Taylor Phillips
[edit] Biography
Born on June 18, 1933 in Atlanta, Georgia, Taylor Phillips (William Taylor Phillips) played for the Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 6 year career. Phillips broke into the bigs on June 8, 1956 with the Milwaukee Braves, and put up a 2.26 ERA in 87.2 innings pitched in 1956, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Taylor Phillips's best season was 1956, when he posted a 2.26 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| 23
| 6
| 5
| 3
| 2.26
| 36
| 25
| 22
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 87.2
| 69
| 6
| 33
| 8
| 0
| 7
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| 27
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 5.55
| 36
| 46
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 73
| 82
| 3
| 40
| 3
| 3
| 1
|
| 1958
| CHI
| N
| 39
| 27
| 7
| 10
| 4.76
| 102
| 102
| 90
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 170.1
| 178
| 22
| 79
| 5
| 8
| 6
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| 32
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 5.00
| 35
| 35
| 35
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 63
| 72
| 4
| 31
| 1
| 4
| 4
|
| 1959
| CHI
| N
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 7.56
| 5
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.2
| 22
| 3
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| 1959
| TOT
| N
| 39
| 5
| 1
| 6
| 5.54
| 40
| 49
| 49
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 79.2
| 94
| 7
| 42
| 3
| 4
| 6
|
| 1960
| PHI
| N
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8.36
| 6
| 13
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 21
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1963
| CHI
| A
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.29
| 13
| 16
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 16
| 2
| 13
| 5
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 138
| 45
| 16
| 22
| 4.64
| 220
| 235
| 219
| 9
| 1
| 6
| 424.2
| 444
| 40
| 198
| 19
| 16
| 21
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.29
| 13
| 16
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 16
| 2
| 13
| 5
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 147
| 45
| 16
| 22
| 4.82
| 233
| 251
| 235
| 9
| 1
| 6
| 438.2
| 460
| 42
| 211
| 24
| 18
| 22
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| P
| 27
| 6
| 73
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| CHI
| N
| P
| 39
| 27
| 170.1
| 7
| 35
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 2
| 1
| .894
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| P
| 32
| 3
| 63
| 5
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| .895
|
| 1959
| CHI
| N
| P
| 7
| 2
| 16.2
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| TOT
| N
| P
| 39
| 5
| 79.2
| 6
| 16
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| .917
|
| 1960
| PHI
| N
| P
| 10
| 1
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1963
| CHI
| A
| P
| 9
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 147
| 39
| 351
| 28
| 92
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 17
| 8
| 1
| .945
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| 23
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .087
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| 27
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .100
| .100
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1958
| CHI
| N
| 39
| 54
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .056
| .105
| .056
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 24
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| 32
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .091
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| CHI
| N
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| TOT
| N
| 39
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .067
| .067
| .067
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| PHI
| N
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| CHI
| A
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 138
| 111
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .054
| .095
| .054
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 54
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 147
| 113
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .053
| .093
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 55
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Milwaukee Braves (1953).
- Traded by Milwaukee Braves with Sammy Taylor to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Eddie Haas, Don Kaiser and Bob Rush (December 5, 1957).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Seth Morehead (May 12, 1959).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Bob Sadowski to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Andy Carey and Frank Barnes (December 15, 1961); Andy Carey refused to report to Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Phillies sent Lou Vassie and Chicago White Sox sent Cal McLish (March 24, 1962) to complete trade.
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