Biography
Ron Taylor played his minor sports in Leaside as a boy, including a couple of years of hockey at Leaside Gardens and baseball at Talbot Park from the age of eight until seventeen, when he was scouted and signed by the Cleveland Indians. He pitched for eleven seasons in the Major Leagues with Cleveland, the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, New York Mets and San Diego Padres. He was on two World Series-winning teams – the 1964 Cardinals and the 1969 “Miracle” Mets – and did not allow a single hit during his seven innings pitched in four World Series relief appearances. Following his playing career he earned his medical degree and served nearly twenty years as the team physician to the Toronto Blue Jays. Dr. Ron Taylor continues to practice medicine and has lived in Leaside since 1977.