Billy Taylor

1881–1887 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'11", 204 lb · b. 1855 Washington, DC

Career 50–36 · 3.17 ERA · 376 SO · 799.2 IP · 275 G · 323 H · 8 HR · 26 RBI · .277 AVG

Seasons leading his league

1 best in baseball 1 league only

14 Top-5 finishes

1 Title seasons

2 Categories led

1884 Best season

Spanning 1884–1884, peaking at 2 titles in 1884.

Clubs 20 Win Seasons

Team records #1 St. Louis Maroons career SV #1 St. Louis Maroons 1884 ERA #1 St. Louis Maroons 1884 W #1 St. Louis Maroons 1884 SV #3 St. Louis Maroons career W #3 St. Louis Maroons 1884 SO #4 St. Louis Maroons 1884 WHIP #4 Philadelphia Athletics 1884 WHIP #5 St. Louis Maroons career SO #5 St. Louis Maroons career IP

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

2,194th League titles 2
1,857th Best in baseball 1
2,086th Top-5 finishes 14

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Saves	1	1st	—	1884 4
Wins	1	1st	—	1884 UA 43
Pitcher Assists	—	#3	—	1884 #3
Triples	—	#2	—	1882 #2
Complete Games	—	#2	—	1884 #2
Doubles	—	#3	—	1882 #3
Slugging Percentage	—	#3	—	1882 #3
Innings Pitched	—	#3	—	1884 #3

Title Seasons

1 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1884	2	W 43 SV 4

Pitching

led the league 7 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1881	WOR +1	NL	0	1	5.73	2	1	0	11.0	15	7	0	7	2	2.00
1882	PT1	AA	0	1	16.20	1	0	0	5.0	11	9	0	4	1	3.00
1883	PT1	AA	4	7	5.39	19	9	0	127.0	166	76	4	34	41	1.57
1884	SLU +1	UA	43	16	2.10	63	59	4	523.0	454	122	5	84	284	1.03
1885	PH4	AA	1	5	3.27	6	6	0	52.1	68	19	0	9	11	1.47
1886	BL2	AA	1	6	5.72	8	8	0	72.1	87	46	1	20	37	1.48
1887	PH4	AA	1	0	3.00	1	1	0	9.0	10	3	1	7	0	1.89
Career	—	—	50	36	3.17	100	84	4	799.2	811	282	11	165	376	1.22

Batting

7 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1881	CL2 +2	NL	31	135	9	30	4	0	0	15	0	10	0	.222	.222	.252	.474
1882	PT1	AA	71	302	40	84	16	13	3	0	8	0	0	.278	.297	.447	.744
1883	PT1	AA	83	369	43	96	13	7	2	0	9	0	0	.260	.278	.350	.627
1884	SLU +1	UA	73	297	52	96	29	3	3	0	9	0	0	.323	.345	.471	.817
1885	PH4	AA	6	21	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.190	.190	.190	.381
1886	BL2	AA	10	39	4	12	0	1	0	8	1	0	1	.308	.325	.359	.684
1887	PH4	AA	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Career	—	—	275	1,167	148	323	62	24	8	26	27	10	1	.277	.294	.392	.685

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1881	CL2	NL	OF	28	—	275.0	65	5	11	1	81	.864	2.50
			3B	2	—	19.0	1	3	4	0	8	.500	2.00
			P	2	—	11.0	1	1	0	0	2	1.000	1.00
1882	PT1	AA	C	27	—	222.0	116	40	25	0	181	.862	5.78
			1B	24	—	210.0	238	5	18	7	261	.931	10.13
			3B	14	—	119.0	19	29	16	0	64	.750	3.43
			OF	8	—	48.0	9	0	1	0	10	.900	1.13
			P	1	—	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1883	PT1	AA	OF	37	—	336.0	49	10	20	0	79	.747	1.59
			C	33	—	257.0	124	38	33	1	195	.831	4.91
			P	19	—	127.0	8	15	3	0	26	.885	1.21
			1B	9	—	66.0	82	3	2	3	87	.977	9.44
1884	SLU	UA	P	63	—	523.0	29	117	31	3	177	.825	2.32
			1B	10	—	70.0	77	2	4	1	83	.952	7.90
			OF	4	—	83.0	16	1	2	1	19	.895	4.25
1885	PH4	AA	P	6	—	52.0	0	5	4	0	9	.556	0.83
1886	BL2	AA	P	8	—	72.0	0	12	3	0	15	.800	1.50
			1B	1	—	11.0	12	0	0	0	12	1.000	12.00
			C	1	—	9.0	6	2	0	0	8	1.000	8.00
1887	PH4	AA	P	1	—	9.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
Career	—	—	P	100	—	799.0	38	151	41	3	230	.822	1.89
	—	—	OF	77	—	742.0	139	16	34	2	189	.820	2.01
	—	—	C	61	—	488.0	246	80	58	1	384	.849	5.34
	—	—	1B	44	—	357.0	409	10	24	11	443	.946	9.52
	—	—	3B	16	—	138.0	20	32	20	0	72	.722	3.25