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Bruce
Taylor		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 178
 
Born: April 16, 1953 in Holden, MA, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rolaids Relief Award 1985   
All-Star Selections 1979    1981    1985   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1977 24 DET AL 3 0 1.000 40 0 0 0 2 43.7 30 7 2 12 32 1.44 .196 .256 .275 .530 6.5
1978 25 DET AL 2 2 .500 30 0 0 0 4 23.0 22 7 0 4 14 2.74 .253 .283 .276 .558 4.0
1979 26 DET AL 5 2 .714 69 0 0 0 38 73.7 48 7 2 25 29 0.86 .183 .260 .240 .500 17.4
1980 27 DET AL 1 3 .250 45 0 0 0 1 43.7 30 11 3 18 23 2.27 .192 .276 .288 .564 4.4
1981 28 DET AL 7 4 .636 65 0 0 0 40 74.0 68 14 0 30 31 1.70 .246 .320 .315 .635 14.8
1982 29 DET AL 3 4 .429 58 0 0 0 37 63.3 54 22 1 27 45 3.13 .228 .307 .278 .586 9.9
1983 30 DET AL 10 5 .667 81 0 0 0 1 108.3 128 53 1 43 55 4.40 .294 .360 .368 .728 5.0
1984 31 DET AL 3 1 .750 53 0 0 0 22 59.7 44 12 1 27 54 1.81 .212 .296 .264 .560 9.4
1985 32 DET AL 5 6 .455 82 0 0 0 46 90.3 75 17 0 28 89 1.69 .227 .288 .273 .561 17.0
1986 33 DET AL 14 4 .778 72 0 0 0 35 84.3 74 20 0 28 75 2.13 .239 .302 .294 .597 15.7
1987 34 MON NL 5 4 .556 53 0 0 0 27 57.3 58 17 1 18 40 2.67 .266 .325 .326 .651 9.3
1988 35 MON NL 3 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 1 12.0 19 13 0 8 3 9.75 .365 .450 .423 .873 0.0
12 Years Sim 61 35 .635 660 0 0 0 254 733.3 650 200 11 268 490 2.45 .239 .308 .300 .607 113.6
Season Average 5 2 .714 55 0 0 0 21 61.1 54 16 0 22 40 2.45 .239 .308 .300 .607  
Career Highs 14 6 1.000 82 0 0 0 46 108.3 128 53 3 43 89 9.75 .365 .450 .423 .873  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1987 34 MON NL 53 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1988 35 MON NL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2 Years Sim 65 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
162 Game Average 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.6  
Career Highs 53 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1977 24 DET AL P 40 0 43.7 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.27    
1978 25 DET AL P 30 0 23.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.35    
1979 26 DET AL P 69 0 73.7 4 24 0 1 1.000 3.42    
1980 27 DET AL P 45 0 43.7 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.68    
1981 28 DET AL P 65 0 74.0 6 14 0 2 1.000 2.43    
1982 29 DET AL P 58 0 63.3 2 14 0 3 1.000 2.27    
1983 30 DET AL P 81 0 108.3 7 20 0 3 1.000 2.24    
1984 31 DET AL P 53 0 59.7 5 11 0 1 1.000 2.41    
1985 32 DET AL P 82 0 90.3 5 14 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1986 33 DET AL P 72 0 84.3 1 13 0 0 1.000 1.49    
1987 34 MON NL P 53 0 57.3 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.20    
1988 35 MON NL P 12 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
Career Totals   660 0 733.3 39 146 0 12 1.000 2.27    
Career Highs   82 0 108.3 7 24 0 3 1.000 3.42    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1979 26 DET AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .250 .000 .250
1981 28 DET AL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 3 6.3 5 0 0 1 2 0.00 .238 .273 .286 .558
1983 30 DET AL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.7 4 1 0 2 3 3.38 .333 .429 .333 .762
1985 32 DET AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1986 33 DET AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 0 3 3 9.00 .385 .500 .385 .885
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 12 0 0 0 5 14.3 14 4 0 7 8 2.51 .264 .350 .283 .633
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1986-3-.778
 Saves
1979-6-38
1981-5-40
1982-6-37
1985-1-46
1986-6-35
CAR-23-254
 Games Pitched
1979-5-69
1983-4-81
1985-2-82
1986-5-72
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 33)
 
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  1. Roger Slagle (912)
  2. Rich Rodas (911)
  3. Gary Lavelle (910)
  4. Fred Breining (907)
  5. Steve Foucault (901)
  6. Tippy Martinez (899)
  7. Tom McCarthy (896)
  8. Bill Dawley (896)
  9. Mark Littell (893)
  10. Gary Hargis (892)
History
Earned first career win on 4/17/1977
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/12/1987 to a 4-year deal worth $2,610,000 per year
Injured on 9/1/1987 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 7-8 weeks
 
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