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Sammy
Taylor		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 27, 1933 in Usa, SC, WOODRUFF
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1964   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 25 STL NL     5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1959 26 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7
1960 27 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7
1961 28 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1962 29 STL NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1963 30 STL NL $ 831,429   8 8 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 7
1964 31 STL NL $ 1,192,857   8 8 8 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7
1965 32 STL NL $ 1,710,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 7
1966 33 MON NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 7
1967 34 MIN AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8
1968 35 MIN AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 7
1969 36 MIN AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
1970 37 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 25 AA   134 461 71 128 20 2 31 88 6 6 58 48 .278 .358 .531 .890 85.5  
1959 26 STL NL 79 223 6 54 9 1 3 16 0 0 15 40 .242 .290 .332 .622 22.4 2.1
    AAA   21 79 12 22 2 0 6 26 0 2 4 7 .278 .313 .532 .845 12.3  
1960 27 STL NL 133 468 49 106 19 0 9 53 0 0 38 90 .226 .283 .325 .608 43.9 4.5
1961 28 STL NL 122 391 53 106 11 4 13 47 0 0 28 90 .271 .325 .419 .744 49.3 8.2
1962 29 STL NL 85 130 11 37 11 0 2 21 0 0 9 17 .285 .331 .415 .746 16.3 4.1
1963 30 STL NL 113 163 23 48 9 1 4 29 0 0 14 23 .294 .354 .436 .789 24.7 5.9
1964 31 STL NL 122 264 39 70 9 1 5 33 0 2 29 39 .265 .337 .364 .700 30.8 5.2
1965 32 STL NL 123 304 43 78 12 3 3 35 2 4 27 47 .257 .318 .345 .664 30.7 4.1
1966 33 STL NL 35 63 4 14 2 1 1 9 0 0 6 6 .222 .286 .333 .619 6.5 0.6
  MON NL 90 300 35 88 15 1 7 54 1 1 35 36 .293 .363 .420 .783 46.3 10.8
  TOT   125 363 39 102 17 2 8 63 1 1 41 42 .281 .350 .405 .755 52.8 11.5
1967 34 MIN AL 139 470 70 146 32 3 8 64 2 2 61 72 .311 .390 .443 .833 80.3 16.7
1968 35 MIN AL 124 413 52 114 22 2 5 50 1 1 48 63 .276 .355 .375 .730 53.0 11.1
1969 36 MIN AL 128 427 32 97 15 0 5 36 1 2 28 72 .227 .274 .297 .572 31.2 0.9
1970 37 DET AL 71 173 10 42 5 1 2 19 0 1 13 31 .243 .296 .318 .614 15.4 1.7
    AAA   26 96 12 28 3 1 1 10 2 0 11 14 .292 .364 .375 .739 13.7  
12 Years Sim 1364 3789 427 1000 171 18 67 466 7 13 351 626 .264 .327 .372 .699 450.8 75.9
2 Years AAA 47 175 24 50 5 1 7 36 2 2 15 21 .286 .342 .446 .788 26.0  
1 Years AA 134 461 71 128 20 2 31 88 6 6 58 48 .278 .359 .531 .890 85.5  
3 Years Minors 181 636 95 178 25 3 38 124 8 8 73 69 .280 .354 .508 .862 111.6  
162 Game Average 450 50 118 20 2 7 55 0 1 41 74 .264 .327 .372 .699 53.5  
Career Highs 139 470 70 146 32 4 13 64 2 4 61 90 .311 .390 .443 .833 80.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2591 311 718 119 11 50 342 5 11 248 372 .277 .340 .389 .730 340.0
vs LH   1198 116 282 52 7 17 124 2 2 103 254 .235 .298 .333 .631 119.0
Home 669 1800 209 470 80 9 37 218 2 8 172 298 .261 .326 .377 .703 220.8
Away 695 1989 218 530 91 9 30 248 5 5 179 328 .266 .328 .367 .694 238.2
RISP   965 0 254 48 6 20 376 0 0 112 154 .263 .336 .388 .723 129.4
Pinch Hitting   412 40 120 17 3 7 65 0 1 35 57 .291 .345 .398 .743 55.5
Close/Late   605 58 163 23 3 15 86 0 0 63 99 .269 .338 .392 .730 81.3
Mar/Apr 196 514 70 138 19 2 12 68 0 2 58 76 .268 .343 .383 .726 68.5
May 229 616 62 155 26 3 9 60 1 2 52 103 .252 .309 .347 .656 66.3
June 232 656 63 172 25 3 10 84 3 2 52 117 .262 .317 .355 .672 73.6
July 223 668 81 186 32 5 14 89 0 4 51 109 .278 .331 .404 .735 85.7
August 250 671 77 178 35 3 10 73 2 3 73 114 .265 .340 .371 .711 84.6
Sep/Oct 233 664 74 171 34 2 12 92 1 0 65 107 .258 .323 .369 .692 80.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1959 26 STL NL C 65 56 508.3 384 18 2 0 .995 7.12 27 8 .296 4 2.0
1960 27 STL NL C 131 128 1150.7 822 40 5 0 .994 6.74 31 10 .323 5 4.1
1961 28 STL NL C 110 93 846.7 665 32 4 0 .994 7.41 25 10 .400 1 5.0
    LF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 29 STL NL C 28 18 171.0 120 9 0 0 1.000 6.79 1 1 1.000 2 1.2
    LF 4 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1963 30 STL NL C 19 16 158.7 115 5 1 0 .992 6.81 10 2 .200 1 0.9
    LF 11 4 58.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1964 31 STL NL C 38 38 328.0 210 12 5 0 .978 6.09 13 4 .308 2 1.5
    LF 16 14 126.3 32 0 1 0 .970 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1965 32 STL NL C 53 51 447.7 303 23 2 2 .994 6.55 39 15 .385 2 2.7
    LF 32 10 138.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1966 33 STL NL C 25 25 136.8 111 7 1 0 .992 7.76 9 3 .333 1 0.5
    LF 2 1 4.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MON NL C 66 64 662.5 535 31 7 1 .988 7.69 44 15 .341 2 0.9
    LF 4 1 19.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 91 89 799.3 646 38 8 1 .988 7.70 53 18 .340 3 1.4
      LF 6 2 24.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1967 34 MIN AL C 134 121 1096.7 712 56 4 0 .995 6.30 91 32 .352 7 4.9
    LF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 35 MIN AL C 121 108 984.0 721 47 5 0 .994 7.02 72 21 .292 3 5.2
1969 36 MIN AL C 120 110 999.7 803 48 5 0 .994 7.66 111 29 .261 5 3.5
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 37 DET AL C 27 17 167.3 116 12 2 1 .985 6.88 22 8 .364 0 1.1
    LF 10 9 79.0 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 937 845 7657.9 5617 340 43 4 .993 7.00 495 158 .319 35 33.5
  LF 84 40 449.7 97 1 1 0 .990 1.96 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  RF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1023 885 8109.6 5716 341 44 4 .993 6.72 495 158 .319 35 34.7
Career Highs   136 128 1150.7 822 56 8 2 1.000 7.65 111 32 1.000 7  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 29 STL NL 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250
1963 30 STL NL 7 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .429 .804
1964 31 STL NL 8 16 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .250 .294 .313 .607
1966 33 MON NL 6 23 4 7 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 5 .304 .360 .565 .925
Career Post-Season Batting 25 50 8 15 3 0 2 10 0 1 3 9 .300 .352 .480 .832
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1967-4-.311
 On-Base Pct
1967-6-.390
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. John Ellis (958)
  2. Dave Roberts (953)
  3. Andy Etchebarren (946)
  4. Mike Scioscia (945)
  5. Frank House (945)
  6. Harry Danning (943)
  7. Frankie Hayes (942)
  8. Jake Gibbs (942)
  9. Alan Ashby (941)
  10. Matt Batts (934)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by St. Louis in 1958
Injured on 4/24/1959 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Had first career hit (triple) on 6/6/1959, off Stu Miller (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 7/12/1959, off Ralph Terry (SEM)
Injured on 9/8/1960 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $831,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,192,857 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1964
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,710,000 through salary arbitration
10/22/1965: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from St. Louis to Montreal on 6/1/1966 (Going to STL: C Bob Uecker. Going to MON: LF Sammy Taylor)
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: 3B Roger Maris. Going to MIN: C Sammy Taylor, P George Brunet)
Injured on 6/15/1967 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/27/1968 with a Broken Jaw, out for 3 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Colorado on 7/9/1969
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1970 to a minor league deal
 
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