Live Oak Taylor

Live Oak Taylor
Center fielder
Born: (1851-02-03)February 3, 1851 Belfast, Maine, U.S.
Died: February 19, 1888(1888-02-19) (aged 37) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown
MLB debut
August 21, 1877, for the Hartford Dark Blues
Last MLB appearance
July 30, 1884, for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
MLB statistics
Batting average	.218
Hits	56
Runs batted in	8
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Hartford Dark Blues (1877) Troy Trojans (1879) Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1884)

George Edward "Live Oak" Taylor (February 3, 1851 – February 19, 1888) was an American professional baseball outfielder. Most famous for serving as a substitute with the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball's first all-professional team, on their west coast road trip in the latter half of that season, he later went on to play three seasons in Major League Baseball. He played in two games in 1877 with the Hartford Dark Blues, 24 games in 1879 with the Troy Trojans, and 41 games in 1884 with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.

Sources

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Guschov, Stephen (1998). The Red Stockings of Cincinnati. Jefferson, N. C.: McFarland & Co.