SS Bill Taylor #12
Detroit Wolverines MLB
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
08/30/1976
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SS BILL TAYLOR #12 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
108 335 84 16 0 6 35 48 66 .251 .352 .352 0 2.9
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 40 45 40 50
Gap 40 40 40 45
Power 45 50 45 50
Eye 70 75 65 70
Avoid K's 40 40 40 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 65 25
Errors: - 55 50
Arm: 20 60 55
Turn DP: - 65 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 60
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 70 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 50
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Aggressiveness: 45
Stealing Ability: 20
Baserunning Inst.: 20
Sacrifice Bunt: 40
Bunt for Hit: 40
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/29/1976 @ MON Win, 11-5 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
08/29/1976 @ MON Loss, 2-7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/28/1976 @ MON Loss, 1-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
08/27/1976 @ MON Win, 9-1 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0
08/26/1976 @ BAL Loss, 6-9 4 1 1 2 1 0 3 0
08/25/1976 @ BAL Win, 6-3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
08/24/1976 @ BAL Loss, 2-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/23/1976 @ BAL Win, 5-1 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
08/22/1976 @ TCN Win, 8-1 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0
08/20/1976 @ TCN Loss, 5-6 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
PERSONALITY
The last to arrive for practice.
Personality Class: Unmotivated
Low: Adaptability, Work Ethic, Baseball IQ
Birthday:10/10/1946
Born in:Chicago, IL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 3"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$120,000
Signed Through:1976 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 70 Days
Service This Yr:146 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1967, 26th Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1976 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 108 335 84 16 0 6 35 44 48 66 .251 .352 .352 .704 .326 .101 117
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 98 394 5 2 0 5 5 1 118 22 0 0 0.0 45.0 4.64 2.9  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   141 44 10 0 4 16 30 30 27 0 3 2 .312 .439 .468 .907
Versus Right   194 40 6 0 2 19 14 18 39 1 2 3 .206 .282 .268 .550
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   27 6 0 0 1 5 2 4 10 1 0 0 .222 .312 .333 .646
April   34 9 1 0 1 8 7 10 6 0 1 0 .265 .432 .382 .814
May   54 12 2 0 0 4 5 6 9 0 2 1 .222 .311 .259 .571
June   63 16 2 0 2 5 9 9 12 0 0 0 .254 .347 .381 .728
July   86 18 7 0 0 4 14 15 17 0 0 3 .209 .346 .291 .637
August   98 29 4 0 3 14 9 8 22 1 2 1 .296 .352 .429 .780
Spring Training   47 10 5 0 1 4 3 5 9 0 0 0 .213 .288 .383 .671
Last Year   345 71 12 2 5 48 34 67 74 5 3 2 .206 .334 .296 .630
2 Years Ago   257 56 6 0 7 30 31 30 55 1 2 1 .218 .301 .323 .624
Career   1959 444 77 3 38 218 228 298 442 12 18 19 .227 .333 .327 .660
Home   162 43 9 0 3 19 24 22 23 0 2 3 .265 .364 .377 .740
Road   173 41 7 0 3 16 20 26 43 1 3 2 .237 .342 .329 .671
Grass   335 84 16 0 6 35 44 48 66 1 5 5 .251 .352 .352 .704
Day   189 47 8 0 3 16 25 24 38 1 2 5 .249 .347 .339 .686
Night   146 37 8 0 3 19 19 24 28 0 3 0 .253 .359 .370 .729
As Starter   331 82 16 0 6 35 44 47 66 1 5 5 .248 .349 .350 .699
As Reliever / Substitution   4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Pinch Hitting   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Close/Late   78 18 3 0 1 13 6 11 15 1 0 0 .231 .322 .308 .630
Inning 1-3   119 31 6 0 2 11 20 17 25 0 4 0 .261 .353 .361 .714
Inning 4-6   108 27 3 0 3 9 14 16 23 0 1 3 .250 .362 .361 .723
Inning 7-9   101 22 7 0 0 12 8 13 17 1 0 2 .218 .316 .287 .603
Extra Innings   7 4 0 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 .571 .667 1.000 1.667
0 Outs   135 40 6 0 4 13 27 18 23 1 4 3 .296 .389 .430 .818
1 Outs   101 22 5 0 2 11 15 15 25 0 1 2 .218 .331 .327 .657
2 Outs   99 22 5 0 0 11 2 15 18 0 0 0 .222 .325 .273 .597
Scoring Position   75 18 2 0 1 28 9 10 19 1 5 2 .240 .341 .307 .648
Bases Empty   188 48 13 0 4 4 28 32 29 0 0 2 .255 .369 .388 .758
Runner on 1st   72 18 1 0 1 3 7 6 18 0 0 1 .250 .316 .306 .622
Runner on 2nd   24 4 1 0 0 3 0 4 8 0 5 1 .167 .310 .208 .519
Runner on 3rd   6 3 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .571 .500 1.071
Runner on 1st & 2nd   22 5 1 0 1 7 4 3 6 0 0 0 .227 .320 .409 .729
Runner on 1st & 3rd   11 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 .182 .167 .182 .348
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 .333 .429 .333 .762
Bases Loaded   6 2 0 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Two Strikes   213 51 9 0 3 22 29 23 66 0 0 4 .239 .325 .324 .649
First Pitch   33 10 3 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .303 .343 .394 .737
Count 0-1   34 9 1 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .265 .471 .735
Count 0-2   27 6 0 0 1 3 3 0 13 0 0 1 .222 .250 .333 .583
Count 1-0   11 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .727 1.091
Count 1-1   23 8 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 .348 .348 .435 .783
Count 1-2   56 7 3 0 1 5 2 0 26 0 0 0 .125 .125 .232 .357
Count 2-0   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   11 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432
Count 2-2   54 11 2 0 1 4 6 0 23 0 0 1 .204 .218 .296 .514
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   7 0 0 0 0 2 3 15 0 1 0 0 .000 .652 .000 .652
Full Count   76 27 4 0 0 10 18 23 4 0 0 2 .355 .515 .408 .923
Behind in Count   117 22 4 0 4 11 8 0 39 0 0 1 .188 .195 .325 .520
Ahead in Count   32 6 1 0 1 4 9 23 0 1 1 1 .188 .526 .312 .839
Batting Leadoff   66 21 8 0 1 6 12 12 13 0 1 2 .318 .438 .485 .922
Batting 2nd   73 17 1 0 2 6 14 17 15 0 2 2 .233 .391 .329 .720
Batting 4th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 5th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 6th   5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Batting 7th   129 28 5 0 2 14 9 11 28 1 2 1 .217 .282 .302 .584
Batting 8th   57 13 2 0 0 6 6 6 10 0 0 0 .228 .302 .263 .565
Batting 9th   3 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .600 1.333 1.933
Low Leverage   135 38 9 0 1 9 15 20 16 1 0 3 .281 .384 .370 .754
Medium Leverage   146 35 6 0 4 16 21 21 35 0 4 2 .240 .343 .363 .706
High Leverage   53 11 1 0 1 10 8 7 14 0 1 0 .208 .300 .283 .583
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Detroit - MLB 23 48 151 31 7 0 3 16 13 24 2 2 38 0 0 .205 .318 .311 .630 82 77 -0.2
1971 Detroit - MLB 24 47 120 33 7 1 0 11 12 25 1 0 31 0 0 .275 .404 .350 .754 125 138 0.4
1972 Detroit - MLB 25 102 277 55 10 0 6 27 30 42 6 0 63 0 0 .199 .317 .300 .617 95 104 0.9
1973 Detroit - MLB 26 136 474 114 19 0 11 51 64 62 2 3 115 0 0 .241 .329 .350 .679 96 101 1.0
1974 Detroit - MLB 27 81 257 56 6 0 7 30 31 30 1 1 55 0 0 .218 .301 .323 .624 86 92 0.1
1975 Detroit - MLB 28 110 345 71 12 2 5 48 34 67 2 5 74 0 0 .206 .334 .296 .630 82 89 1.3
1976 Detroit - MLB 29 108 335 84 16 0 6 35 44 48 5 1 66 0 0 .251 .352 .352 .704 105 117 2.9
Total MLB 632 1959 444 77 3 38 218 228 298 19 12 442 0 0 .227 .333 .327 .660 94 102 6.4
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Total - 20 57 246 78 9 1 10 57 72 32 4 3 22 13 6 .317 .400 .484 .884 100 100 2.4
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1971 Detroit - MLB 24 12 32 13 2 0 2 7 6 11 0 0 6 0 0 .406 .558 .656 1.214 259 260 0.3
1972 Detroit - MLB 25 16 55 10 1 0 2 3 7 5 0 0 16 0 0 .182 .250 .309 .559 76 75 -0.3
1973 Detroit - MLB 26 12 36 6 1 0 0 2 2 9 0 0 8 0 0 .167 .333 .194 .528 55 71 -0.5
1974 Detroit - MLB 27 5 16 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 50 37 -0.6
1975 Detroit - MLB 28 6 23 4 1 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 9 0 0 .174 .296 .217 .514 49 59 0.5
Total MLB 51 162 37 5 0 4 15 22 27 2 0 40 0 0 .228 .346 .333 .679 106 110
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 Detroit - MLB SS 47 44 82 124 21 212 6 .972 395.1 4.69 -5.5 .944
1971 Detroit - MLB 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Detroit - MLB 3B 5 5 1 8 0 10 1 .900 43.0 1.88 -0.4 .927
1971 Detroit - MLB SS 36 30 55 99 17 158 4 .975 271.1 5.11 -5.6 .895
1972 Detroit - MLB 2B 63 57 128 121 34 259 10 .961 474.1 4.72 -3.1 .980
1972 Detroit - MLB 3B 10 10 5 17 0 24 2 .917 81.0 2.44 -0.8 .947
1972 Detroit - MLB SS 33 14 39 50 10 94 5 .947 159.2 5.02 -1.8 .932
1973 Detroit - MLB 2B 6 2 5 9 2 15 1 .933 28.2 4.40 -0.4 .939
1973 Detroit - MLB 3B 7 7 3 16 0 19 0 1.000 58.0 2.95 +0.6 1.057
1973 Detroit - MLB SS 119 116 204 382 65 609 23 .962 1008.1 5.23 -10.4 .954
1974 Detroit - MLB 2B 11 7 25 19 5 47 3 .936 75.1 5.26 -0.8 .889
1974 Detroit - MLB 3B 7 7 3 11 1 16 2 .875 60.0 2.10 -3.0 .763
1974 Detroit - MLB SS 55 52 114 145 33 274 15 .945 453.1 5.14 -3.8 .953
1975 Detroit - MLB 2B 83 78 211 264 65 494 19 .962 680.2 6.28 +2.9 1.029
1975 Detroit - MLB 3B 22 18 16 32 2 52 4 .923 165.0 2.62 +0.3 .972
1975 Detroit - MLB SS 3 1 3 3 0 6 0 1.000 14.2 3.68 +0.4 1.056
1976 Detroit - MLB 2B 81 77 181 248 49 442 13 .971 665.2 5.80 +6.9 1.040
1976 Detroit - MLB 3B 18 13 10 24 2 37 3 .919 113.0 2.71 -0.8 .952
1976 Detroit - MLB SS 15 8 12 23 3 36 1 .972 80.0 3.94 -1.0 .957
TOTAL 2B 244 221 550 661 155 1257 46 .963 1924.2 5.66 +5.6 1.018
TOTAL 3B 69 60 38 108 5 158 12 .924 520.0 2.53 -4.1 .943
TOTAL SS 308 265 509 826 149 1389 54 .961 2382.2 5.04 -27.7 .944
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1967 Drafted in the 1967 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 26, 26th overall pick) by the Detroit Wolverines, out of college Ridgewater
10/20/1967 Named the #80 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 30 (45); Eye: 45 (60).
04/09/1968 Named the #89 prospect in the MLB
07/04/1968 Named the #57 prospect in the MLB
10/31/1968 Named the #66 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (55); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 50 (60).
04/08/1969 Named the #77 prospect in the MLB
07/03/1969 Named the #45 prospect in the MLB
10/29/1969 Named the #44 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (55); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 60 (60).
04/07/1970 Named the #96 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 60 (60).
03/12/1971 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Detroit Wolverines development complex.
06/19/1971 Injured (fractured foot),out for 3-4 weeks.
10/05/1971 Wins the 1971 MLB ABL Divisional Round MVP Award.
11/13/1971 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $26,400.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 60 (65).
03/06/1972 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Detroit Wolverines development complex.
11/12/1972 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 45 (50); Eye: 60 (65).
04/22/1973 Injured (spained knee),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
11/04/1973 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $37,000.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 65 (70).
11/14/1974 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $70,000.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 65 (70).
11/16/1975 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $120,000.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 70 (70).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year K Rank
1973 115 3
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