Ben Taylor Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: L Weight: 190 Born: Year: 1888 in Anderson, SC USA Died: 1 24 1953 in Baltimore, MD USA Debut: Last Game: Hall of Fame: Inducted as a Player in 2006 by Negro League Full Name: Benjamin Harrison Taylor
Ben Taylor Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 71 Weight: 163 Born: 4 2, 1889 in Paoli, IN USA Died: 11 3 1946 in Martin County, IN USA Debut: 6/28/1912 Last Game: 7/4/1912 Full Name: Benjamin Harrison Taylor
Ben Taylor Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 75 Weight: 225 Born: Thursday, November 12, 1992 in Montgomery, AL USA Died: in , Debut: 4/7/2017 Last Game: 5/30/2018 Full Name: Benjamin Alan Taylor
Ben Taylor Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: L Height: 72 Weight: 175 Born: Friday, September 30, 1927 in Metropolis, IL USA Died: 5 11 1999 in Alma, AR USA Debut: 7/29/1951 Last Game: 9/21/1955 Full Name: Benjamin Eugene Taylor
On July 30, 2006, the largest Induction Class in Hall of Fame history is honored in Cooperstown. Reliever Bruce Sutter is the 4th relief pitcher inducted along with 17 elected by a special commission on pre-Negro leagues and Negro leagues baseball. The 17 are Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz…
Relief pitcher Bruce Sutter is elected to the Hall of Fame. With 75% of the votes cast by BBWAA members needed for election. Sutter receives 76.9%, slugger Jim Rice is second with 64.8%, followed by reliever Goose Gossage at 64.6%. Sutter, who is credited with perfecting the split-fingered fastball, which is a pitch many major leaguers use in some form today, joins Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers and Dennis Eckersley as the only relief pitchers in Cooperstown. In a special election, seventeen Negro Leagues figures are also elected: Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz Mackey, Effa Manley, Jose Mendez, Alex Pompez, Cum Posey, Louis Santop, Mule Suttles, Ben Taylor, Cristóbal Torriente, Sol White, J.L. Wilkinson, and Jud Wilson. Manley is the first woman ever elected to the Hall, and the 18 inductees are the largest class in the Hall’s history.
On July 1, 1888, future Hall of Fame first baseman Ben Taylor is born in Anderson, SC. Starring most notably for the Indianapolis ABCs, Taylor’s ability to dig balls out of the dirt was legendary, and he frequently batted above .300 in a career that spanned from 1908-1929. In 2006, he was elected to the…