- Taylor Tankersley
Infobox MLB player
name = Taylor Tankersley
width = 300
caption =
team = Florida Marlins
number = 57
position = Relief pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1983|3|7
birthplace = city-state|Missoula|Montana
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate = June 3
debutyear = 2006
debutteam = Florida Marlins
statyear = June 1, 2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 8-3
stat2label =Earned run average
stat2value = 3.98
stat3label =Strikeout s
stat3value = 106
teams =
*Florida Marlins (by|2006-present)Taylor Mark Tankersley (born
March 7 ,1983 inMissoula, Montana ) is aleft-handed relief pitcher for theFlorida Marlins . He is a son of anuclear physicist .He began playing baseball at a young age, but also excelled at soccer. When Tankersley began high school, he chose to play baseball exclusively. His senior year at Warren Central High School in Vicksburg, Tankersley went 13-0. He also played
first base whenever he was not pitching. Warren Central won the Mississippi 5A Baseball State Championship that year.After high school, Tankersley continued his baseball career at the
University of Alabama . He started and did relief work for theCrimson Tide . After three years throwing for the Tide, Tankersley was a first rounder in the by|2004 major league draft. The twenty-seventh pick overall, Taylor was the Marlins' first pick. He made his major league debut onJune 3 by|2006, pitching a scoreless inning in relief.External links
* [http://www.vicksburgpost.com/articles/2006/06/01/sports/sports01.txt "Tankersley gets call to the majors"] ("The Vicksburg Post")
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tanketa01.shtml Baseball Reference Career Stats]
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