1970 76 Carl Taylor

Carl Taylor

Despite his 1969 BA, Carl Taylor was traded by the Pirates to the Cardinals on October 21, 1969 in the deal that sent Dave Giusti and Dave Rickets to the Pirates. The Pirates were already loaded with outfielders.  Manny Sanguillen was just getting started at catcher. The Pirates needed a good reliever at that time.  This deal might be what put the Pirates over the top.  

The Cardinals traded Taylor to the Brewers almost exactly one year later. He never appeared on a Topps card actually wearing a Cardinal uniform. 

He ended up back with the Pirates for a brief time in 1971. 

1970 would be Taylor's last year with substantial playing time. If you extrapolate his 1970 stats  to a whole season, his numbers would be more than adequate.    

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