
| 83
| 86
| 48
| 33
| 7
| 1
| 324.2
| 271
| 2
| 43
| 0
| 9
| 10
|
| 1903
| CHI
| N
| 37
| 33
| 21
| 14
| 2.45
| 83
| 137
| 85
| 33
| 1
| 1
| 312.1
| 277
| 2
| 57
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1904
| STL
| N
| 41
| 39
| 20
| 19
| 2.22
| 103
| 133
| 87
| 39
| 2
| 1
| 352
| 297
| 5
| 82
| 0
| 6
| 13
|
| 1905
| STL
| N
| 37
| 34
| 15
| 21
| 3.44
| 102
| 155
| 118
| 34
| 3
| 1
| 309
| 302
| 10
| 85
| 0
| 9
| 11
|
| 1906
| STL
| N
| 17
| 17
| 8
| 9
| 2.15
| 27
| 50
| 37
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 155
| 133
| 3
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| 1906
| CHI
| N
| 17
| 16
| 12
| 3
| 1.83
| 34
| 42
| 30
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 147.1
| 116
| 1
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1906
| TOT
| N
| 34
| 33
| 20
| 12
| 1.99
| 61
| 92
| 67
| 32
| 3
| 0
| 302.1
| 249
| 4
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 13
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| 18
| 13
| 7
| 5
| 3.29
| 22
| 62
| 45
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 123
| 127
| 3
| 33
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 310
| 286
| 152
| 139
| 2.66
| 657
| 1195
| 774
| 278
| 19
| 5
| 2617
| 2502
| 41
| 582
| 0
| 40
| 92
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1898
| CHI
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| CHI
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 88
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1900
| CHI
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 42
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .881
|
| 1901
| CHI
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 78
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 25
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .902
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 106
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1903
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1903
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1903
| CHI
| N
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 91
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1904
| STL
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 109
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1905
| STL
| N
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 80
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1905
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1906
| STL
| N
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 51
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1906
| CHI
| N
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 44
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1906
| TOT
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 95
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 40
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 310
| 0
| 0
| 127
| 738
| 42
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 27
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .896
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1898
| CHI
| N
| 5
| 15
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .200
| .333
| .333
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| CHI
| N
| 42
| 139
| 25
| 37
| 0
| 17
| .266
| .346
| .360
| 9
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| CHI
| N
| 28
| 81
| 7
| 19
| 1
| 6
| .235
| .262
| .333
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 106
| 12
| 23
| 0
| 2
| .217
| .245
| .274
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| 55
| 186
| 18
| 44
| 0
| 17
| .237
| .272
| .280
| 6
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 126
| 13
| 28
| 0
| 17
| .222
| .263
| .310
| 3
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| STL
| N
| 42
| 133
| 9
| 28
| 1
| 8
| .211
| .239
| .301
| 3
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| STL
| N
| 39
| 121
| 11
| 23
| 0
| 12
| .190
| .246
| .264
| 5
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| STL
| N
| 17
| 53
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 2
| .208
| .333
| .208
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| CHI
| N
| 17
| 53
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .208
| .263
| .264
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| TOT
| N
| 34
| 106
| 9
| 22
| 0
| 5
| .208
| .300
| .236
| 3
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| 18
| 47
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .191
| .191
| .234
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 338
| 1060
| 110
| 236
| 2
| 87
| .223
| .271
| .292
| 42
| 13
| 66
| 0
| 5
| 23
| 18
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Milwaukee (Western) to Chicago Orphans (August, 1898).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Larry McLean to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Mordecai Brown and Jack O'Neill (December 12, 1903).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Fred Beebe, Pete Noonan and cash (July 1, 1906).
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