|
His real name is William Taylor Phillips, and he went by Taylor, but his nickname was T-bone. Phillips was a lefty starter for the '58 Cubs and while he won only 7 games that year, it was probably the best season of his career.
Hard-throwing and wild (he was among the league leaders in wild pitches—with 8), Phillips ranks as the fourth worst-hitting pitcher (minimum 100 at-bats) in ML history, going 6-113 (.053). He was one of three Taylors on the '58 Cubs (Tony and Sammy), and a sportswriter joked that they "couldn’t have enough tailors to fix all the holes in this team."
The Cubs traded him after a rocky start in 1959 for Seth Morehead. T-bone pitched a few more seasons for the Phillies and White Sox before retiring.
|