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RIP Sammy Taylor 1933-2019

G-Fafif
Oct 12 2019 11:09 AM

Sammy Taylor, one of many Met catchers in 1962 and 1963, died October 8 in Woodruff, SC.

Edgy MD
Oct 12 2019 12:53 PM
Re: RIP Sammy Taylor 1933-2019

Mets who served during The Korean War:
[list]

  • [*]Ed Bouchee, U.S.A.

  • [*]Eddie Bressoud

  • [*]Ed Charles

  • [*]Harry Chiti

  • [*]Roger Craig

  • [*]Willie Mays

  • [*]Vinegar Bend Mizell

  • [*]Herb Moford

  • [*]Joe Pignatano

  • [*]Norm Sherry

  • [*]Dick Stuart

  • [*]Tom Sturdivant

  • [*]Sammy Taylor, U.S.N.
    • [/list]



    Execs include:
    [list]
  • [*]Lou Gorman

  • [*]Whitey Herzog

  • [*]Harry Minor
    • [/list]

    Of those, Bressoud, Craig, Herzog, Mays, Piggy, and Sherry remain to share the tale. Anchors aweigh, Sammy Taylor.

    MFS62
    Oct 12 2019 03:56 PM
    Re: RIP Sammy Taylor 1933-2019

    One of the Munificent Seven who toiled behind the plate for the 1962 team.

    RIP, Sammy.

    Later

    Benjamin Grimm
    Oct 15 2019 07:43 AM
    Re: RIP Sammy Taylor 1933-2019

    At the time of his death, Sammy Taylor was the tenth-oldest living Met, at 86 years, 223 days. George Altman now steps into the Top Ten, Ralph Terry moves into the Top Twenty, and debuting on the Top Forty is Craig Anderson.



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