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Sammy Taylor

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: February 27, 1933 in Woodruff, SC us

Died: October 8, 2019 in Woodruff, SC

Buried: Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

High School: Woodruff HS (Woodruff, SC)

Debut: April 20, 1958 (Age 25-052d, 11,531st in major league history)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 6, 1963 (Age 30-160d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Samuel Douglas Taylor

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

1263

309

.245

127

RBI

147

OBP

.313

SLG

.375

OPS

.688

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 27	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	13 (1)	Apr 30	CHC		MLN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	14	May 1	CHC		MLN	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
4	15	May 2	CHC		MLN	W,8-7	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	16	May 3	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	17	May 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	20 (2)	May 7	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	21	May 8	CHC		CIN	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
9	22	May 9	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	24 (1)	May 11 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	41	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	C
11	25	May 11 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	26	May 12	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
13	27	May 13	CHC		STL	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	28	May 14	CHC		LAD	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	29	May 15	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	CG	51	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
16	30	May 16	CHC		SFG	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
17	31	May 17	CHC		SFG	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	33 (1)	May 18 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
19	34	May 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-12	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	35	May 21	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	36	May 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
22	39 (2)	May 25 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	40	May 25 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	41	May 26	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	42	May 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
26	43	May 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
27	45 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHC		LAD	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	46	May 31	CHC		LAD	L,4-9	GS	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	47	Jun 1	CHC		LAD	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
30	49 (1)	Jun 4	CHC		PHI	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	50	Jun 5	CHC		PHI	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
32	51	Jun 6	CHC		PIT	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
33	52	Jun 7	CHC		PIT	L,6-8	GF	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
34	53	Jun 8	CHC		PIT	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	55 (1)	Jun 11	CHC		MLN	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
36	56	Jun 12	CHC		MLN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
37	57	Jun 14	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	GS	28	6.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
38	59 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	60	Jun 17	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	62 (1)	Jun 20	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-3	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	65 (2)	Jun 22 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
42	66	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	67	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	44	9.2	10	0	0	10	0	C
44	68	Jun 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	69	Jun 28	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	70	Jun 29 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	72 (1)	Jul 1	CHC		SFG	W,9-5	GF	20	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
48	73	Jul 2	CHC		SFG	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	74	Jul 3	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	75	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	79 (3)	Jul 10	CHC		PIT	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	80	Jul 11	CHC		PIT	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
53	81	Jul 12	CHC		PHI	L,2-12	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	82	Jul 13 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	84 (1)	Jul 14	CHC		PHI	W,11-10	CG	52	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
56	86 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	88 (1)	Jul 18	CHC		MLN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	89	Jul 19	CHC		MLN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
59	93 (3)	Jul 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	94	Jul 25 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	96 (1)	Jul 26	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	97	Jul 27	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
63	98	Jul 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS	24	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	99	Jul 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	100	Jul 31	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	101	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	115 (13)	Aug 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
68	119 (3)	Aug 19	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
69	120	Aug 20 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	121	Aug 20 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	19	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	122	Aug 21	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	123	Aug 22	CHC		PIT	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	124	Aug 23	CHC		PIT	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	125	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,8-13	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
75	126	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	127	Aug 26	CHC		PHI	L,3-10	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	129 (1)	Aug 29	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
78	130	Aug 30	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
79	131	Aug 31	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	132	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	135 (2)	Sep 4	CHC		STL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	143 (7)	Sep 14 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
83	144	Sep 14 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
84	147 (2)	Sep 19	CHC		LAD	L,1-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
85	148	Sep 20	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
86	150 (1)	Sep 23	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	152 (1)	Sep 26 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-6	GS	32	7.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
							87gm		700.2	460	23	6	489	4