Rick Ankiel vs. Harry Taylor — Career Comparison

Rick Ankiel
Gen XFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueCenter Fielder
Harry Taylor
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkBats LeftNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationFirst Baseman

Looking at the career totals, Rick Ankiel and Harry Taylor are closely matched on the surface stats. Rick Ankiel posted stronger numbers in OPS (.728 vs .689) and slugging (.422 vs .322). Harry Taylor had the advantage in on-base percentage (.367 vs .306). By the career numbers, Rick Ankiel had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Rick Ankiel and Harry Taylor

Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
653
185.25
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
438
132.79
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2115
600
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1979
600
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1921
544.96
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1754
531.78
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.738
0.738
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.751
0.751
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
462
131.06
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
152.2
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
275
78.01
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
457
138.55
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
28.65
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
30
9.1
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
10
2.84
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.64
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
21.56
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.91
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
53.05
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
45
13.64
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
254.17
72.11
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
253.05
76.72
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
811
230.07
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
565
171.3
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
636
180.43
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
727
220.41
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.724
0.724
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
0.69
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
0.67
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.717
0.717
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
260
73.76
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
311
94.29
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
71.21
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
176
53.36
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
435
123.4
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
484
146.74
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
246.1
69.82
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
285.87
86.67
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
12
3.4
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.64
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
162
45.96
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
64.58
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
3.69
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
555
157.45
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
19.4
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.81
3.81
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.92
30.92
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
2.27
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.4
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
31
8.79
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
21
5.96
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
32.74
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.4
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
33
9.36
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
32.74
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 600 PA
63.64
63.64
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Rick Ankiel and Harry Taylor

Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
1.21
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
1.02
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.01
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13071
27
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11769
27
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4357
9
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3923
9
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1119
2.31
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3621
8.31
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.11
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
0.64
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.06
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.25
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1202
2.48
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4007
9.19
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1171
2.42
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3898
8.94
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.42
97.42
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.28
97.28
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.995
1.995
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.779
8.779
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.13
83.13
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.01
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.46
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Ankiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Rick Ankiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0