Sammy Taylor stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1958
Bio
- Debut
- 1958
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 473
- AB
- 1,263
- R
- 127
- H
- 309
- HR
- 33
- RBI
- 147
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .245
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CHC | 96 | 301 | 30 | 78 | 6 | 36 | 2 | .259 |
| 1959 | CHC | 110 | 353 | 41 | 95 | 13 | 43 | 1 | .269 |
| 1960 | CHC | 74 | 150 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .207 |
| 1961 | CHC | 89 | 235 | 26 | 56 | 8 | 23 | 0 | .238 |
| 1962 |  CHC/NYM | 75 | 173 | 12 | 37 | 3 | 21 | 0 | .214 |
| 1963 |  NYM/CLE/CIN | 29 | 51 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .235 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,403
- TB
- 473
- XBH
- 89
- HBP
- 8
- IBB
- 27
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CHC | 329 | 112 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CHC | 390 | 151 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CHC | 159 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | CHC | 264 | 92 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | CHC/NYM | 204 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | NYM/CLE/CIN | 57 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.4
- RC
- 158.6
- RC/27
- 4.40
- ISOP
- .130
- SECA
- .227
- BB/K
- 0.67
- AB/HR
- 38.3
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CHC | 0.2 | 37.8 | 4.5 | .113 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 50.2 | 0 |
| 1959 | CHC | 1.3 | 53.3 | 5.6 | .159 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 27.2 | 0 |
| 1960 | CHC | -0.1 | 11.5 | 2.5 | .120 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 50 | 0 |
| 1961 | CHC | 0.0 | 31.1 | 4.6 | .153 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 29.4 | 0 |
| 1962 | CHC/NYM | 0.1 | 20.4 | 4 | .104 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 57.7 | 0 |
| 1963 | NYM/CLE/CIN | -0.1 | 4.6 | 3.1 | .039 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Sammy Taylor's career stats?
Sammy Taylor played 6 seasons for the Cubs. He was a career .245 hitter with 309 hits, 33 home runs and 147 RBI. His best season was 1959: a .269 batting average, 13 home runs and 43 RBI.