LeRoy Taylor

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = LeRoy Taylor

| image = Leroy Taylor.jpg

| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|8|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Marshall, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|3|7|1902|8|11|mf=y}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1925

| debutteam = Chicago American Giants

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1936

| finalteam = Kansas City Monarchs

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• Chicago American Giants (1925)
• Birmingham Black Barons (1925)
• Indianapolis ABCs (1926)
• Kansas City Monarchs (1928–1930, 1932)
• Homestead Grays (1932)
• Indianapolis ABCs (1933)
• Cleveland Red Sox (1934)
• Kansas City Monarchs (1935–1936)

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LeRoy R. Taylor (August 11, 1902 – March 7, 1968), nicknamed "Ben", was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1920s and 1930s.

A native of Marshall, Texas, Taylor attended Wiley College.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=taylo01ler |title=LeRoy Taylor |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} He made his Negro leagues debut in 1925 with the Chicago American Giants and Birmingham Black Barons.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=taylor005ben |title=Ben Taylor |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} Taylor spent several seasons with the Kansas City Monarchs, and represented Kansas City in the 1936 East–West All-Star Game.{{cn|date=June 2022}} He died in Los Angeles, California in 1968 at age 65.{{cn|date=June 2022}}