Billy Taylor Stats

Billy Taylor was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 21, 1881, with the Worcester Ruby Legs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Billy Taylor baseball stats page.

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Billy Taylor



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Birth Name:   William Henry Taylor
Nickname:   Bollicky Bill
Born On:   00-00-0000  (To Be Determined)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Washington, D.C.
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-14-1900 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Jacksonville, Florida
Cemetery:   Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   204
First Game:   05-21-1881 (Age 26)
Last Game:   08-16-1887
Draft:   Not Applicable

Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor Pitching Stats

1881 1881 Ruby Legs 1 1 0 0 1 .000 7.88 1 0 0 8.0 47 15 7 13 0 6 - 0 2 0 0 0
1881 1881 Blues 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 3.0 10 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 0 -
1882 1882 Alleghenys 1 0 1 0 1 .000 16.20 0 0 0 5.0 0 11 9 10 0 4 - 1 0 0 0 -
1883 1883 Alleghenys 19 9 9 4 7 .364 5.39 8 0 0 127.0 580 166 76 115 4 34 - 41 0 0 0 -
1884 1884 Maroons 33 29 4 25 4 .862 1.68 29 2 4 263.0 0 222 49 97 2 40 - 154 0 0 0 -
1884 1884 Athletics 30 30 0 18 12 .600 2.53 30 1 0 260.0 1,115 232 73 118 3 44 - 130 0 12 0 0
1885 1885 Athletics 6 6 0 1 5 .167 3.27 6 0 0 52.1 208 68 19 35 0 9 - 11 6 1 0 0
1886 1886 Orioles 8 8 0 1 6 .143 5.72 8 0 0 72.1 328 87 46 63 1 20 - 37 0 2 0 0
1887 1887 Athletics 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 9.0 42 10 3 5 1 7 - 0 0 0 0 0
7 Years 100 84 15 50 36 .581 3.17 83 3 4 799.2 2,330 811 282 456 11 165 - 376 8 15 0 0

Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor Hitting Stats

1881 Ruby Legs 6 28 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 - - 0 - .107 .107 .143
1881 Wolverines 1 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - - 0 - .500 .500 1.000
1881 Blues 24 103 6 25 1 0 0 0 12 0 0 8 - - 0 - .243 .243 .252
1882 Alleghenys 70 299 40 84 16 13 3 0 0 7 - - - 0 0 - .281 .297 .452
1883 Alleghenys 83 369 43 96 13 7 2 0 0 9 - - - 0 0 - .260 .278 .350
1884 Maroons 43 186 44 68 23 1 3 0 0 7 - - - 0 0 - .366 .389 .548
1884 Athletics 30 111 8 28 6 2 0 0 0 2 - - - 0 1 - .252 .272 .342
1885 Athletics 6 21 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - - - 0 - .190 .190 .190
1886 Orioles 10 39 4 12 0 1 0 0 8 1 - - - - 0 - .308 .325 .359
1887 Athletics 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - - - 0 - .250 .250 .250
7 Years 274 1,164 148 323 62 24 8 0 26 26 0 10 - 0 1 - .277 .294 .393

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Billy Taylor Fielding Stats

1881 Ruby Legs P 1 1 24 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1881 Ruby Legs RF 5 - - 17 3.4 15 14 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .882 0.00
1881 Wolverines 3B 1 - - 4 4.0 3 1 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00
1881 Blues 3B 1 - - 4 4.0 1 0 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .250 0.00
1881 Blues LF 23 - - 64 2.8 55 51 4 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .859 0.00
1881 Blues P 1 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1882 Alleghenys 1B 23 - - 255 11.1 237 233 4 18 7 n/a n/a n/a .929 0.00
1882 Alleghenys 3B 14 - - 64 4.6 48 19 29 16 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00
1882 Alleghenys C 27 - - 181 6.7 156 116 40 25 0 27 - - .862 0.00
1882 Alleghenys OF 8 - - 10 1.3 9 9 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00
1882 Alleghenys P 1 0 15 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1883 Alleghenys 1B 9 - - 87 9.7 85 82 3 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .977 0.00
1883 Alleghenys C 33 - - 195 5.9 162 124 38 33 1 49 - - .831 0.00
1883 Alleghenys OF 37 - - 79 2.1 59 49 10 20 0 n/a n/a n/a .747 0.00
1883 Alleghenys P 19 9 381 26 1.4 23 8 15 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .885 1.63
1884 Maroons 1B 10 - - 83 8.3 79 77 2 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .952 0.00
1884 Maroons OF 4 - - 19 4.8 17 16 1 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .895 0.00
1884 Maroons P 33 29 789 78 2.4 68 17 51 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .872 2.33
1884 Athletics P 30 30 780 97 3.2 76 12 64 21 1 n/a n/a n/a .784 2.63
1885 Athletics P 6 6 157 9 1.5 5 0 5 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .556 0.86
1886 Orioles 1B 1 - - 12 12.0 12 12 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1886 Orioles C 1 - - 8 8.0 8 6 2 0 0 6 - - 1.000 0.00
1886 Orioles P 8 8 217 15 1.9 12 0 12 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 1.49
1887 Athletics P 1 1 27 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
P Totals 100 84 2,399 228 2.3 187 38 149 41 3 n/a n/a n/a .820 2.10
C Totals 61 0 0 384 6.3 326 246 80 58 1 82 n/a n/a .849 0.00
OF Totals 49 0 0 108 2.2 85 74 11 23 1 n/a n/a n/a .787 0.00
1B Totals 43 0 0 437 10.2 413 404 9 24 10 n/a n/a n/a .945 0.00
LF Totals 23 0 0 64 2.8 55 51 4 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .859 0.00
3B Totals 16 0 0 72 4.5 52 20 32 20 0 n/a n/a n/a .722 0.00
RF Totals 5 0 0 17 3.4 15 14 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .882 0.00
7 Years 297 84 2,399 1,310 4.4 1,133 847 286 177 16 82 n/a n/a .865 12.75

Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor Miscellaneous Stats

1881 Ruby Legs - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 14.0 14.0 0.00 0.00 6.75
1881 Wolverines - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 4.0 - - -
1881 Blues - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 12.9 8.6 2.00 6.00 3.00
1882 Alleghenys - - - 0 0 n/a 99.7 0.0 0.0 0.25 1.80 7.20
1883 Alleghenys - - - 0 0 n/a 184.5 0.0 0.0 1.21 2.91 2.41
1884 Maroons - - - 0 0 n/a 62.0 0.0 0.0 3.85 5.27 1.37
1884 Athletics - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.95 4.50 1.52
1885 Athletics - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 10.5 1.22 1.89 1.55
1886 Orioles 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 4.9 1.85 4.60 2.49
1887 Athletics 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.00 0.00 7.00
7 Years 1 - - 0 0 n/a 145.5 116.4 44.8 2.28 4.23 1.86

Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1881 Worcester Ruby Legs n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Cleveland Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Pittsburgh Alleghenys n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 St. Louis Maroons n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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