Tony Taylor

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Tony Taylor

Full name: Antonio Nemesio Taylor Sanchez

Also known as: Tony · Tony Taylor

Bats / Throws
Right / Right
Height
175 cm
Weight
77 kg
Born
1935-12-19 · Central Alava, Matanzas
Died
2020-07-16
Debut
1958-04-15
Photograph of Tony Taylor
Photograph by Ron Bennett–HUD, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

Tony Taylor was a Cuban baseball player, born on 19 December 1935 in Central Alava, Matanzas. His full name is recorded as Antonio Nemesio Taylor Sanchez. He died on 16 July 2020. He batted and threw right-handed.

The record here covers 19 seasons in the American League and National League, between 1958 and 1976. Most of that was with Philadelphia Phillies, 15 seasons of it, with the remainder for Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers.

Across his recorded career he batted .261, with 2,007 hits, 75 home runs and 598 runs batted in. His 233 stolen bases are the third highest total among the 156 Cuban-born major leaguers in this record. His 2,007 hits are the fifth highest total among the 288 Cuban-born major leaguers in this record. His highest recorded season average was .303, in 1972 (228 AB). His most home runs in a season was 9, in 1970.

AVG: .235 in 1958 to .261 in 1976, best .328 in 1974 .328 .229 1958 1976
AVG by season

Career summary

  • Seasons 19 (1958–1976)
  • Leagues American League, National League
  • TeamsChicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies
  • AVG / OBP / SLG
    .261 / .321 / .349

Batting

SeasonTeamLeagueGPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOHBPIBBSHSFTBAVGOBPSLGOPS
1958Chicago CubsNational League1405554976311715362721640937074156.235.299.314.613
1959Chicago CubsNational League15068862496175308838231145866067245.280.331.393.724
1960Chicago CubsNational League1989761420331920812103132.263.337.421.758
1960Philadelphia PhilliesNational League12755150566145224435241133862265187.287.330.370.700
1961Philadelphia PhilliesNational League1064374004710017322611529592460129.250.304.323.627
1962Philadelphia PhilliesNational League1527026258716221574320968825431214.259.336.342.678
1963Philadelphia PhilliesNational League157700640102180201054922942997174235.281.330.367.697
1964Philadelphia PhilliesNational League15463657062143136446137467413852180.251.320.316.636
1965Philadelphia PhilliesNational League106363323417414332754225812051103.229.302.319.621
1966Philadelphia PhilliesNational League125473434471051485408431561070150.242.294.346.640
1967Philadelphia PhilliesNational League13252046255110166234109427458110144.238.308.312.620
1968Philadelphia PhilliesNational League1455985475913720233822539603763170.250.302.311.613
1969Philadelphia PhilliesNational League13860855768146245330191042624132189.262.317.339.656
1970Philadelphia PhilliesNational League1244954397413226995591150673912203.301.374.462.836
1971Detroit TigersAmerican League551961812752102319511211112075.287.335.414.749
1971Philadelphia PhilliesNational League36118107925211522910021132.234.291.299.590
1972Detroit TigersAmerican League782472283369124120511434201292.303.346.404.750
1973Detroit TigersAmerican League84302275356393524951729108193.229.276.338.614
1974Philadelphia PhilliesNational League627364521402130066101131.328.389.484.873
1975Philadelphia PhilliesNational League79124103132551117331718121235.243.350.340.690
1976Philadelphia PhilliesNational League262623261003001710107.261.320.304.624
Career total—National League197877566996910182326777665352141065701009744880362442.261.321.349.670
Career total—American League21774568495184319963197437441113260.269.315.380.695

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Frequently asked questions

When was Tony Taylor born?

Tony Taylor was born on 1935-12-19 in Central Alava, Matanzas.

Which teams did Tony Taylor play for?

Tony Taylor appears for Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies across 19 recorded seasons.

What are Tony Taylor's career statistics?

In 19 recorded seasons Tony Taylor batted .261 with 1823 hits, 66 home runs and 535 runs batted in.

Sources and licences

  • Identity data from the Chadwick Bureau Register, made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License v1.0. ODC-By-1.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)
  • Biographical detail from EcuRed, the Cuban encyclopedia, used under its non-commercial licence. custom-noncommercial (retrieved 2026-09-21)
  • The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org". custom-permissive (retrieved 2026-09-01)
  • Biographical data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0. CC0-1.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)

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