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OUTFIELDER
TAYLOR WARD

MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2023
◆ Finished sixth Major League season (all with Angels)...With 14 home runs, reached 10 home runs in a season
for second time in career (23 HR in 2022).
◆ Last game played was July 29 at Toronto...Exited game due to facial fractures...Missed final 57 games of year
on injured list.
◆ Had season-high eight-game hitting streak from May 30 to June 8...Batted .364 (12/33) with four runs, two
doubles, three home runs, and seven RBI during streak.
◆ Tallied two leadoff home runs (June 11 vs. SEA and May 30 at CWS), now has three for his career.
◆ Reached 150 RBI for career on June 24 at COL.
◆ In July, batted .304 (21/69) with 14 runs, seven doubles, five home runs, and 17 RBI.
◆ Reached 50 career home runs on July 21 vs. PIT.
◆ Collected third career multi-homer game in Game 1 of doubleheader at DET on July 27.
◆ Recorded six 3+ hit games (22 total for career). WARD
2022
◆ Established new career highs in nearly every offensive
category during fifth season with the Angels...Set A WARD SEASON
new career marks in hits, average, doubles, triples, Taylor Ward’s .833 OPS was the highest by an
home runs, RBI, runs scored, walks and OPS...One of Angels right fielder since Vlad Guerrero in 2005
three Halos in 2022 with 20+ home runs (Trout and
Ohtani)....833 OPS ranked 12th in the American League. (.959)...Ward was just the 9th Angel right fielder
◆ His .281 average was the highest by a Halo right fielder to post an OPS higher than .830 for a season
since Torii Hunter (.313) in 2012 (min. 500 PA) while (min. 85% of games played in RF).
the 139 hits were the most since Kole Calhoun (139) in
2017.
◆ Named American League Player of the Week (April 25) after batting .448...Led the A.L. in hits (13), extra-base hits
(7), total bases (29), runs (10) and OPS (1.484).
◆ Tallied first two multi-home run games of career: April 25 vs. Cleveland and Sept. 23 at Minnesota...Logged
two grand slams...Was the first Halo with two grand slams in a season since Trout in 2019.
◆ Launched first career pinch-hit home run Aug. 13 vs. Minnesota, a two-run shot with the Angels trailing by
two in the 8th inning.
◆ Slashed .345/.397/.575 (39/113) over the final month of the season (Sept. 1 - end of the season)...The .345
clip ranked sixth in the A.L. while his .575 slugging ranked seventh.
2021
◆ In fourth big league season, made two stints with the Angels...Set new career highs in games played, hits,
doubles, home run, RBI, walks and OPS.
◆ Appeared defensively at all three outfield positions (64 G) and made first big league appearance at catcher...
Made just two errors in 509.2 innings in the outfield (.984 fielding percentage)...Catching appearance was
first at any level since 2017 in Double-A Mobile.
◆ Tallied first career grand slam on June 17 vs. Detroit.
◆ Following Spring Training, started season at Club’s Alternate Training Site in Tempe, AZ...Assigned to
Triple-A Salt Lake May 4th and was recalled by the Angels the following day...Optioned to Triple-A July 22nd
and was placed on the 7-day injured list July 30...Following a rehab assignment with the Arizona League
Angels, was activated by Salt Lake Sept. 20...Recalled by the Halos Sept. 29 before being placed on the
injured list with a right adductor strain Oct. 3.
2020
◆ Made two stints with the Angels while also spending time at the Club’s Alternate Training Site in Long
Beach, CA...Despite shortened season, set then career highs in hits, runs, doubles, triples, average, OBP and
slugging...Named to his first career Opening Day roster.
◆ Posted a .350 (21/60) average with 11 runs scored, six doubles and a triple in September to raise season
average from .147 to .277.
◆ Broke up Zack Greinke’s perfect game with 6th inning single on Aug. 1.

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