Taylor Duncan
| Taylor Duncan | |||
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| Third baseman | |||
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Born: May 12, 1953 Memphis, Tennessee | |||
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Died: January 3, 2004 (aged 50) Asheville, North Carolina | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 15, 1977, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 30, 1978, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .260 | ||
| Home runs | 3 | ||
| Runs batted in | 39 | ||
| Teams | |||
Taylor McDowell "Dunc" Duncan (May 12, 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee – January 3, 2004 in Asheville, North Carolina) was an American baseball infielder. Duncan, who was a college teammate of Leon Lee in Sacramento, was selected by the Atlanta Braves as the 10th overall pick of the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft. A year later he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles and spent five seasons playing for Orioles-affiliated minor league clubs. In September 1977 Duncan was claimed off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals and made his major league debut, playing a handful of the remaining games. In the off-season Duncan changed teams again as the Oakland Athletics selected him in the Rule 5 draft. The 1978 season was Duncan's last in Major League Baseball: he appeared in 104 games of the 1978 season playing mostly third base. Duncan continued to play in the minor leagues until 1980. The obituary of The Sacramento Bee quoted a major league scout who believed that Duncan's career had been hampered by a broken ankle he suffered early in his minor league career.[1]
References
- ↑ McDermott, Mark (2004-01-05). "Ex-baseball star Duncan dies of stroke". The Sacramento Bee (on the Deadball Era website). Retrieved 2009-06-11.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Taylor Duncan at Find a Grave