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When Tony Taylor returned to the Phillies for the 1974 season after 2 1/2 seasons with the Detroit Tigers he had 1,955 career hits. Over the course of the next two seasons most of his hits were delivered as a pinch hitter. He finally reached the 2,000 milestone on September 27, 1975 at age 39 on the next-to-last day of the season when he singled off the N.Y. Mets' George Stone, in a rare start as the Phillies second baseman. The next day in the 1975 season finale he delivered one more pinch hit "for good measure" to finish the season with 2,001 hits. Injured most of the 1976 season, he was 6 for 25 (.240) in his career swan song to finish his 19-year career (1958-1976) with 2,007 hits, a .261 career batting average, 15 of his 19 seasons in his beloved Philadelphia and his only all-star game appearance in 1960 where he went 1 for 1 (as a Phillie).
Tony Taylor celebrated his 83rd birthday on December 19, 2018.
(The Photo is from a 1975 Phillies Scorecard).