John Besson "Brewery Jack" Taylor (May 23, 1873 – February 7, 1900) was a baseball player in the National League from 1891 to 1899.

[1] John Besson Taylor was born in Sandy Hill, Maryland and moved to Staten Island, New York as a young child, where he played with future Major League contemporaries Jack Cronin, Jack Sharrott, George Sharrott, and Tuck Turner.

His nine-season career consisted of (in chronological order) one game for the 1891 New York Giants, six seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, one with the St. Louis Browns[broken anchor], and a final one with the Cincinnati Reds.

While an ace pitcher, Taylor was known for arguing with umpire calls and (as his nickname implies) for his propensity for drinking.

Taylor was still considered active in the National League during planning for the 1900 season, but died of Bright's disease in February of that year.