Donald Clyde Taylor (born August 11, 1958) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of three seasons in the

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

(MLB), and for the Pittsburgh Pirates and for the

Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. As one of the American League's eight charter ...

. He coached baseball at Bishop McDevitt High School in

Glenside, Pennsylvania Glenside is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Cheltenham Township and Abington Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It borders Northwest Philadelphia. The population was 7,737 at the 2020 census on a land area of ...

for several years after retiring. Taylor played

college baseball College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. In comparison to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a smaller role in developing professional p ...

before flunking out of school, after which he spent three years working as a janitor and playing

semi-pro ''Semi-Pro'' is a 2008 American sports comedy film. The film was directed by Kent Alterman in his directorial debut, written by Scot Armstrong, and produced by Jimmy Miller. It stars Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André Benjamin and Maura Tier ...

baseball before catching on with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

References

Sources

, o
Retrosheet
o
Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
1958 births Living people African-American baseball players Alexandria Dukes players American expatriate baseball players in Canada Baltimore Orioles players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Greenwood Pirates players Harrisburg Senators players Hawaii Islanders players Major League Baseball pitchers Nashua Pirates players Navegantes del Magallanes players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela People from Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Baseball players from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Pfeiffer Falcons baseball players Pittsburgh Pirates players Prince William Pirates players Vancouver Canadians players 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople High school baseball coaches in the United States {{US-baseball-pitcher-1950s-stub