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OUTFIELDER
TAYLOR WARD

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BORN: DEC. 14, 1993 OPENING DAY AGE: 31
BIRTHPLACE: DAYTON, OH RESIDES: PHOENIX, AZ
MLB SERVICE: 4 YEARS, 164 DAYS
ACQUIRED: SELECTED IN FIRST ROUND (26TH OVERALL) OF 2015
FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT
SIGNED THRU: 2025; UNDER CLUB CONTROL; 2/3 OPTIONS USED

WARD'S LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2015— Orem .349 32 109 20 38 4 1 2 19 0 1 2 29 1 8 5 2 3 .459 .489 4
WARD
Burlington .348 24 92 10 32 3 0 1 12 1 0 0 10 0 15 1 1 3 .413 .412 0
2016— Inland Empire .249 123 466 61 116 11 0 10 56 5 5 5 48 1 81 0 0 15 .337 .323 5
2017— Inland Empire .242 54 207 32 50 11 1 6 30 3 2 0 35 0 43 0 0 7 .391 .348 3
Mobile .286 33 119 14 34 3 0 3 19 0 2 2 22 0 17 0 0 5 .387 .400 4
2018— Mobile .345 42 148 26 51 8 0 6 25 0 1 1 29 1 33 8 1 5 .520 .453 6
Salt Lake .352 60 227 42 80 18 0 8 35 0 2 2 36 1 61 10 2 5 .537 .442 6
LAA .178 40 135 14 24 3 0 6 15 0 0 3 9 0 45 2 0 0 .333 .245 5
2019— Salt Lake .306 106 421 102 129 34 1 27 71 0 1 9 80 1 101 11 5 7 .584 .427 9
LAA .190 20 42 4 8 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 0 23 0 0 1 .333 .292 2
2020— LAA .277 34 94 16 26 6 2 0 5 0 0 0 8 0 28 2 0 1 .383 .333 0
2021— LAA .250 65 208 33 52 15 0 8 33 2 1 6 20 0 55 1 1 4 .438 .332 2
Salt Lake (1) .429 13 49 15 21 9 0 4 10 0 0 1 9 1 12 2 0 0 .857 .525 1
ACL Angels (1) .143 3 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 .286 .250 0
2022— LAA .281 135 495 73 139 22 2 23 65 0 5 4 60 0 120 5 3 5 .473 .360 5
2023— LAA .253 97 356 60 90 18 0 14 47 0 6 8 39 0 80 4 2 9 .421 .335 0
2024— LAA .246 156 585 73 144 26 2 25 75 0 8 7 63 0 163 6 4 11 .426 .323 5
MAJOR TOTALS .252 547 1915 273 483 93 6 77 242 2 20 28 205 0 514 20 10 31 .428 .330 14
MINOR TOTALS .299 490 1845 322 552 102 3 67 277 9 14 22 299 6 373 38 11 50 .467 .401 38
(1) rehab assignment
Disabling Injuries: 2023 — Facial fractures; disabled July 30 - end of season
2022 — Left groin strain; disabled April 7 (retro to April 6) - April 16
Mild right hamstring strain; disabled June 5 (retro to June 4) - June 14
2024 SEASON
◆ Batted .246 (144/585) in seventh season with Angels and set career highs in runs scored (tied; 73), doubles
(26), home runs (25), RBI (75), stolen bases (6), and walks (63).
◆ Led Angels in hits (144), home runs (25), total bases (249), runs (73) and triples (2; tied).
◆ In September, collected a hit in 20 of 26 games played and batted .286 (28/98) with 17 runs, two doubles,
seven home runs, 15 RBI and a .906 OPS.
◆ Fom Aug. 1 to the end of the season, recorded a hit in 42 of 51 games played and batted .284 (56/197) with
25 runs, eight doubles, two triples, nine home runs, 21 RBI, with a .835 OPS to finish the season...Led Halos
in batting average, wRC+ (135) and OPS during that span.
◆ Had 21-game on-base streak from Aug. 20 - Sept. 11, was second-longest of career behind a 27-game streak
from April 19 - May 20, 2022...Longest on-base streak by an Angel this season.
◆ Led Angels with five leadoff home runs; Most leadoff HR in a season by an Angels player since Mike Trout
(5) in 2012.
◆ Had career-high 14-game hitting streak Aug. 20 - Sept. 4; batted .327 (18/55) with 10 runs, three doubles,
two triples, five home runs, eight RBI and a 1.094 OPS during the streak...Tied for longest by an Angel in 2024
(Kevin Pillar; May 11 - June 1)...Had eight hitting streaks of at least six games.
◆ Connected on fourth career grand slam on July 28...First since May 14, 2022 at OAK (2).
◆ Homered in back-to-back games five times; Homered in three consecutive games on two occasions (Sept.
1-4; May 15-18).
◆ In June, led all left fielders with seven Defensive Runs Saved (Sports Info Solutions).

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