2B Billy Taylor #18
Montreal Saints FABL
Age: 25 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
11/01/1974
BNN Index | FABL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
2B BILLY TAYLOR #18 - AGE: 25 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
46 108 32 6 1 3 9 14 17 .296 .374 .454 2 1.2
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/30/1974 @ MIL Loss, 0-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/27/1974 @ CLE Loss, 2-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/25/1974 MIL Win, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/24/1974 MIL Win, 4-3 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
09/21/1974 @ CLE Win, 4-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/18/1974 CIN Win, 4-3 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/17/1974 CIN Loss, 5-11 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
09/12/1974 NYI Win, 9-1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/06/1974 @ CIN Win, 3-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/31/1974 KC Win, 5-1 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:06/22/1949
Born in:Houston, TX
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:175 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$15,000
Signed Through:1974 Season
Major Service:3 Years, 130 Days
Service This Yr:182 Days
40-Man Service:3 Years, 155 Days
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:1 option year left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1967, 4th Pick in Round 1
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 46 108 32 6 1 3 9 15 14 17 .296 .374 .454 .828 .371 .157 140
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 25 124 0 1 0 0 1 1 49 10 2 0 100.0 20.2 6.99 1.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   27 6 1 0 1 2 5 2 3 0 0 0 .222 .276 .370 .646
Versus Right   81 26 5 1 2 7 10 12 14 1 1 0 .321 .404 .481 .886
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   11 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .273 .333 .636 .970
May   12 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 .083 .267 .083 .350
June   18 7 0 0 1 4 2 1 4 1 0 0 .389 .400 .556 .956
July   20 7 2 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 .350 .409 .450 .859
August   22 8 2 0 1 1 5 6 6 0 1 0 .364 .500 .591 1.091
September   25 6 1 1 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 .240 .269 .360 .629
Spring Training   18 6 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 .333 .400 .389 .789
Last Year   27 6 1 1 1 4 4 8 5 0 0 0 .222 .400 .444 .844
2 Years Ago   92 22 3 1 4 11 8 11 24 3 2 0 .239 .311 .424 .735
Career   330 78 13 3 10 30 37 46 61 4 3 0 .236 .326 .385 .711
Home   53 21 4 1 1 4 9 9 8 0 1 0 .396 .484 .566 1.050
Road   55 11 2 0 2 5 6 5 9 1 0 0 .200 .262 .345 .608
Grass   108 32 6 1 3 9 15 14 17 1 1 0 .296 .374 .454 .828
Day   24 8 3 0 1 2 5 4 4 0 0 0 .333 .429 .583 1.012
Night   84 24 3 1 2 7 10 10 13 1 1 0 .286 .358 .417 .775
As Starter   86 25 5 0 2 8 10 13 13 1 1 0 .291 .380 .419 .799
As Reliever / Substitution   22 7 1 1 1 1 5 1 4 0 0 0 .318 .348 .591 .939
Pinch Hitting   11 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 .273 .333 .636 .970
Close/Late   41 11 2 0 2 5 5 2 5 0 0 0 .268 .302 .463 .766
Inning 1-3   30 10 2 0 1 3 5 3 8 0 0 0 .333 .394 .500 .894
Inning 4-6   27 8 1 1 0 1 4 7 4 1 1 0 .296 .429 .407 .836
Inning 7-9   41 9 3 0 0 2 3 4 3 0 0 0 .220 .289 .293 .582
Extra Innings   10 5 0 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.100 1.600
0 Outs   45 12 1 0 1 3 7 7 13 1 1 0 .267 .358 .356 .714
1 Outs   27 8 3 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 .296 .345 .407 .752
2 Outs   36 12 2 1 2 4 4 5 3 0 0 0 .333 .415 .611 1.026
Scoring Position   23 7 1 0 0 6 0 6 4 1 1 0 .304 .433 .348 .781
Bases Empty   63 18 4 1 3 3 11 5 12 0 0 0 .286 .338 .524 .862
Runner on 1st   22 7 1 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 .318 .400 .364 .764
Runner on 2nd   9 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 .333 .455 .444 .899
Runner on 3rd   5 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .600 .667 .600 1.267
Runner on 1st & 2nd   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Bases Loaded   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   52 12 2 1 0 3 5 7 17 0 0 0 .231 .322 .308 .630
First Pitch   17 5 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 .294 .333 .471 .804
Count 0-1   9 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .444 .889
Count 0-2   10 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Count 1-0   10 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700
Count 1-1   8 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 .375 .333 .875 1.208
Count 1-2   18 6 1 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
Count 2-0   3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Count 2-1   8 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .750 1.125
Count 2-2   17 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 .235 .235 .294 .529
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Full Count   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Behind in Count   37 12 1 1 0 2 4 0 12 0 0 0 .324 .324 .405 .730
Ahead in Count   22 8 3 0 1 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 .364 .500 .636 1.136
Batting Leadoff   22 7 2 0 0 0 4 6 5 0 0 0 .318 .464 .409 .873
Batting 2nd   8 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875
Batting 4th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Batting 6th   8 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Batting 7th   54 15 3 0 2 6 6 6 9 1 1 0 .278 .344 .444 .789
Batting 9th   15 6 0 1 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 .400 .400 .733 1.133
Low Leverage   39 11 3 1 1 1 6 3 2 0 0 0 .282 .333 .487 .821
Medium Leverage   44 12 2 0 1 3 6 7 12 0 1 0 .273 .373 .386 .759
High Leverage   23 8 1 0 1 5 3 4 3 1 0 0 .348 .429 .522 .950
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Montreal - FABL 20 10 30 4 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 6 0 1 .133 .212 .167 .379 7 9 -0.3
1971 Montreal - FABL 21 31 73 14 2 0 2 6 6 10 0 0 9 0 0 .192 .289 .301 .591 74 78 0.1
1972 Montreal - FABL 22 58 92 22 3 1 4 11 8 11 0 3 24 3 2 .239 .311 .424 .735 119 109 0.5
1973 Montreal - FABL 23 22 27 6 1 1 1 4 4 8 0 0 5 0 2 .222 .400 .444 .844 142 141 0.4
1974 Montreal - FABL 24 46 108 32 6 1 3 9 15 14 0 1 17 2 0 .296 .374 .454 .828 133 140 1.2
Total FABL 167 330 78 13 3 10 30 37 46 0 4 61 5 5 .236 .326 .385 .711 106 107 1.9
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Dubuque - R 17 40 143 41 8 6 0 4 31 46 3 1 43 7 6 .287 .466 .427 .893 137 152 1.5
1967 Mobile - A 17 24 71 17 3 0 1 2 7 13 0 0 20 2 1 .239 .357 .324 .681 105 114 0.3
1968 Dubuque - R 18 47 168 41 7 3 2 17 22 49 2 1 44 10 6 .244 .418 .357 .775 107 120 2.3
1968 Mobile - A 18 39 141 43 12 2 0 13 18 26 4 1 26 5 5 .305 .424 .418 .843 148 147 1.5
1969 Evansville - A 19 25 85 18 7 1 1 8 14 22 0 1 22 4 3 .212 .370 .353 .723 119 118 1.0
1969 Nashville - AA 19 56 204 56 4 4 6 28 30 27 3 0 39 2 4 .275 .368 .422 .789 133 138 2.7
1969 Syracuse - AAA 19 71 278 73 7 4 3 32 49 57 5 3 32 1 2 .263 .394 .349 .743 90 101 1.7
1970 Syracuse - AAA 20 98 380 115 15 3 9 48 61 61 3 3 90 7 1 .303 .400 .429 .829 121 124 3.5
1971 Syracuse - AAA 21 8 31 10 1 0 0 0 5 8 0 0 4 0 0 .323 .462 .355 .816 123 131 0.3
1972 Syracuse - AAA 22 9 30 7 0 1 2 7 8 10 0 0 4 0 1 .233 .425 .500 .925 144 131 0.3
1973 Syracuse - AAA 23 80 276 83 16 2 17 56 50 58 1 2 57 6 2 .301 .421 .558 .979 171 167 4.6
Total DIX 56 204 56 4 4 6 28 30 27 3 0 39 2 4 .275 .368 .422 .789 133 138
Total HL 25 85 18 7 1 1 8 14 22 0 1 22 4 3 .212 .370 .353 .723 119 118
Total UL 266 995 288 39 10 31 143 173 194 9 8 187 14 6 .289 .407 .442 .849 127 130
Total SEL 63 212 60 15 2 1 15 25 39 4 1 46 7 6 .283 .402 .387 .789 134 136
Total UMVA 87 311 82 15 9 2 21 53 95 5 2 87 17 12 .264 .441 .389 .830 121 135
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1971 Montreal - FABL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 216 389 0.1
1972 Montreal - FABL 22 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 201 211 0.0
Total FABL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 206 270
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1967 Mobile - A 2B 11 11 22 12 2 34 0 1.000 93.1 3.28 -2.2 .976
1967 Dubuque - R 2B 36 35 75 78 18 155 2 .987 294.0 4.68 -1.1 1.027
1967 Mobile - A SS 12 7 12 29 2 43 2 .953 71.1 5.17 +0.1 1.011
1967 Dubuque - R SS 6 5 7 10 1 17 0 1.000 45.0 3.40 -1.3 .923
1968 Mobile - A 2B 32 31 99 89 36 195 7 .964 279.1 6.06 +0.6 1.047
1968 Dubuque - R 2B 36 35 96 92 19 191 3 .984 314.1 5.38 +9.9 1.190
1968 Mobile - A SS 4 4 10 13 3 24 1 .958 35.0 5.91 -0.9 .912
1968 Dubuque - R SS 10 10 17 26 4 44 1 .977 87.2 4.41 +0.1 1.103
1969 Syracuse - AAA 2B 65 65 197 222 71 429 10 .977 574.2 6.56 +5.9 1.063
1969 Nashville - AA 2B 50 50 95 121 33 221 5 .977 407.2 4.77 +8.1 1.123
1969 Evansville - A 2B 22 22 70 79 25 154 5 .968 198.2 6.75 +3.2 1.043
1969 Syracuse - AAA SS 4 3 12 12 2 24 0 1.000 29.1 7.36 +0.7 1.081
1969 Nashville - AA SS 4 4 9 8 2 17 0 1.000 32.0 4.78 -0.2 .953
1969 Evansville - A SS 2 1 2 4 2 6 0 1.000 10.0 5.40 -0.4 1.071
1970 Montreal - MLB 2B 2 0 1 4 2 5 0 1.000 5.0 9.00 +0.1 1.000
1970 Syracuse - AAA 2B 90 89 232 292 88 534 10 .981 792.2 5.95 +4.0 1.020
1970 Montreal - MLB SS 8 8 14 22 3 37 1 .973 64.0 5.06 -0.7 .965
1970 Syracuse - AAA SS 7 4 8 24 3 33 1 .970 43.0 6.70 +0.1 .975
1971 Montreal - MLB 2B 6 0 4 3 1 7 0 1.000 15.1 4.11 +0.0 1.001
1971 Montreal - MLB SS 18 18 34 51 14 86 1 .988 158.1 4.83 -0.6 .954
1971 Syracuse - AAA SS 8 8 18 22 6 42 2 .952 73.0 4.93 -0.4 1.015
1972 Montreal - MLB 2B 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 10.0 2.70 +0.1 1.008
1972 Syracuse - AAA 2B 9 9 22 28 6 50 0 1.000 79.0 5.70 +0.8 1.078
1972 Montreal - MLB SS 20 15 19 52 10 76 5 .934 150.1 4.25 -1.0 .962
1973 Montreal - MLB 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Syracuse - AAA 2B 29 26 82 92 16 176 2 .989 228.0 6.87 +4.4 1.143
1973 Montreal - MLB SS 9 4 6 30 7 36 0 1.000 45.1 7.15 +1.6 1.054
1973 Syracuse - AAA SS 51 49 103 131 27 249 15 .940 426.0 4.94 -0.5 1.038
1974 Montreal - MLB SS 35 25 43 83 23 130 4 .969 244.2 4.63 -0.7 .997
TOTAL 2B 390 374 996 1114 317 2154 44 .980 3295.0 5.76 +33.9 1.069
TOTAL SS 198 165 314 517 109 864 33 .962 1515.0 4.94 -4.2 1.004
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1967 Drafted in the 1967 first-year player draft out of high school (Bellville; Bellville, TX) by the Montreal Saints. (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick).
04/10/1968 Named the #44 prospect in the FABL
07/06/1968 Named the #64 prospect in the FABL
10/14/1968 Named the #43 prospect in the FABL
03/21/1969 Outstandingly completed training to improve his two-strike approach at the Montreal Saints development complex.
04/10/1969 Named the #32 prospect in the FABL
05/05/1969 Wins the HL Player of the Week Award.
04/10/1970 Named the #97 prospect in the FABL
05/25/1970 Wins the UL Player of the Week Award.
10/22/1970 Wins the 1970 World Championship Series with the Montreal Saints.
03/21/1971 Successfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Montreal Saints development complex.
03/21/1972 Successfully completed training to improve his two-strike approach at the Montreal Saints development complex.
03/22/1973 Successfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Montreal Saints development complex.
07/21/1973 Goes 5-5 against the Buffalo Nickels, with 1 HR, 1 RBI and 2 R.
07/23/1973 Wins the UL Player of the Week Award.
10/13/1973 Wins the 1973 World Championship Series with the Montreal Saints.
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