Carl Taylor stats
Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 1973
Bio
- Debut
- 1968
Bio
- Debut
- 1968
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 411
- AB
- 846
- R
- 113
- H
- 225
- HR
- 10
- RBI
- 115
- SB
- 12
- AVG
- .266
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | PIT | 44 | 71 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .211 |
| 1969 | PIT | 104 | 221 | 30 | 77 | 4 | 33 | 0 | .348 |
| 1970 | STL | 104 | 245 | 39 | 61 | 6 | 45 | 5 | .249 |
| 1971 |  PIT/KC | 27 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .176 |
| 1972 | KC | 63 | 113 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 4 | .265 |
| 1973 | KC | 69 | 145 | 18 | 33 | 0 | 16 | 2 | .228 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,006
- TB
- 298
- XBH
- 47
- HBP
- 5
- IBB
- 4
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | PIT | 82 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | PIT | 261 | 101 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | STL | 288 | 95 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | PIT/KC | 58 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | KC | 135 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | KC | 182 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 3.3
- RC
- 125.8
- RC/27
- 5.30
- ISOP
- .086
- SECA
- .253
- BB/K
- 1.05
- AB/HR
- 84.6
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | PIT | -0.4 | 6 | 2.8 | .014 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | PIT | 2.9 | 45.7 | 8.2 | .109 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 55.3 | 0 |
| 1970 | STL | 0.5 | 38.1 | 5.5 | .139 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 40.8 | 0 |
| 1971 | PIT/KC | -0.3 | 2.3 | 1.4 | .039 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | KC | 0.2 | 15.3 | 4.7 | .035 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | KC | 0.4 | 18.9 | 4.3 | .055 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Carl Taylor's career stats?
Carl Taylor played 6 seasons for the Pirates, the Cardinals and the Royals. He was a career .266 hitter with 225 hits, 10 home runs and 115 RBI. His best season was 1969: a .348 batting average, 4 home runs and 33 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
6 seasons, 1968 to 1973
Championships
- 1971 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates