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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-53 / in Starts: 15-31
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	45 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 204 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	145 (73-49-23)
Avg. MLBer w/ 204 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	126 (66-39-21)

Most Driven In
C Neal	3
Self	3
F Thomas	3
M Throneberry	3
C Cook	2
E White	1
G Bell	1
G Hodges	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
J Hickman	2
R Ashburn	2
E ChacÃ³n	1
F Mantilla	1
J Christopher	1
R Craig	1
M Throneberry	1

1962 Batting Game Log

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1962 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	370	2 (1)	Apr 11	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-2	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			8	1.30	0.039	2.59	0.05%	0.13	PH
2	371	4 (1)	Apr 13	CHC		STL	L,5-8	GS-11	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	8	1.32	-0.084	1.99	-0.08%	-1.44	C
3	372	7 (2)	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	L,6-10	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	7	.86	-0.061	.90	-0.04%	-0.57	C
4	373	8	Apr 18	CHC		HOU	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	8						C
5	374	9	Apr 19	CHC		HOU	L,0-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	8						C
6	375	11 (1)	Apr 22 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,11-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.286	.091	.377	8	.20	-0.024	.14	-0.01%	-0.62	C
7	376	12	Apr 22 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.278	.200	.478	8	.40	-0.029	.31	-0.01%	0.19	C
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to New York Mets
8	377	14	Apr 28	NYM		PHI	W,8-6	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.316	.200	.516	9	2.10	0.062	.82	0.02%	0.39	PH
9	378	15	Apr 29 (1)	NYM		PHI	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.304	.211	.515	8	.30	0.035	.13	0.01%	-0.49	C
10	379	16	Apr 29 (2)	NYM		PHI	L,2-10	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.292	.200	.492	8	.20	-0.005	.11	0.00%	-0.44	PH C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	380	17	May 1	NYM		CIN	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.250	.167	.417	6	.68	-0.074	.30	-0.02%	-1.14	C
12	381	18	May 4	NYM	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.250	.148	.398	7	1.96	-0.132	.65	-0.03%	-0.84	C
13	382	19	May 5	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.286	.172	.458	5	1.70	0.202	.61	0.04%	1.11	C
14	383	20	May 6	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-5	7-GF(12)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.289	.161	.451	8	3.44	0.003	.74	0.00%	0.06	C
15	384	21	May 8	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.310	.200	.510	8	.94	0.005	.28	0.00%	-0.10	C
16	385	22	May 11	NYM		MLN	L,5-8	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.211	.326	.237	.563	8	1.25	-0.051	.46	-0.01%	0.64	C
17	386	26 (3)	May 15	NYM		CHC	W,6-5	GS-13	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.288	.205	.493	8	1.70	-0.267	.54	-0.05%	-1.40	C
18	387	29 (2)	May 19	NYM	@	MLN	W,6-5	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.188	.286	.208	.494	8	1.53	0.233	.61	0.06%	1.98	C
19	388	31 (1)	May 20 (2)	NYM	@	MLN	W,9-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.267	.192	.459	8	.86	-0.087	.41	-0.03%	-0.97	C
20	389	32	May 21	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.281	.218	.499	8	1.48	0.049	.84	0.02%	-0.27	C
21	390	33	May 22	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.294	.237	.531	8	1.91	-0.041	.88	-0.01%	-0.16	C
22	391	34	May 23	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.282	.226	.507	7	1.13	-0.085	.46	-0.02%	-0.55	C
23	392	36 (1)	May 25	NYM	@	LAD	L,8-17	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.278	.222	.500	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.42	PH
24	393	37	May 26	NYM	@	SFG	L,6-7	4-GF(10)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.284	.246	.530	8	1.49	-0.012	.43	0.00%	0.39	C
25	394	38	May 27 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.273	.235	.508	8	1.49	-0.098	.22	-0.01%	-0.82	C
26	395	40 (1)	May 30 (1)	NYM		LAD	L,6-13	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.269	.232	.501	8	.67	-0.017	.09	0.00%	-0.16	C
27	396	41	May 30 (2)	NYM		LAD	L,5-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.278	.243	.521	1	1.83	0.052	.11	0.00%	0.13	PH
28	397	42	May 31	NYM		LAD	L,3-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.280	.247	.527	8	.64	0.006	.03	0.00%	-0.08	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	398	43	Jun 1	NYM		SFG	L,6-9	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.289	.247	.536	9	.93	0.047	.01	0.00%	0.39	PH
30	399	45 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	NYM		SFG	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.276	.234	.510	7	1.29	-0.130	.01	0.00%	-0.94	C
31	400	47 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-2	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.205	.289	.231	.520	8	1.84	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
32	401	49 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.287	.232	.519	7	1.47	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
33	402	50	Jun 8 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-3	8-GF(8)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.284	.229	.513	8	3.21	-0.060	.01	0.00%	-0.06	PH C
34	403	51	Jun 9	NYM	@	CHC	W,11-6	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.290	.230	.520	7	1.48	0.238	.00	0.00%	2.00	C
35	404	52	Jun 10 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	W,2-1	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.287	.227	.514	1	2.05	-0.052	.01	0.00%	-0.79	PH
36	405	53	Jun 10 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.286	.228	.514	7	.60	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.55	C
37	406	54	Jun 11	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.208	.284	.250	.534	7	1.23	0.089	.00	0.00%	0.23	C
38	407	55	Jun 12	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.277	.242	.519	7	1.13	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.71	C
39	408	56	Jun 14	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-10	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.284	.238	.522	7	.42	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.27	C
40	409	57	Jun 15	NYM		CHC	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.275	.229	.504	6	1.09	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-1.02	C
41	410	58	Jun 16	NYM		CHC	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.274	.229	.504	6	.95	0.107	.00	0.00%	1.17	C
42	411	59	Jun 17 (1)	NYM		CHC	L,7-8	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.281	.225	.506	7	1.19	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.30	C
43	412	61 (1)	Jun 18	NYM		MLN	L,1-7	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.288	.235	.523	8	.34	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.25	C
44	413	65 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.289	.237	.526	6	.61	0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.02	C
45	414	67 (1)	Jun 23	NYM		HOU	W,13-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.293	.252	.545	6	.22	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.58	C
46	415	68	Jun 25	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-13	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.299	.278	.576	6	.73	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.66	C
47	416	69	Jun 26	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.297	.276	.572	8	.41	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
48	417	70	Jun 27	NYM	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.311	.281	.592	7	1.01	0.111	.00	0.00%	0.93	C
49	418	71	Jun 28	NYM	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.311	.277	.588	8	1.38	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.19	C
50	419	72	Jun 29	NYM	@	LAD	W,10-4	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.314	.271	.585	6	.54	0.076	.00	0.00%	0.66	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
51	420	74 (1)	Jul 1	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.319	.307	.625	5	.60	0.124	.00	0.00%	1.04	C
52	421	75	Jul 2	NYM	@	SFG	W,8-5	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.221	.321	.300	.621	4	.52	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.04	C
53	422	76	Jul 3	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.314	.292	.605	4	.46	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-1.22	C
54	423	77	Jul 4 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-11	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.320	.301	.621	6	.81	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.39	C
55	424	80 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	NYM		STL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.318	.320	.638	4	.88	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.37	C
56	425	81	Jul 7 (2)	NYM		STL	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.317	.338	.654	5	1.60	-0.037	.00	0.00%	0.31	C
57	426	82	Jul 8	NYM		STL	L,1-15	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.317	.333	.650	5	.66	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.54	C
58	427	83	Jul 12	NYM		LAD	L,0-3	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.321	.333	.654	7	.32	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH
59	428	84	Jul 13	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	GS-6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.321	.329	.650	4	1.42	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.48	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	429	135 (50)	Aug 30	NYM	@	PHI	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.319	.327	.646	8	2.22	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.03	PH
61	430	136	Aug 31	NYM	@	STL	L,2-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.323	.327	.650	9	2.19	0.079	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
62	431	137	Sep 1	NYM	@	STL	L,5-10	5-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.321	.325	.646	6	.33	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.47	C
63	432	138	Sep 2	NYM	@	STL	W,4-3	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.321	.325	.646	4						C
64	433	139	Sep 3 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.319	.323	.642	2	.98	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
65	434	140	Sep 3 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.319	.323	.642	5						C
66	435	142 (1)	Sep 7	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.318	.321	.639	8	3.29	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.46	PH
67	436	145 (2)	Sep 9	NYM	@	HOU	T,7-7	5-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.321	.321	.642	9	1.63	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.11	PH
68	437	147 (1)	Sep 14	NYM		CIN	W,10-9	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.325	.325	.650	9	1.86	0.070	.00	0.00%	0.26	PH
69	438	148	Sep 15	NYM		CIN	L,6-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.323	.323	.646	9	.93	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
70	439	151 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	NYM		HOU	L,6-8	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.321	.321	.643	9	1.22	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PH
71	440	152	Sep 20 (1)	NYM		HOU	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.325	.325	.650	8	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH
72	441	153	Sep 20 (2)	NYM		HOU	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.323	.324	.647	5	.46	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.32	C
73	442	155 (1)	Sep 22	NYM		CHC	L,2-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.322	.322	.643	9	.15	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
74	443	159 (3)	Sep 28	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.320	.320	.640	9	1.16	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
75	444	161 (1)	Sep 30	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-5	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.319	.318	.637	9	.91	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
							21-53		204	173	12	37	5	2	3	21	26	2	20	2	0	3	2	5	0	0	.214	.319	.318	.637		1.06	-0.456	.23	-0.13%	-5.97

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