finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1932 left 12 december 1970 portland , oregon bay city , michigan 1928 may 4 .263 4 95 outfielder philadelphia phillies batting average home runs runs batted in april 10 3 august 1902 doug taitt
 boston red sox doug taitt right
doug taitt

douglas john taitt -lrb- august 3 , 1902 -- december 12 , 1970 -rrb- was a right fielder in major league baseball and a player/manager in the minor leagues .
listed at 6 ' 0 , 176 lb. , he batted left-handed and threw right-handed .
a native of bay city , michigan , taitt spent 23 years in baseball -lrb- 1925 -- 1947 -rrb- , including four major league seasons between and .
taitt entered the majors in 1928 with the boston red sox , playing for them through the 1929 midseason before joining the chicago white sox -lrb- 1919 -rrb- and philadelphia phillies -lrb- 1931 -- 1932 -rrb- .
his most productive season came in his rookie year for boston , when he posted career-numbers in games -lrb- 143 -rrb- , hits -lrb- 144 -rrb- , doubles -lrb- 28 -rrb- , triples , stolen bases -lrb- 13 -rrb- and on-base percentage -lrb- .350 -rrb- , while hitting a .299 average with 51 runs scored and 61 runs batted in , also career-highs .
inexplicably , he faded after that and was relegated to a backup role .
in a four-season career , taitt was a .263 hitter -lrb- 217-for-824 -rrb- with three home runs and 95 rbi in 258 games , including 81 runs , 43 doubles , 16 triples and 13 stolen bases .
in 228 outfield appearances -lrb- 58 at left field -rrb- he posted a collective .975 fielding percentage -lrb- 12 errors in 479 chances -rrb- .
following his brief stint in major leagues taitt resumed his career in the minors .
in 1931 he led the southern association in hits -lrb- 194 -rrb- , home runs -lrb- 17 -rrb- and triples -lrb- 19 -rrb- , and also topped the league with a .355 average in 1935 and with 20 home runs and 132 rbi a year later .
he collected 2,150 hits in his minor league career , while batting .331 with 107 home runs and a slugging of .500 in 1874 games .
he later managed from 1938 through 1947 , leading the monroe white sox of the cotton states league to three division titles -lrb- 1939 -- 1941 -rrb- and two league championships -lrb- 1938 , 1940 -rrb- .
taitt died in 1970 in portland , oregon , at the age of 68 .
