Reginald Tremain "Reggie" Taylor (born January 12, 1977) is an American former professional baseball

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. He played for the

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, and

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during his five-year

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career. He is tall and weighs . Taylor bats

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and throws

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. Taylor was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (14th overall pick) of the

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on June 1, , and signed with the Phillies on June 13, 1995.

Early career

In , in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system, Taylor managed to hit 10

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s. While playing winter baseball in the offseason, Taylor dislocated his shoulder. The injury required surgery and Taylor did not play winter baseball again until May of . When he returned from his injury in the 2000 baseball season, he joined the lineup of Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Two games after coming back from his injury, Taylor became the second Scranton player ever to collect 5

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s in a game. During the season, Taylor played in 89 games and matched his career high of 15

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s. The Philadelphia Phillies called Taylor up from their minor league system in September of that season.

Major League career

Taylor made his Major League debut on September 17, , at the age of 23. Taylor collected his first Major League hit on September 29, 2000. Taylor played two baseball seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies. On March 28, , Taylor was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later. That player was Héctor Mercado who the Cincinnati Reds traded to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade on March 30, 2002. Taylor was granted

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on December 21, , only to be signed again by Cincinnati on January 19, . On June 30, 2004, Taylor was released by the Cincinnati Reds and signed as a free agent with the

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, on July 9, 2004. Taylor was again granted free agency on October 15, 2004. On December 23, 2004, Taylor signed as a free agent with the

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. Spending about two months with the Colorado Rockies, Taylor was traded by the Rockies to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for

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, on April 8, . Taylor was then released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on July 20, 2005, and was signed only six days later by the

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, on July 26, 2005. Taylor was granted free agency once more on October 15, 2005. In , Taylor played for the

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of the independent

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, batting .302 with 23 homers and 77 RBI. In , he played in only 15 games for the

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. In , Taylor played for the

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' Triple-A affiliate, the

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and

Olmecas de Tabasco The Olmecas de Tabasco (English: Tabasco Olmecs) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. Their home ballpark is the Estadio Centenario 27 de Febrero. The Olmecas won their only Mexican Lea ...

of the Mexican League. He batted .353 for Olmecas de Tabasco, but only .248 for Richmond. In , he split his season between the independent

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and the Olmecas and

Dorados de Chihuahua The Dorados de Chihuahua (English: Chihuahua Goldens) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua. Their home ballpark is the Estadio Chihuahua. Established in 1940, the Dorados have played in the ...

of the Mexican League. On October 10, 2009, Taylor signed with the Kansas City Royals, but never played a game in their organization. He returned to the Olmecas in .

References

External links

Baseball Almanac
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