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Taylor Ward

Former Prospect Free Agent
High Level
MLB
Years
2013-2026 (2018-2026)
Proper Name
Joseph Taylor Ward
Positions
LF (605) ... RF (219) ... C (203) ... 3B (149) ... DH (57) ... CF (21) ... 1B (9)
Height / Weight
6-0 / 200
Bats / Throws
Right / Right
Birthdate
December 14,1993   Age:  32.323
Place
Dayton, Ohio Flags
High School
Shadow Hills (Indio,CA)
Colleges
Fresno State University (Fresno,CA)
Drafted/Signed
2015-1-26-Los Angeles Angels
Signing Bonus
$ 1,670,000
Service Time
5.164 (2025)
MLB Debut
August 14,2018
Contract Info
2026-2026 ($12.175m)
MLBAM ID
621493
Retrosheet#
wardt002
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Taylor Ward [Joseph Taylor Ward] is currently a free agent who was last active in 2026. Ward is 32 years old and was born on December 14th, 1993 in Dayton, Ohio. He attended Shadow Hills High School [Knights] in Indio, California. He played 3 years of NCAA Division I College Baseball for the Fresno State University Bulldogs [Mountain West Conference] where he was teammates with future Major Leaguers Aaron Judge, Jimmy Lambert, Dylan Lee, Jordan Luplow and Austin Wynns. Ward was selected in the 1st round (26th overall) of the 2015 MLB Amateur Draft by the Los Angeles Angels, receiving a $1,670,000 signing bonus. Ranked by Baseball America as the Los Angeles Angels No. 1 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made his Major League Debut on August 14th, 2018 at the age of 24. Started the game and batted 7th ...
going 2/3 for the Los Angeles Angels against the San Diego Padres. Doubled in his first at bat against Brett Kennedy. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Mike Trout and David Fletcher. Ward has played 11 seasons with the Los Angeles Angels organization, 1 season with the Baltimore Orioles and 1 season with the Seattle Mariners. He played in the Arizona Fall League (Prospect League) in 2016,2017. He played collegiate summer league baseball in the Alaska Summer League for the Anchorage Bucs and in the Cape Cod League for the Orleans Firebirds. Hit a career high 36 home runs with the Los Angeles Angels in 2025. Had a career high 103 runs batted in with the Los Angeles Angels in 2025. Had a career high .281 Batting Average for the Los Angeles Angels in 2022. Had a career high .833 OPS for the Los Angeles Angels in 2022. Led the Pacific Coast League (AAA) with 80 Walks in 2019. He was also drafted in the 31st round of the 2012 Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays but did not sign.

Awards: Named Mountain West Conference All-Conference Team in 2015. Named to Mountain West Conference All-Tournament Team in 2015. Named Triple A All-Star Team in 2018. Named American League Player of the Week in April 24-30,May 24 2x [2022,2025].

Career Transactions: Traded from Angeles to Orioles for Grayson Rodriguez on November 19th, 2025. Traded from Orioles to Mariners for Alex Hoppe, Brock Moore and Harrison Kreiling on August 3rd, 2026.
Taylor Ward Baseball Cards in the TBC Card Store
2026 Topps Series 2 TAYLOR WARD Holiday Sun Variation #551 Baltimore Orioles
$ 1.25
2016 Bowman Chrome Scouts Top 100 update TAYLOR WARD Insert #BSU-TW Angels
$ 1.10
2017 Bowman Draft TAYLOR WARD (RC) #BD-124 Los Angeles Angels
$ 1.00

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2016Baseball AmericaTeamLos Angeles Angels1View Rankings
2016MLB PipelineTeamLos Angeles Angels1View Rankings
2017Baseball AmericaTeamLos Angeles Angels6View Rankings
2017MLB PipelineTeamLos Angeles Angels7View Rankings
2018Baseball AmericaTeamLos Angeles Angels19View Rankings
2018MLB PipelineTeamLos Angeles Angels14View Rankings
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Prospect rankings are available since 1990 and are based on pre-season rankings from various ranking sites.

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yearteam nameleaguelevelmlb#ageposlnptbc+gabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
2013Fresno StateMWCNCAA-1Fr3119844611215227031522162632203381351012.196.308.339.647.286.143.22411.8519.261.6337.33
2014Fresno StateMWCNCAA-1So6201115721929708064133282923405962561456.320.395.438.833.247.118.34010.9411.331.0436.50
2015Fresno StateMWCNCAA-1Jr921116592143965142742703534723061042612342.304.413.486.899.379.182.33013.4113.030.9730.57
2015Orem OwlzPioRkANA6212/D4/5312432109203841219522982011350141731.349.489.459.948.404.110.36020.575.670.2854.50
2015Burlington BeesMidwAANA24212/D4/5326121*24921032301121110150100338103428.348.412.413.825.174.065.4089.7114.561.5092.00
2016Inland Empire 66ersCalifA+ANA7222/D5/4362911234666111611010560048815551151575292195.249.323.337.660.191.088.2799.0715.311.6946.60
2017Inland Empire 66ersCalifA+ANA6232/D24/5310154207325011163000354303207812471832.242.348.391.739.319.149.27514.1717.411.2334.50
2017Mobile BayBearsSouAAANA13232D/3/4116*331191434303190022172020546145628.286.400.387.787.286.101.30715.1711.720.7739.67
2018Mobile BayBearsSouAAANA-245/D3/1384214826518062581293310115771791437.345.453.520.973.419.175.40916.2018.441.1424.67
2018Salt Lake BeesPCLAAAANA3245/D3/41286022742801808351023661202151222672654.352.442.537.979.379.185.45013.4822.851.6928.38
2018Los Angeles AngelsALMLBANA3245/87/6982*40135142430615209453000045147915.178.245.333.578.237.155.2146.1230.615.0022.50
2019Salt Lake BeesPCLAAAANA-257/5D3912/354120106421102129341277111580101901172465116267.306.427.5841.011.482.278.34715.6619.771.2615.59
2019Los Angeles AngelsALMLBANA3257/5RD/9678420424830120062300001144844.190.292.333.625.286.143.38912.5047.923.8342.00
2020Los Angeles AngelsALMLBANA32697/7/689598349416266205208280000136102818.277.333.383.716.213.106.3947.8427.453.500.00
2021ACL AngelsACLRkANA-27789/1/370110001012000002810.143.250.286.536.429.143.20012.5025.002.000.00
2021Salt Lake BeesPCL2AAAANA-2779/1/134915219041020912100104259138.429.525.8571.382.653.428.51515.2520.341.3312.25
2021Los Angeles AngelsALMLBANA61279/787/658312910565208335215083311205562104912372329.250.332.438.770.284.188.3018.4423.212.7526.00
2022Los Angeles AngelsALMLBANA3289/87D14/2531161354957313922223655360120405052345644792.281.360.473.833.317.192.32510.6421.282.0021.52
2023Los Angeles AngelsALMLBANA3297/1/46372581039735660901801447423980806091504093258.253.335.421.756.284.168.2849.5419.562.0525.43
2024Los Angeles AngelsALMLBANA3307/D3/14510415658573144262257564631637080112496635391.246.323.426.748.291.180.2949.5024.592.5923.40
2025Los Angeles AngelsALMLBANA3317/D4/3152108157579861323123610341751753061132756636963.228.317.475.792.382.247.25711.3126.402.3316.08
2026Baltimore OriolesALMLBBAL3327/D1/23497111410641012007304387103603271425062774.246.383.346.730.315.100.31017.1920.361.1858.57
2026Seattle MarinersALMLBSEA27329D//17896597328871101070112271000213101110.125.238.148.385.148.023.18011.8826.732.250.00
Tot:MLB (9 yrs) MLB      8472992430727144912038228153798193822935312493440273454.243.333.417.750.305.174.29211.0223.812.1624.93
Tot:AL (9 yrs) AL      8472992430727144912038228153798193822935312493440273454.243.333.417.750.305.174.29211.0223.812.1624.93
Tot:Minors (6 yrs) Minors      49018453225521023672773811299373229146508612189172380.299.400.467.867.344.167.34213.6617.041.2527.54
Tot:Rk (2 yrs) Rk      351162039512196230102011352149831.336.477.448.925.405.112.35220.136.710.3358.00
Tot:A (1 yrs) A      24921032301121110150100338103428.348.412.413.825.174.065.4089.7114.561.5092.00
Tot:A+ (2 yrs) A+      177673931662211686008312458712223877639127.247.331.354.684.230.107.27810.7015.981.4942.06
Tot:AA (2 yrs) AA      7526740851109448151503031101233242065.318.429.461.890.360.142.36015.7415.430.9829.67
Tot:AAA (3 yrs) AAA      179697159230611391162371251741203312410837101129.330.438.5881.027.461.258.39214.9320.791.3917.87
Tot:College (3 yrs) College      1625458315729216981257989127901423865247110.288.384.437.821.306.149.31412.1213.651.1334.06
Avg:MLB - 162 game avg MLB      162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
Avg:Minors - 162 game avg Minors      162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
Avg:College - 162 game avg College      162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
TBC+ Metric is based on wOBA with inclusion of stolen base value. TBC's version of wOBA excludes park factors and uses static coefficients across all levels and years for ease of implementation.
* indicates player had a low sample size of plate appearances.

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yearteam nameleaguecategoryagegabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
2013Anchorage BucsAlaska Summer LeagueCollege Summer191963613200300515021021571211.206.261.238.499.111.032.2657.0421.133.000.00
2014Team USA CollegiateIntl CompetitionUSA20121753100110362010042312.176.348.235.583.294.059.25013.0426.092.000.00
2014Orleans FirebirdsCape Cod LeagueCollege Summer2071824101200240000082022.222.300.444.744.333.222.23110.0020.002.0018.00
2016Scottsdale ScorpionsArizona Fall LeagueAFL221653415500901313000002056510.283.321.377.698.132.094.3755.3623.214.330.00
2016Los Angeles AngelsMLB Spring TrainingSpring22321000000000000000200.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
2017Scottsdale ScorpionsArizona Fall LeagueAFL23140000000002000000400.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.0050.000.000.00
2017Los Angeles AngelsMLB Spring TrainingSpring232101000000100000012011.0001.0001.0002.0001.000.0001.00050.000.000.000.00
2018Los Angeles AngelsMLB Spring TrainingSpring24570200000011000002802.286.375.286.661.143.000.33312.5012.501.000.00
2019Los Angeles AngelsMLB Spring TrainingSpring251852713212100021610002235558.250.291.442.733.231.192.3243.6429.098.0026.00
2020Los Angeles AngelsMLB Spring TrainingSpring261026381114102500001142835.308.357.538.895.346.230.3507.1417.862.5026.00
2021Los Angeles AngelsMLB Spring TrainingSpring27172510101138105500101223155.400.484.8801.364.720.480.38916.1316.131.008.33
2022Los Angeles AngelsMLB Spring TrainingSpring28153871120311003700001224156.289.341.579.920.368.290.2867.3217.072.3312.67
2023Los Angeles AngelsMLB Spring TrainingSpring291647101630390059000012852610.340.404.5961.000.362.256.3719.6217.311.8015.67
2024Los Angeles AngelsMLB Spring TrainingSpring30215771350161151400002216267.228.290.368.658.228.140.2868.0622.582.8057.00
2025Los Angeles AngelsMLB Spring TrainingSpring31184851430261061800001235459.292.370.479.849.333.187.42911.1133.333.0024.00
2026Baltimore OriolesMLB Spring TrainingSpring321332793013208700000154045.281.425.469.894.500.188.33320.0017.500.8832.00
Tot:CollegeSummer (2 Yrs) CollegeSummer 2681817301500719021022391413.210.270.284.554.160.074.2587.6920.882.7181.00
Tot:AFL (2 Yrs) AFL 1757415500901315000002060510.263.300.351.651.123.088.3575.0025.005.00
Tot:USA (1 Yrs) USA 121753100110362010042312.176.348.235.583.294.059.25013.0426.092.00
Tot:Spring (11 Yrs) Spring 13833557972031657613882101091713753958.290.363.510.873.349.221.34010.1321.872.1620.94

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