Taylor is the second amateur player to be picked first overall in the MLB draft to never reach the major leagues (Steve Chilcott, 1966).
Chilcott seemed to be well on his way to making the majors when, in 1967 while playing for the Winter Haven Mets in the Florida State League, he dived back toward second base when the pitcher tried to pick him off.
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Chilcott never played higher than Triple-A, and became one of two number-one picks in the baseball draft to retire without ever reaching the major leagues (the other is Brien Taylor, the first overall pick in the 1991 draft).
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Steven Lynn Chilcott (born September 23, 1948) is a former baseball catcher from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, who was drafted by the New York Mets as the first overall pick in the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft, a spot ahead of Reggie Jackson.
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