Dwight Bernard Taylor (born March 24, 1960) is a former professional baseball

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. He played during one season at the major league level for the

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. He was drafted by the

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in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Taylor, played his first professional season with their Class A

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in 1981, and split his last season between the

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' Double-A

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and Triple-A

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, in 1992.

References

"Dwight Taylor Statistics".
''The Baseball Cube''. 10 January 2008.
"Dwight Taylor Statistics".
''Baseball-Reference''. 10 January 2008.

External links

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