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Bill
Taylor		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 222
 
Born: December 30, 1929 in Usa, CA, ALHAMBRA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 24 CIN NL     4 4 4 6 7 6 4 5 5 1 1 1 3 5 4
1955 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 7 6 4 5 5 1 1 1 5 7 6
1956 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 8 7
1957 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 2 2 2 6 8 7
1958 28 CIN NL $ 350,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 5 2 2 2 6 8 7
1959 29 CIN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7
1960 30 CIN NL $ 350,000   4 4 3 6 7 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7
1961 31 CIN NL $ 350,000   4 4 3 6 6 6 4 5 4 2 2 2 6 7 7
1962 32 CLN NL $ 538,564   4 4 3 4 6 5 3 4 4 2 2 2 5 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 4 6 5 3 4 4 1 1 1 3 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 538,564   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 2 2 2 6 8 7
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
1954 24 AA   137 519 79 149 34 1 40 129 0 1 47 97 .287 .346 .588 .934 100.3  
1955 25 CIN NL 58 89 11 19 3 1 4 13 0 0 0 19 .213 .213 .404 .618 5.8 0.0
1956 26 CIN NL 64 85 8 16 1 0 4 10 0 0 4 14 .188 .225 .341 .566 7.1 0.2
1957 27 CIN NL 100 238 32 67 10 0 10 46 0 0 17 29 .282 .340 .450 .789 34.5 7.1
1958 28 CIN NL 11 17 3 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 3 .294 .333 .706 1.039 3.8 0.9
    AAA   135 565 103 166 27 1 52 106 1 1 20 78 .294 .318 .621 .939 106.7  
1959 29 CIN NL 80 164 14 31 6 0 7 22 0 0 6 24 .189 .220 .354 .573 12.9 0.1
1960 30 CIN NL 77 131 11 19 6 0 4 17 0 0 6 27 .145 .182 .282 .465 6.3 0.0
1961 31 CIN NL 83 159 14 35 7 0 8 24 0 0 4 31 .220 .246 .415 .661 16.5 2.2
1962 32 A   137 541 87 142 21 0 44 100 1 1 58 74 .262 .334 .545 .879 98.3  
1963 33 AA   26 94 6 21 5 0 4 15 0 0 5 9 .223 .263 .404 .667 10.1  
1964 34 A   135 519 68 122 23 2 32 92 1 1 58 75 .235 .312 .472 .784 78.7  
7 Years Sim 473 883 93 192 34 1 39 136 0 0 38 147 .217 .254 .391 .645 86.9 10.6
1 Years AAA 135 565 103 166 27 1 52 106 1 1 20 78 .294 .332 .621 .953 106.7  
2 Years AA 163 613 85 170 39 1 44 144 0 1 52 106 .277 .337 .560 .897 110.3  
2 Years A 272 1060 155 264 44 2 76 192 2 2 116 149 .249 .328 .509 .837 176.9  
5 Years Minors 570 2238 343 600 110 4 172 442 3 4 188 333 .268 .331 .551 .883 394.0  
162 Game Average 302 31 65 11 0 13 46 0 0 13 50 .217 .254 .391 .645 29.8  
Career Highs 100 238 32 67 10 1 10 46 0 0 17 31 .294 .340 .706 1.039 34.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   667 71 147 24 0 31 101 0 0 30 94 .220 .258 .396 .654 68.2
vs LH   216 22 45 10 1 8 35 0 0 8 53 .208 .242 .375 .617 19.1
Home 243 463 49 101 21 0 22 72 0 0 15 83 .218 .245 .406 .651 46.1
Away 230 420 44 91 13 1 17 64 0 0 23 64 .217 .264 .374 .638 41.1
RISP   207 0 47 6 1 8 93 0 0 9 38 .227 .261 .382 .643 20.6
Pinch Hitting   228 23 38 6 0 6 33 0 0 11 36 .167 .204 .272 .476 11.5
Close/Late   146 14 27 3 0 7 19 0 0 8 30 .185 .226 .349 .575 12.0
Mar/Apr 69 128 18 25 5 0 8 27 0 0 4 23 .195 .218 .422 .640 12.6
May 79 131 11 29 4 0 6 19 0 0 1 21 .221 .237 .389 .626 11.6
June 75 129 17 24 4 0 5 11 0 0 5 25 .186 .215 .333 .548 9.2
July 85 181 20 45 10 1 6 37 0 0 6 25 .249 .284 .414 .699 19.9
August 90 172 12 32 4 0 6 22 0 0 14 33 .186 .247 .314 .561 13.8
Sep/Oct 75 142 15 37 7 0 8 20 0 0 8 20 .261 .307 .479 .786 20.2
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
1955 25 CIN NL RF 23 11 117.3 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1956 26 CIN NL RF 13 10 85.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 27 CIN NL LF 61 56 471.3 108 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 4 1 24.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0  
1958 28 CIN NL 3B 8 2 22.7 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 29 CIN NL 3B 45 32 304.3 19 71 5 9 .947 2.66 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 2 0 11.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 9.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 30 CIN NL 3B 19 14 133.0 6 29 1 1 .972 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 9 5 54.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 2 24.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 1 9.0 12 0 0 3 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 31 CIN NL 1B 18 14 131.0 153 8 2 15 .988 11.06 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 22 9 111.7 13 35 1 5 .980 3.87 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 6 5 46.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 7 4 41.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.41 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 94 57 571.7 41 139 7 16 .963 2.83 0 0 .000 0 2.7
  LF 76 64 555.3 129 2 0 1 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  RF 56 32 333.3 57 2 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  1B 23 15 152.0 177 9 2 19 .989 11.01 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  C 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   251 168 1618.0 406 152 9 36 .984 3.10 0 0 .000 1 4.5
Career Highs   65 57 495.3 184 72 5 20 1.000 6.22 0 0 .000 1  
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Joe Lahoud (978)
  2. Cecil Fielder (975)
  3. Steve Balboni (962)
  4. Robin Ventura (957)
  5. Frank Kellert (957)
  6. Orestes Destrade (957)
  7. Brooks Robinson (956)
  8. Mike Pagliarulo (955)
  9. Joe Marty (954)
  10. Luis Medina (948)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1954
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/14/1955, off Joe Coleman (MON)
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/15/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $538,564 per year
Released by Cleveland (N) on 5/1/1963
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/22/1964 to a 2-year deal worth $323,984 per year
Released by Cleveland (N) on 9/1/1964
 
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