#4 Hitting Season in the Valley: Robert Taylor

Now we're getting into rarefied air- #4 on the list of top hitting seasons in the 2007 Valley League season.  Robert Taylor, a rising senior at Arkansas-Little Rock, hit a ton for the Harrisonburg Turks in 2007, finishing the season at 352/420/500 in 122 at-bats.  Taylor finished the season with 22 runs, 14 RBIs, 6 doubles, 4 home runs, and a 14/24 BB/K ratio.  Among the league leaders, he finished 3rd in batting average, 9th in on-base percentage, and 5th in slugging percentage.

Taylor played at Laredo Community College as a freshman and sophomore, and then transferred to Arkansas-Little Rock as a junior.  He hit 297/341/485 as a junior, 414 with 12 home runs and 62 RBIs as a sophomore, and 297 with 14 home runs and 61 RBIs as a freshman. He was also selected in the 36th round in the 2006 draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers- he obviously didn't sign.

Robert will attempt to prove his worth to major league scouts this spring; with any carryover from his excellent summer, he'll do just that.

             Taylor getting his ankle taped