Danny Taylor | |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 23 December 1900 |
Birth Place: | Lash, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Latrobe, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | June 30 |
Debutyear: | 1926 |
Debutteam: | Washington Senators |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | July 10 |
Finalyear: | 1936 |
Finalteam: | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .297 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 44 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 305 |
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Daniel Turney Taylor (December 23, 1900 – October 11, 1972) was a Major League Baseball outfielder from 1926 to 1936. He played with the Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Born in Lash, Pennsylvania on December 23, 1900, Danny Taylor was a son of Emma Lear Taylor. During the early 1940s, he was a resident of West Newton. His mother died at her home in Lash on August 10, 1941.[5]
In a nine-year career, Taylor hit .297 (650-for-2190) with 44 home runs, 305 RBI, 388 runs scored, an OBP of .374 and a slugging percentage of .446. He hit a career high .319 and scored 87 runs with 11 home runs with the Cubs and Dodgers in 1932. He had 59 RBI in 1935, also a career high.
Taylor was a minor-league manager in 1941 and 1942. He managed the Lansing Senators for part of the 1941 season and the Harrisburg Senators in 1942.[6]
Taylor died at the age of seventy-one on October 11, 1972 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.