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Tony
Taylor		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 179
 
Born: December 19, 1935 in Cuba, , CENTRAL ALAVA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1962   
All-Star Selections 1962   
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 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 7 7 7
1959 23 CLE AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 7 7 7
1960 24 CLE AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 8
1961 25 CLE AL     6 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 8
1962 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1963 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 4 5 8 8 8
1964 28 CLE AL $ 1,278,571   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 4 5 8 8 8
1965 29 CLE AL $ 1,278,571   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 5 4 5 8 7 8
1966 30 CLE AL $ 1,278,571   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7
1967 31 CLE AL $ 3,300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7
1968 32 CLE AL $ 3,300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1969 33 CLE AL $ 3,300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1970 34 CLE AL $ 3,300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 7 7
1971 35 CLE AL $ 1,260,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1972 36 CLE AL $ 1,260,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 7
1973 37 MON NL $ 301,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
1974 38 MON NL $ 301,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 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 22 CLE AL 70 47 11 15 2 0 0 6 1 1 3 9 .319 .360 .362 .722 5.1 0.9
1959 23 AAA   131 516 69 132 23 5 9 38 19 4 45 82 .256 .316 .372 .688 62.8  
1960 24 AAA   135 521 72 145 22 3 10 52 10 9 41 73 .278 .331 .390 .721 65.1  
1961 25 AAA   136 552 88 160 26 5 18 76 18 13 40 88 .290 .338 .453 .791 80.4  
1962 26 CLE AL 154 592 75 168 31 2 12 67 13 4 44 85 .284 .338 .404 .741 75.8 14.1
1963 27 CLE AL 141 436 70 120 15 5 4 55 19 6 39 48 .275 .338 .360 .698 53.0 9.7
1964 28 CLE AL 100 150 34 37 6 0 2 14 12 8 7 14 .247 .289 .327 .616 13.0 1.6
1965 29 CLE AL 117 294 45 74 8 1 5 34 19 8 30 43 .252 .321 .337 .658 34.1 6.0
1966 30 CLE AL 121 325 38 86 16 1 4 28 16 7 22 47 .265 .310 .357 .667 37.5 5.0
1967 31 CLE AL 131 302 45 83 9 4 4 24 15 7 27 33 .275 .342 .371 .713 38.6 5.8
1968 32 CLE AL 129 325 38 77 5 2 4 25 18 8 28 50 .237 .297 .302 .598 28.7 2.9
1969 33 CLE AL 152 618 76 164 22 3 3 41 24 22 41 82 .265 .311 .325 .636 57.6 7.6
1970 34 CLE AL 118 311 31 74 12 0 2 23 9 8 12 44 .238 .268 .296 .564 19.7 0.0
1971 35 CLE AL 153 600 75 136 18 2 10 54 24 15 42 95 .227 .280 .313 .593 52.8 4.6
1972 36 CLE AL 71 118 26 29 6 1 0 8 11 6 8 14 .246 .299 .314 .613 11.0 1.1
1973 37 MON NL 15 24 5 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .333 .385 .417 .801 3.7 0.9
    AAA   50 59 13 17 4 0 3 8 3 0 11 14 .288 .400 .508 .908 12.4  
1974 38 AAA   84 107 16 32 4 0 1 16 1 1 11 17 .299 .364 .364 .729 14.2  
13 Years Sim 1472 4142 569 1071 152 21 50 381 181 100 305 567 .259 .312 .342 .653 430.6 60.1
5 Years AAA 536 1755 258 486 79 13 41 190 51 27 148 274 .277 .337 .407 .744 235.0  
162 Game Average 455 62 117 16 2 5 41 19 11 33 62 .259 .312 .342 .653 47.4  
Career Highs 154 618 76 168 31 5 12 67 24 22 44 95 .333 .385 .417 .801 75.8  
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   2236 316 545 80 9 27 211 101 46 136 324 .244 .289 .324 .613 207.7
vs LH   1906 253 526 72 12 23 170 80 54 169 243 .276 .338 .363 .700 229.0
Home 740 2004 278 512 71 11 34 199 95 36 148 274 .255 .310 .353 .663 222.2
Away 732 2138 291 559 81 10 16 182 86 64 157 293 .261 .313 .331 .644 214.6
RISP   834 0 235 37 7 9 308 0 0 61 122 .282 .328 .375 .703 101.1
Pinch Hitting   164 15 38 4 0 1 15 3 1 10 25 .232 .282 .274 .557 12.3
Close/Late   514 96 134 19 1 3 44 0 0 41 73 .261 .315 .319 .634 52.0
Mar/Apr 258 758 105 188 31 6 5 73 27 22 46 101 .248 .295 .325 .620 67.5
May 260 731 105 187 27 1 12 54 32 24 52 95 .256 .308 .345 .653 74.8
June 259 783 104 205 30 4 15 84 35 15 62 93 .262 .318 .368 .686 92.5
July 230 591 77 135 19 1 5 34 27 9 43 77 .228 .284 .289 .573 49.7
August 226 638 84 167 22 4 8 64 30 12 45 114 .262 .313 .346 .659 69.7
Sep/Oct 239 641 94 189 23 5 5 72 30 18 57 87 .295 .351 .370 .721 82.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1958 22 CLE AL 3B 24 2 52.7 4 18 1 0 .957 3.76   0.3
    2B 17 2 49.3 8 23 0 7 1.000 5.66   0.1
    SS 11 0 28.0 0 14 1 2 .933 4.50   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 13.53   0.0
1962 26 CLE AL 3B 105 102 899.0 67 235 7 27 .977 3.02   3.8
    2B 48 43 381.0 70 155 5 31 .978 5.31   1.4
1963 27 CLE AL 3B 105 103 933.7 46 235 10 21 .966 2.71   2.4
    2B 12 2 42.3 11 13 2 1 .923 5.10   0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 28 CLE AL 3B 34 16 178.7 5 48 3 2 .946 2.67   0.7
    2B 30 10 127.3 22 58 3 9 .964 5.65   0.8
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1965 29 CLE AL 3B 70 63 523.7 26 170 4 9 .980 3.37   2.7
    2B 24 15 140.3 22 62 4 12 .955 5.39   0.5
1966 30 CLE AL 2B 59 49 441.7 122 174 8 49 .974 6.03   2.3
    3B 37 31 280.7 13 75 3 7 .967 2.82   1.2
    1B 2 0 5.7 8 0 0 1 1.000 12.72   0.0
1967 31 CLE AL 2B 62 53 470.0 129 236 16 51 .958 6.99   1.5
    3B 22 13 127.7 5 26 1 2 .969 2.19   0.2
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 32 CLE AL 2B 69 61 501.3 129 221 10 50 .972 6.28   1.9
    3B 26 14 143.3 6 33 2 1 .951 2.45   0.5
1969 33 CLE AL 2B 151 148 1295.0 292 551 29 98 .967 5.86   2.9
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 34 CLE AL 2B 74 59 556.0 145 229 8 52 .979 6.05   2.1
    3B 17 9 95.0 5 12 1 2 .944 1.61   0.2
1971 35 CLE AL 3B 148 145 1284.0 84 267 13 31 .964 2.46   3.4
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 36 CLE AL 3B 16 8 80.0 2 21 1 1 .958 2.59   0.3
    2B 8 5 46.0 9 19 1 3 .966 5.48   0.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1973 37 MON NL 2B 8 4 50.0 16 20 0 7 1.000 6.48   0.4
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 605 506 4598.6 263 1140 46 103 .968 2.75   15.6
  2B 563 451 4103.3 975 1761 86 370 .970 6.00   14.3
  SS 12 0 30.0 0 14 1 2 .933 4.20   0.1
  1B 3 0 7.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 12.88   0.0
  CF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
  LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1189 957 8753.9 1250 2916 133 476 .969 4.28   30.1
Career Highs   153 148 1297.0 292 551 29 98 1.000 6.23    
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
1964 28 CLE AL 10 10 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800
1965 29 CLE AL 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 13 16 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .188 .188 .438 .625
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.
At-Bats
1962-8-592
1969-2-618
1971-5-600
 Hits
1969-10-164
 Singles
1969-4-136
 Caught Stealing
1969-2-22
1971-8-15
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  3. Dee Moore (926)
  4. Don Buford (917)
  5. Wayne Krenchicki (911)
  6. Jimmy Outlaw (907)
  7. Willie Wilson (906)
  8. Rick Peters (903)
  9. Dick Williams (901)
  10. Bill Sorrell (901)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Cleveland in 1958
Had first career hit (double) on 4/15/1958, off Sam Jones (DET)
Injured on 8/27/1959 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/29/1961 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1962, off Karl Spooner (BRK)
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
9/22/1966: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $3,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Kansas City on 6/21/1968
9/22/1970: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $1,260,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (N) on 7/7/1971
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/14/1973 to a 4-year deal worth $301,000 per year
 
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