{{Short description|American baseball player (1900–1972)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Danny Taylor |position=Outfielder |image= Danny Taylor, Washington LCCN2016842324 (cropped).jpg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1900|12|23}} |birth_place=Lash, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1972|10|11|1900|12|23}} |death_place=Latrobe, Pennsylvania, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate= June 30 |debutyear= 1926 |debutteam= Washington Senators |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 10 |finalyear=1936 |finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.297 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=44 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=305 |teams= * Washington Senators (1926) * Chicago Cubs (1929–1932) * Brooklyn Dodgers (1932–1936) }}
'''Daniel Turney Taylor''' (December 23, 1900 – October 11, 1972) was a Major League Baseball outfielder from 1926 to 1936. He played with the Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/321120867 The Sport Market]." Coshocton, Ohio: ''The Tribune'', August 31, 1930 (subscription required).</ref><ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/586415191/ Taylor and Cuyler Play Hero Roles]." Knoxville, Tennessee: ''The Knoxville Journal'', August 16, 1930, p. 9 (subscription required).</ref><ref>Holmes, Thomas. "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/58002067/ Brooklyn in Fourth Place as Wilson and Taylor Lead Hitting]." Brooklyn, New York: ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'', June 12, 1932, p. 35 (subscription required).</ref><ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/280613790 Danny Taylor Loses His Mother by Death]." Allentown, Pennsylvania: ''The Morning Call'', August 11, 1941, p. 2 (subscription required).</ref>
==Formative years and family== Born in Lash, Pennsylvania on December 23, 1900, Danny Taylor was a son of Emma Lear Taylor. During the early 1940s, he was a resident of West Newton. His mother died at her home in Lash on August 10, 1941.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/11101916/ Danny Taylor's Mother Dies]." Greenville, Pennsylvania: ''The Record-Argus'', August 11, 1941, p. 5 (subscription required).</ref>
==Career== In a nine-year career, Taylor hit .297 (650-for-2190) with 44 home runs, 305 RBI, 388 runs scored, an OBP of .374 and a slugging percentage of .446. He hit a career high .319 and scored 87 runs with 11 home runs with the Cubs and Dodgers in 1932. He had 59 RBI in 1935, also a career high.
Taylor was a minor-league manager in 1941 and 1942. He managed the Lansing Senators for part of the 1941 season and the Harrisburg Senators in 1942.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/43586429/ Danny Taylor Opens Training Camp Grind With Five Hour Drill]." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: ''Harrisburg Telegraph'', April 7, 1942, p. 13 (subscription required).</ref>
==Death== Taylor died at the age of seventy-one on October 11, 1972 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
==References== <references />
==External links== * {{Baseball stats |br=t/tayloda01 |brm=taylor002dan}}
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