Beau Taylor 13 C
Midland RockHounds
- Double-A | Texas League
- MLB Parent Club: Oakland Athletics
- Status: Active
- Full Name: Beau Ritchie Taylor
- Age: 24 (February 13, 1990)
- Birthplace: Rockledge, FL
- Bats/Throws: L/R Ht: 6' 0" Wt: 205
- Draft: Round 5 (2011, OAK)
- School: Central Florida
Beau Taylor Career Stats
Beau Taylor Awards and Honors
Beau Taylor 13 C
- Full Name: Beau Ritchie Taylor
- Born: February 13, 1990
- Age: 24
- Birthplace: Rockledge, FL
- Bats: L
- Throws: R
- Height: 6' 0"
- Weight: 205
- Draft: Round 5 (2011, OAK)
- School: Central Florida
Acquired by Oakland: Selected in the fifth round of the 2012 draft ... University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
Career Notes
2003
- Member of Florida's AAU 13-and-under national championships team
UCF
- Played three seasons at the University of Central Florida (Conference USA) … drafted by Oakland after his junior season
2009
- Selected as a Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (the first UCF catcher in school history to earn the honor) … also named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team
2010
- Named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List (award goes to the nation's top collegiate catcher)
- Finished the year on a 21-game hitting streak, the third-longest in UCF history
2011
- Named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List for the second consecutive season
2012
- Entered the season rated Oakland's # 30 prospect by Baseball America … split the season between Stockton and the RockHounds … was fourth among A's farm hands with a combined .292 average and sixth with a .372 OBP
2013
- Entered the season rated Oakland's # 19 prospect by Baseball America
2014
- Appeared in one Cactus League game for Oakland (no at bats)