Ron Taylor

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Full Name: Ronald Wesley Taylor	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195	First Game: April 11, 1962
Birthdate: December 13, 1937	Final Game: May 14, 1972
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on December 13, 1937 in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), Ron Taylor (Ronald Wesley Taylor) played for the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, New York Mets and San Diego Padres over the course of his 11 year career. Taylor broke into the bigs on April 11, 1962 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 2.84 ERA in 133.1 innings pitched in 1963, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ron Taylor's best season was 1963, when he posted a 2.84 ERA, notched 11 saves and struck out 91 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1962	CLE	A	8	4	2	2	5.94	15	23	22	1	0	0	33.1	36	6	13	4	1	1
1963	STL	N	54	9	9	7	2.84	91	44	42	2	0	11	133.1	119	10	30	6	3	4
1964	STL	N	63	2	8	4	4.62	69	56	52	0	0	7	101.1	109	15	33	7	1	1
1965	STL	N	25	0	2	1	4.53	26	24	22	0	0	1	43.2	43	6	15	4	1	1
1965	HOU	N	32	1	1	5	6.40	37	42	41	0	0	4	57.2	68	5	16	6	2	5
1965	TOT	N	57	1	3	6	5.60	63	66	63	0	0	5	101.1	111	11	31	10	3	6
1966	HOU	N	36	1	2	3	5.71	29	47	41	0	0	0	64.2	89	5	10	4	1	5
1967	NY	N	50	0	4	6	2.34	46	21	19	0	0	8	73	60	1	23	14	1	1
1968	NY	N	58	0	1	5	2.70	49	24	23	0	0	13	76.2	64	4	18	9	0	1
1969	NY	N	59	0	9	4	2.72	42	23	23	0	0	13	76	61	7	24	6	1	1
1970	NY	N	57	0	5	4	3.93	28	31	29	0	0	13	66.1	65	5	16	10	1	0
1971	NY	N	45	0	2	2	3.65	32	28	28	0	0	2	69	71	7	11	6	0	1
1972	SD	N	4	0	0	0	12.60	0	7	7	0	0	0	5	9	5	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		483	13	43	41	3.84	449	347	327	2	0	72	766.2	758	70	196	72	11	20
Total	AL		8	4	2	2	5.94	15	23	22	1	0	0	33.1	36	6	13	4	1	1
Total			491	17	45	43	3.93	464	370	349	3	0	72	800	794	76	209	76	12	21

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1962	CLE	A	P	8	4	33.1	0	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000
1963	STL	N	P	54	9	133.1	2	13	0	0	0	1	7	5	0	1.000
1964	STL	N	P	63	2	101.1	2	27	1	3	0	2	7	2	0	.967
1965	STL	N	P	25	0	43.2	2	8	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	1.000
1965	HOU	N	P	32	1	57.2	3	7	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.000
1965	TOT	N	P	57	1	101.1	5	15	0	0	0	2	7	2	0	1.000
1966	HOU	N	P	36	1	64.2	0	7	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	1.000
1967	NY	N	P	50	0	73	7	11	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	.947
1968	NY	N	P	58	0	76.2	9	14	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	.958
1969	NY	N	P	59	0	76	6	13	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	1.000
1970	NY	N	P	57	0	66.1	5	12	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1.000
1971	NY	N	P	45	0	69	1	11	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1.000
1972	SD	N	P	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	491	17	800	37	129	3	6	0	12	36	21	0	.982

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1962	CLE	A	8	11	1	3	0	0	.273	.273	.273	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1963	STL	N	54	32	0	1	0	1	.031	.031	.031	0	0	0	22	0	2	0	0	0
1964	STL	N	63	15	0	2	0	0	.133	.133	.133	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
1965	STL	N	25	5	0	2	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1965	HOU	N	32	13	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
1965	TOT	N	57	18	0	2	0	0	.111	.111	.167	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
1966	HOU	N	36	12	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.250	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
1967	NY	N	50	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
1968	NY	N	58	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
1969	NY	N	59	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1970	NY	N	57	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
1971	NY	N	45	4	1	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1972	SD	N	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		483	105	1	9	0	1	.086	.094	.105	2	0	1	65	0	4	0	0	1
Total	AL		8	11	1	3	0	0	.273	.273	.273	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total			491	116	2	12	0	1	.103	.111	.121	2	0	1	68	0	4	0	0	1

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1956).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Jack Kubiszyn to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Fred Whitfield (December 15, 1962).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Mike Cuellar to Houston Astros in exchange for Hal Woodeshick and Chuck Taylor (June 15, 1965).
Sold by Houston Astros to New York Mets (February 10, 1967).
Sold by New York Mets to Montreal Expos (October 20, 1971).
Released by Montreal Expos (April 20, 1972).
Signed by San Diego Padres (April 20, 1972).

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