Jack Taylor
1897–1899 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
286G
.252AVG
.289OBP
.335SLG
More career statistics
234H
5HR
135RBI
9SB
120–117W–L
2,079.0IP
528K
4.23ERA
234GS
9SV
14Rare feats
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 · Games | 286 | 122 |
| Batting · At bats | 927 | 365 |
| Batting · Doubles | 46 | 13 |
| Batting · Hits | 234 | 90 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 4 | 1 |
| Batting · Home runs | 5 | 2 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 58 | 33 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 994 | 399 |
| Batting · Runs | 100 | 32 |
| Batting · RBI | 135 | 42 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 9 | 1 |
| Batting · Triples | 8 | 3 |
| Batting · Walks | 44 | 20 |
| Pitching · Games | 270 | 115 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,166 | 3,971 |
| Pitching · p cg | 208 | 93 |
| Pitching · p er | 976 | 410 |
| Pitching · p gs | 234 | 103 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,466 | 1,048 |
| Pitching · p hr | 74 | 26 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,237 | 2,676 |
| Pitching · p k | 528 | 215 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,416 | 572 |
| Pitching · p w | 581 | 203 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 286 | 994 | 927 | 100 | 234 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 135 | 44 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 311 | .252 | .289 | .335 | .624 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,079.0 | 270 | 234 | 208 | 120 | 117 | 9 | 2,466 | 1,416 | 976 | 74 | 581 | 528 | 0 | 0 | 4.23 | 1.466 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1897-07-01 to 1897-07-20
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 5 home runs allowed | 1899-09-08 | 1 in 8,036 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1897-05-19 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1897-05-06 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 62 | 189 | 43 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 23 | .250 | .296 | .337 |
| Away | 60 | 210 | 47 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | .244 | .257 | .295 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 11 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .185 | .233 | .296 |
| May | 25 | 76 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | .261 | .289 | .377 |
| June | 16 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | .182 | .224 | .273 |
| July | 22 | 79 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .370 | .380 | .438 |
| August | 26 | 94 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | .205 | .255 | .241 |
| September | 17 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .222 | .222 | .241 |
| October | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .235 | .267 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 18 | 62 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | .375 | .419 | .429 |
| boston-braves | 13 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .242 | .316 | .364 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 12 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .342 | .349 | .342 |
| chicago-cubs | 12 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .147 | .167 | .176 |
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .154 | .241 | .231 |
| louisville-colonels | 10 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .375 | .400 | .469 |
| cleveland-spiders | 10 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .182 | .200 | .333 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 9 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .097 | .086 | .129 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 139 | 35 | 1 | 17 | – | .252 | 318 | 91 |
| 1898 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 54 | 156 | 38 | 1 | 18 | 1 | .244 | 397 | 89 |
| 1899 |  Cincinnati Reds | 25 | 70 | 17 | – | 7 | – | .243 | 176 | 35 |