Former Major League Baseball pitcher Dr. Ron Taylor of Toronto, Ontario has passed away at the age of 87 according to the Canadian Press on Monday. Taylor played 11 Major League seasons. He was with the Cleveland Guardians in 1962, the St. Louis Cardinals from 1963 to 1965, the Houston Astros in 1966 and 1967, the New York Mets from 1967 to 1971, and the San Diego Padres in 1972. Taylor won a World Series with the Cardinals in 1964 (one save) and a World Series with the Mets in 1969 (one win in the National League Championship Series and one save in the 1969 World Series).
Taylor pitched in 491 games and had a record of 45 wins and 43 losses with an earned run average 3,93. During 800 innings pitched, he threw three complete games, had 74 saves, and gave up 794 hits, 349 earned runs, 76 home runs, and 209 walks. Taylor also had 464 strikeouts, and a WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) of 1.25.
After his MLB playing career, Taylor became a medical doctor and was the doctor for the Toronto Blue Jays for three decades. He was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2006, Taylor received the Order of Ontario for his work in medicine.