Ben Taylor

Benjamin Harrison Taylor

Born: July 1, 1888 in Anderson, SC
Died: January 24, 1953 - 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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Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Jud Wilson	3B	3	1926	1928	BBS	13.1	10.5	2.4	0.0	0.2
2	Lucius Hampton	SP	2	1922	1924	ABC/WP	6.3	1.7	0.5	4.2	-0.1
3	Oscar Charleston	CF	1	1922	1922	ABC	6.0	5.6	0.6	0.0	-0.2
4	Rap Dixon	RF	2	1928	1935	BBS/NE	4.7	3.8	1.1	0.0	-0.2
5	Pete Washington	CF	4	1923	1928	BBS/WP	4.4	2.8	2.2	0.0	-0.5
6	Laymon Yokely	SP	4	1926	1938	BBS/SEN	4.0	-1.3	0.0	5.3	0.0
7	Biz Mackey	C	2	1922	1928	ABC/BBS	3.8	3.7	-0.1	0.0	0.2
8	Jim Jeffries	SP	1	1922	1922	ABC	3.4	-0.6	0.1	3.9	0.0
9	Crush Holloway	LF	5	1922	1935	MULT	3.3	1.7	2.6	0.0	-1.0
10	Joe Strong	SP	3	1926	1928	BBS	3.2	0.1	0.0	3.1	0.0
11	Mack Eggleston	C	7	1922	1929	MULT	3.1	3.0	-0.5	0.0	0.6
12	Rats Henderson	SP	1	1929	1929	BG2	3.1	-0.2	0.0	3.3	0.0
13	William Ross	SP	2	1922	1923	ABC/WP	2.7	0.6	-0.1	2.3	0.0
14	Fats Jenkins	LF	2	1929	1935	BG2/NE	2.6	2.3	0.7	0.0	-0.4
15	Leon Day	SP	1	1935	1935	NE	2.5	0.0	0.1	2.4	0.0
16	George Giles	1B	1	1935	1935	NE	2.0	1.6	0.6	0.0	-0.2
17	Harry Williams	2B	1	1935	1935	NE	1.7	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
18	Henry Blackmon	3B	1	1922	1922	ABC	1.3	-0.2	1.2	0.0	0.3
19	Will Jackman	SP	1	1935	1935	NE	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0
20	Anthony Mahoney	SP	1	1922	1922	ABC	1.2	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
21	Chaney White	CF	2	1924	1929	BG2/WP	1.1	2.2	-1.0	0.0	-0.2
22	Terris McDuffie	SP	1	1935	1935	NE	0.9	-0.1	0.1	0.9	0.0
23	Clint Thomas	RF	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	-0.2
24	Jesse Hubbard	SP	1	1928	1928	BBS	0.8	0.4	-0.1	0.5	0.0
25	Country Brown	RF	2	1923	1924	WP	0.7	2.0	-1.1	0.0	-0.2
26	Heavy Johnson	LF	1	1926	1926	BBS	0.7	2.1	-1.2	0.0	-0.2
27	John Beckwith	3B	1	1926	1926	BBS	0.7	1.2	-0.7	0.1	0.1
28	Dave Thomas	1B	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.0	-0.1
29	Alonzo Mitchell	SP	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
30	Dick Jackson	2B	3	1926	1928	BBS	0.6	-0.3	0.7	0.0	0.2
31	Javier Pérez	3B	1	1935	1935	NE	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1
32	Ralph Jefferson	LF	1	1923	1923	WP	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.0	-0.1
33	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
34	Clarence Palm	C	1	1935	1935	NE	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
35	Bob McClure	SP	5	1922	1929	MULT	0.5	-1.0	0.0	1.5	0.0
36	Claude Grier	SP	1	1924	1924	WP	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
37	Buddy Burbage	CF	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
38	Joe Lewis	C	1	1923	1923	WP	0.4	0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.0
39	Thomas Albright	SP	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
40	Ed Stone	RF	1	1935	1935	NE	0.3	1.0	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
41	George Carr	1B	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
42	Henry Spearman	3B	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
43	Eggie Dallard	CF	2	1924	1926	BBS/WP	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.1
44	Wayne Carr	SP	3	1922	1924	ABC/WP	0.2	-0.8	0.0	1.0	0.0
45	Zollie Wright	RF	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
46	Otis Starks	SP	2	1929	1935	BG2/NE	0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.3	0.0
47	Elbert Williams	SP	1	1935	1935	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
48	Julio Rojo	3B	1	1926	1926	BBS	0.2	-1.0	1.0	0.0	0.1
49	Buck Ridgley	2B	1	1923	1923	WP	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	George Shively	CF	1	1924	1924	WP	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
51	Bill Hoskins	RF	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
52	Charlie Mason	LF	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
53	Clarence Griffin	CF	1	1935	1935	NE	0.1	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Darltie Cooper	RP	1	1926	1926	BBS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
55	Joe Goodrich	3B	2	1923	1924	WP	0.1	0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.2
56	Bob Clarke	C	3	1926	1928	BBS	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3
57	String Bean Williams	SP	2	1923	1924	WP	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
58	Willie Creek	C	1	1924	1924	WP	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
59	Carlisle Perry	2B	1	1923	1923	WP	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
60	Fred Barnes	RP	1	1924	1924	WP	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
61	Jimmy Ford	2B	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
62	Charles Wesley	LF	1	1922	1922	ABC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Althus Collins	RP	1	1928	1928	BBS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
64	Perry Hall	3B	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	Eugene White	3B	1	1935	1935	NE	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
66	Parker	1B	1	1928	1928	BBS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Henry Richardson	RP	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Bill Johnson	C	1	1924	1924	WP	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Proctor	RF	1	1924	1924	WP	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Howard	-	1	1922	1922	ABC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Bill Casey	C	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
72	Carl Howard	-	1	1935	1935	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Davidson	-	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Kerry	-	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	McDowell	RF	1	1923	1923	WP	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Harry Kincannon	RP	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Fred Williams	C	1	1924	1924	WP	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
78	Clarence Arthur	3B	1	1923	1923	WP	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Jabbo Andrews	LF	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
80	Bill Rankin	2B	1	1923	1923	WP	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
81	Joe Cade	SP	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.0	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0
82	Jimmie Lyons	CF	1	1924	1924	WP	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
83	D. Wiggins	1B	1	1923	1923	WP	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Johnny Johnson	RP	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Jim Williams	-	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Frank Warfield	2B	1	1928	1928	BBS	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
87	Sam Cooper	RP	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
88	Roy S. Williams	-	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
89	Pinky Ward	CF	1	1923	1923	WP	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
90	Calvin Clarke	RF	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Tex Burnett	C	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
92	Ted Radcliffe	SP	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0
93	Willie Woods	CF	3	1922	1924	ABC/WP	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
94	Cleo Smith	RF	2	1926	1928	BBS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
95	Otto Briggs	RF	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
96	Red Bradley	-	1	1927	1927	BBS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
97	Bubbles Anderson	2B	1	1924	1924	WP	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
98	Jimmy Reese	-	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
99	Dicta Johnson	SP	1	1922	1922	ABC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
100	Gilbert Coleman	3B	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Frank Stevens	-	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
102	Eddie Huff	C	1	1922	1922	ABC	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
103	George Boggs	RP	1	1928	1928	BBS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
104	Alex Crumbley	LF	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
105	Billy Nicholas	-	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
106	Powell	-	1	1928	1928	BBS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
107	Charlie Hughes	-	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Alex Albritton	RP	2	1923	1924	WP	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
109	Gavin	-	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
110	Dennis Gilchrist	2B	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.2	0.3	-0.6	0.0	0.1
111	Spike	LF	1	1923	1923	WP	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
112	Miller	-	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
113	Clarence Lindsay	SS	2	1928	1929	BBS/BG2	-0.3	-0.9	0.5	-0.2	0.4
114	Arnett Mitchell	-	1	1926	1926	BBS	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
115	Leonard Punch	RF	1	1923	1923	WP	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
116	William Craddock	-	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
117	Douglass Monroe	2B	1	1927	1927	BBS	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
118	Emory Long	-	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
119	George Britt	RP	2	1926	1938	BBS/SEN	-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
120	Charlie Smith	2B	1	1924	1924	WP	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Bobby Williams	3B	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
122	Namon Washington	LF	1	1922	1922	ABC	-0.3	0.3	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
123	Willie Gisentaner	-	1	1923	1923	WP	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
124	Lefty Holmes	-	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
125	Pepper Daniels	C	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
126	Leon Ruffin	C	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Roland Calhoun	-	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
128	Maceo Clark	RP	2	1923	1924	WP	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
129	Bucky Johnson	2B	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
130	Abe Bell	-	1	1924	1924	WP	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
131	Curtis Henderson	SS	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
132	John Mungin	-	1	1926	1926	BBS	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
133	Wilbert Pritchett	SP	2	1926	1927	BBS	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
134	Bill Sadler	SS	2	1935	1938	NE/SEN	-0.5	0.0	-0.7	0.0	0.2
135	Luther Farrell	RF	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.3	0.0
136	Will Owens	SS	2	1923	1924	WP	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.1
137	Ben Jenkins	-	1	1924	1924	WP	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
138	Eddie Powell	C	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
139	Hoss Walker	SS	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.5	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.2
140	Bill Yancey	SS	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.5	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.2
141	Willie Ward	CF	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.6	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
142	Roy Roberts	-	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
143	Bullet Campbell	LF	1	1923	1923	WP	-0.6	0.2	-0.1	-0.7	0.0
144	Hugh Smith	RP	2	1923	1924	WP	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
145	Ping Gardner	RP	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
146	Harry Jeffries	3B	2	1924	1928	BBS/WP	-0.8	-0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0
147	Lefty Bowers	RP	2	1926	1927	BBS	-0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
148	George Fiall	SS	1	1926	1926	BBS	-0.8	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.1
149	Bun Hayes	SP	2	1928	1935	BBS/NE	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
150	Morten Clark	SS	2	1922	1923	ABC/WP	-0.9	-0.3	-1.1	0.0	0.5
151	Willie Jones	C	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.9	-0.6	-0.4	0.0	0.1
152	Dick Seay	SS	1	1926	1926	BBS	-0.9	-0.6	-0.4	0.0	0.1
153	Connie Day	2B	3	1922	1929	MULT	-1.2	-2.1	0.3	0.0	0.5
154	Ambrose Reid	1B	1	1929	1929	BG2	-1.3	0.0	-1.2	0.0	-0.1
155	Omer Newsome	-	1	1924	1924	WP	-1.4	-0.2	0.0	-1.3	0.0
156	Scrappy Brown	SS	4	1926	1929	BBS/BG2	-1.5	-0.9	-1.2	0.0	0.6
157	Bill Force	SP	3	1926	1928	BBS	-1.6	-0.5	0.0	-1.0	0.0
158	Jimmy Shields	SS	1	1929	1929	BG2	-1.6	0.0	0.1	-1.8	0.0
159	Tom Finley	SS	1	1924	1924	WP	-1.7	-0.8	-1.1	0.0	0.2
160	J. H. Hamilton	2B	1	1924	1924	WP	-1.7	0.2	-2.1	0.0	0.2
161	Pearley Johnson	RF	2	1926	1927	BBS	-2.2	0.3	-2.3	0.0	-0.1

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