Ben Taylor

Benjamin Harrison Taylor

Born: July 1, 1888 in Anderson, SC
Died: January 24, 1953 - 64 years old

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 175

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• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006
• Buried: Arbutus Memorial Park (Arbutus, MD)
• Relatives: Steel Arm Johnny Taylor (Brother) , Candy Jim Taylor (Brother) , C. I. Taylor (Brother)
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Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Jud Wilson	3B	3	1926	1928	BBS	13.5	10.7	2.6	0.0	0.2
2	Lucius Hampton	SP	2	1922	1924	ABC/WP	6.3	1.7	0.5	4.2	-0.1
3	Oscar Charleston	CF	1	1922	1922	ABC	6.0	5.6	0.6	0.0	-0.2
4	Rap Dixon	RF	2	1928	1935	BBS/NE	4.7	3.8	1.1	0.0	-0.2
5	Pete Washington	CF	4	1923	1928	BBS/WP	4.4	2.8	2.2	0.0	-0.5
6	Laymon Yokely	SP	4	1926	1938	BBS/SEN	4.0	-1.4	0.0	5.4	0.0
7	Biz Mackey	C	2	1922	1928	ABC/BBS	3.8	3.7	-0.1	0.0	0.2
8	Jim Jeffries	SP	1	1922	1922	ABC	3.4	-0.6	0.1	3.9	0.0
9	Mack Eggleston	C	7	1922	1929	MULT	3.4	3.1	-0.3	0.0	0.6
10	Crush Holloway	LF	5	1922	1935	MULT	3.3	1.8	2.5	0.0	-1.1
11	Rats Henderson	SP	1	1929	1929	BG2	3.1	-0.2	0.0	3.3	0.0
12	Joe Strong	SP	3	1926	1928	BBS	3.1	0.1	0.0	3.0	0.0
13	William Ross	SP	2	1922	1923	ABC/WP	2.8	0.5	-0.1	2.3	0.0
14	Fats Jenkins	LF	2	1929	1935	BG2/NE	2.6	2.3	0.7	0.0	-0.4
15	Leon Day	SP	1	1935	1935	NE	2.5	0.0	0.1	2.4	0.0
16	George Giles	1B	1	1935	1935	NE	2.0	1.6	0.6	0.0	-0.2
17	Harry Williams	2B	1	1935	1935	NE	1.7	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
18	Will Jackman	SP	1	1935	1935	NE	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0
19	Henry Blackmon	3B	1	1922	1922	ABC	1.3	-0.2	1.2	0.0	0.3
20	Anthony Mahoney	SP	1	1922	1922	ABC	1.2	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
21	Chaney White	CF	2	1924	1929	BG2/WP	1.1	2.2	-1.0	0.0	-0.2
22	Terris McDuffie	SP	1	1935	1935	NE	0.9	-0.1	0.1	0.9	0.0
23	John Beckwith	3B	1	1926	1926	BBS	0.9	1.5	-0.7	0.1	0.1
24	Clint Thomas	RF	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	-0.2
25	Jesse Hubbard	SP	1	1928	1928	BBS	0.8	0.4	-0.1	0.5	0.0
26	Heavy Johnson	LF	1	1926	1926	BBS	0.8	2.0	-1.0	0.0	-0.2
27	Country Brown	RF	2	1923	1924	WP	0.7	2.0	-1.1	0.0	-0.2
28	Dave Thomas	1B	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.0	-0.1
29	Alonzo Mitchell	SP	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
30	Dick Jackson	2B	3	1926	1928	BBS	0.6	-0.3	0.7	0.0	0.2
31	Javier Pérez	3B	1	1935	1935	NE	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1
32	Ralph Jefferson	LF	1	1923	1923	WP	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.0	-0.1
33	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
34	Clarence Palm	C	1	1935	1935	NE	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
35	Claude Grier	SP	1	1924	1924	WP	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
36	Eggie Dallard	CF	2	1924	1926	BBS/WP	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1
37	Buddy Burbage	CF	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
38	Joe Lewis	C	1	1923	1923	WP	0.4	0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.0
39	Thomas Albright	SP	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
40	Ed Stone	RF	1	1935	1935	NE	0.3	1.0	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
41	Bob McClure	SP	5	1922	1929	MULT	0.3	-1.1	0.0	1.4	0.0
42	George Carr	1B	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
43	Henry Spearman	3B	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
44	Wayne Carr	SP	3	1922	1924	ABC/WP	0.3	-0.8	0.0	1.0	0.0
45	Zollie Wright	RF	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
46	Otis Starks	SP	2	1929	1935	BG2/NE	0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.3	0.0
47	Elbert Williams	SP	1	1935	1935	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
48	Buck Ridgley	2B	1	1923	1923	WP	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
49	George Shively	CF	1	1924	1924	WP	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
50	Bill Hoskins	RF	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
51	Charlie Mason	LF	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
52	Clarence Griffin	CF	1	1935	1935	NE	0.1	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
53	Darltie Cooper	RP	1	1926	1926	BBS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
54	Joe Goodrich	3B	2	1923	1924	WP	0.1	0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.2
55	String Bean Williams	SP	2	1923	1924	WP	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
56	Willie Creek	C	1	1924	1924	WP	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
57	Carlisle Perry	2B	1	1923	1923	WP	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
58	Fred Barnes	RP	1	1924	1924	WP	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
59	Jimmy Ford	2B	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
60	Charles Wesley	LF	1	1922	1922	ABC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Althus Collins	RP	1	1928	1928	BBS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
62	Perry Hall	3B	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Bob Clarke	C	3	1926	1928	BBS	0.0	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3
64	Eugene White	3B	1	1935	1935	NE	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
65	Parker	1B	1	1928	1928	BBS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	Julio Rojo	3B	1	1926	1926	BBS	0.0	-1.0	0.9	0.0	0.1
67	Bill Johnson	C	1	1924	1924	WP	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Proctor	RF	1	1924	1924	WP	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Howard	-	1	1922	1922	ABC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Bill Casey	C	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
71	Henry Richardson	RP	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Carl Howard	-	1	1935	1935	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Davidson	-	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Kerry	-	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	McDowell	RF	1	1923	1923	WP	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Fred Williams	C	1	1924	1924	WP	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Clarence Arthur	3B	1	1923	1923	WP	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Jabbo Andrews	LF	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
79	Bill Rankin	2B	1	1923	1923	WP	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Joe Cade	SP	1	1929	1929	BG2	0.0	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0
81	Harry Kincannon	RP	1	1938	1938	SEN	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Jimmie Lyons	CF	1	1924	1924	WP	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
83	D. Wiggins	1B	1	1923	1923	WP	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Jim Williams	-	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Johnny Johnson	RP	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Sam Cooper	RP	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
87	Frank Warfield	2B	1	1928	1928	BBS	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
88	Roy S. Williams	-	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
89	Pinky Ward	CF	1	1923	1923	WP	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
90	Calvin Clarke	RF	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Tex Burnett	C	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
92	Ted Radcliffe	SP	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0
93	Willie Woods	CF	3	1922	1924	ABC/WP	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
94	Cleo Smith	RF	2	1926	1928	BBS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
95	Otto Briggs	RF	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
96	Red Bradley	-	1	1927	1927	BBS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
97	Bubbles Anderson	2B	1	1924	1924	WP	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
98	Jimmy Reese	-	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
99	Dicta Johnson	SP	1	1922	1922	ABC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
100	Gilbert Coleman	3B	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Frank Stevens	-	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
102	Eddie Huff	C	1	1922	1922	ABC	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
103	George Boggs	RP	1	1928	1928	BBS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
104	Alex Crumbley	LF	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
105	Billy Nicholas	-	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
106	Powell	-	1	1928	1928	BBS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
107	Charlie Hughes	-	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Alex Albritton	RP	2	1923	1924	WP	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
109	Gavin	-	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
110	Dennis Gilchrist	2B	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.2	0.3	-0.6	0.0	0.1
111	Spike Richardson	LF	1	1923	1923	WP	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
112	Miller	-	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
113	Clarence Lindsay	SS	2	1928	1929	BBS/BG2	-0.3	-0.9	0.5	-0.2	0.4
114	Leonard Punch	RF	1	1923	1923	WP	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
115	William Craddock	-	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
116	Arnett Mitchell	-	1	1926	1926	BBS	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
117	Douglass Monroe	2B	1	1927	1927	BBS	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
118	Emory Long	-	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
119	Charlie Smith	2B	1	1924	1924	WP	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
120	Bobby Williams	3B	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	George Britt	RP	2	1926	1938	BBS/SEN	-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
122	Willie Gisentaner	-	1	1923	1923	WP	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
123	Namon Washington	LF	1	1922	1922	ABC	-0.3	0.3	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
124	Lefty Holmes	-	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
125	Pepper Daniels	C	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
126	Leon Ruffin	C	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Wilbert Pritchett	RP	2	1926	1927	BBS	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
128	Roland Calhoun	-	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
129	Maceo Clark	RP	2	1923	1924	WP	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
130	Bucky Johnson	2B	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
131	Abe Bell	-	1	1924	1924	WP	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
132	Curtis Henderson	SS	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
133	Bill Sadler	SS	2	1935	1938	NE/SEN	-0.5	0.0	-0.7	0.0	0.2
134	Luther Farrell	RF	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.3	0.0
135	Will Owens	SS	2	1923	1924	WP	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.1
136	John Mungin	-	1	1926	1926	BBS	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
137	Ben Jenkins	-	1	1924	1924	WP	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
138	Eddie Powell	C	1	1938	1938	SEN	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
139	Hoss Walker	SS	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.5	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.2
140	Bill Yancey	SS	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.5	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.2
141	Willie Ward	CF	1	1935	1935	NE	-0.6	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
142	Roy Roberts	-	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
143	Bullet Campbell	LF	1	1923	1923	WP	-0.6	0.2	-0.1	-0.7	0.0
144	Hugh Smith	RP	2	1923	1924	WP	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
145	Ping Gardner	RP	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
146	Harry Jeffries	3B	2	1924	1928	BBS/WP	-0.8	-0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0
147	George Fiall	SS	1	1926	1926	BBS	-0.8	-0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.1
148	Lefty Bowers	RP	2	1926	1927	BBS	-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.9	0.0
149	Bun Hayes	SP	2	1928	1935	BBS/NE	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
150	Willie Jones	C	1	1929	1929	BG2	-0.9	-0.6	-0.4	0.0	0.1
151	Morten Clark	SS	2	1922	1923	ABC/WP	-0.9	-0.3	-1.1	0.0	0.5
152	Dick Seay	SS	1	1926	1926	BBS	-1.0	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.1
153	Connie Day	2B	3	1922	1929	MULT	-1.1	-2.0	0.4	0.0	0.5
154	Ambrose Reid	1B	1	1929	1929	BG2	-1.3	0.0	-1.3	0.0	-0.1
155	Omer Newsome	-	1	1924	1924	WP	-1.4	-0.2	0.0	-1.3	0.0
156	Scrappy Brown	SS	4	1926	1929	BBS/BG2	-1.5	-0.9	-1.2	0.0	0.6
157	Jimmy Shields	SS	1	1929	1929	BG2	-1.6	0.0	0.1	-1.8	0.0
158	Bill Force	SP	3	1926	1928	BBS	-1.6	-0.5	0.0	-1.1	0.0
159	Tom Finley	SS	1	1924	1924	WP	-1.7	-0.8	-1.1	0.0	0.2
160	J. H. Hamilton	2B	1	1924	1924	WP	-1.7	0.2	-2.1	0.0	0.2
161	Pearley Johnson	RF	2	1926	1927	BBS	-2.0	0.6	-2.5	0.0	-0.1

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