Joe Taylor (baseball)
American baseball player
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| Intro | American baseball player | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Athlete Baseball player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 2 March 1926, Chapman, Butler County, Alabama, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 18 March 1993Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (aged 67 years) |
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Joe Cephus Taylor (March 2, 1926 – March 18, 1993) was an American professional baseball outfielder . Taylor's career began in semipro baseball in 1946. From 1949 to 1951, he played in the Negro leagues before joining the baseball minor leagues. He played four seasons in Major League Baseball, for a total of 81 games on four different teams (1954 for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1957 for the Cincinnati Redlegs, part of the 1958 season for the St. Louis Cardinals and 1958–1959 for the Baltimore Orioles). In addition, he played for the Leones del Caracas club of the Venezuela Winter League.