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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 13	CHC		STL	L,5-8	GS	43	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
2	7 (2)	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	L,6-10	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	8	Apr 18	CHC		HOU	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
4	9	Apr 19	CHC		HOU	L,0-6	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
5	11 (1)	Apr 22 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	12	Apr 22 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to New York Mets
7	15	Apr 29 (1)	NYM		PHI	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
8	16	Apr 29 (2)	NYM		PHI	L,2-10	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	17	May 1	NYM		CIN	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
10	18	May 4	NYM	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	19	May 5	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	20	May 6	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-5	GF	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	21	May 8	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	22	May 11	NYM		MLN	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
15	26 (3)	May 15	NYM		CHC	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
16	29 (2)	May 19	NYM	@	MLN	W,6-5	GS	31	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
17	31 (1)	May 20 (2)	NYM	@	MLN	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
18	32	May 21	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	2	3	0	C
19	33	May 22	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	34	May 23	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
21	37 (2)	May 26	NYM	@	SFG	L,6-7	GF	24	6.1	1	1	0	2	0	C
22	38	May 27 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
23	40 (1)	May 30 (1)	NYM		LAD	L,6-13	GS	26	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	42 (1)	May 31	NYM		LAD	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	45 (2)	Jun 2 (2)	NYM		SFG	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	47 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-2	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	49 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	50	Jun 8 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
29	51	Jun 9	NYM	@	CHC	W,11-6	CG	47	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
30	53 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	54	Jun 11	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
32	55	Jun 12	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	56	Jun 14	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	57	Jun 15	NYM		CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	9	4	0	13	0	C
35	58	Jun 16	NYM		CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
36	59	Jun 17 (1)	NYM		CHC	L,7-8	GS	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
37	61 (1)	Jun 18	NYM		MLN	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	65 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	67 (1)	Jun 23	NYM		HOU	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
40	68	Jun 25	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	70 (1)	Jun 27	NYM	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	27	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
42	71	Jun 28	NYM	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	72	Jun 29	NYM	@	LAD	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	74 (1)	Jul 1	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
45	75	Jul 2	NYM	@	SFG	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	76	Jul 3	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
47	77	Jul 4 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-11	GS	32	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
48	80 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	NYM		STL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	81	Jul 7 (2)	NYM		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
50	82	Jul 8	NYM		STL	L,1-15	GS	30	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	84 (1)	Jul 13	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	GS	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	137 (52)	Sep 1	NYM	@	STL	L,5-10		10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	138	Sep 2	NYM	@	STL	W,4-3		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
54	140 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
55	153 (12)	Sep 20 (2)	NYM		HOU	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							56gm		400.1	225	26	2	253	3