Taylor Ward
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 200LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #26, Los Angeles Angels | Fresno State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 409 356 60 90 14 4 .253 .335 .421 .756
2024 663 585 73 144 25 6 .246 .323 .426 .749
2025 303 273 38 57 18 1 .209 .271 .462 .733
8 Seasons 2,473 2,188 311 540 95 21 .247 .323 .432 .755
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .253 14 4 .756
2024 .246 25 6 .749
2025 .209 18 1 .733
8 Seasons .247 95 21 .755
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2018 24 578 90 7 7.8 4.8 86.9 106.7 16.2 42.2 .202 .355 .255 .277 .360 33.3 30.6 6.1
2019 25 207 19 2 10.5 4.2 91.7 105.7 11.2 47.4 .191 .306 .275 .269 .463 52.6 47.9 12.5
2020 26 391 66 3 4.5 2.9 91.1 108.6 10.4 31.8 .250 .396 .314 .309 .393 47.0 27.5 7.8
2021 27 874 156 16 10.3 6.8 89.6 110.0 16.4 39.1 .259 .453 .333 .344 .407 39.7 23.2 8.4
2022 28 2297 380 47 12.4 8.3 90.0 112.6 15.8 41.8 .268 .474 .362 .361 .420 42.9 21.3 10.6
2023 29 1635 282 23 8.2 5.6 90.7 111.4 14.3 34.0 .254 .430 .329 .338 .374 43.9 19.6 9.5
2024 30 2599 430 56 13.0 8.4 90.9 109.4 17.4 41.9 .251 .458 .325 .344 .419 42.4 24.6 9.5
2025 31 1247 194 27 13.9 9.0 90.5 110.3 22.0 33.0 .230 .481 .314 .326 .418 43.8 27.1 7.7
Player 9828 1617 181 11.2 7.3 90.3 112.6 16.5 38.8 .249 .447 .328 .338 .406 42.5 24.1 9.2
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2018 36.7 63.3 28.9 25.6 8.9 42.2 34.4 23.3 22.2 10.0 4.4 20.0 24.4 18.9
2019 36.8 63.2 15.8 42.1 5.3 42.1 42.1 15.8 10.5 21.1 5.3 31.6 21.1 10.5
2020 45.5 54.5 25.8 28.8 0.0 19.7 45.5 34.8 13.6 21.2 10.6 6.1 24.2 24.2
2021 38.5 61.5 29.5 27.6 4.5 37.8 32.1 30.1 20.5 7.7 10.3 17.3 24.4 19.9
2022 35.5 64.5 31.3 27.1 6.1 38.4 36.1 25.5 21.6 10.0 3.9 16.8 26.1 21.6
2023 41.1 58.9 32.3 22.0 4.6 37.6 37.2 25.2 21.6 15.2 4.3 16.0 22.0 20.9
2024 32.3 67.7 36.3 27.7 3.7 32.3 36.3 31.4 15.8 12.1 4.4 16.5 24.2 27.0
2025 32.0 68.0 40.2 17.5 10.3 35.6 33.5 30.9 18.6 11.3 2.1 17.0 22.2 28.9
Player 36.0 64.0 33.1 25.4 5.4 35.7 36.0 28.3 19.2 12.0 4.8 16.6 24.0 23.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 2.2 30.0 35.6 21.1 2.2 7.8 4.8
2019 0.0 31.6 21.1 31.6 5.3 10.5 4.2
2020 4.5 31.8 24.2 24.2 10.6 4.5 2.9
2021 7.7 25.6 23.1 23.1 10.3 10.3 6.8
2022 3.4 25.0 25.3 26.3 7.4 12.4 8.3
2023 1.4 31.9 27.7 23.8 6.0 8.2 5.6
2024 1.2 26.0 30.5 22.3 6.7 13.0 8.4
2025 3.6 19.6 35.6 18.6 8.8 13.9 9.0
Player 2.8 26.5 28.6 23.3 7.2 11.2 7.3
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 330 26.5 79 .216 .486 .309 19.2 20.3 15.7 .284 .654 .404 55.9
2025 Slider -0.4 -1 235 18.8 55 .118 .314 .235 34.1 32.7 25.0 .152 .328 .229 32.4
2025 Sinker 3.6 8 211 16.9 56 .348 .826 .528 11.6 25.0 30.4 .331 .708 .472 57.6
2025 Sweeper -1.0 -2 164 13.2 37 .206 .382 .249 26.8 37.8 22.2 .126 .185 .143 27.3
2025 Cutter -4.0 -5 118 9.5 25 .125 .125 .136 11.4 8.0 12.5 .221 .304 .243 18.2
2025 Changeup 0.4 0 83 6.7 21 .211 .421 .350 22.5 38.1 24.2 .159 .289 .238 54.5
2025 Curveball 3.3 2 67 5.4 13 .273 .818 .485 38.1 30.8 16.0 .302 .823 .501 57.1
2025 Split-Finger 2.5 1 29 2.3 9 .250 .375 .317 33.3 33.3 20.0 .186 .234 .236 20.0
2025 Slurve -7.3 -1 10 0.8 3 .000 .000 .000 60.0 66.7 40.0 .247 .726 .402 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 11 798 30.7 206 .272 .556 .393 19.5 20.4 17.4 .285 .627 .421 50.4
2024 Slider -1.3 -7 531 20.4 121 .164 .300 .244 35.6 31.4 22.6 .194 .327 .267 30.1
2024 Sinker -0.4 -2 449 17.3 122 .279 .413 .347 15.1 15.6 21.8 .295 .455 .375 51.7
2024 Cutter -1.6 -4 222 8.5 52 .163 .233 .267 30.8 25.0 22.8 .235 .377 .327 38.7
2024 Sweeper 2.7 5 197 7.6 44 .286 .548 .384 27.5 31.8 20.9 .239 .387 .304 28.6
2024 Curveball -0.5 -1 184 7.1 42 .211 .263 .238 37.5 33.3 22.2 .188 .315 .247 20.0
2024 Changeup 3.8 5 139 5.3 56 .333 .521 .406 26.7 26.8 31.3 .253 .459 .356 48.6
2024 Split-Finger 1.4 1 57 2.2 11 .364 .364 .327 33.3 36.4 16.7 .325 .401 .315 14.3
2024 Slurve -10.0 -2 17 0.7 7 .000 .000 .000 44.4 42.9 37.5 .041 .054 .042 50.0
2024 Knuckleball -6.3 0 4 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 147 578 -2 -10 3 3 -6
2019 47 202 -2 -2 1 1 -2
2020 102 391 -2 -3 3 1 -1
2021 237 874 4 -9 7 4 7
2022 564 2,297 1 -10 23 10 24
2023 406 1,627 -14 -5 13 10 3
2024 662 2,598 -14 -10 20 12 7
2025 298 1,247 4 -14 8 4 2
Player 2,463 9,814 -25 -63 78 -25 34
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2018 578 53.5 56.3 82.2 20.8 57.1 44.8 24.5 39.8 23.5 8.0 65.2
2019 207 49.5 57.0 71.9 24.5 28.0 42.1 25.0 40.6 41.7 6.9 71.4
2020 391 52.9 63.3 86.3 23.9 45.5 45.8 17.6 44.8 24.0 8.2 78.1
2021 874 51.5 67.3 82.5 25.5 53.7 40.7 32.1 47.0 25.1 8.2 83.3
2022 2,297 50.1 62.3 83.9 20.6 58.9 44.3 26.2 41.4 22.3 7.0 78.9
2023 1,635 48.6 66.8 87.5 23.2 55.2 43.1 33.0 44.3 21.1 7.7 78.4
2024 2,599 51.0 64.8 82.3 20.8 49.1 42.2 29.9 43.2 25.5 7.9 78.4
2025 1,247 52.4 55.4 86.7 21.1 48.8 44.3 27.4 39.1 23.0 6.9 68.6
Player 9,828 50.8 62.8 84.1 21.8 52.6 43.3 28.6 42.6 23.8 7.5 76.9
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2018 51 78
2019 41 81
2020 55 89 86
2021 71 78 66
2022 92 82 89 82 88 88 86 69 86 66 48 79 63 93 79 68 71
2023 66 48 54 55 73 32 48 74 71 65 65 61 73 82 65 75 46
2024 81 55 80 83 72 93 88 77 53 63 32 68 44 94 33 84 72 20 86 72
2025 41 16 72 89 12 90 85 58 64 52 15 40 59 88 53 47 48 17 76 60
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 22.57 6 5.5 1 1 4 3 50.0
2019 -- 1 0.8 0 1 2 0 0.0
2020 -- 0 1.4 -1 1 3 0 --
2021 23.41 8 7.4 1 2 3 5 62.5
2022 23.16 23 18.8 4 13 20 3 13.0
2023 23.24 14 14.1 0 5 12 3 21.4
2024 24.22 25 23.5 2 15 20 8 32.0
2025 25.42 18 14.4 4 5 11 7 38.9
Player 23.88 95 85.9 9 43 75 29 30.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2018 6 7 5 4 5 5 6 6 5 3 5 7 6 6 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 3 3 5 6 6 5 5
2019 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
2020 0 3 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 1 1
2021 8 7 6 8 8 7 8 8 6 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 9 7 7 8 7 7 7 7
2022 23 18 12 14 17 17 22 20 9 13 16 16 24 19 23 24 23 22 18 18 22 16 27 23 15 17 20 25 21 15 18
2023 14 6 11 13 16 14 15 12 15 14 14 13 14 13 16 14 15 13 15 17 13 15 19 14 13 13 16 16 15 15 14
2024 25 18 21 23 22 28 27 22 19 16 24 26 29 22 25 19 21 19 22 29 24 19 35 27 22 21 18 27 29 27 25
2025 18 17 12 13 15 17 11 14 11 10 12 15 16 19 16 10 17 17 11 15 15 14 17 16 18 13 11 15 16 14 16
Player 95 78 68 77 85 89 94 83 68 63 79 87 97 88 94 82 91 85 82 97 90 82 118 100 79 74 81 98 97 85 86
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 86.9 4.8 91.7 -0.6 91.1 -1.5 89.6 0.4 90.0 0.7 90.7 0.2 90.9 -0.4 90.5
Launch Angle 16.2 -5.0 11.2 -0.8 10.4 6.0 16.4 -0.6 15.8 -1.5 14.3 3.1 17.4 4.6 22.0
Barrel % 7.8 2.7 10.5 -6.0 4.5 5.8 10.3 2.1 12.4 -4.2 8.2 4.8 13.0 0.9 13.9
Hard Hit % 33.3 19.3 52.6 -5.6 47.0 -7.3 39.7 3.2 42.9 1.0 43.9 -1.5 42.4 1.4 43.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 42.2 5.2 47.4 -15.6 31.8 7.3 39.1 2.7 41.8 -7.8 34.0 7.9 41.9 -8.9 33.0
xBA .202 -0.011 .191 0.059 .250 0.009 .259 0.009 .268 -0.014 .254 -0.003 .251 -0.021 .230
BA .178 0.012 .190 0.087 .277 -0.027 .250 0.031 .281 -0.028 .253 -0.007 .246 -0.035 .211
xwOBA .277 -0.008 .269 0.040 .309 0.035 .344 0.017 .361 -0.023 .338 0.006 .344 -0.018 .326
wOBA .255 0.020 .275 0.039 .314 0.019 .333 0.029 .362 -0.033 .329 -0.004 .325 -0.011 .314
xSLG .355 -0.049 .306 0.090 .396 0.057 .453 0.021 .474 -0.044 .430 0.028 .458 0.023 .481
SLG .333 0.000 .333 0.050 .383 0.055 .438 0.035 .473 -0.052 .421 0.005 .426 0.041 .467
K% 30.6 17.3 47.9 -20.4 27.5 -4.3 23.2 -1.9 21.3 -1.7 19.6 5.0 24.6 2.5 27.1
BB% 6.1 6.4 12.5 -4.7 7.8 0.6 8.4 2.2 10.6 -1.1 9.5 0.0 9.5 -1.8 7.7
Swing % 39.8 0.8 40.6 4.2 44.8 2.2 47.0 -5.6 41.4 2.9 44.3 -1.1 43.2 -4.1 39.1
Whiff% 23.5 18.2 41.7 -17.7 24.0 1.1 25.1 -2.8 22.3 -1.2 21.1 4.4 25.5 -2.5 23.0
In Zone % 53.5 -4.0 49.5 3.4 52.9 -1.4 51.5 -1.4 50.1 -1.5 48.6 2.4 51.0 1.4 52.4
Out of Zone % 46.5 4.0 50.5 -3.4 47.1 1.4 48.5 1.4 49.9 1.5 51.4 -2.4 49.0 -1.4 47.6
Out of Zone Swing % 20.8 3.7 24.5 -0.6 23.9 1.6 25.5 -4.9 20.6 2.6 23.2 -2.4 20.8 0.3 21.1
First Pitch Swing % 24.5 0.5 25.0 -7.4 17.6 14.5 32.1 -5.9 26.2 6.8 33.0 -3.1 29.9 -2.5 27.4
First Pitch Strike % 57.8 4.7 62.5 -3.7 58.8 5.8 64.6 -5.9 58.7 -3.0 55.7 5.4 61.1 -0.6 60.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts R 147 4 2.7 .257 .180
2019 Shifts R 47 2 4.3 .278 .345
2020 Shifts R 102 12 11.8 .328 .205
2021 Shifts R 237 9 3.8 .339 .195
2022 Shifts R 564 190 33.7 .358 .370
2023 Shades R 406 13 3.2 .330 .385
2024 Shades R 661 63 9.5 .334 .244
2025 Shades R 298 11 3.7 .323 .081
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 183 17.7 21.3% 0.5% 120 23.5 0.0% 10.8%
2019 69 19.1 13.0% 4.3% 31 21.6 0.0% 9.7%
2020 134 18.3 9.0% 2.2% 53 24.2 0.0% 11.3%
2021 262 18.0 18.3% 0.8% 145 24.8 0.0% 14.5%
2022 719 17.2 28.7% 2.6% 454 22.8 0.7% 8.6%
2023 506 15.1 48.8% 0.0% 274 18.6 6.6% 0.0%
2024 840 15.2 46.2% 0.0% 429 17.9 9.6% 0.2%
2025 380 15.7 37.6% 0.0% 253 18.6 3.6% 1.2%
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