Wally Taylor (baseball)
Wally Taylor (1864 – November 10, 1922), was an American professional baseball player and manager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Despite an extensive 17-year career in the minor leagues, many of them in Class A (baseball), Class A (the highest minor-league classification at the time), Taylor never played in a major-league game. Taylor is most known for being part of the Milwaukee Brewers (1894–1901), Milwaukee Brewers' rise to prominence during the 1890s. A Class A team at the time, Milwaukee signed Taylor and several other talented players, some of whom were recommended by Taylor. The Brewers soon became a minor-league powerhouse, eventually becoming a major-league team in , although Taylor was no longer on the team. Taylor's best season was arguably 1897, when he compiled a .318 Batting average (baseball), batting average over 116 games for the Toronto Canucks. In 1899, Taylor became manager of the Toronto club. In 1900, Taylor became manager of the Syracuse St ...
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