Vern
Taylor
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 2, 1984 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Ryan Turner Award 2009   
All-Star Selections 2011    2013    2015   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 18 NC FF     0 0 0 0 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 4 4
2004 19 NC FF     0 0 1 0 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 6 4 5 4
2005 20 NC FF     0 0 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6
2006 21 NC FF     0 2 3 2 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 9 10 9
2007 22 NC FF     3 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
2008 23 NC FF $ 300,000   3 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 10 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 24 NC FF $ 300,000 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 10 10
2010 25 NC FF $ 300,000 3 7 8 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
2011 26 NC FF $ 300,000 3 8 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
2012 27 NC FF $ 300,000 3 8 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
2013 28 NC FF $ 300,000 3 8 9 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
2014 29 NC FF $ 300,000 3 8 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10
2015 30 NC FF $ 300,000 2 7 8 7 4 5 5 10 10 10
2016 31 NC FF $ 300,000 3 7 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
2017 32 NC FF $ 300,000 3 7 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
2018 33 NC FF $ 300,000 3 7 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
2019 34 NC FF $ 300,000 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
2020 35 NC FF $ 300,000 3 6 7 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
2021 36 NC FF $ 300,000 3 5 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
2022 37 NC FF $ 300,000 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
2023 38 NC FF $ 300,000 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 3 8 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 18 NC FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 19 NC FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 20 NC FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 21 NC FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 22 NC FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 23 NC FF $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 24 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2010 25 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2011 26 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2012 27 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2013 28 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2014 29 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2015 30 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2016 31 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2017 32 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2018 33 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2019 34 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2020 35 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2021 36 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2022 37 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2023 38 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2003 18 A   4 6 .400 52 0 0 0 26 61.7 65 23 5 11 47 3.36 .275 .308 .369 .676  
2004 19 A   2 6 .250 45 4 0 0 25 58.0 62 21 4 14 35 3.26 .272 .314 .364 .678  
2005 20 A   3 11 .214 56 0 0 0 39 64.7 78 23 3 12 57 3.20 .297 .327 .369 .696  
2006 21 AA   3 4 .429 41 0 0 0 30 48.0 33 10 1 9 82 1.88 .189 .228 .274 .503  
    A   1 1 .500 15 0 0 0 10 17.3 10 4 0 6 23 2.08 .164 .239 .230 .468  
2007 22 AA   4 6 .400 59 0 0 0 35 71.3 56 14 4 14 107 1.77 .217 .257 .306 .564  
2008 23 NC FF 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 1 7.0 15 6 0 2 3 7.71 .469 .500 .594 1.094 0.0
    AAA   4 4 .500 51 0 0 0 27 60.0 48 15 3 19 62 2.25 .218 .280 .314 .594  
2009 24 NC FF 5 5 .500 59 0 0 0 29 61.7 54 12 0 18 15 1.75 .240 .297 .258 .555 13.7
2010 25 NC FF 9 9 .500 75 0 0 0 33 82.7 87 28 0 38 38 3.05 .276 .355 .317 .672 11.3
2011 26 NC FF 4 7 .364 75 0 0 0 40 80.0 66 29 0 46 40 3.26 .225 .330 .290 .621 12.2
2012 27 NC FF 10 3 .769 76 0 0 0 30 83.3 61 24 5 34 50 2.59 .206 .292 .304 .596 15.1
2013 28 NC FF 6 5 .545 66 0 0 0 37 73.3 55 18 1 24 37 2.21 .216 .285 .267 .551 14.5
2014 29 NC FF 7 7 .500 68 0 0 0 24 80.0 71 31 2 52 39 3.49 .240 .360 .294 .654 8.1
2015 30 NC FF 7 4 .636 67 0 0 0 40 67.7 53 19 0 29 50 2.53 .215 .304 .264 .568 14.9
2016 31 NC FF 6 8 .429 77 0 0 0 38 81.3 62 32 3 43 54 3.54 .206 .313 .269 .582 12.0
2017 32 NC FF 10 4 .714 80 0 0 0 25 103.0 72 32 2 48 60 2.80 .197 .287 .249 .536 16.3
2018 33 NC FF 5 5 .500 91 0 0 0 37 117.0 97 31 1 60 81 2.38 .229 .326 .264 .590 17.0
2019 34 NC FF 7 4 .636 89 0 0 0 18 136.7 142 66 3 76 85 4.35 .267 .361 .327 .688 6.8
2020 35 NC FF 7 4 .636 58 0 0 0 22 64.0 47 12 0 30 41 1.69 .211 .306 .265 .570 14.6
2021 36 NC FF 6 5 .545 69 0 0 0 32 79.7 65 22 6 37 44 2.49 .228 .324 .358 .682 12.7
2022 37 NC FF 3 7 .300 71 0 0 0 11 73.7 64 35 2 53 34 4.28 .234 .371 .278 .650 4.1
2023 38 AAA   3 12 .200 53 0 0 0 22 55.3 66 35 11 37 21 5.69 .310 .412 .521 .933  
15 Years Sim 92 78 .541 1030 0 0 0 417 1191.0 1011 397 25 590 671 3.00 .232 .327 .291 .617 173.4
2 Years AAA 7 16 .304 104 0 0 0 49 115.3 114 50 14 56 83 3.90 .263 .348 .416 .763  
2 Years AA 7 10 .412 100 0 0 0 65 119.3 89 24 5 23 189 1.81 .206 .246 .293 .539  
4 Years A 10 24 .294 168 4 0 0 100 201.7 215 71 12 43 162 3.17 .273 .310 .357 .667  
8 Years Minors 24 50 .324 372 4 0 0 214 436.3 418 145 31 122 434 2.99 .253 .304 .356 .660  
Season Average 6 5 .545 68 0 0 0 27 79.4 67 26 1 39 44 3.00 .232 .327 .291 .617  
Career Highs 10 9 .769 91 0 0 0 40 136.7 142 66 6 76 85 7.71 .469 .500 .594 1.094  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   541 235 16 333 396   .217 .310 .278 .588
vs LH   470 162 9 257 275   .251 .341 .307 .648
Home 54 34 .614 559 0 0 0 204 658.3 545 232 13 339 395 3.17 .228 .324 .286 .609
Away 38 44 .463 471 0 0 0 214 532.6 466 165 12 251 276 2.79 .237 .323 .296 .619
Mar/Apr 15 8 .652 157 0 0 0 57 188.3 145 56 5 97 107 2.68 .216 .315 .266 .581
May 16 13 .552 175 0 0 0 66 198.6 177 67 2 97 118 3.04 .242 .331 .293 .624
June 14 14 .500 166 0 0 0 71 199.6 171 72 2 99 111 3.25 .231 .322 .269 .591
July 18 13 .581 149 0 0 0 75 178.3 153 48 4 85 101 2.42 .234 .322 .286 .609
August 10 17 .370 181 0 0 0 72 209.0 184 76 3 98 96 3.27 .239 .325 .321 .646
Sep/Oct 19 13 .594 202 0 0 0 77 217.0 181 78 9 114 138 3.24 .227 .324 .303 .627
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2009 24 NC FF 59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2010 25 NC FF 75 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0 0.0
2011 26 NC FF 75 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0
2012 27 NC FF 76 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2013 28 NC FF 66 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
2014 29 NC FF 68 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
2015 30 NC FF 67 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2016 31 NC FF 77 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.3 0.0
2017 32 NC FF 80 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0
2018 33 NC FF 91 16 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .188 .313 0.0 0.0
2019 34 NC FF 89 30 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .033 .065 .067 .131 -2.0 0.0
2020 35 NC FF 58 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2021 36 NC FF 69 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0
2022 37 NC FF 71 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.5 0.0
14 Years Sim 1021 112 2 7 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 36 .063 .095 .089 .184 -5.1 0.0
162 Game Average 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .063 .095 .089 .184 -0.8  
Career Highs 91 30 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .250 .250 .400 .600 0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   82 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 29 .073 .095 .098 .193 -3.2
vs LH   30 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 .033 .094 .067 .160 -1.4
Home 530 73 2 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 26 .068 .093 .096 .189 -2.9
Away 411 39 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .051 .098 .077 .174 -1.7
RISP   24 0 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .167 .292 -0.3
Close/Late   19 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .105 .190 .105 .296 0.0
Mar/Apr 103 22 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.9
May 141 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.6
June 97 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.8
July 111 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .000 .150 .000 .150 -0.6
August 99 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.2
Sep/Oct 108 23 0 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .130 .167 .261 .428 0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2008 23 NC FF P 9 0 7.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57    
2009 24 NC FF P 59 0 61.7 5 7 0 2 1.000 1.75    
2010 25 NC FF P 75 0 82.7 0 15 0 1 1.000 1.63    
2011 26 NC FF P 75 0 80.0 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.46    
2012 27 NC FF P 76 0 83.3 4 14 0 2 1.000 1.94    
2013 28 NC FF P 66 0 73.3 7 6 0 1 1.000 1.60    
2014 29 NC FF P 68 0 80.0 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.13    
2015 30 NC FF P 67 0 67.7 3 8 1 2 .917 1.46    
2016 31 NC FF P 77 0 81.3 4 9 1 1 .929 1.44    
2017 32 NC FF P 80 0 103.0 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.22    
2018 33 NC FF P 91 0 117.0 7 12 0 1 1.000 1.46    
2019 34 NC FF P 89 0 136.7 9 17 1 0 .963 1.71    
2020 35 NC FF P 58 0 64.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.41    
2021 36 NC FF P 69 0 79.7 1 11 0 3 1.000 1.36    
2022 37 NC FF P 71 0 73.7 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.10    
Career Totals   1030 0 1191.0 54 143 3 15 .985 1.49    
Career Highs   91 0 136.7 9 17 1 3 1.000 2.57    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2015 30 NC FF 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
CAR-44-3.00
Saves
2009-8-29
2010-5-33
2011-2-40
2012-4-30
2013-1-37
2014-10-24
2015-2-40
2016-3-38
2017-10-25
2018-4-37
2019-9-18
2020-10-22
2021-6-32
CAR-7-417
Games Pitched
2018-5-91
2019-6-89
CAR-15-1030
OSLG
CAR-6-.291
OOPS
CAR-40-.617
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 41    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 34th overall pick, by North Carolina in 2003
Injured on 8/21/2004 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Earned first career win on 4/20/2009
Had first career hit on 4/16/2010, off Jethro Varney (Vir)
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game
Injured on 9/16/2017 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/26/2020 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/16/2022 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks