SS Bill Taylor #12
Detroit Wolverines MLB
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
05/03/1976
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SS BILL TAYLOR #12 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
14 37 9 1 0 1 8 11 6 .243 .417 .351 0 0.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 40 45 40 50
Gap 40 45 40 45
Power 45 50 45 50
Eye 70 80 65 70
Avoid K's 35 40 35 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
05/02/1976 LAP Loss, 0-4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
04/30/1976 LAP Win, 7-4 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
04/29/1976 @ NYE Loss, 7-8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/28/1976 @ NYE Win, 5-2 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
04/27/1976 @ NYE Loss, 2-3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
04/25/1976 @ ATL Loss, 3-4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
04/24/1976 @ ATL Loss, 6-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/23/1976 @ ATL Loss, 0-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
04/21/1976 @ MON Loss, 3-4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
04/20/1976 @ MON Loss, 5-9 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 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, 21 Days
Service This Yr:27 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 14 37 9 1 0 1 8 7 11 6 .243 .417 .351 .768 .363 .108 145
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 12 49 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 2 0 0 0.0 6.4 5.72 .3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   19 6 1 0 0 2 5 9 3 0 0 0 .316 .536 .368 .904
Versus Right   18 3 0 0 1 6 2 2 3 0 1 0 .167 .250 .333 .583
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   15 3 0 0 0 3 2 4 4 0 0 0 .200 .368 .200 .568
April   34 9 1 0 1 8 7 10 6 0 1 0 .265 .432 .382 .814
May   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
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   1661 369 62 3 33 191 191 261 382 11 14 14 .222 .331 .323 .653
Home   18 5 1 0 1 7 3 4 0 0 1 0 .278 .409 .500 .909
Road   19 4 0 0 0 1 4 7 6 0 0 0 .211 .423 .211 .634
Grass   37 9 1 0 1 8 7 11 6 0 1 0 .243 .417 .351 .768
Day   18 7 1 0 1 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 .389 .476 .611 1.087
Night   19 2 0 0 0 4 3 8 6 0 1 0 .105 .370 .105 .476
As Starter   35 8 1 0 1 8 7 11 6 0 1 0 .229 .413 .343 .756
As Reliever / Substitution   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Pinch Hitting   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Close/Late   15 5 0 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .375 .533 .908
Inning 1-3   10 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 .100 .357 .200 .557
Inning 4-6   10 3 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 .300 .533 .300 .833
Inning 7-9   13 2 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 .154 .267 .154 .421
Extra Innings   4 3 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.500 2.250
0 Outs   11 4 0 0 1 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 .364 .500 .636 1.136
1 Outs   13 3 0 0 0 3 3 4 3 0 1 0 .231 .412 .231 .643
2 Outs   13 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 .154 .353 .231 .584
Scoring Position   9 2 0 0 1 7 2 3 2 0 1 0 .222 .417 .556 .972
Bases Empty   22 6 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 .273 .407 .273 .680
Runner on 1st   6 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 .167 .444 .333 .778
Runner on 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Runner on 1st & 2nd   2 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 2.000 2.667
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   3 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Two Strikes   21 5 1 0 1 7 5 5 6 0 0 0 .238 .385 .429 .813
First Pitch   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Count 0-1   4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 0-2   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 1-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-2   6 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 .167 .167 .667 .833
Count 2-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .833 .000 .833
Full Count   9 4 1 0 0 3 4 5 0 0 0 0 .444 .643 .556 1.198
Behind in Count   11 3 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 .273 .273 .545 .818
Ahead in Count   5 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 .200 .636 .200 .836
Batting 2nd   10 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 .100 .357 .100 .457
Batting 5th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 6th   4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 7th   8 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 .250 .455 .375 .830
Batting 8th   11 2 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 .182 .357 .182 .539
Batting 9th   3 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 1.333 1.833
Low Leverage   12 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 .167 .412 .167 .578
Medium Leverage   12 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 .250 .400 .333 .733
High Leverage   13 4 0 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 .308 .438 .538 .976
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 14 37 9 1 0 1 8 7 11 0 0 6 0 0 .243 .417 .351 .768 126 145 0.3
Total MLB 538 1661 369 62 3 33 191 191 261 14 11 382 0 0 .222 .331 .323 .653 93 99 3.9
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 11 10 26 27 10 57 4 .930 90.0 5.30 -0.6 .980
1976 Detroit - MLB 3B 2 2 1 5 0 7 1 .857 17.0 3.18 -0.1 .876
1976 Detroit - MLB SS 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 -0.2 .000
TOTAL 2B 174 154 395 440 116 872 37 .958 1349.0 5.57 -1.9 1.004
TOTAL 3B 53 49 29 89 3 128 10 .922 424.0 2.50 -3.4 .937
TOTAL SS 294 257 498 803 146 1354 53 .961 2304.2 5.08 -26.8 .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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