Chris Taylor, longtime Dodgers jack of all trades, retires from baseball
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Los Angeles, CA - July 21: Chris Taylor #3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds third base base after hitting a solo home run against the San Francisco Giants in the first inning of a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images) | MediaNews Group via Getty Images Chris Taylor, who played all over the field in 10 of his 12 major league seasons for the Dodgers, retired as a player on Friday. Taylor was on a minor league deal with the Angels and hit .
255/. 382/. 321 with an 86 wRC+ this year for the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees.
The last game for the 35-year-old came on Wednesday, playing right field against Tacoma. Drafted out of the University of Virginia in the fifth round in 2012 by the Seattle Mariners, Taylor struggled in his first taste of the majors, hitting . 240/.
296/. 296 in 86 games over parts of two seasons with Seattle. The Mariners traded Taylor to the Dodgers on June 19, 2016 for pitcher Zach Lee , the former first-round pick.