Live Oak Taylor
| Live Oak Taylor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Center fielder | |
| Born: February 3, 1851 Belfast, Maine, U.S. | |
| Died: February 19, 1888 (aged 37) San Francisco, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 21, 1877, for the Hartford Dark Blues | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| July 30, 1884, for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .218 |
| Hits | 56 |
| Runs batted in | 8 |
| Teams | |
George Edward "Live Oak" Taylor (February 3, 1851 – February 19, 1888) was an American professional baseball outfielder. Most famous for serving as a substitute with the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball's first all-professional team, on their west coast road trip in the latter half of that season, he later went on to play three seasons in Major League Baseball. He played in two games in 1877 with the Hartford Dark Blues, 24 games in 1879 with the Troy Trojans, and 41 games in 1884 with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.
Sources
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Guschov, Stephen (1998). The Red Stockings of Cincinnati. Jefferson, N. C.: McFarland & Co.
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license.
Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license.
Credit:
(see original file).
