Daniel Turney Taylor (December 23, 1900 – October 11, 1972) was a Major League Baseball outfielder from 1926 to 1936. He played with the Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers.

Formative years and family

Born in Lash, Pennsylvania on December 23, 1900, Danny Taylor was a son of Emma Lear Taylor. During the early 1940s, he was a resident of West Newton. His mother died at her home in Lash on August 10, 1941.

Career

In a nine-year career, Taylor hit .297 (650-for-2190) with 44 home runs, 305 RBI, 388 runs scored, an OBP of .374 and a slugging percentage of .446. He hit a career high .319 and scored 87 runs with 11 home runs with the Cubs and Dodgers in 1932. He had 59 RBI in 1935, also a career high. Taylor was a minor-league manager in 1941 and 1942. He managed the Lansing Senators for part of the 1941 season and the Harrisburg Senators in 1942.

Death

Taylor died at the age of seventy-one on October 11, 1972 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.