Player

Jack Taylor

Player Info
Full Name
John Besson
Born
May 23, 1873
Sandy Hill, MD, USA
Died
February 7, 1900
Size
6'1" / 190 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
September 16, 1891
Final Game
September 12, 1899
Career
9 years
Teams
Career Batting
288
G
.251
AVG
234
H
5
HR
137
RBI
.619
OPS
68
OPS vs Lg
26% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
Career Pitching
120-117
W-L
4.22
ERA
271
G
529
SO
9
SV
1.46
WHIP
Pitching Season by Season
Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP SO BB
1899 Cincinnati Reds 9 10 4.09 25 19 2 180.1 35 43
1898 St. Louis Browns 15 29 3.90 50 47 1 397.0 89 83
1897 Philadelphia Phillies 16 20 4.23 40 37 2 317.0 88 76
1896 Philadelphia Phillies 20 21 4.79 45 41 1 359.0 97 112
1895 Philadelphia Phillies 26 14 4.49 41 37 1 335.0 93 83
1894 Philadelphia Phillies 23 13 4.08 41 34 1 298.0 76 96
1893 Philadelphia Phillies 10 9 4.24 25 16 1 170.0 41 77
1892 Philadelphia Phillies 1 0 1.38 3 3 0 26.0 7 10
1891 New York Giants 0 1 1.13 1 1 0 8.0 3 3
Advanced Pitching About these stats
Year Lg IP K/9 BB/9 WHIP Qual
1899 NL 180.3 1.75 2.15 1.386 ✓
1898 NL 397.3 2.02 1.88 1.379 ✓
1897 NL 317.3 2.50 2.16 1.424 ✓
1896 NL 359.0 2.43 2.81 1.591 ✓
1895 NL 335.0 2.50 2.23 1.451 ✓
1894 NL 298.0 2.30 2.90 1.487 ✓
1893 NL 170.0 2.17 4.08 1.553 ✓
1892 NL 26.0 2.42 3.46 1.462
1891 NL 8.0 3.38 3.38 0.875
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1899 Cincinnati Reds 25 71 17 2 0 0 3 .239
1898 St. Louis Browns 54 157 38 5 2 1 17 .242
1897 Philadelphia Phillies 43 139 35 6 1 1 12 .252
1896 Philadelphia Phillies 47 157 29 6 0 0 10 .185
1895 Philadelphia Phillies 42 155 45 11 2 3 26 .290
1894 Philadelphia Phillies 42 145 48 11 2 0 20 .331
1893 Philadelphia Phillies 31 93 20 5 1 0 11 .215
1892 Philadelphia Phillies 3 12 2 0 0 0 1 .167
1891 New York Giants 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1899 NL 74 .028 .266 0.0 9.5 43 0.0
1898 NL 174 .076 .270 6.9 10.9 80 1.1
1897 NL 148 .079 .281 4.7 11.5 67 1.2
1896 NL 174 .038 .209 5.2 10.3 22 0.0
1895 NL 165 .155 .313 4.2 10.9 102 3.7
1894 NL 152 .103 .364 3.9 8.6 95 0.0
1893 NL 95 .075 .235 1.1 8.4 42 0.0
1892 NL 13 .000 .167 7.7 0.0 24 0.0
1891 NL 3 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 2 0.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
P 271 101 579 77 19 .898
OF 9 7 0 3 0 .700
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1899 Cincinnati Reds P 25 6 37 4 2 .915
1898 St. Louis Browns OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
1898 St. Louis Browns P 50 18 144 22 2 .880
1897 Philadelphia Phillies OF 1 3 0 1 0 .750
1897 Philadelphia Phillies P 40 12 89 16 2 .863
1896 Philadelphia Phillies OF 2 0 0 0 0 .000
1896 Philadelphia Phillies P 45 19 107 11 3 .920
1895 Philadelphia Phillies OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000
1895 Philadelphia Phillies P 41 19 89 5 3 .956
1894 Philadelphia Phillies P 41 13 68 12 3 .871
1893 Philadelphia Phillies OF 3 3 0 1 0 .750
1893 Philadelphia Phillies P 25 13 42 2 4 .965
1892 Philadelphia Phillies P 3 0 3 5 0 .375
1891 New York Giants P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000