George H. Taylor (born September 1869) was an American

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and manager in the pre-

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. While with the

Page Fence Giants The Page Fence Giants were a professional Black-American baseball team based in Adrian, Michigan, from 1895 to 1898, performing as one of the nation's top teams in the Negro leagues. Named after the Page Woven Wire Fence Company in Adrian, they ...

, Taylor played with many of the popular players of the day, including

Charlie Grant Charles Grant Jr. (August 31, 1874 – July 9, 1932) was an American second baseman in Negro league baseball. During his 20-year career, he played for some of the best teams in the Negro leagues. Grant nearly crossed the baseball color lin ...

, John W. Patterson, Chappie Johnson, George Wilson, William Binga,

Home Run Johnson Grant U. "Home Run" Johnson (September 23, 1872 – September 4, 1963) was an American shortstop and second baseman in baseball's Negro leagues. In a career that spanned over 30 years, he played for many of the greatest teams of the deadball era ...

Sherman Barton Sherman "Bucky" Barton (February 2, 1875 - July 11, 1947) was an Outfielder in the Negro leagues. Sherman's brother, Eugene Barton also played baseball, playing for the cross-town team Minneapolis Keystones while Sherman played for the St. Pau ...

, and Peter Burns. In 1892 Taylor played in the Nebraska State League for Beatrice. He continued to play for Chicago teams Chicago Union Giants and

Leland Giants The Leland Giants, originally the Chicago Union Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently during the first decade of the 20th century. The team was formed via a merge of the Chicago Unions and the Chicago Columbia Gia ...

, working with many of those same players. 1907StPaulColoredGophers

In 1907, he took some of those players to the St. Paul Colored Gophers, where he captained the team that year.

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