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John W. Taylor (December 13, 1873 – March 4, 1938) was a right-handed
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for the Chicago Cubs and
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.


Career

He made his major league debut with the Cubs on September 25, 1898. His best years as a pitcher were 1900 (2.55
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), 1902 (1.33 ERA with 7
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s; #1 in the league), 1903 (2.45 ERA), and 1906 (1.99 ERA). He recorded a career 2.65 ERA. In 1904, Taylor set a major league record by pitching 39 consecutive complete games. Taylor actually threw 187 consecutive complete games between June 1901 and August 1906,SABR's Baseball Biography Project: Jack Taylor
/ref> but this streak was interrupted by 15 additional relief appearances. Thus Taylor appeared in 202 consecutive games without being relieved himself. Taylor and fellow Cub
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were traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in return for
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and Jack O'Neill in December 1903; he was then traded back to Chicago in July 1906 (in return for Fred Beebe and
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). Thus he was part of the great 1906 Cubs; that year the ERA for the entire pitching staff was 1.76. He also contributed to the World Series-winning season in 1907. Taylor was an above-average hitting pitcher in his major-league career, posting a .222
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(236-for-1063) with 110 runs, 2 home runs and 88 RBI. He also drew 66 bases on balls. Taylor died in Columbus, Ohio at the age of 64.


See also

* List of St. Louis Cardinals team records * Complete game records * List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders * List of Major League Baseball individual streaks *
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*
Jack Taylor (1890s pitcher) John Besson "Brewery Jack" Taylor (May 23, 1873 – February 7, 1900) was a baseball player in the National League from 1891 to 1899. Career Taylor is often confused with John W. "Jack" Taylor, who also played in the NL during an overlapping ...


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