Dummy Taylor
Pitcher
Born: February 21, 1875(1875-02-21) Oskaloosa, Kansas
Died: August 22, 1958 (aged 82) Jacksonville, Illinois
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 27, 1900 for the New York Giants
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1908 for the New York Giants
Career statistics
Win-Loss Record	116-106
Earned run average	2.75
Strikeouts	767
Teams
New York Giants (1900-1902, 1903-1908) Cleveland Bronchos (1902)
Career highlights and awards
Led NL in games pitched in 1901 with 45

Luther Haden "Dummy" Taylor (September 21, 1875 - August 22, 1958) was a deaf American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1900 to 1908. Born in Oskaloosa, Kansas, he played for the New York Giants and Cleveland Bronchos. He died at age 82 in Jacksonville, Illinois. He is buried in Prairie City Cemetery in Baldwin City, Kansas.

Taylor was profoundly deaf and performed on-field communications with his teammates in sign language. He is credited with helping to expand and make universal the use of sign language throughout the modern baseball infield, including but not limited to the use of pitching signs.

After his retirement from baseball, Taylor devoted his second half of his adulthood to administration of deaf education in Kansas and at the Illinois School for the Deaf in Jacksonville, Illinois.

[edit] Cultural References

Luther Taylor is the narrator and hero of Darryl Brock's novel, Havana Heat.

[edit] See also

• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins

[edit] External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

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