John W. Taylor (December 13, 1873 – March 4, 1938)[1] was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals.

In 1904, Taylor set a major league record by pitching 39 consecutive complete games.

Taylor actually threw 187 consecutive complete games between June 1901 and August 1906,[2] but this streak was interrupted by 15 additional relief appearances.

Taylor and fellow Cub Larry McLean were traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in return for Mordecai Brown and Jack O'Neill in December 1903; he was then traded back to Chicago in July 1906 (in return for Fred Beebe and Pete Noonan).

Thus he was part of the great 1906 Cubs; that year the ERA for the entire pitching staff was 1.76.