MLB / Players

Billy Taylor

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 204 lb
Born1855 · Washington, DC, USA
MLB debutMay 21, 1881
Final gameAugust 16, 1887
Seasons7 (1881–1887)

Cleveland Blues 1881; Detroit Wolverines 1881; Worcester Ruby Legs 1881; Pittsburg Alleghenys 1882–1883; Philadelphia Athletics 1884; St. Louis Maroons 1884; Philadelphia Athletics 1885; Baltimore Orioles 1886; Philadelphia Athletics 1887

Percentile snapshot

1883 season — qualified batters

G
83
12.3
PA
378
30.7
AB
369
31.6
R
43
21.9
H
96
39.5
2B
13
35.1
3B
7
50
HR
2
61.4
RBI
0
0
BB
9
17.5
SO
0
53.5
BA
.260
45.6
OBP
.278
35.1
SLG
.350
47.4
OPS
.627
41.2
wRC+
99.2
43
OPS+
100.0
48.2
wOBA
.285
40.4
sWAR
0.0
8.8

of 115 qualified 1883 batters (min 303 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

1884 season — qualified pitchers

G
63
90.1
GS
59
86.4
W
43
95.1
L
16
43.2
SV
4
100
CG
59
88.9
SHO
3
66.7
H
454
17.3
ER
122
35.8
BB
84
17.3
SO
284
79
HR
5
55.6
IP
523.0
88.9
ERA
2.10
86.4
WHIP
1.029
72.8
K/9
4.89
46.9
FIP
3.08
53.1
FIP-
98.1
56.8
ERA+
149.6
88.9
sWAR
12.8
96.3

of 82 qualified 1884 pitchers (min 113 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
13.8
90.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1881311351359304001501000.222.222.252.47456.847.7.216-0.6
18827131030240841613308000.278.297.447.744131.1146.7.3371.8
1883833783694396137209000.260.278.350.62799.2100.0.2850.0
1884733072975296293309000.323.345.471.817144.5170.9.37112.8
1885621210400020000.190.190.190.38139.220.6.1760.4
188610403941201081010.308.325.359.684107.8114.9.325-0.7
18871440100010000.250.250.250.50051.538.8.2360.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1881210101015772011.05.732.0001.644.23152.548.4-0.6
188210010001194105.016.203.0001.804.63172.716.61.8
1883199470801667634414127.05.391.5752.913.82116.061.20.0
1884635943164593454122842845523.02.101.0294.893.0898.1149.612.8
188566150606819911052.33.271.4711.893.2499.899.30.4
1886881608087462037172.35.721.4794.603.1992.660.1-0.7
188711100101037019.03.001.8890.007.23168.4143.00.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
275
PA
1,195
AB
1,167
R
148
H
323
2B
62
3B
24
HR
8
RBI
26
BB
27
SO
10
SB
1
BA
.2768
OBP
.2937
SLG
.3916
OPS
.6853

Pitching

G (P)
100
GS
84
W
50
L
36
SV
4
CG
83
SHO
3
IP
800
SO (P)
376
BB allowed
165
ERA
3.174
WHIP
1.2205
K/9
4.23

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.