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Ben Taylor

Benjamin Harrison Taylor

Born: July 1, 1888 in Anderson, SC
Died: January 24, 1953 in Baltimore, MD
(64 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 175

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006
Buried: Arbutus Memorial Park (Arbutus, MD)
Relatives: Steel Arm Johnny Taylor (Brother) , Candy Jim Taylor (Brother) , C. I. Taylor (Brother)
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Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1909	BG	WES	20	SP	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	532
1910	WBS	WES	21	1B	6	23	23	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.391	.652	102
1911	SLG	WES	22	SP	14	39	34	5	12	3	0	0	5	0	2	0	3	.353	.389	.441	.830	129
1911-12	HAB	CUB	23	SP	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1912	NLG / WBS	EAS / WES	23	SP	8	19	19	0	9	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.474	.474	.632	1.105	204
1913	CAG / WBS	NvM / WES	24	1B	27	120	110	20	37	5	2	2	18	1	8	0	2	.336	.381	.473	.854	142
1914	ABC / CAG	NvH / WES	25	1B	64	272	232	52	82	24	8	4	54	27	35	2	3	.353	.442	.578	1.020	169
1915	ABC	WES	26	1B	60	248	215	35	63	18	5	1	47	14	28	4	1	.293	.385	.437	.822	143
1915-16	ABC / RP	FHL / NvC	27	1B	26	114	104	12	37	4	3	1	16	7	1	8	2	1	1	.356	.407	.481	.888	161
1916	ABC	WES	27	1B	41	164	150	23	47	3	1	0	28	6	10	1	3	.313	.360	.347	.707	110
1917	ABC	WES	28	1B	57	242	218	27	64	9	4	0	39	5	18	1	5	.294	.350	.372	.722	141
1918	ABC	WES	29	1B	41	174	157	30	48	5	6	2	37	5	12	2	3	.306	.363	.452	.815	133
1919	AC / JBC	MULT	30	1B	34	146	127	19	35	4	5	2	22	6	14	1	4	.276	.352	.433	.785	152
1920	ABC	NNL	31	1B	75	313	275	41	83	13	4	3	46	13	28	2	8	.302	.370	.411	.781	132
1921	ABC	NNL	32	1B	88	376	334	72	131	20	7	2	73	9	32	2	8	.392	.448	.512	.960	174
1922	ABC	NNL / NVH	33	1B	83	367	329	66	125	29	7	2	59	3	28	1	9	.380	.430	.529	.959	157
1923	BBS / WP	ECL / IND	34	1B	26	108	91	14	33	4	1	2	19	0	15	0	2	.363	.453	.495	.947	204
1924	WP	ECL	35	1B	50	223	201	33	62	6	2	3	39	3	21	1	.308	.374	.403	.777	126
1925	HBG	ECL	36	1B	70	307	268	40	87	14	4	5	65	0	26	13	.325	.384	.463	.847	116
1926	BBS	ECL	37	1B	53	201	167	16	50	7	3	1	23	4	28	1	5	.299	.403	.395	.798	126
1927	BBS	ECL	38	1B	65	265	236	35	79	9	5	2	43	1	26	0	3	.335	.401	.441	.841	120
1928	BBS	ECL	39	1B	57	239	220	26	70	14	3	2	38	2	12	1	6	.318	.356	.436	.793	101
1929	ACB	ANL	40	1B	39	132	115	12	31	6	0	4	17	1	14	1	2	.270	.354	.426	.780	88
21	14			1B	987	4097	3630	579	1192	201	71	38	692	107	1	365	2	20	82	.328	.393	.454	.847	139
162 Game Average						672	596	95	196	33	12	6	114	18	8	60	16	4	13	.328	.393	.454	.847	139

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
21	Negro Leagues				946	3924	3474	559	1147	194	67	35	670	100	352	18	80	.330	.395	.455	.849	139
2	vs Latin Leagues				22	92	83	9	28	4	2	0	12	7	1	8	2	0	1	.337	.396	.434	.829	136
3	vs High Minors				13	55	49	5	10	2	2	1	5	0	4	1	1	.204	.278	.388	.666	107
1	vs Semipros				4	19	17	4	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	0	.235	.316	.412	.728	151
1	vs Major Leagues				2	7	7	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	1.000	1.429	282

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Birmingham Giants			1B	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	532
3	West Baden Sprudels			1B	19	78	74	7	22	3	2	1	9	0	4	0	0	.297	.333	.432	.766	116
1	St. Louis Stars I			SP	14	39	34	5	12	3	0	0	5	0	2	0	3	.353	.389	.441	.830	129
1	Habana			-	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	5	8	8	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	356
2	Chicago American Giants			1B	21	95	86	15	27	5	1	1	12	1	6	1	2	.314	.366	.430	.796	130
8	Indianapolis ABCs I			1B	525	2225	1973	353	668	124	44	14	394	89	1	197	2	14	41	.339	.402	.467	.870	150
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel			1B	6	26	25	3	9	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	0	.360	.385	.560	.945	213
1	Bacharach Giants I			1B	32	136	119	17	32	3	5	2	20	5	12	1	4	.269	.341	.429	.769	150
1	Jewell's ABCs of Indianapolis			1B	2	10	8	2	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	.375	.500	.500	1.000	173
2	Washington Potomacs			1B	74	324	286	47	94	10	3	5	57	3	36	0	2	.329	.404	.437	.841	155
4	Baltimore Black Sox			1B	177	712	629	77	200	30	11	5	105	7	66	2	15	.318	.385	.424	.809	114
1	Harrisburg Giants			1B	70	307	268	40	87	14	4	5	65	0	26	13	.325	.384	.463	.847	116
1	Bacharach Giants II			1B	39	132	115	12	31	6	0	4	17	1	14	1	2	.270	.354	.426	.780	88

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1909	BG	WES	1	.951	.298	0.0%	6.4%				0.0%	0.6%		.000	.079
1910	WBS	WES	23	.297	.292	0.0%	6.3%				0.0%	0.8%		.130	.086
1911	SLG	WES	39	.357	.330	5.1%	7.5%				0.0%	0.8%		.088	.105
1911-12	HAB	CUB	4	.000	.334	0.0%	10.5%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.058
1912	NLG / WBS	EAS / WES	19	.507	.334	0.0%		6.4%			0.0%	0.8%		.158	.091
1913	CAG / WBS	NvM / WES	120	.388	.322	6.7%		6.3%			1.7%	0.6%		.136	.092
1914	ABC / CAG	NvH / WES	272	.459	.348	12.9%		8.5%			1.5%	0.9%		.224	.110
1915	ABC	WES	248	.399	.328	11.3%	9.0%				0.4%	0.7%		.144	.082
1915-16	ABC / RP	FHL / NvC	114	.444	.351	7.0%		1.8%	11.4%		4.00		0.9%	0.1%		.125	.056
1916	ABC	WES	164	.346	.327	6.1%	8.9%				0.0%	0.4%		.033	.075
1917	ABC	WES	242	.352	.295	7.4%	8.3%				0.0%	0.2%		.078	.063
1918	ABC	WES	174	.385	.336	6.9%	9.3%				1.1%	0.4%		.146	.083
1919	AC / JBC	MULT	146	.368	.297	9.6%		7.3%			1.4%	0.4%		.157	.076
1920	ABC	NNL	313	.371	.322	8.9%	8.2%				1.0%	0.5%		.109	.077
1921	ABC	NNL	376	.440	.323	8.5%	7.5%				0.5%	0.8%		.120	.097
1922	ABC	NNL / NVH	367	.427	.335	7.6%		7.9%			0.5%	1.2%		.149	.117
1923	BBS / WP	ECL / IND	108	.447	.298	13.9%		7.0%			1.9%	0.5%		.132	.068
1924	WP	ECL	223	.363	.313	9.4%	6.6%				1.3%	1.1%		.095	.095
1925	HBG	ECL	307	.371	.349	8.5%	8.3%				1.6%	1.7%		.138	.124
1926	BBS	ECL	201	.377	.328	13.9%	9.2%				0.5%	1.1%		.096	.107
1927	BBS	ECL	265	.390	.348	9.8%	9.1%				0.8%	1.3%		.106	.120
1928	BBS	ECL	239	.352	.352	5.0%	7.9%				0.8%	1.5%		.118	.125
1929	ACB	ANL	132	.355	.374	10.6%	9.5%				3.0%	1.4%		.157	.133
21	14		4097	.392	.331	8.9%	8.3%		2.3%	8.4%		4.00	1.49		0.9%	0.9%		.126	.098

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
21	Negro Leagues		3924	.393	.331	9.0%	8.2%				0.9%	0.9%		.125	.099
2	vs Latin Leagues		92	.416	.361	8.7%	12.0%		2.3%	9.0%		4.00	1.33		0.0%	0.0%		.096	.058
3	vs High Minors		55	.309	.298	7.3%	6.3%				1.8%	0.8%		.184	.096
1	vs Semipros		19	.350	.268	5.3%	6.7%				5.3%	1.0%		.176	.086
1	vs Major Leagues		7	.624	.344	0.0%	7.3%				14.3%	0.5%		.571	.086

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Birmingham Giants		1	.951	.298	0.0%	6.4%				0.0%	0.6%		.000	.079
3	West Baden Sprudels		78	.354	.322	5.1%	6.6%				1.3%	0.6%		.135	.091
1	St. Louis Stars I		39	.357	.330	5.1%	7.5%				0.0%	0.8%		.088	.105
1	Habana		4	.000	.334	0.0%	10.5%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.058
1	New York Lincoln Giants		8	.797	.348	0.0%	5.5%				0.0%	1.1%		.250	.099
2	Chicago American Giants		95	.362	.315	6.3%	6.2%				1.1%	0.7%		.116	.095
8	Indianapolis ABCs I		2225	.406	.328	8.9%	8.5%		2.3%	8.4%		4.00	1.49		0.6%	0.7%		.129	.089
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel		26	.479	.313	0.0%	9.1%				3.8%	0.5%		.200	.051
1	Bacharach Giants I		136	.360	.293	8.8%	7.1%				1.5%	0.4%		.160	.074
1	Jewell's ABCs of Indianapolis		10	.477	.344	20.0%	9.9%				0.0%	1.1%		.125	.109
2	Washington Potomacs		324	.396	.308	11.1%	6.8%				1.5%	0.9%		.108	.086
4	Baltimore Black Sox		712	.371	.343	9.3%	8.7%				0.7%	1.3%		.107	.118
1	Harrisburg Giants		307	.371	.349	8.5%	8.3%				1.6%	1.7%		.138	.124
1	Bacharach Giants II		132	.355	.374	10.6%	9.5%				3.0%	1.4%		.157	.133

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