Taylor Ward
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 200LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #26, Los Angeles Angels | Fresno State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 564 495 73 139 23 5 .281 .360 .473 .833
2023 409 356 60 90 14 4 .253 .335 .421 .756
2024 663 585 73 144 25 6 .246 .323 .426 .749
7 Seasons 2,170 1,915 273 483 77 20 .252 .330 .428 .758
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .281 23 5 .833
2023 .253 14 4 .756
2024 .246 25 6 .749
7 Seasons .252 77 20 .758
MLB Percentile Rankings
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
Player 8581 1423 154 10.8 7.1 90.2 112.6 15.8 39.6 .252 .443 .330 .340 .405 42.3 23.7 9.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 36.7 28.9 25.6 8.9 42.2 34.4 23.3 2.2 30.0 35.6 21.1 2.2 7.8 4.8
2019 36.8 15.8 42.1 5.3 42.1 42.1 15.8 0.0 31.6 21.1 31.6 5.3 10.5 4.2
2020 45.5 25.8 28.8 0.0 19.7 45.5 34.8 4.5 31.8 24.2 24.2 10.6 4.5 2.9
2021 38.5 29.5 27.6 4.5 37.8 32.1 30.1 7.7 25.6 23.1 23.1 10.3 10.3 6.8
2022 35.5 31.3 27.1 6.1 38.4 36.1 25.5 3.4 25.0 25.3 26.3 7.4 12.4 8.3
2023 41.1 32.3 22.0 4.6 37.6 37.2 25.2 1.4 31.9 27.7 23.8 6.0 8.2 5.6
2024 32.3 36.3 27.7 3.7 32.3 36.3 31.4 1.2 26.0 30.5 22.3 6.7 13.0 8.4
Player 36.5 32.2 26.5 4.8 35.8 36.3 27.9 2.7 27.5 27.6 23.9 7.0 10.8 7.1
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 12 810 31.2 210 .268 .546 .389 19.1 19.5 16.9 .284 .624 .421 51.0
2024 Slider -1.6 -8 539 20.7 125 .165 .296 .238 35.2 32.0 23.0 .190 .318 .257 30.3
2024 Sinker -0.5 -2 437 16.8 118 .287 .426 .353 15.8 16.9 23.5 .296 .456 .374 50.6
2024 Cutter -1.5 -3 222 8.5 51 .171 .244 .286 30.7 23.5 21.4 .244 .393 .346 40.0
2024 Sweeper 2.0 4 193 7.4 43 .268 .537 .372 29.9 34.9 23.1 .235 .385 .302 26.9
2024 Curveball 0.2 0 181 7.0 40 .222 .278 .250 36.1 30.0 20.0 .199 .332 .259 20.0
2024 Changeup 2.8 4 138 5.3 56 .333 .521 .406 26.7 26.8 31.9 .253 .459 .356 48.6
2024 Split-Finger 3.8 2 58 2.2 11 .364 .364 .327 33.3 36.4 16.0 .325 .401 .315 14.3
2024 Slurve -10.2 -2 16 0.6 7 .000 .000 .000 44.4 42.9 37.5 .041 .054 .042 50.0
2024 Knuckleball -2.3 0 4 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 564 34.5 150 .256 .489 .361 18.4 18.7 15.7 .256 .521 .367 51.4
2023 Slider -1.5 -5 335 20.5 73 .172 .281 .238 26.3 24.7 18.4 .207 .302 .263 43.8
2023 Sinker -1.0 -3 253 15.5 68 .283 .358 .387 10.9 11.8 17.0 .299 .419 .395 42.2
2023 Curveball -0.7 -1 132 8.1 30 .120 .240 .228 28.8 20.0 13.0 .239 .462 .347 40.0
2023 Changeup 7.2 8 112 6.9 31 .483 .828 .568 19.2 19.4 15.8 .313 .481 .362 43.5
2023 Sweeper -1.4 -1 103 6.3 21 .211 .421 .350 33.3 23.8 15.6 .256 .385 .315 14.3
2023 Cutter 0.5 0 91 5.6 21 .429 .476 .402 19.6 19.0 21.1 .283 .368 .282 47.1
2023 Split-Finger -0.9 0 30 1.8 10 .000 .000 .140 43.8 20.0 18.2 .128 .153 .236 0.0
2023 Slurve -4.3 0 7 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 147 578 1 -11 2 3 -5
2019 47 202 -3 -4 0 1 -5
2020 102 391 0 -3 4 2 2
2021 237 874 6 -8 6 4 8
2022 564 2,297 -5 -4 24 10 25
2023 406 1,627 -17 -6 12 10 -1
2024 662 2,598 -13 -8 17 11 6
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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
Player 8,581 50.6 63.9 83.7 21.9 53.1 43.1 28.7 43.1 23.9 7.6 78.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 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 85 72
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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 22.6 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 23.4 8 7.4 1 2 3 5 62.5
2022 23.2 23 18.8 4 13 20 3 13.0
2023 23.2 14 14.1 0 5 12 3 21.4
2024 24.2 25 23.4 2 15 21 7 28.0
Player 23.5 77 71.3 6 38 65 21 27.3
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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 19 22 21 28 27 22 18 16 24 26 29 21 25 19 22 18 22 29 24 19 34 27 22 21 18 28 29 28 25
Player 77 61 54 63 69 72 83 69 56 53 67 72 81 68 78 72 75 67 71 82 75 68 100 84 61 61 70 84 81 72 70
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.9 91.7 4.8 91.1 -0.6 89.6 -1.5 90.0 0.4 90.7 0.7 90.9 0.2
Launch Angle 16.2 11.2 -5.0 10.4 -0.8 16.4 6.0 15.8 -0.6 14.3 -1.5 17.4 3.1
Barrel % 7.8 10.5 2.7 4.5 -6.0 10.3 5.8 12.4 2.1 8.2 -4.2 13.0 4.8
Hard Hit % 33.3 52.6 19.3 47.0 -5.6 39.7 -7.3 42.9 3.2 43.9 1.0 42.4 -1.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 42.2 47.4 5.2 31.8 -15.6 39.1 7.3 41.8 2.7 34.0 -7.8 41.9 7.9
xBA .202 .191 -0.011 .250 0.059 .259 0.009 .268 0.009 .254 -0.014 .251 -0.003
BA .178 .190 0.012 .277 0.087 .250 -0.027 .281 0.031 .253 -0.028 .246 -0.007
xwOBA .277 .269 -0.008 .309 0.040 .344 0.035 .361 0.017 .338 -0.023 .344 0.006
wOBA .255 .275 0.020 .314 0.039 .333 0.019 .362 0.029 .329 -0.033 .325 -0.004
xSLG .355 .306 -0.049 .396 0.090 .453 0.057 .474 0.021 .430 -0.044 .458 0.028
SLG .333 .333 0.000 .383 0.050 .438 0.055 .473 0.035 .421 -0.052 .426 0.005
K% 30.6 47.9 17.3 27.5 -20.4 23.2 -4.3 21.3 -1.9 19.6 -1.7 24.6 5.0
BB% 6.1 12.5 6.4 7.8 -4.7 8.4 0.6 10.6 2.2 9.5 -1.1 9.5 0.0
Swing % 39.8 40.6 0.8 44.8 4.2 47.0 2.2 41.4 -5.6 44.3 2.9 43.2 -1.1
Whiff% 23.5 41.7 18.2 24.0 -17.7 25.1 1.1 22.3 -2.8 21.1 -1.2 25.5 4.4
In Zone % 53.5 49.5 -4.0 52.9 3.4 51.5 -1.4 50.1 -1.4 48.6 -1.5 51.0 2.4
Out of Zone % 46.5 50.5 4.0 47.1 -3.4 48.5 1.4 49.9 1.4 51.4 1.5 49.0 -2.4
Out of Zone Swing % 20.8 24.5 3.7 23.9 -0.6 25.5 1.6 20.6 -4.9 23.2 2.6 20.8 -2.4
First Pitch Swing % 24.5 25.0 0.5 17.6 -7.4 32.1 14.5 26.2 -5.9 33.0 6.8 29.9 -3.1
First Pitch Strike % 57.8 62.5 4.7 58.8 -3.7 64.6 5.8 58.7 -5.9 55.7 -3.0 61.1 5.4
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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
! 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%
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