- Michael Taylor (baseball)
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Michael Taylor Oakland Athletics — No. 23 Outfielder Born: December 19, 1985
Cheverly, MarylandBats: Right Throws: Right MLB debut September 2, 2011 for the Oakland Athletics Career statistics
(through 2011 Season)Batting Average .200 Home Runs 1 Runs Batted In 1 Teams - Oakland Athletics (2011–present)
Michael D. Taylor (born December 19, 1985 in Cheverly, Maryland) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics.
Baseball career
Taylor was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the fifth round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft out of Stanford University.[1] At the end of the 2009 season, he was one of two players given the Paul Owens Award, for the best pitcher and best position player in the Phillies' farm system.
On December 16, 2009, Taylor was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays with Kyle Drabek and Travis D'Arnaud in exchange for Roy Halladay. The Blue Jays immediately traded him to the Oakland Athletics for Brett Wallace.[2] Taylor spent the entire 2010 season at Triple-A Sacramento and played in the Arizona Fall League.
On September 2, 2011, Taylor made his major league debut with the Oakland Athletics, batting ninth and playing right field.[3] In total, Taylor's 2011 season saw him play 11 games, 6 hits, 1 HR, 1 RBI and a .200 .Avg[4]
References
- ^ Phillies Take Taylor in Fifth Round
- ^ Mayo, Jonathan and Winston, Lisa (December 16, 2009). "Seven prospects involved in blockbuster". MLB.com. http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091215&content_id=7814772&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ Stanford's Michael Taylor makes his debut with the Oakland Athletics
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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Inactive roster Disabled list 10 Daric Barton | 33 Joey Devine | 49 Brett Anderson | 51 Dallas Braden | 64 Trystan Magnuson
Coaching Staff Manager 6 Bob Melvin | Bench Coach -- Chip Hale | 1st Base Coach 46 Tye Waller | 3rd Base Coach 3 Mike Gallego | Hitting Coach Vacant | Pitching Coach -- Curt Young | Bullpen Coach 41 Rick Rodriguez
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Cheverly, Maryland
- Lehigh Valley IronPigs players
- Reading Phillies players
- Sacramento River Cats players
- Williamsport Crosscutters players
- Stanford Cardinal baseball players
- Oakland Athletics players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
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