Bio
- Debut
- 1962
Bio
- Debut
- 1962
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 491
- W
- 45
- L
- 43
- ERA
- 3.93
- IP
- 800.0
- K
- 464
- BB
- 209
- WHIP
- 1.25
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | CLE | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5.94 | 33.1 | 15 | 13 | 1.47 |
| 1963 | STL | 54 | 9 | 7 | 2.84 | 133.1 | 91 | 30 | 1.12 |
| 1964 | STL | 63 | 8 | 4 | 4.62 | 101.1 | 69 | 33 | 1.40 |
| 1965 |  STL/HOU | 57 | 3 | 6 | 5.60 | 101.1 | 63 | 31 | 1.40 |
| 1966 | HOU | 36 | 2 | 3 | 5.71 | 64.2 | 29 | 10 | 1.53 |
| 1967 | NYM | 50 | 4 | 6 | 2.34 | 73.0 | 46 | 23 | 1.14 |
| 1968 | NYM | 58 | 1 | 5 | 2.70 | 76.2 | 49 | 18 | 1.07 |
| 1969 | NYM | 59 | 9 | 4 | 2.72 | 76.0 | 42 | 24 | 1.12 |
| 1970 | NYM | 57 | 5 | 4 | 3.93 | 66.1 | 28 | 16 | 1.22 |
| 1971 | NYM | 45 | 2 | 2 | 3.65 | 69.0 | 32 | 11 | 1.19 |
| 1972 | SD | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- W
- 1
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
- IP
- 9.0
- K
- 9
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 0.56
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 3
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 5.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | STL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | STL/HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Ron Taylor's career stats?
Ron Taylor played 11 seasons for the Guardians, the Cardinals, the Astros, the Mets and the Padres. He had 45 wins and 464 strikeouts with a 3.93 ERA over 800.0 innings. His best season was 1963: 9 wins, a 2.84 ERA and 91 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1962 to 1972
Ron Taylor finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Championships ×2
- 1964 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1969 World Series with the New York Mets
All-time career rank
- 262nd in saves (72)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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