Ron Taylor

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 13, 1937 in Toronto, Canada ca

Debut: April 11, 1962 (Age 24-119d, 11,939th in major league history)
vs. BOS 11.0 IP, 10 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: May 14, 1972 (Age 34-153d)
vs. MON 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: Ronald Wesley Taylor

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

ERA

3.93

491

800.0

464

WHIP

1.254

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1956	18	CLE-min	D	17	11	.607	3.13	32	28		21	1		227.0	228	126	79	7	74	8	184		1	5				1.330	9.0	0.3	2.9	7.3	2.49	DYB FLOR
1957	19	CLE-min	C	9	7	.563	3.40	18	15		9	1		119.0	110	53	45	9	27		78	4	1	1				1.151	8.3	0.7	2.0	5.9	2.89	FMH NORL
1958	20	CLE-min	C	14	10	.583	2.89	29	23		15	5		187.0	172	75	60	9	60		146	14	0	4				1.241	8.3	0.4	2.9	7.0	2.43	MOT NORL
1959	21	CLE-min	A	9	9	.500	4.12	27	24		12	1		177.0	198	93	81	16	31	2	115	7	0	1				1.294	10.1	0.8	1.6	5.8	3.71	REA EL
1960	22	CLE-min	A	10	10	.500	3.42	28	21		13	2		166.0	172	77	63	7	35	2	101	9	0	5				1.247	9.3	0.4	1.9	5.5	2.89	REA EL
1961	23	CLE-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.57	23	17		3	0		126.0	132	74	64	17	44	2	66	5	0	1				1.397	9.4	1.2	3.1	4.7	1.50	SLC PCL
1962	24	CLE-min	AAA	12	4	.750	2.62	26	25		10	4		189.0	155	65	55	18	36	3	114	1	0	2				1.011	7.4	0.9	1.7	5.4	3.17	JCK IL
1962	24	CLE	AL	2	2	.500	5.94	8	4	3	1	0	0	33.1	36	23	22	6	13	4	15	1	1	1	144	66	5.32	1.470	9.7	1.6	3.5	4.1	1.15
1963	25	STL	NL	9	7	.563	2.84	54	9	22	2	0	11	133.1	119	44	42	10	30	6	91	4	1	3	540	126	2.85	1.118	8.0	0.7	2.0	6.1	3.03
1964	26	STL	NL	8	4	.667	4.62	63	2	31	0	0	8	101.1	109	56	52	15	33	7	69	1	1	1	441	83	4.17	1.401	9.7	1.3	2.9	6.1	2.09
1965	27	TOT	NL	3	6	.333	5.60	57	1	29	0	0	5	101.1	111	66	63	11	31	10	63	6	0	3	439	64	3.78	1.401	9.9	1.0	2.8	5.6	2.03
1965	27	STL	NL	2	1	.667	4.53	25	0	9	0	0	1	43.2	43	24	22	6	15	4	26	1	0	1	185	86	4.21	1.328	8.9	1.2	3.1	5.4	1.73
1965	27	HOU	NL	1	5	.167	6.40	32	1	20	0	0	4	57.2	68	42	41	5	16	6	37	5	0	2	254	52	3.45	1.457	10.6	0.8	2.5	5.8	2.31
1966	28	HOU	NL	2	3	.400	5.71	36	1	11	0	0	0	64.2	89	47	41	5	10	4	29	5	0	1	291	60	3.36	1.531	12.4	0.7	1.4	4.0	2.90
1967	29	NYM	NL	4	6	.400	2.34	50	0	31	0	0	8	73.0	60	21	19	1	23	14	46	1	2	1	297	145	2.44	1.137	7.4	0.1	2.8	5.7	2.00
1968	30	NYM	NL	1	5	.167	2.70	58	0	44	0	0	14	76.2	64	24	23	4	18	9	49	1	0	0	307	112	2.53	1.070	7.5	0.5	2.1	5.8	2.72
1969	31	NYM	NL	9	4	.692	2.72	59	0	44	0	0	13	76.0	61	23	23	7	24	6	42	1	0	1	300	134	3.59	1.118	7.2	0.8	2.8	5.0	1.75
1970	32	NYM	NL	5	4	.556	3.93	57	0	40	0	0	13	66.1	65	31	29	5	16	10	28	0	0	1	275	103	3.50	1.221	8.8	0.7	2.2	3.8	1.75
1971	33	NYM	NL	2	2	.500	3.65	45	0	25	0	0	2	69.0	71	28	28	7	11	6	32	1	0	0	281	94	3.36	1.188	9.3	0.9	1.4	4.2	2.91
1972	34	SDP	NL	0	0		12.60	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	9	7	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	28	15.40	1.800	16.2	9.0	0.0	0.0
11 Yrs				45	43	.511	3.93	491	17	282	3	0	74	800.0	794	370	349	76	209	76	464	21	5	12	3339	91	3.46	1.254	8.9	0.9	2.4	5.2	2.22
162 Game Avg.				6	6	.511	3.93	66	2	38	0	0	10	107	106	50	47	10	28	10	62	3	1	2	447	91	3.46	1.254	8.9	0.9	2.4	5.2	2.22

NYM (5 yrs)				21	21	.500	3.04	269	0	184	0	0	50	361.0	321	127	122	24	92	45	197	4	2	3	1460	115	3.07	1.144	8.0	0.6	2.3	4.9	2.14
STL (3 yrs)				19	12	.613	3.75	142	11	62	2	0	20	278.1	271	124	116	31	78	17	186	6	2	5	1166	99	3.55	1.254	8.8	1.0	2.5	6.0	2.38
HOU (2 yrs)				3	8	.273	6.03	68	2	31	0	0	4	122.1	157	89	82	10	26	10	66	10	0	3	545	56	3.40	1.496	11.6	0.7	1.9	4.9	2.54
SDP (1 yr)				0	0		12.60	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	9	7	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	28	15.40	1.800	16.2	9.0	0.0	0.0
CLE (1 yr)				2	2	.500	5.94	8	4	3	1	0	0	33.1	36	23	22	6	13	4	15	1	1	1	144	66	5.32	1.470	9.7	1.6	3.5	4.1	1.15

NL (10 yrs)				43	41	.512	3.84	483	13	279	2	0	74	766.2	758	347	327	70	196	72	449	20	4	11	3195	93	3.38	1.244	8.9	0.8	2.3	5.3	2.29
AL (1 yr)				2	2	.500	5.94	8	4	3	1	0	0	33.1	36	23	22	6	13	4	15	1	1	1	144	66	5.32	1.470	9.7	1.6	3.5	4.1	1.15

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