Steel Arm Johnny Taylor

John Boyce Taylor

Born: August 12, 1879 in Anderson, SC
Died: March 25, 1956 in Peoria, IL
(76 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'5"

Wt: 168

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Notes:

• College: Biddle University (Charlotte, NC)
• Buried: Springdale Cemetery (Peoria, IL)
• Relatives: Ben Taylor (Brother) , Candy Jim Taylor (Brother) , C. I. Taylor (Brother)
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Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1907	BG	SOU	27	SP	0	2	.000	2	2	0	2	0	0	16.2	9	6	22	0	2	14	1		2	78	3.24	75
1908	BG	SOU	28	SP	2	1	.667	3	3	0	3	2	0	26.0	2	2	15	1	3	11	0		5	102	0.69	61
1909	SPG	WES	29	SP	3	1	.750	4	3		3	0	0	32.2	15	10	31	1	6	17	0		1	137	2.76	88
1910	COG/WBS	WES	30	SP	2	2	.500	7	5		3	0	0	50.1	18	12	40	0	11	18	0		1	199	2.15	132
1911	SLG	WES	31	SP	3	1	.750	7	4		2	1	0	36.0	15	10	37	3	9	17	0		0	153	2.50	159
1912	WBS	NvM/WES	32	SP	1	2	.333	4	3	0	3	0	0	27.2	20	17	32	0	2	10	0		0	119	5.53	64
1913	CAG/WBS	NvM/WES	33	SP	5	2	.714	9	7	1	7	1	0	73.2	22	15	59	0	13	35	0		0	282	1.83	191
1914	ABC	WES	34	SP	3	6	.333	11	8		4	0	0	76.1	53	37	80	5	27	28	0		3	346	4.36	92
1915	CBS/LWS	WES	35	SP	4	2	.667	7	5		4	0	0	49.0	25	17	45	0	12	21	0		1	199	3.12	105
1916	ABC	WES	36	SP	0	0		2	1		0	0	0	1.1	10	9	8	1	1	0	0		1	14	60.75	5
1920	ABC	NNL	40	RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	0.1	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	6	81.00	4
11	9			SP	23	19	.548	57	41	1	31	4	0	390.0	192	138	371	11	88	171	1	0	15	1635	3.18	95
162 Game Average					16	13	.548	40	28	5	22	3	0	270.2	133	96	257	8	61	119	1	0	10	1134	3.18	95

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
11	Negro Leagues				23	18	.561	55	40	0	30	4	0	375.1	188	136	362	11	87	166	1	0	15	1578	3.26	93
2	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	2	1	1	1	0	0	14.2	4	2	9	0	1	5	0		0	57	1.23	267

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
2	Birmingham Giants			SP	2	3	.400	5	5	0	5	2	0	42.2	11	8	37	1	5	25	1		7	180	1.69	66
1	St. Paul Gophers			SP	3	1	.750	4	3		3	0	0	32.2	15	10	31	1	6	17	0		1	137	2.76	88
1	Chicago Giants			SP	2	1	.667	5	4		2	0	0	37.0	15	10	29	0	9	9	0		1	145	2.43	115
3	West Baden Sprudels			SP	3	5	.375	11	8	1	8	0	0	82.0	39	30	79	0	9	39	0		0	333	3.29	110
1	St. Louis Stars I			SP	3	1	.750	7	4		2	1	0	36.0	15	10	37	3	9	17	0		0	153	2.50	159
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	3	0	1.000	4	3		3	1	0	32.2	6	4	23	0	8	15	0		0	122	1.10	282
3	Indianapolis ABCs I			SP	3	6	.333	14	9		4	0	0	78.0	66	49	90	6	30	28	0	0	5	366	5.65	66
1	Chicago Black Sox			RP	2	0	1.000	3	1		1	0	0	15.2	3	2	10	0	4	4	0		0	55	1.15	302
1	Louisville White Sox			SP	2	2	.500	4	4		3	0	0	33.1	22	15	35	0	8	17	0		1	144	4.05	79

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1907	BG	SOU	27	SP	16.2	1.44	1.10	17.9%	23.5%	2.6%	5.9%	7.00	4.00	0.0%	0.7%
1908	BG	SOU	28	SP	26.0	0.69	0.63	10.8%	22.5%	2.9%	4.9%	3.67	4.61	1.0%	0.3%
1909	SPG	WES	29	SP	32.2	1.13	1.09	12.4%	12.5%	4.4%	6.8%	2.83	1.84	0.7%	0.5%
1910	COG/WBS	WES	30	SP	50.1	1.01	1.14	9.0%	14.0%	5.5%	5.5%	1.64	2.55	0.0%	0.8%
1911	SLG	WES	31	SP	36.0	1.28	1.33	11.1%	13.2%	5.9%	7.2%	1.89	1.82	2.0%	0.9%
1912	WBS	NvM/WES	32	SP	27.2	1.23	1.22	8.4%	14.2%	1.7%	5.1%	5.00	2.76	0.0%	0.6%
1913	CAG/WBS	NvM/WES	33	SP	73.2	0.98	1.30	12.4%	15.7%	4.6%	7.1%	2.69	2.02	0.0%	0.7%
1914	ABC	WES	34	SP	76.1	1.40	1.36	8.1%	12.1%	7.8%	8.1%	1.04	1.49	1.4%	0.9%
1915	CBS/LWS	WES	35	SP	49.0	1.16	1.24	10.6%	12.5%	6.0%	8.0%	1.75	1.57	0.0%	0.7%
1916	ABC	WES	36	SP	1.1	6.75	1.19	0.0%	12.2%	7.1%	8.5%	0.00	1.43	7.1%	0.4%
1920	ABC	NNL	40	RP	0.1	12.00	1.29	0.0%	10.9%	33.3%	8.0%	0.00	1.36	0.0%	0.5%
11	9			SP	390.0	1.18	1.21	10.5%	14.1%	5.4%	6.9%	1.94	2.20	0.7%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
11	Negro Leagues				375.1	1.20	1.21	10.5%	14.0%	5.5%	6.9%	1.91	2.14	0.7%	0.7%
2	vs Major Leagues				14.2	0.68	1.18	8.8%	17.9%	1.8%	5.5%	5.00	3.80	0.0%	0.6%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
2	Birmingham Giants			SP	42.2	0.98	0.81	13.9%	22.9%	2.8%	5.3%	5.00	4.37	0.6%	0.5%
1	St. Paul Gophers			SP	32.2	1.13	1.09	12.4%	12.5%	4.4%	6.8%	2.83	1.84	0.7%	0.5%
1	Chicago Giants			SP	37.0	1.03	1.13	6.2%	14.3%	6.2%	5.5%	1.00	2.57	0.0%	0.8%
3	West Baden Sprudels			SP	82.0	1.07	1.29	11.7%	13.8%	2.7%	6.4%	4.33	2.32	0.0%	0.7%
1	St. Louis Stars I			SP	36.0	1.28	1.33	11.1%	13.2%	5.9%	7.2%	1.89	1.82	2.0%	0.9%
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	32.2	0.95	1.21	12.3%	13.3%	6.6%	6.3%	1.88	2.09	0.0%	0.6%
3	Indianapolis ABCs I			SP	78.0	1.54	1.36	7.7%	12.1%	8.2%	8.1%	0.93	1.49	1.6%	0.9%
1	Chicago Black Sox			RP	15.2	0.89	1.28	7.3%	12.3%	7.3%	8.1%	1.00	1.52	0.0%	0.7%
1	Louisville White Sox			SP	33.1	1.29	1.22	11.8%	12.6%	5.6%	7.9%	2.13	1.59	0.0%	0.7%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1907	BG	SOU	27	SP	2	78	73	9	22	0	1	0	2		2	14		2	1		0	.301	.338	.329	.666
1908	BG	SOU	28	SP	3	102	92	2	15	1	0	1	0		3	11		5	2		2	.163	.230	.207	.437
1909	SPG	WES	29	SP	4	137	130	15	31	6	0	1	8		6	17		1	0		0	.238	.277	.308	.585
1910	COG/WBS	WES	30	SP	7	199	179	18	40	6	2	0	5		11	18		1	8		3	.223	.272	.279	.552
1911	SLG	WES	31	SP	7	153	143	15	37	6	0	3	7		9	17		0	1		2	.259	.303	.364	.666
1912	WBS	NvM/WES	32	SP	4	119	115	20	32	7	3	0	3		2	10		0	2		3	.278	.291	.391	.682
1913	CAG/WBS	NvM/WES	33	SP	9	282	258	22	59	12	2	0	1		13	35		0	11		4	.229	.266	.291	.556
1914	ABC	WES	34	SP	11	346	306	53	80	13	1	5	18		27	28		3	10		5	.261	.327	.359	.687
1915	CBS/LWS	WES	35	SP	7	199	181	25	45	3	3	0	11		12	21		1	5		5	.249	.299	.298	.597
1916	ABC	WES	36	SP	2	14	12	10	8	1	0	1	0		1	0		1	0		0	.667	.714	1.000	1.714
1920	ABC	NNL	40	RP	1	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	0		2	0		1	0		0	.667	.833	1.000	1.833
11	9			SP	57	1635	1492	192	371	56	12	11	55		88	171		15	40		24	.249	.297	.324	.622

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
11	Negro Leagues				55	1578	1437	188	362	54	11	11	55		87	166		15	39		22	.252	.301	.328	.629
2	vs Major Leagues				2	57	55	4	9	2	1	0	0		1	5		0	1		2	.164	.179	.236	.415

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2	Birmingham Giants			SP	5	180	165	11	37	1	1	1	2		5	25		7	3		2	.224	.277	.261	.537
1	St. Paul Gophers			SP	4	137	130	15	31	6	0	1	8		6	17		1	0		0	.238	.277	.308	.585
1	Chicago Giants			SP	5	145	129	15	29	5	2	0	4		9	9		1	6		3	.225	.281	.295	.575
3	West Baden Sprudels			SP	11	333	316	39	79	14	5	0	4		9	39		0	8		6	.250	.271	.326	.597
1	St. Louis Stars I			SP	7	153	143	15	37	6	0	3	7		9	17		0	1		2	.259	.303	.364	.666
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	4	122	107	6	23	6	0	0	1		8	15		0	7		1	.215	.270	.271	.541
3	Indianapolis ABCs I			SP	14	366	321	66	90	15	1	6	18		30	28		5	10		5	.280	.351	.389	.741
1	Chicago Black Sox			RP	3	55	50	3	10	0	0	0	3		4	4		0	1		3	.200	.259	.200	.459
1	Louisville White Sox			SP	4	144	131	22	35	3	3	0	8		8	17		1	4		2	.267	.314	.336	.650

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