1977 to 1979, and again from 1988 to 1989. In the intervening time, he was manager in the organization's minor league system and a roving instructor. He served as a minor league coach with the Giants starting in 1990. Two years later, he became minor league coordinator of the Florida Marlins, before becoming their major league coach from 1999 to 2001, and again in 2004. Taylor was enshrined in the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. He was subsequently inducted into the Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame in 2002, and the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame two years later. Taylor died on July 16, 2020, at the age of 84. He had suffered a stroke one year before at the conclusion of an event for retired players at Citizens Bank Park, and died due to complications arising from it. See also 1972 American League Championship Series List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders List of Major League Baseball players from Cuba List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders References External links Tony Taylor at SABR (Baseball BioProject) Tony Taylor at Baseball Almanac Tony Taylor at Baseballbiography.com 1935 births 2020 deaths Chicago Cubs players Dallas Eagles players Danville Leafs players Cuban people of African descent Detroit Tigers players Florida Marlins coaches Major League Baseball bullpen coaches Major League Baseball first base coaches Major League Baseball players from Cuba Cuban expatriate baseball players in the United States Major League Baseball second basemen National League All-Stars Philadelphia Phillies coaches Philadelphia Phillies players Place of death missing Reading Phillies managers St. Cloud Rox players Texas City Pilots players Cuban people of Jamaican descent Cuban expatriate baseball people Cuban emigrants to the United States People from Matanzas Province