Billy Taylor | Major Leaguer 1994-2001

Full Name: William Howell Taylor
Born: October 16,1961 in Monticello, Florida
Height: 6-8 Weight: 235 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Central (Thomasville,GA)
College: Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

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Drafted: Selected by Texas Rangers in 2nd Round (39th overall) of 1980 amateur entry draft (Jan-Reg)

Transactions: [Oct 22,1988] - Granted Free Agency. [Mar 30,1989] - Signed as Free Agent by Padres. [Oct 22,1989] - Granted Free Agency. [Aug 16,1990] - Signed as Free Agent by Braves. [Apr 3,1993] - Returned to Braves. [Oct 15,1993] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 13,1993] - Signed as Free Agent by Athletics. [Jul 31,1999] - Traded by Athletics to Mets for Greg McMichael and Jason Isringhausen. [Dec 21,1999] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 4,2000] - Signed as Free Agent by Rockies. [Mar 23,2000] - Released by Rockies. [Mar 31,2000] - Signed as Free Agent by Devil Rays. [Oct 10,2000] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 1,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Pirates. [Apr 2,2001] - Released by Pirates. [Apr 3,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Pirates. [Oct 8,2001] - Granted Free Agency.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1980	GCL Rangrs	GCL	18	Tex	Rk	0	0	2.31	14	2	0	0		0	35.0	36	14	9	0	16	22	3		9.26	0.00	4.11	5.66	1.49	--
	Asheville	SAL	18	Tex	A	0	2	10.93	6	2	0	0		0	14.0	24	24	17	3	9	12	1		15.43	1.93	5.79	7.71	2.36	--
1981	GCL Rangrs	GCL	19	Tex	Rk	4	2	2.72	12	11	0	0	0	0	53.0	42	23	16	0	29	35	3		7.13	0.00	4.92	5.94	1.34	--
	Asheville	SAL	19	Tex	A	1	7	4.64	14	12	1	0	0	0	64.0	76	43	33	2	35	44	11		10.69	0.28	4.92	6.19	1.73	--
1982	Wausau & Burlington	Midw	20	Sea/Tex	A	7	9	4.18	37	9	2	0	14	3	112.0	100	64	52	8	63	95	8		8.04	0.64	5.06	7.63	1.46	--
1983	Salem	Caro	21	Sd	A+	1	1	6.27	7	7	1	0	0	0	41.2	30	34	29	7	42	42	5		6.48	1.51	9.07	9.07	1.73	--
	Tulsa	Tex	21	Tex	AA	5	8	6.87	21	12	0	0	3	0	76.0	86	65	58	7	51	75	4		10.18	0.83	6.04	8.88	1.80	--
1984	Tulsa	Tex	22	Tex	AA	5	3	3.83	42	2	0	0	28	7	80.0	65	38	34	8	51	80	7		7.31	0.90	5.74	9.00	1.45	--
1986	Tulsa	Tex	24	Tex	AA	3	7	3.95	11	11	2	1	0	0	68.1	65	40	30	6	37	64	3		8.56	0.79	4.87	8.43	1.49	--
	Okla City	Amer	24	Tex	AAA	5	5	4.60	16	16	1	0	0	0	101.2	94	56	52	7	57	68	4		8.32	0.62	5.05	6.02	1.49	--
1987	Okla City	Amer	25	Tex	AAA	12	9	5.61	28	28	0	0	0	0	168.1	198	122	105	10	91	100	8		10.59	0.53	4.87	5.35	1.72	--
1988	Az As	Ariz	26	Oak	Rk	2	4	3.44	17	2	0	0	12	4	36.2	29	20	14	0	16	29	3		7.12	0.00	3.93	7.12	1.23	--
	Okla City	Amer	26	Tex	AAA	4	8	5.49	20	12	1	1	4	1	82.0	98	55	50	4	35	42	2		10.76	0.44	3.84	4.61	1.62	--
1990	Richmond	IL	28	Atl	AAA	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		13.53	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.50	--
1991	Greenville	Sou	29	Atl	AA	3	4	4.19	8	7	1	1	0	0	43.0	49	25	20	4	16	26	6		10.26	0.84	3.35	5.44	1.51	--
	Greenville	Sou	29	Atl	AA	6	2	1.51	59	0	0	0	44	22	77.1	49	16	13	1	15	65	3		5.70	0.12	1.75	7.56	0.83	--
1992	Richmond	IL	30	Atl	AAA	2	3	2.28	47	0	0	0	27	12	79.0	72	27	20	5	27	82	0		8.20	0.57	3.08	9.34	1.25	--
1993	Richmond	IL	31	Atl	AAA	2	4	1.98	59	0	0	0	55	26	68.1	56	19	15	3	26	81	1		7.38	0.40	3.42	10.67	1.20	--
1994	Oakland	AL	32	Oak	MLB	1	3	3.50	41	0	0	0	11	1	46.1	38	24	18	4	18	48	0	0	7.38	0.78	3.50	9.32	1.21	46%
1996	Edmonton	PCL	34	Oak	AAA	0	0	0.79	7	0	0	0	5	4	11.1	10	1	1	0	3	13	0	0	7.94	0.00	2.38	10.33	1.15	--
	Oakland	AL	34	Oak	MLB	6	3	4.33	55	0	0	0	30	17	60.1	52	30	29	5	25	67	1	0	7.76	0.75	3.73	10.00	1.28	47%
1997	Oakland	AL	35	Oak	MLB	3	4	3.82	72	0	0	0	45	23	73.0	70	32	31	3	36	66	0	0	8.63	0.37	4.44	8.14	1.45	--
1998	Oakland	AL	36	Oak	MLB	4	9	3.58	70	0	0	0	58	33	73.0	71	37	29	7	22	58	0	1	8.75	0.86	2.71	7.15	1.27	50%
1999	NY Mets	NL	37	Nym	MLB	0	1	8.10	18	0	0	0	5	0	13.1	20	12	12	2	9	14	0	0	13.50	1.35	6.08	9.45	2.18	--
	Oakland	AL	37	Oak	MLB	1	5	3.98	43	0	0	0	38	26	43.0	48	23	19	3	14	38	1	1	10.05	0.63	2.93	7.95	1.44	--
2000	Durham	IL	38	Tb	AAA	4	0	4.17	42	0	0	0	36	26	45.1	47	22	21	7	17	47	2	0	9.33	1.39	3.38	9.33	1.41	--
	Tampa Bay	AL	38	Tb	MLB	1	3	8.57	17	0	0	0	7	0	13.2	13	13	13	2	9	13	0	0	8.57	1.32	5.93	8.57	1.61	50%
2001	Nashville	PCL	39	Pit	AAA	0	3	7.20	20	0	0	0	16	8	20.0	29	17	16	4	3	16	0	0	13.05	1.80	1.35	7.20	1.60	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	39	Pit	MLB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	9.00	4.50	0.00	13.50	1.00	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)						16	28	4.21	317	0	0	0	194	100	324.2	314	172	152	27	133	307	2	2	8.70	0.75	3.69	8.51	1.38	48%
Minor League Totals - 15 Season(s)						66	81	4.26	489	133	9	3		113	1,279.2	1259	725	605	86	639	1038	74		8.86	0.61	4.50	7.30	1.48	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1990	Richmond	IL	28	Atl	AAA	p		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
1991	Greenville	Sou	29	Atl	AA	p		59	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
1992	Richmond	IL	30	Atl	AAA	p		47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		---	1.000	---	---	--
1994	Oakland	AL	32	Oak	MLB	p	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	Oakland	AL	34	Oak	MLB	p	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1997	Oakland	AL	35	Oak	MLB	p	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1998	Oakland	AL	36	Oak	MLB	p	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1999	Oakland	AL	37	Oak	MLB	p		43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Mets	NL	37	Nym	MLB	p		18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2000	Tampa Bay	AL	38	Tb	MLB	p	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2001	Pittsburgh	NL	39	Pit	MLB	p	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)								317	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								108	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0		.000	.333	.000	333	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1980	GCL Rangrs	GCL	18	Tex	Rk	P	14			2	7	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1980	Asheville	SAL	18	Tex	A	P	6			2	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1981	GCL Rangrs	GCL	19	Tex	Rk	P	12			2	12	4	18	0	-	-	-	.778	--
1981	Asheville	SAL	19	Tex	A	P	14			3	12	2	17	0	-	-	-	.882	--

1982	Wausau & Burlington	Midw	20	Sea/Tex	A	P	37			4	17	1	22	1	-	-	-	.955	--

1983	Salem	Caro	21	Sd	A+	P	7			2	3	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	--
1983	Tulsa	Tex	21	Tex	AA	P	21			4	4	2	10	0	-	-	-	.800	--

1984	Tulsa	Tex	22	Tex	AA	P	42			7	8	3	18	0	-	-	-	.833	--

1985	Tulsa	Tex	23	Tex	AA	P	20			5	10	3	18	0	-	-	-	.833	--

1986	Tulsa	Tex	24	Tex	AA	P	11			0	12	2	14	1	-	-	-	.857	--
1986	Okla City	Amer	24	Tex	AAA	P	16			10	6	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	--

1987	Okla City	Amer	25	Tex	AAA	P	28			19	26	4	49	4	-	-	-	.918	--

1988	Az As	Ariz	26	Oak	Rk	P	17			3	5	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1988	Okla City	Amer	26	Tex	AAA	P	20			2	19	1	22	2	-	-	-	.955	--

1990	Richmond	IL	28	Atl	AAA	P	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1991	Greenville	Sou	29	Atl	AA	P	8			1	7	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1991	Greenville	Sou	29	Atl	AA	P	59			1	12	1	14	1	-	-	-	.929	--

1992	Richmond	IL	30	Atl	AAA	P	47			2	8	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	--

1993	Richmond	IL	31	Atl	AAA	P	59			3	10	1	14	2	-	-	-	.929	--

1994	Oakland	AL	32	Oak	MLB	P	41		46.1	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	.97

1996	Edmonton	PCL	34	Oak	AAA	P	7			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1996	Oakland	AL	34	Oak	MLB	P	55		60.1	4	9	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.94

1997	Oakland	AL	35	Oak	MLB	P	72		73	3	13	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.97

1998	Oakland	AL	36	Oak	MLB	P	70		73	4	8	0	12	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.48

1999	NY Mets	NL	37	Nym	MLB	P	18		13.1	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.35
1999	Oakland	AL	37	Oak	MLB	P	43		43	1	5	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.26

2000	Durham	IL	38	Tb	AAA	P	42			0	11	1	12	1	-	-	-	.917	--
2000	Tampa Bay	AL	38	Tb	MLB	P	17		13.2	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.66

2001	Nashville	PCL	39	Pit	AAA	P	20			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Pittsburgh	NL	39	Pit	MLB	P	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Awards

[1993] - Triple-A All-Star P, International League All-Star RP

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1994	132,500		914,157	67
1996	135,000		835,262	64
1997	575,000		996,990	34
1998	1,100,000		1,054,037	26
1999	2,500,000		1,222,537	17
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	76
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	80

Career:	$4,817,500	estimate

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