Ben Taylor

Benjamin Harrison Taylor

Born: July 1, 1888 in Anderson, SC
Died: January 24, 1953 in Baltimore, MD
(64 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 175

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006
• Buried: Arbutus Memorial Park (Arbutus, MD)
• Relatives: Steel Arm Johnny Taylor (Brother) , C. I. Taylor (Brother) , Candy Jim Taylor (Brother)
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Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1909	BG	WES	20	SP	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	532
1910	WBS	WES	21	1B	6	23	23	0	6	1	1	0	0	0		0			0	0			.261	.261	.391	.652	101
1911	SLG	WES	22	SP	14	39	34	5	12	3	0	0	5	0		2			0	3			.353	.389	.441	.830	128
1911-12	HAB	CUB	23	SP	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1912	NLG/WBS	EAS/WES	23	SP	8	19	19	0	9	3	0	0	4	0		0			0	0			.474	.474	.632	1.105	202
1913	WBS/CAG	NvM/WES	24	1B	27	120	110	20	37	5	2	2	18	1		8			0	2			.336	.381	.473	.854	141
1914	CAG/ABC	NvH/WES	25	1B	64	272	232	52	82	24	8	4	54	27		35			2	3			.353	.442	.578	1.020	169
1915	ABC	WES	26	1B	60	248	215	35	63	18	5	1	47	14		28			4	1			.293	.385	.437	.822	143
1915-16	RP/ABC	FHL/NvC	27	1B	26	114	104	12	37	4	3	1	16	7	1	8	2		1	1	0		.356	.407	.481	.888	162
1916	ABC	WES	27	1B	41	164	150	23	47	3	1	0	28	6		10			1	3			.313	.360	.347	.707	110
1917	ABC	WES	28	1B	57	242	218	27	64	9	4	0	39	5		18			1	5			.294	.350	.372	.722	140
1918	ABC	WES	29	1B	41	174	157	30	48	5	6	2	37	5		12			2	3			.306	.363	.452	.815	132
1919	AC/JBC	MULT	30	1B	34	146	127	19	35	4	5	2	22	6		14			1	4			.276	.352	.433	.785	149
1920	ABC	NNL	31	1B	93	389	343	57	110	20	5	4	64	13		31			1	14			.321	.379	.443	.822	144
1921	ABC	NNL	32	1B	106	460	408	84	160	25	9	3	89	9		36			5	11			.392	.448	.520	.967	176
1922	ABC	NNL/NvH	33	1B	94	415	373	76	138	34	7	2	70	3		29			1	12			.370	.417	.515	.932	151
1923	BBS/WP	ECL/IND	34	1B	26	108	91	14	33	4	1	2	19	0		15			0	2			.363	.453	.495	.947	204
1924	WP	ECL	35	1B	50	223	201	33	62	6	2	3	39	3		21				1			.308	.374	.403	.777	127
1925	HBG	ECL	36	1B	70	307	268	40	87	14	4	5	65	0		26				13			.325	.384	.463	.847	116
1926	BBS	ECL	37	1B	53	201	167	16	50	7	3	1	23	4		28			1	5			.299	.403	.395	.798	126
1927	BBS	ECL	38	1B	65	265	236	35	79	9	5	2	43	1		26			0	3			.335	.401	.441	.841	120
1928	BBS	ECL	39	1B	57	239	220	26	70	14	3	2	38	2		12			1	6			.318	.356	.436	.793	101
1929	ACB	ANL	40	1B	39	132	115	12	31	6	0	4	17	1		14			1	2			.270	.354	.426	.780	90
21	14			1B	1034	4305	3816	617	1261	218	74	40	737	107	1	373	2		22	94	0		.330	.393	.458	.851	140
162 Game Average						674	598	97	198	34	12	6	115	19	8	58	16		4	15	0		.330	.393	.458	.851	140

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
21	Negro Leagues				993	4132	3660	597	1216	211	70	37	715	100		360			20	92			.332	.395	.458	.854	140
2	vs Latin Leagues				22	92	83	9	28	4	2	0	12	7	1	8	2		0	1	0		.337	.396	.434	.829	137
3	vs High Minors				13	55	49	5	10	2	2	1	5	0		4			1	1			.204	.278	.388	.666	103
1	vs Semipros				4	19	17	4	4	0	0	1	3	0		1			1	0			.235	.316	.412	.728	148
1	vs Major Leagues				2	7	7	2	3	1	0	1	2	0		0			0	0			.429	.429	1.000	1.429	279

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Birmingham Giants			1B	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	532
3	West Baden Sprudels			1B	19	78	74	7	22	3	2	1	9	0		4			0	0			.297	.333	.432	.766	114
1	St. Louis Stars I			SP	14	39	34	5	12	3	0	0	5	0		2			0	3			.353	.389	.441	.830	128
1	Habana			-	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	5	8	8	0	6	2	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.750	.750	1.000	1.750	353
2	Chicago American Giants			1B	21	95	86	15	27	5	1	1	12	1		6			1	2			.314	.366	.430	.796	130
8	Indianapolis ABCs I			1B	572	2433	2159	391	737	141	47	16	439	89	1	205	2		16	53	0		.341	.403	.472	.875	151
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel			1B	6	26	25	3	9	0	1	1	4	0		0			1	0			.360	.385	.560	.945	213
1	Jewell's ABCs of Indianapolis			1B	2	10	8	2	3	1	0	0	2	1		2			0	0			.375	.500	.500	1.000	176
1	Bacharach Giants I			1B	32	136	119	17	32	3	5	2	20	5		12			1	4			.269	.341	.429	.769	146
2	Washington Potomacs			1B	74	324	286	47	94	10	3	5	57	3		36			0	2			.329	.404	.437	.841	156
4	Baltimore Black Sox			1B	177	712	629	77	200	30	11	5	105	7		66			2	15			.318	.385	.424	.809	114
1	Harrisburg Giants			1B	70	307	268	40	87	14	4	5	65	0		26				13			.325	.384	.463	.847	116
1	Bacharach Giants II			1B	39	132	115	12	31	6	0	4	17	1		14			1	2			.270	.354	.426	.780	90

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1909	BG	WES	1	.951	.298	0.0%	6.4%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.079
1910	WBS	WES	23	.297	.294	0.0%	6.3%					0.0%	0.8%	.130	.088
1911	SLG	WES	39	.357	.332	5.1%	7.5%					0.0%	0.8%	.088	.105
1911-12	HAB	CUB	4	.000	.334	0.0%	10.5%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.058
1912	NLG/WBS	EAS/WES	19	.507	.335	0.0%			6.4%			0.0%	0.8%	.158	.091
1913	WBS/CAG	NvM/WES	120	.388	.323	6.7%			6.4%			1.7%	0.6%	.136	.092
1914	CAG/ABC	NvH/WES	272	.459	.348	12.9%			8.5%			1.5%	0.9%	.224	.110
1915	ABC	WES	248	.399	.328	11.3%	9.0%					0.4%	0.7%	.144	.082
1915-16	RP/ABC	FHL/NvC	114	.445	.351	7.0%		1.8%	11.4%	4.00		0.9%	0.1%	.125	.056
1916	ABC	WES	164	.346	.327	6.1%	8.9%					0.0%	0.4%	.033	.075
1917	ABC	WES	242	.352	.296	7.4%	8.3%					0.0%	0.2%	.078	.064
1918	ABC	WES	174	.385	.337	6.9%	9.4%					1.1%	0.4%	.146	.084
1919	AC/JBC	MULT	146	.368	.301	9.6%			7.4%			1.4%	0.4%	.157	.078
1920	ABC	NNL	389	.383	.321	8.0%	8.2%					1.0%	0.5%	.122	.078
1921	ABC	NNL	460	.442	.323	7.8%	7.3%					0.7%	0.8%	.127	.096
1922	ABC	NNL/NvH	415	.414	.335	7.0%			7.9%			0.5%	1.1%	.145	.113
1923	BBS/WP	ECL/IND	108	.447	.298	13.9%			7.0%			1.9%	0.5%	.132	.068
1924	WP	ECL	223	.363	.312	9.4%	6.6%					1.3%	1.1%	.095	.095
1925	HBG	ECL	307	.371	.349	8.5%	8.4%					1.6%	1.7%	.138	.124
1926	BBS	ECL	201	.377	.328	13.9%	9.2%		1.0%		9.20	0.5%	1.1%	.096	.107
1927	BBS	ECL	265	.390	.348	9.8%	9.1%					0.8%	1.3%	.106	.120
1928	BBS	ECL	239	.352	.353	5.0%	7.9%					0.8%	1.5%	.118	.126
1929	ACB	ANL	132	.355	.371	10.6%	9.5%					3.0%	1.4%	.157	.132
21	14		4305	.393	.331	8.7%	8.2%	2.3%	3.4%	4.00	6.81	0.9%	0.9%	.127	.097

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
21	Negro Leagues		4132	.394	.331	8.7%	8.2%					0.9%	0.9%	.126	.098
2	vs Latin Leagues		92	.416	.361	8.7%	12.0%	2.3%	9.0%	4.00	1.33	0.0%	0.0%	.096	.058
3	vs High Minors		55	.309	.302	7.3%	6.4%					1.8%	0.8%	.184	.100
1	vs Semipros		19	.350	.272	5.3%	6.8%					5.3%	1.0%	.176	.087
1	vs Major Leagues		7	.624	.347	0.0%	7.3%					14.3%	0.5%	.571	.086

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Birmingham Giants		1	.951	.298	0.0%	6.4%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.079
3	West Baden Sprudels		78	.354	.324	5.1%	6.7%					1.3%	0.6%	.135	.092
1	St. Louis Stars I		39	.357	.332	5.1%	7.5%					0.0%	0.8%	.088	.105
1	Habana		4	.000	.334	0.0%	10.5%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.058
1	New York Lincoln Giants		8	.797	.350	0.0%	5.5%					0.0%	1.1%	.250	.099
2	Chicago American Giants		95	.362	.315	6.3%	6.2%					1.1%	0.7%	.116	.095
8	Indianapolis ABCs I		2433	.407	.328	8.4%	8.4%	2.3%	9.0%	4.00	1.33	0.7%	0.7%	.131	.089
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel		26	.479	.313	0.0%	9.1%					3.8%	0.5%	.200	.051
1	Jewell's ABCs of Indianapolis		10	.477	.341	20.0%	9.8%					0.0%	1.1%	.125	.108
1	Bacharach Giants I		136	.360	.298	8.8%	7.2%					1.5%	0.4%	.160	.076
2	Washington Potomacs		324	.396	.307	11.1%	6.8%					1.5%	0.9%	.108	.086
4	Baltimore Black Sox		712	.371	.344	9.3%	8.7%					0.7%	1.3%	.107	.118
1	Harrisburg Giants		307	.371	.349	8.5%	8.4%					1.6%	1.7%	.138	.124
1	Bacharach Giants II		132	.355	.371	10.6%	9.5%					3.0%	1.4%	.157	.132

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