Ben Taylor

Benjamin Harrison Taylor

Born: July 1, 1888 in Anderson, SC
Died: January 24, 1953 in Baltimore, MD
(64 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 175

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006
• Buried: Arbutus Memorial Park (Arbutus, MD)
• Relatives: Steel Arm Johnny Taylor (Brother) , Candy Jim Taylor (Brother) , C. I. Taylor (Brother) , (0)
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Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1909	BG	WES	20	SP	0	0		1	1		0	0	0	0.2	3	2	3	1	1	0	0		0	7	27.00	11
1910	WBS	WES	21	1B	0	2	.000	3	2		2	0	0	22.0	14	8	24	0	8	9	0		0	95	3.27	90
1911	SLG	WES	22	SP	7	0	1.000	8	5		5	0	0	51.1	29	23	61	2	20	21	1		1	227	4.03	98
1911-12	HAB	CUB	23	SP	0	0		1	1		0	0	0	4.2	6	4	4	0	5	0	0		0	21	7.71	37
1912	NLG/WBS	EAS/WES	23	SP	1	1	.500	3	3		2	0	0	23.1	15	11	28	0	5	10	0		1	105	4.24	90
1914	ABC/CAG	NvH/WES	25	1B	4	0	1.000	7	4		4	1	0	59.0	21	10	45	0	11	38	0		0	241	1.53	264
1915	ABC	WES	26	1B	1	2	.333	7	1		0	0	0	28.0	17	13	33	4	8	11	1		0	126	4.18	79
1915-16	ABC/RP	FHL/NvC	27	1B	0	1	.000	3	1		1	0	0	11.0	6	1	10	0	4	4	0		0	47	0.82	453
1916	ABC	WES	27	1B	0	0		2	1		0	0	0	7.0	5	4	8	0	2	3	0		1	32	5.14	56
1917	ABC	WES	28	1B	0	1	.000	2	1		1	0	0	15.2	8	5	13	0	6	6	0		0	66	2.87	87
1918	ABC	WES	29	1B	1	0	1.000	2	0		0	0	0	11.2	11	9	16	0	2	2	0		0	54	6.94	52
1919	AC/JBC	MULT	30	1B	0	0		1	0		0	0	1	2.2	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	10	0.00
1920	ABC	NNL	31	1B	1	1	.500	8	1		1	1	1	22.1	7	7	18	1	3	7	0	0	0	85	2.82	127
1921	ABC	NNL	32	1B	1	0	1.000	3	0		0	0	0	3.2	1	1	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	18	2.45	156
1922	ABC	NNL/NVH	33	1B	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.00
1923	BBS/WP	ECL/IND	34	1B	0	0		4	0		0	0	0	9.0	4	4	9	0	5	6	0	0	0	44	4.00	96
1926	BBS	ECL	37	1B	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	0.1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
15	9			1B	16	8	.667	57	21		16	2	2	274.1	147	102	280	8	84	120	2	0	3	1187	3.35	104
162 Game Average					14	7	.667	50	18		14	2	2	239.0	128	89	244	7	73	105	2	0	3	1035	3.35	104

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
15	Negro Leagues				16	7	.696	53	19		15	2	2	258.2	135	97	266	8	75	116	2	0	3	1119	3.38	104
2	vs Latin Leagues				0	1	.000	4	2		1	0	0	15.2	12	5	14	0	9	4	0		0	68	2.87	105

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Birmingham Giants			1B	0	0		1	1		0	0	0	0.2	3	2	3	1	1	0	0		0	7	27.00	11
2	West Baden Sprudels			1B	0	3	.000	4	3		3	0	0	30.0	22	14	37	0	10	14	0		0	136	4.20	77
1	St. Louis Stars I			SP	7	0	1.000	8	5		5	0	0	51.1	29	23	61	2	20	21	1		1	227	4.03	98
1	Habana			-	0	0		1	1		0	0	0	4.2	6	4	4	0	5	0	0		0	21	7.71	37
1	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	1	0	1.000	2	2		1	0	0	15.1	7	5	15	0	3	5	0		1	64	2.93	133
8	Indianapolis ABCs I			1B	8	5	.615	35	9		7	2	1	160.1	76	50	149	5	38	72	1	0	1	676	2.81	120
1	Bacharach Giants I			1B	0	0		1	0		0	0	1	2.2	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	10	0.00	0
1	Washington Potomacs			1B	0	0		4	0		0	0	0	9.0	4	4	9	0	5	6	0	0	0	44	4.00	96
1	Baltimore Black Sox			1B	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	0.1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1909	BG	WES	20	SP	0.2	6.00	1.23	0.0%	11.5%	14.3%	7.0%	0.00	1.64	14.3%	0.4%
1910	WBS	WES	21	1B	22.0	1.45	1.16	9.5%	13.9%	8.4%	5.6%	1.13	2.49	0.0%	0.8%
1911	SLG	WES	22	SP	51.1	1.58	1.33	9.3%	13.4%	8.8%	7.3%	1.05	1.82	0.9%	0.9%
1911-12	HAB	CUB	23	SP	4.2	1.93	1.32	0.0%	11.0%	23.8%	10.4%	0.00	1.06	0.0%	0.4%
1912	NLG/WBS	EAS/WES	23	SP	23.1	1.41	1.37	9.5%	13.4%	4.8%	6.3%	2.00	2.23	0.0%	0.7%
1914	ABC/CAG	NvH/WES	25	1B	59.0	0.95	1.36	15.8%	11.9%	4.6%	8.0%	3.45	1.49	0.0%	0.9%
1915	ABC	WES	26	1B	28.0	1.46	1.24	8.7%	12.5%	6.3%	8.0%	1.38	1.57	3.2%	0.7%
1915-16	ABC/RP	FHL/NvC	27	1B	11.0	1.27	1.58	8.5%	11.1%	8.5%	12.6%	1.00	0.88	0.0%	0.0%
1916	ABC	WES	27	1B	7.0	1.43	1.19	9.4%	12.3%	6.3%	8.6%	1.50	1.43	0.0%	0.4%
1917	ABC	WES	28	1B	15.2	1.21	1.15	9.1%	11.2%	9.1%	8.0%	1.00	1.41	0.0%	0.2%
1918	ABC	WES	29	1B	11.2	1.54	1.28	3.7%	8.1%	3.7%	8.6%	1.00	0.93	0.0%	0.4%
1919	AC/JBC	MULT	30	1B	2.2	0.75	1.17	20.0%	12.3%	10.0%	7.7%	2.00	1.59	0.0%	0.3%
1920	ABC	NNL	31	1B	22.1	0.94	1.29	8.2%	10.9%	3.5%	8.1%	2.33	1.35	1.2%	0.5%
1921	ABC	NNL	32	1B	3.2	1.91	1.29	5.6%	10.7%	11.1%	7.0%	0.50	1.53	0.0%	0.8%
1922	ABC	NNL/NVH	33	1B	2.0	0.50	1.40	0.0%	10.9%	0.0%	7.3%		1.49	0.0%	1.1%
1923	BBS/WP	ECL/IND	34	1B	9.0	1.56	1.33	13.6%	9.4%	11.4%	7.1%	1.20	1.31	0.0%	0.5%
1926	BBS	ECL	37	1B	0.1	6.00	1.36	0.0%	10.1%	50.0%	9.1%	0.00	1.12	0.0%	1.1%
15	9			1B	274.1	1.33	1.31	10.1%	12.1%	7.1%	7.7%	1.43	1.63	0.7%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
15	Negro Leagues				258.2	1.32	1.29	10.4%	12.2%	6.7%	7.5%	1.55	1.67	0.7%	0.7%
2	vs Latin Leagues				15.2	1.47	1.51	5.9%	11.1%	13.2%	11.9%	0.44	0.93	0.0%	0.1%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Birmingham Giants			1B	0.2	6.00	1.23	0.0%	11.5%	14.3%	7.0%	0.00	1.64	14.3%	0.4%
2	West Baden Sprudels			1B	30.0	1.57	1.21	10.3%	13.5%	7.4%	5.9%	1.40	2.33	0.0%	0.8%
1	St. Louis Stars I			SP	51.1	1.58	1.33	9.3%	13.4%	8.8%	7.3%	1.05	1.82	0.9%	0.9%
1	Habana			-	4.2	1.93	1.32	0.0%	11.0%	23.8%	10.4%	0.00	1.06	0.0%	0.4%
1	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	15.1	1.17	1.38	7.8%	14.2%	4.7%	5.9%	1.67	2.42	0.0%	0.6%
8	Indianapolis ABCs I			1B	160.1	1.17	1.31	10.7%	11.4%	5.6%	8.4%	1.89	1.39	0.7%	0.6%
1	Bacharach Giants I			1B	2.2	0.75	1.17	20.0%	12.3%	10.0%	7.7%	2.00	1.59	0.0%	0.3%
1	Washington Potomacs			1B	9.0	1.56	1.33	13.6%	9.4%	11.4%	7.1%	1.20	1.31	0.0%	0.5%
1	Baltimore Black Sox			1B	0.1	6.00	1.36	0.0%	10.1%	50.0%	9.1%	0.00	1.12	0.0%	1.1%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1909	BG	WES	20	SP	1	7	6	3	3	1	0	1	1		1	0		0	0		0	.500	.571	1.167	1.738
1910	WBS	WES	21	1B	3	95	84	14	24	4	2	0	4		8	9		0	3		1	.286	.348	.381	.729
1911	SLG	WES	22	SP	8	227	202	29	61	13	0	2	9		20	21		1	4		5	.302	.368	.396	.764
1911-12	HAB	CUB	23	SP	1	21	16	6	4	0	0	0	0		5	0		0	0		2	.250	.429	.250	.679
1912	NLG/WBS	EAS/WES	23	SP	3	105	94	15	28	3	1	0	3		5	10		1	5		1	.298	.340	.351	.691
1914	ABC/CAG	NvH/WES	25	1B	7	241	225	21	45	7	2	0	6		11	38		0	5		4	.200	.237	.249	.486
1915	ABC	WES	26	1B	7	126	117	17	33	7	1	4	0		8	11		0	1		2	.282	.328	.462	.790
1915-16	ABC/RP	FHL/NvC	27	1B	3	47	42	6	10	0	0	0	1		4	4		0	1		1	.238	.304	.238	.542
1916	ABC	WES	27	1B	2	32	29	5	8	2	0	0	0		2	3		1	1		0	.276	.344	.345	.689
1917	ABC	WES	28	1B	2	66	55	8	13	3	0	0	1		6	6		0	5		2	.236	.311	.291	.602
1918	ABC	WES	29	1B	2	54	47	11	16	2	0	0	3		2	2		0	5		2	.340	.367	.383	.750
1919	AC/JBC	MULT	30	1B	1	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1		1	2		0	0		0	.111	.200	.111	.311
1920	ABC	NNL	31	1B	8	85	81	7	18	3	0	1	2		3	7		0	1		3	.222	.250	.296	.546
1921	ABC	NNL	32	1B	3	18	15	1	5	0	0	0	0		2	1		0	1		0	.333	.412	.333	.745
1922	ABC	NNL/NVH	33	1B	1	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	.143	.143	.143	.286
1923	BBS/WP	ECL/IND	34	1B	4	44	39	4	9	2	0	0			5	6		0	0		1	.231	.318	.282	.600
1926	BBS	ECL	37	1B	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0		0	0		0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
15	9			1B	57	1187	1069	147	280	47	6	8	31		84	120		3	32		24	.262	.317	.340	.657

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
15	Negro Leagues				53	1119	1011	135	266	47	6	8	30		75	116		3	31		21	.263	.316	.345	.661
2	vs Latin Leagues				4	68	58	12	14	0	0	0	1		9	4		0	1		3	.241	.343	.241	.585

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Birmingham Giants			1B	1	7	6	3	3	1	0	1	1		1	0		0	0		0	.500	.571	1.167	1.738
2	West Baden Sprudels			1B	4	136	120	22	37	5	2	0	4		10	14		0	6		1	.308	.362	.383	.745
1	St. Louis Stars I			SP	8	227	202	29	61	13	0	2	9		20	21		1	4		5	.302	.368	.396	.764
1	Habana			-	1	21	16	6	4	0	0	0	0		5	0		0	0		2	.250	.429	.250	.679
1	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	2	64	58	7	15	2	1	0	3		3	5		1	2		1	.259	.306	.328	.634
8	Indianapolis ABCs I			1B	35	676	618	76	149	24	3	5	13		38	72		1	20		14	.241	.286	.314	.600
1	Bacharach Giants I			1B	1	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1		1	2		0	0		0	.111	.200	.111	.311
1	Washington Potomacs			1B	4	44	39	4	9	2	0	0			5	6		0	0		1	.231	.318	.282	.600
1	Baltimore Black Sox			1B	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0		0	0		0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000

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