# Wade Taylor
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{{short description|American baseball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Wade Taylor
|team=Milwaukee Milkmen
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher) / Coach
|image=
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1965|10|19}}
|birth_place=[Mobile, Alabama](/source/Mobile%2C_Alabama), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 2
|debutyear=1991
|debutteam=New York Yankees
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 26
|finalyear=1991
|finalteam=New York Yankees
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=7–12
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=6.27
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=72
|teams=
* [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) ({{Baseball year|1991}})
}}
'''Wade Eric Taylor''' (born October 19, 1965, in [Mobile, Alabama](/source/Mobile%2C_Alabama)) is an American [pitching coach](/source/pitching_coach) and former [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) who played with the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) in {{baseball year|1991}}. He has been an advance scout for the Yankees, [Arizona Diamondbacks](/source/Arizona_Diamondbacks), [Washington Nationals](/source/Washington_Nationals) and [Los Angeles Dodgers](/source/Los_Angeles_Dodgers).[Jackson, Tony (August 12, 2010) [https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=5896878 Dodgers reach out to Royals]. ESPN]
Taylor played college baseball at the [University of Miami](/source/University_of_Miami). He was drafted twice in {{baseball year|1986}}, first by the [Toronto Blue Jays](/source/Toronto_Blue_Jays), and then by the [Los Angeles Dodgers](/source/Los_Angeles_Dodgers), but did not sign with either team. On June 30, {{baseball year|1987}}, Taylor was signed by the [Seattle Mariners](/source/Seattle_Mariners) as an amateur free agent.[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/taylowa01.shtml Wade Taylor]. Baseball-Reference.com]
Taylor pitched in 12 games for Seattle's [Single-A](/source/Single-A) [minor league](/source/Minor_League_Baseball) affiliate, the [Bellingham Mariners](/source/Bellingham_Mariners), in 1987.[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=04cc3579 1987 Bellingham Mariners]. Baseball-Reference.com]
On December 22, 1987, Taylor was traded with [Lee Guetterman](/source/Lee_Guetterman) and [Clay Parker](/source/Clay_Parker) to the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) in exchange for [Henry Cotto](/source/Henry_Cotto) and [Steve Trout](/source/Steve_Trout).[{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1987-12-23 |title=Pitcher Steve Trout and outfielder Henry Cotto... |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-23-sp-20765-story.html |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Los Angeles Times}}] After spending three full years in the Yankees minor league system, Taylor was called up in early June {{baseball year|1991}}. Taylor started his first game on June 2, against the [Milwaukee Brewers](/source/Milwaukee_Brewers). He pitched 5.1 [inning](/source/inning)s, allowing seven [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) and four [earned run](/source/earned_run)s. Taylor also [struck out](/source/strike_out) four Brewers' hitters and was credited with the win in the Yankees 7–4 defeat of Milwaukee.[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199106020.shtml June 2, 1991, Brewers at Yankees]. Baseball-Reference.com]
In 23 games for the Yankees in 1991, Taylor posted a 7–12 [win–loss record](/source/win%E2%80%93loss_record), a 6.27 [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average), and struck out 72 batters in 116.1 innings.
On January 17, 2020, Taylor was announced as the pitching coach for the [Milwaukee Milkmen](/source/Milwaukee_Milkmen) of the [American Association of Professional Baseball](/source/American_Association_of_Professional_Baseball).[{{cite news |last1=Graettinger |first1=Alison |title=Milkmen Announce 2020 Coaching Staff |url=https://www.milwaukeemilkmen.com/news/milkmen-announce-2020-coaching-staff |access-date=18 December 2020 |work=www.milwaukeemilkmen.com |date=January 17, 2020}}]
==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=t/taylowa01|fangraphs=1012893 |brm=taylor001wad |retro=T/Ptaylw001}}
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