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LeRoy Taylor
Outfielder
Born: (1902-08-11)August 11, 1902 Marshall, Texas
Died: March 7, 1968(1968-03-07) (aged 65) Los Angeles, California
Batted: LeftThrew: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1925, for the Chicago American Giants
Last appearance
1936, for the Kansas City Monarchs
Teams
Chicago American Giants (1925) Birmingham Black Barons (1925) Indianapolis ABCs (1926) Kansas City Monarchs (1928–1930, 1932) Homestead Grays (1932) Indianapolis ABCs (1933) Cleveland Red Sox (1934) Kansas City Monarchs (1935–1936)

LeRoy R. Taylor (August 11, 1902 – March 7, 1968), nicknamed "Ben", was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1920s and 1930s.

A native of Marshall, Texas, Taylor attended Wiley College. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1925 with the Chicago American Giants and Birmingham Black Barons. Taylor spent several seasons with the Kansas City Monarchs, and represented Kansas City in the 1936 East–West All-Star Game. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1968 at age 65.

References

1. "LeRoy Taylor". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
2. "Ben Taylor". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads

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