What years did Jack Taylor play?

Jack Taylor played in Major League Baseball from 1898 to 1907.

Was Jack Taylor a pitcher?

Yes. Jack Taylor pitched in the major leagues, recording 152 wins and 662 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jack Taylor hit?

Jack Taylor hit 2 career home runs with 236 hits.

What was Jack Taylor's career batting average?

Jack Taylor batted .222 over his career, with 236 hits in 1,063 at bats.

How many RBI did Jack Taylor have?

Jack Taylor drove in 88 runs in his career.

What was Jack Taylor's career ERA?

Jack Taylor finished with a 2.65 career ERA, going 152-139 with 662 strikeouts.

Jack Taylor

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1898-1907)

Jack Taylor was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1898 to 1907 for the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, a span of 10 seasons. Across 311 career appearances, he went 152-139 with a 2.65 ERA and 662 strikeouts. He also batted .222 with 2 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 1865.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 152–139

ERA 2.65

WHIP 1.18

SO 662

Pitcher PIV 1865.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 170 lb
Born: 12/13/1873 in New Straitsville, OH, USA
Died: 3/4/1938 in Columbus, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 1898-09-25
Last Game: 1907-09-02

Full name: John William Taylor

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jack Taylor — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
152	139	311	287	279	20	5	2626.0	2,504	774	41	584	662	2.65	1865.1

Career ERA 2.65 vs. league average 3.08 across their career seasons — 13.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jack Taylor (b. 1873, debut 1898) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1898	CHN	NL	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	41.0	32	10	10	11	2.20	3.59 (+39%)	585.5
1899	CHN	NL	18	21	41	39	39	1	0	354.2	380	148	84	67	3.76	3.85 (+2%)	1653.9
1900	CHN	NL	10	17	28	26	25	2	1	222.1	226	63	58	57	2.55	3.68 (+31%)	1478.5
1901	CHN	NL	13	19	33	31	30	0	0	275.2	341	103	44	68	3.36	3.49 (+4%)	1852.6
1902	CHN	NL	23	11	37	34	34	8	1	333.2	273	48	45	88	1.29	3.17 (+59%)	3967.1
1903	CHN	NL	21	14	37	33	33	1	1	312.1	277	85	57	83	2.45	3.10 (+21%)	1733.4
1904	SLN	NL	20	19	41	39	39	2	1	352.0	297	87	82	103	2.22	2.66 (+16%)	-1480.6
1905	SLN	NL	15	21	37	34	34	3	1	309.0	302	118	85	102	3.44	2.82 (-22%)	-3075.7
1906	SLN	NL	8	9	17	17	17	1	0	155.0	133	37	47	27	2.15	2.68 (+20%)	-2513.2
1906	CHN	NL	12	3	17	16	15	2	0	147.1	116	30	39	34	1.83	2.68 (+31%)	-895.7
1907	CHN	NL	7	5	18	13	8	0	0	123.0	127	45	33	22	3.29	2.50 (-32%)	-1440.8
Career · 11 seasons			152	139	311	287	279	20	5	2,626.0	2,504	774	584	662	2.65	—	1,865

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jack Taylor — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
339	1,063	110	236	42	13	2	88	18	66	128	.222	.271	.292	.562	-2,231

Career AVG .222 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 14.6% below league average.

Career OBP .271 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 14.9% below league average.

Career SLG .292 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — 13.5% below league average.

Career OPS .562 vs. league average .655 across their career seasons — 14.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Jack Taylor (b. 1873, debut 1898) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1898	CHN	NL	5	15	4	3	2	0	0	2	0	3	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1899	CHN	NL	42	139	25	37	9	2	0	17	0	16	16	.266	.282 (-6%)	.343 (+1%)	.366 (-2%)	.710 (-1%)	-5.4
1900	CHN	NL	28	81	7	19	3	1	1	6	1	3	7	.235	.279 (-16%)	.338 (-23%)	.366 (-9%)	.705 (-16%)	-221.6
1901	CHN	NL	35	106	12	23	6	0	0	2	0	4	24	.217	.271 (-20%)	.326 (-25%)	.359 (-24%)	.686 (-24%)	-407.5
1902	CHN	NL	56	189	18	44	6	1	0	18	6	8	23	.233	.266 (-13%)	.321 (-17%)	.343 (-20%)	.665 (-18%)	-527.9
1903	CHN	NL	40	126	13	28	3	4	0	17	3	6	13	.222	.261 (-15%)	.316 (-17%)	.345 (-10%)	.662 (-14%)	-282.1
1904	SLN	NL	42	133	9	28	3	3	1	8	3	4	17	.211	.246 (-15%)	.300 (-20%)	.321 (-6%)	.622 (-13%)	-283.9
1905	SLN	NL	39	121	11	23	5	2	0	12	4	8	15	.190	.248 (-23%)	.307 (-20%)	.322 (-18%)	.629 (-19%)	-340.4
1906	SLN	NL	17	53	4	11	0	0	0	2	1	10	0	.208	.247 (-16%)	.307 (+8%)	.315 (-34%)	.622 (-13%)	-46.5
1906	CHN	NL	17	53	5	11	3	0	0	3	0	4	4	.208	.247 (-16%)	.307 (-14%)	.315 (-16%)	.622 (-15%)	-46.5
1907	CHN	NL	18	47	2	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	.191	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			339	1,063	110	236	42	13	2	88	18	66	128	.222	—	—	—	—	-2,162

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jack Taylor — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	167	514	48	110	1	39	.214
Away	172	549	62	126	1	39	.230

Pitching — Home / Away

Jack Taylor — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	160	1415.0	1300	171	295	385	1.09
Away	151	1202.1	1204	197	293	282	1.47

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jack Taylor — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	SO
1907-09-02	CHC	STL	L	2	0	0	0	0
1907-09-02	CHC	STL	L	0	0	0	0	0
1907-08-21	CHC	NY1	L	4	1	1	1	0
1907-08-14	CHC	PHI	L	2	0	1	1	0
1907-08-13	CHC	PHI	W	1	0	0	0	1
1907-08-10	CHC	PHI	L	2	0	1	0	0
1907-08-05	CHC	NY1	L	3	0	0	0	1
1907-07-28	CHC	BSN	L	3	0	0	0	0
1907-07-11	CHC	PHI	L	1	1	1	0	0
1907-06-30	CHC	PIT	L	6	0	1	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jack Taylor — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	BB	SO	HR
1907-09-02	CHC	STL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
1907-09-02	CHC	STL	—	5.0	9	6	3	1	0
1907-08-21	CHC	NY1	L	8.0	16	12	3	5	2
1907-08-14	CHC	PHI	L	6.0	5	4	3	0	0
1907-08-13	CHC	PHI	W	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
1907-08-10	CHC	PHI	—	7.0	5	2	2	1	0
1907-08-05	CHC	NY1	L	9.0	11	5	4	3	0
1907-07-28	CHC	BSN	—	7.1	5	2	1	0	0
1907-07-11	CHC	PHI	—	3.2	6	1	2	1	0
1907-06-30	CHC	PIT	—	13.0	13	4	1	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jack Taylor — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	2	0	16	1	0	2
2B	2	0	0	0	1	0
3B	15	1	16	27	5	0
OF	3	0	1	1	0	0
P	311	119	129	738	43	24

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jack Taylor — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1898	CHN	P	5	0	0	9	0	1
1899	CHN	P	41	0	24	88	8	8
1900	CHN	P	28	0	10	42	7	2
1901	CHN	P	33	0	24	78	6	3
1902	CHN	1B	2	0	16	1	0	2
1902	CHN	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1902	CHN	3B	12	0	12	25	4	0
1902	CHN	OF	3	0	1	1	0	0
1902	CHN	P	37	0	15	106	6	3
1903	CHN	2B	1	0	0	0	1	0
1903	CHN	3B	1	0	2	0	0	0
1903	CHN	P	37	0	14	91	6	2
1904	SLN	P	41	39	14	109	6	1
1905	SLN	3B	2	1	2	2	1	0
1905	SLN	P	37	34	10	80	2	1
1906	SLN	P	17	17	7	51	1	0
1906	CHN	P	17	16	5	44	1	2
1907	CHN	P	18	13	6	40	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Jack Taylor (b. 1873, debut 1898) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	311
First Base	2
Second Base	2
Third Base	15
Right Field	3

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Jack Taylor: the record in brief

September 25, 1898 and September 2, 1907 bracket Jack Taylor's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The team column moves through the Chicago Orphans (1898 to 1902), the Chicago Cubs (1903 to 1907), and the St. Louis Cardinals (1904 to 1906). Listed as a pitcher, Taylor threw and hit right-handed. Taylor is listed at 5'10" and 170 pounds. Taylor was born on December 13, 1873, in New Straitsville, OH, USA. The bio records the death on March 4, 1938, in Columbus, OH, USA. The given name on file is John William Taylor.

Across 311 games (287 starts), Taylor recorded 152 wins against 139 losses with a 2.65 ERA. The same table counts 662 strikeouts, 279 complete games, and 20 shutouts. That 2.65 ERA compares with a 3.08 league average across the same seasons, 13.8% better. No season topped the 23 wins of 1902. Taylor struck out 103 batters in 1904, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jack Taylor

What years did Jack Taylor play?: Jack Taylor played in Major League Baseball from 1898 to 1907.
Was Jack Taylor a pitcher?: Yes. Jack Taylor pitched in the major leagues, recording 152 wins and 662 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jack Taylor hit?: Jack Taylor hit 2 career home runs with 236 hits.
What was Jack Taylor's career batting average?: Jack Taylor batted .222 over his career, with 236 hits in 1,063 at bats.
How many RBI did Jack Taylor have?: Jack Taylor drove in 88 runs in his career.
What was Jack Taylor's career ERA?: Jack Taylor finished with a 2.65 career ERA, going 152-139 with 662 strikeouts.