Jake
Taylor
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 225
 
Born: March 19, 1940 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1973    1975   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 33 WAS JL $ 4,420,000 5 7 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 10 12 12 7 8 7 5 5 5
1974 34 WAS JL $ 5,985,000 5 7 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 9 11 10 7 8 7 5 4 5
1975 35 LV FL $ 5,500,000 5 7 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 7 9 8 7 8 7 4 4 4
1976 36 LV FL $ 5,500,000 4 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 8 8 6 7 7 3 3 3
1977 37 LV FL $ 6,000,000 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 7 6 5 6 6 3 2 2
1978 38 CHI JL $ 1,500,000 1 3 2 3 4 3 0 0 0 3 5 4 5 6 6 3 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,500,000 1 3 2 3 4 3 0 0 0 3 5 4 5 6 6 3 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000 5 7 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 10 12 12 7 8 7 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 33 WAS JL 162 604 92 167 26 6 37 110 4 0 83 103 .276 .365 .523 .888 110.8 18.0
1974 34 WAS JL 156 557 88 164 22 0 27 91 3 0 80 100 .294 .381 .479 .860 101.9 20.4
1975 35 LV FL 157 555 101 166 22 1 37 132 2 0 106 105 .299 .410 .542 .952 119.5 25.0
1976 36 LV FL 38 139 20 38 6 1 10 35 1 0 15 31 .273 .350 .547 .897 26.1 5.6
1977 37 LV FL 148 481 68 135 12 0 20 81 2 0 42 129 .281 .335 .430 .766 70.0 13.3
1978 38 CHI JL 136 301 35 58 8 1 16 44 2 2 24 94 .193 .259 .385 .644 31.0 2.3
6 Years Sim 797 2637 404 728 96 9 147 493 14 2 350 562 .276 .361 .487 .847 459.4 84.7
162 Game Average 536 82 147 19 1 29 100 2 0 71 114 .276 .361 .487 .847 93.4  
Career Highs 162 604 101 167 26 6 37 132 4 2 106 129 .299 .410 .547 .952 119.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1938 303 566 80 5 111 368 11 2 270 442 .292 .378 .510 .889 369.1
vs LH   699 101 162 16 4 36 125 3 0 80 120 .232 .310 .421 .730 96.7
Home 392 1289 202 355 46 8 77 259 7 0 167 279 .275 .357 .503 .859 232.7
Away 405 1348 202 373 50 1 70 234 7 2 183 283 .277 .364 .471 .835 233.1
RISP   764 0 235 26 3 39 337 0 0 152 177 .308 .414 .503 .917 162.4
Pinch Hitting   102 12 21 4 0 5 19 0 0 6 24 .206 .250 .392 .642 10.3
Close/Late   318 50 76 10 0 16 49 0 0 65 76 .239 .371 .421 .793 54.1
Mar/Apr 157 557 87 153 20 1 36 107 6 0 65 119 .275 .352 .508 .861 99.7
May 142 472 67 127 16 2 20 90 4 2 69 105 .269 .357 .439 .796 77.3
June 121 396 62 116 15 1 26 77 1 0 52 85 .293 .375 .533 .908 77.3
July 123 372 60 99 16 1 18 60 1 0 62 79 .266 .369 .460 .829 65.5
August 127 426 62 121 21 1 24 89 2 0 47 80 .284 .358 .507 .865 75.3
Sep/Oct 127 414 66 112 8 3 23 70 0 0 55 94 .271 .355 .471 .826 70.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 33 WAS JL 1B 94 90 804.7 817 77 8 77 .991 10.00 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    C 67 65 596.3 482 16 6 2 .988 7.52 55 8 .145 9 3.6
1974 34 WAS JL C 113 112 1003.7 775 48 7 1 .992 7.38 127 24 .189 3 4.3
    1B 43 39 346.0 364 40 3 33 .993 10.51 0 0 .000 0 1.1
1975 35 LV FL 1B 101 95 854.3 862 77 7 83 .993 9.89 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    C 54 52 478.0 437 32 4 0 .992 8.83 45 18 .400 4 2.8
1976 36 LV FL C 24 23 200.3 163 10 3 0 .983 7.77 14 6 .429 1 0.7
    1B 14 12 111.0 106 6 1 9 .991 9.08 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1977 37 LV FL 1B 113 97 858.0 859 89 1 76 .999 9.94 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    C 35 25 235.0 211 16 0 0 1.000 8.69 32 10 .313 2 1.4
1978 38 CHI JL 1B 83 66 564.0 569 45 6 68 .990 9.80 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 40 0 73.0 50 4 0 0 1.000 6.66 6 2 .333 0 0.5
  1B 448 399 3538.0 3577 334 26 346 .993 9.95 0 0 .000 0 8.5
  C 333 277 2586.3 2118 126 20 3 .991 7.81 279 68 .244 19 13.4
Career Totals   781 676 6124.3 5695 460 46 349 .993 9.05 279 68 .244 19 21.8
Career Highs   161 155 1401.0 1299 109 14 83 .999 9.68 127 24 .429 9  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 33 WAS JL 9 33 7 12 1 0 5 8 1 0 4 5 .364 .432 .848 1.281
1974 34 WAS JL 10 38 6 14 2 0 3 7 0 0 5 8 .368 .442 .658 1.100
1975 35 LV FL 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 82 13 26 3 0 8 15 1 0 9 16 .317 .385 .646 1.031
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1975-10-.299
On-Base Pct
1974-6-.381
1975-3-.410
Slugging Pct
1975-6-.542
OPS
1974-7-.860
1975-3-.952
CAR-47-.847
XR
1974-4-101.9
1975-2-119.5
Games
1973-3-162
1975-3-157
Runs
1975-4-101
Hits
1975-10-166
Total Bases
1975-6-301
Homeruns
1973-9-37
1975-5-37
RBIs
1973-8-110
1975-1-132
Walks
1973-6-83
1974-4-80
1975-4-106
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Jack Elliott (910)
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  8. Oscar Moreno (907)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Washington in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1973, off Larry Gorton (JAX)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/1973, off J.R. Riles (LOU)
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1974, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/6/1975 to a 2-year deal worth $5,500,000 per year
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Injured on 5/15/1976 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Chicago on 2/3/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year