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Jack Taylor

Birthdate:

1/14/1874

Died:

3/4/1938

Height / Weight:

5' 10" / 170 lbs.

Place of Birth:

New Straitsville, OH, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Jack Taylor 1902 pitcher Chicago Orphans (later nicknamed the Cubs) looking up to catch a flyball in West Side Grounds located between West Polk St, South Wolcott, West Taylor & South Wood Street in Chicago. SDN - 000432 Chicago Daily News negatives collection courtesy of Chicago Historical Society

Baseball History

A mound stalwart during baseball’s Dead Ball Era, Jack Taylor won 150 major league games, while compiling a resounding 2.66 earned run average during his ten seasons in the National League, eight with Chicago Cubs.

Using a pitching arsenal consisting of slow curves, and legal spit balls with an occasional fastball, Jack Taylor chalked up three straight 20 wins season, going 22-11 in 1902 when he led the majors with a miserly 1.33 ERA, was fifth in the National League with complete games, 33, was fifth in wins, 22, and third in fewest hits per 9 innings with 7.51, third in innings with 325 and fourth in shutouts with 7.

In 1903 Jack Taylor had a 21-14 record for the Chicago Orphans (Cubs). Pitching with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1904 he posted a 20-19 record and led the NL with 39 complete games (39 starts). IN 1906 Jack Taylor compiled another 20 game win season, going 8-9 with the Cardinals and 12-3 with the Cubs, 20-12 record. A good hitting pitcher Jack Taylor batted .223 with 236 hits in 338 games.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1898	CHC (NL)	5	5	5	0	0	5	0	41.0	32	12	10	0	10	0	11	1	1	0	2.20
1899	CHC (NL)	41	39	18	21	0	39	1	354.2	380	223	148	6	84	0	67	3	22	1	3.76
1900	CHC (NL)	28	26	10	17	1	25	2	222.1	226	130	63	4	58	0	57	4	8	0	2.55
1901	CHC (NL)	33	31	13	19	0	30	0	275.2	341	165	103	5	44	0	68	3	8	1	3.36
1902	CHC (NL)	36	33	23	11	1	33	7	324.2	271	86	48	2	43	0	83	9	10	0	1.33
1903	CHC (NL)	37	33	21	14	1	33	1	312.1	277	137	85	2	57	0	83	3	5	0	2.45
1904	STL (NL)	41	39	20	19	1	39	2	352.0	297	133	87	5	82	0	103	6	13	0	2.22
1905	STL (NL)	37	34	15	21	1	34	3	309.0	302	155	118	10	85	0	102	9	11	0	3.44
1906	STL (NL)	17	17	8	9	0	17	1	155.0	133	50	37	3	47	0	27	0	7	1	2.15
1906	CHC (NL)	17	16	12	3	0	15	2	147.1	116	42	30	1	39	0	34	0	6	0	1.83
1907	CHC (NL)	18	13	7	5	0	8	0	123.0	127	62	45	3	33	0	22	2	1	0	3.29
11 years		310	286	152	139	5	278	19	2617.0	2502	1195	774	41	582	0	657	40	92	3	2.66

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1898	CHC (NL)	5	15	4	3	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	SLG
1899	CHC (NL)	42	139	25	37	9	2	0	17	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.266	.346	SLG
1900	CHC (NL)	28	81	7	19	3	1	1	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	.235	.262	SLG
1901	CHC (NL)	35	106	12	23	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.217	.245	SLG
1902	CHC (NL)	55	186	18	44	6	1	0	17	8	0	6	0	0	1	9	0	.237	.272	SLG
1903	CHC (NL)	40	126	13	28	3	4	0	17	6	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	.222	.263	SLG
1904	STL (NL)	42	133	9	28	3	3	1	8	4	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	.211	.239	SLG
1905	STL (NL)	39	121	11	23	5	2	0	12	8	0	4	0	0	1	2	0	.190	.246	SLG
1906	STL (NL)	17	53	4	11	0	0	0	2	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	.208	.333	SLG
1906	CHC (NL)	17	53	5	11	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.263	SLG
1907	CHC (NL)	18	47	2	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.191	SLG
11 years		338	1060	110	236	42	13	2	87	66	0	18	0	0	5	23	0	.223	.271	.SLG

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