Billy Taylor Trades and Transactions

The Billy Taylor trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Billy Taylor has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Billy Taylor

Bill Taylor Autograph on a 1994 Topps (#2T)

Bill Taylor Autograph on a 1994 Topps (#2T)
 

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Birth Name:   William Howell Taylor
Nickname:   Bill or Billy
Born On:   10-16-1961  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Monticello, Florida
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Central High School (Thomasville, GA)
College:   Abraham Baldwin Junior College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-08   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   04-05-1994 (Age 32)
Last Game:   04-08-2001
Draft:   1980 : 2nd Round (39th)
Billy Taylor

Trades & Transactions

01-11-1980: Selected by Texas Rangers in the 2nd round — free-agent draft.
10-22-1988: Granted free agency.
03-30-1989: Signed by San Diego Padres.
10-22-1989: Granted free agency.
08-16-1990: Signed by Atlanta Braves.
12-07-1992: Selected by Toronto Blue Jays from Atlanta Braves in the Rule 5 major league draft.
04-03-1993: Returned to Atlanta Braves.
10-15-1993: Granted free agency.
12-13-1993: Signed by Oakland Athletics.
07-31-1999: Traded by Oakland Athletics to New York Mets for Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael.
12-21-1999: Granted free agency.
02-04-2000: Signed by Colorado Rockies.
03-23-2000: Released by Colorado Rockies.
03-31-2000: Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
10-10-2000: Granted free agency.
02-01-2001: Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates.
04-02-2001: Released by Pittsburgh Pirates.
04-03-2001: Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates.
10-08-2001: Granted free agency.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Billy Taylor trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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