Hawk Taylor stats
Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 1970
Bio
- Debut
- 1957
Bio
- Debut
- 1957
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 394
- AB
- 724
- R
- 56
- H
- 158
- HR
- 16
- RBI
- 82
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .218
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | ATL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1958 | ATL | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| 1961 | ATL | 20 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .192 |
| 1962 | ATL | 20 | 47 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .255 |
| 1963 | ATL | 16 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .069 |
| 1964 | NYM | 92 | 225 | 20 | 54 | 4 | 23 | 0 | .240 |
| 1965 | NYM | 25 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .152 |
| 1966 | NYM | 53 | 109 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .174 |
| 1967 |  NYM/LAA | 36 | 89 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .281 |
| 1969 | KC | 64 | 89 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 0 | .270 |
| 1970 | KC | 57 | 55 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .164 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 766
- TB
- 231
- XBH
- 41
- HBP
- 4
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | ATL | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATL | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | ATL | 49 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | ATL | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | NYM | 235 | 74 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | NYM | 48 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | NYM | 113 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | NYM/LAA | 95 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | KC | 96 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | KC | 62 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -2.3
- RC
- 58.6
- RC/27
- 2.80
- ISOP
- .101
- SECA
- .146
- BB/K
- 0.25
- AB/HR
- 45.3
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | ATL | 0.0 | -0.1 | -2.7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | ATL | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .125 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATL | -0.1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | .115 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 26 | 0 |
| 1962 | ATL | 0.0 | 3.1 | 2.3 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | ATL | -0.7 | -1.5 | -1.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | NYM | -0.3 | 20.3 | 3.2 | .089 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 56.3 | 0 |
| 1965 | NYM | -0.3 | 3.4 | 2.3 | .261 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.5 | 0 |
| 1966 | NYM | -1.1 | 4.8 | 1.4 | .101 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36.3 | 0 |
| 1967 | NYM/LAA | 0.7 | 11.5 | 4.8 | .101 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 89 | 0 |
| 1969 | KC | 0.0 | 12.3 | 5 | .157 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 29.7 | 0 |
| 1970 | KC | -0.4 | 3.1 | 1.8 | .055 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Hawk Taylor's career stats?
Hawk Taylor played 11 seasons for the Braves, the Mets and the Royals. He was a career .218 hitter with 158 hits, 16 home runs and 82 RBI. His best season was 1967: a .281 batting average, 1 home run and 7 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 1957 to 1970
Championships
- 1957 World Series with the Atlanta Braves