Lefty Taber

{{short description|American baseball player (1900-1983)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Lefty Taber

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date=January 11, 1900

|birth_place=Rock Island, Illinois

|death_date=November 5, 1983 (age 83)

|death_place=Lincoln, Nebraska

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 4

|debutyear=1926

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 30

|finalyear=1927

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Record

|stat1value=0–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=10.80

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=0

|teams =

• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1926}}–{{mlby|1927}})

}}

Edward Timothy "Lefty" Taber (January 11, 1900 – November 5, 1983), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in {{baseball year|1926}} and {{baseball year|1927}} with the Philadelphia Phillies. He batted and threw left-handed. Taber had a 0–1 record, with a 10.80 ERA, in nine games, over his two-year career.

Taber graduated from Rock Island High School in Illinois in 1918 where he starred in multiple sports. He later played college baseball and college basketball for the University of Dubuque.{{cite news |title=Ed Taber, Former Athlete At Rock Island High, Now With National League Club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-ed-taber-former-a/138570982/ |access-date=12 January 2024 |work=The Rock Island Argus |date=6 September 1926 |pages=11}} Taber did not play professional baseball between 1922 and 1925, instead playing semi-professional baseball while attending college.{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=James L. |title=The Sport-O-Graph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-the-sport-o-graph/138521077/ |access-date=11 January 2024 |work=The Rock Island Argus |date=21 September 1922 |pages=10}}{{cite web |title=Lefty Taber Minor Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=taber-001edw |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=11 January 2024 |language=en}}

Taber was born in Rock Island, Illinois, and died in Lincoln, Nebraska.