Sammy Taylor
1958–1963 · bats L / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, New York Mets
473G
.245AVG
.313OBP
.375SLG
More career statistics
309H
33HR
147RBI
3SB
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 · Caught stealing | 2 | 3 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 181 | 182 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,403 | 1,404 |
| Batting · Runs | 127 | 126 |
| Batting · RBI | 147 | 148 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 473 | 1,403 | 1,263 | 127 | 309 | 47 | 9 | 33 | 147 | 122 | 181 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 473 | .245 | .313 | .375 | .688 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1959-07-29 to 1959-08-12
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1961-06-27 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1959-09-18 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1959-09-06 | 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 | 254 | 745 | 178 | 20 | 79 | 57 | 94 | .262 | .315 | .409 |
| Away | 219 | 659 | 131 | 13 | 69 | 65 | 88 | .225 | .297 | .334 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 40 | 103 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 17 | .207 | .311 | .322 |
| May | 97 | 309 | 69 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 44 | .246 | .307 | .329 |
| June | 97 | 304 | 76 | 8 | 56 | 30 | 45 | .285 | .349 | .457 |
| July | 77 | 247 | 55 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 25 | .246 | .312 | .406 |
| August | 78 | 222 | 44 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 24 | .217 | .279 | .291 |
| September | 83 | 218 | 47 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 26 | .234 | .271 | .403 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 71 | 215 | 51 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 31 | .267 | .335 | .419 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 71 | 220 | 50 | 7 | 29 | 20 | 31 | .253 | .318 | .434 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 69 | 212 | 53 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 17 | .279 | .340 | .384 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 59 | 156 | 35 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 27 | .252 | .314 | .460 |
| milwaukee-braves | 58 | 176 | 34 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 20 | .206 | .250 | .333 |
| cincinnati-reds | 55 | 175 | 45 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 17 | .283 | .337 | .396 |
| san-francisco-giants | 54 | 150 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 25 | .162 | .260 | .223 |
| houston-astros | 16 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .294 | .333 | .382 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  Chicago Cubs | 96 | 301 | 78 | 6 | 36 | 2 | .259 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago Cubs | 110 | 353 | 95 | 13 | 44 | 1 | .269 | – | – |
| 1960 | Chicago Cubs | 74 | 150 | 31 | 3 | 17 | – | .207 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago Cubs | 89 | 235 | 56 | 8 | 23 | – | .238 | – | – |
| 1962 | Chicago Cubs, New York Mets | 75 | 173 | 37 | 3 | 21 | – | .214 | – | – |
| 1963 | Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, New York Mets | 29 | 51 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .235 | – | – |