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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1933-02-27 · Played 1958–1963 · Career WAR 2.2 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=taylosa02, LAHMAN=taylosa02, MLBAM=123155, RETROSHEET=tayls102

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1958	CHN	NL	96	301	30	78	12	2	6	36	2	1	27	46	.259	.319	.372	.691	0.4
1959	CHN	NL	110	353	41	95	13	2	13	43	1	0	35	47	.269	.336	.428	.764	1.5
1960	CHN	NL	74	150	14	31	9	0	3	17	0	1	6	18	.207	.241	.327	.568	-0.1
1961	CHN	NL	89	235	26	56	8	2	8	23	0	0	23	39	.238	.316	.391	.707	0.2
1962	CHN	NL	7	15	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.133	.278	.200	.478	0.2
1962	NYN	NL	68	158	12	35	4	2	3	20	0	0	23	17	.222	.323	.329	.652
1963	NYN	NL	22	35	3	9	0	1	0	6	0	0	5	7	.257	.341	.314	.655	0.0
1963	CIN	NL	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
1963	CLE	AL	4	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.300	.600
Total			473	1263	127	309	47	9	33	147	3	2	122	181	.245	.311	.375	.686	2.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1958	CHN	NL	C	87	81	700.2	460	23	6	4
1959	CHN	NL	C	109	96	889.2	497	37	10	1
1960	CHN	NL	C	43	31	272.1	152	24	4	2
1961	CHN	NL	C	75	61	541.2	319	25	4	5
1962	CHN	NL	C	6	4	38.0	23	1	0	0
1962	NYN	NL	C	50	42	362.1	202	25	2	3
1963	NYN	NL	C	13	4	64.0	55	3	0	1
1963	CIN	NL	C	2	1	12.0	5	0	1	0
1963	CLE	AL	C	2	1	15.0	8	2	0	1
Total				387	321	2895.2	1721	140	27	17

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