Carl Taylor
1968–1973 · bats R / throws R · Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
411G
.266AVG
.367OBP
.352SLG
More career statistics
225H
10HR
115RBI
12SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,006 | 1,007 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 411 | 1,006 | 846 | 113 | 225 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 115 | 136 | 130 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 298 | .266 | .367 | .352 | .719 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1969-07-11 to 1969-07-26
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1970-06-26 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1972-09-13 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1969-07-10 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 215 | 534 | 106 | 2 | 57 | 82 | 68 | .243 | .352 | .314 |
| Away | 196 | 473 | 119 | 8 | 58 | 54 | 62 | .290 | .366 | .393 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 37 | 75 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 12 | .213 | .347 | .279 |
| May | 72 | 171 | 36 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 33 | .245 | .333 | .299 |
| June | 69 | 140 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 20 | 21 | .263 | .357 | .377 |
| July | 78 | 244 | 59 | 4 | 30 | 32 | 28 | .286 | .373 | .398 |
| August | 70 | 167 | 40 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 11 | .292 | .383 | .416 |
| September | 82 | 201 | 46 | 0 | 20 | 24 | 24 | .264 | .348 | .310 |
| October | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .143 | .333 | .143 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 33 | 85 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 10 | .368 | .459 | .515 |
| new-york-mets | 33 | 72 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | .250 | .319 | .422 |
| montreal-expos | 28 | 77 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 7 | .344 | .442 | .492 |
| chicago-cubs | 24 | 69 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | .328 | .391 | .410 |
| san-francisco-giants | 21 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | .300 | .375 | .425 |
| atlanta-braves | 21 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | .140 | .254 | .200 |
| houston-astros | 21 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | .132 | .277 | .132 |
| california-angels | 21 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .167 | .295 | .167 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 71 | 15 | – | 7 | 1 | .211 | – | – |
| 1969 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 104 | 221 | 77 | 4 | 33 | – | .348 | – | – |
| 1970 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 104 | 245 | 61 | 6 | 45 | 5 | .249 | – | – |
| 1971 | Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates | 27 | 51 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .176 | – | – |
| 1972 |  Kansas City Royals | 63 | 113 | 30 | – | 11 | 4 | .265 | – | – |
| 1973 | Kansas City Royals | 69 | 145 | 33 | – | 16 | 2 | .228 | – | – |