Robert Lee Taylor is an American former professional baseball player. An outfielder, Taylor played for 17 pro seasons, including a dozen in minor league baseball, four years in Nippon Professional Baseball, and one full season in the Major Leagues with the 1970 San Francisco Giants. Taylor batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighed 170 pounds. Taylor signed with San Francisco in 1962 and played eight years in their farm system, winning the 1964 California League batting title with a .364 average. Another productive campaign in 1969 ? during which he batted .331 for the Triple-A Phoenix Giants ? earned him a spot on the 1970 Giants' 40-man spring training roster. Wrote Baseball Digest in its annual rookie scouting report: "Seldom swings at a bad pitch. Struck out only 25 times in 438 at bats ... Spray hitter with little power but ready to step into a Major League uniform right now. Should make it with Giants." The report was prescient: Taylor stayed with the Giants all season, getting into 63 games, with an even 100 plate appearances and 84 official at bats. 

March 20th, 1944 in Mississippi (Age 80)