Taylor Ward
Designated Hitter · Seattle Mariners · #27
- Bats / Throws
- R / R
- Height
- 6′ 0″
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Born
- 1993-12-14
- Birthplace
- Dayton, OH, United States
- Debut
- 2018
- ESPN id
- 34923
- Source
- espn
Pitches10301
PA2532
AVG.234
SLG.409
ISO.175
K%24.6%
BRL%10.4%
HH%41.2%
EV89.6
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 3216 | 31.2% | 94.6 | 2296 |
| Slider | 2033 | 19.7% | 86.0 | 2414 |
| Sinker | 1796 | 17.4% | 93.9 | 2158 |
| Sweeper | 1040 | 10.1% | 82.5 | 2616 |
| Cutter | 835 | 8.1% | 89.5 | 2398 |
| Curveball | 504 | 4.9% | 79.8 | 2615 |
| Changeup | 412 | 4.0% | 85.7 | 1826 |
| Split-Finger | 221 | 2.1% | 86.4 | 1319 |
| Knuckle Curve | 177 | 1.7% | 82.4 | 2518 |
| Slurve | 46 | 0.4% | 81.6 | 2559 |
| Unknown | 9 | 0.1% | — | — |
| Knuckleball | 4 | 0.0% | 78.3 | 252 |
| Forkball | 4 | 0.0% | 80.8 | 1292 |
| Eephus | 2 | 0.0% | 48.6 | 1131 |
| Slow Curve | 1 | 0.0% | 73.0 | 2291 |
| Other | 1 | 0.0% | 77.3 | 2918 |
Outcomes by pitch
| Pitch | AB | AVG | SLG | ISO | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 680 | .244 | .475 | .231 | 166 | 92 | 31 | 3 | 40 | 187 |
| Slider | 425 | .214 | .407 | .193 | 91 | 50 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 135 |
| Sinker | 419 | .294 | .449 | .155 | 123 | 84 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 82 |
| Sweeper | 189 | .159 | .291 | .132 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 69 |
| Cutter | 160 | .244 | .331 | .088 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 32 |
| Curveball | 99 | .202 | .343 | .141 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33 |
| Changeup | 105 | .238 | .400 | .162 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| Split-Finger | 57 | .193 | .298 | .105 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Knuckle Curve | 49 | .184 | .306 | .122 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Slurve | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Unknown | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Knuckleball | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Forkball | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eephus | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slow Curve | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contact quality by pitch
| Pitch | BBE | BRL% | HH% | EV | LA | DIST | FB% | LD% | GB% | PU% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 495 | 16.2% | 51.9% | 93.2 | 22.8° | 228 | 44.2% | 24.6% | 24.8% | 6.3% |
| Slider | 297 | 10.4% | 35.7% | 87.5 | 14.2° | 179 | 31.0% | 21.2% | 41.1% | 6.7% |
| Sinker | 340 | 9.1% | 43.8% | 90.1 | 8.1° | 155 | 18.2% | 28.8% | 48.5% | 4.4% |
| Sweeper | 125 | 3.2% | 23.2% | 85.0 | 21.1° | 187 | 36.8% | 21.6% | 34.4% | 7.2% |
| Cutter | 129 | 3.1% | 29.5% | 87.4 | 19.3° | 182 | 32.6% | 24.8% | 34.1% | 8.5% |
| Curveball | 66 | 9.1% | 34.8% | 86.4 | 14.6° | 186 | 31.8% | 27.3% | 37.9% | 3.0% |
| Changeup | 71 | 8.5% | 45.1% | 88.5 | 10.9° | 164 | 29.6% | 19.7% | 45.1% | 5.6% |
| Split-Finger | 34 | 5.9% | 20.6% | 86.4 | 11.2° | 143 | 23.5% | 26.5% | 44.1% | 5.9% |
| Knuckle Curve | 33 | 3.0% | 42.4% | 85.9 | 16.2° | 188 | 36.4% | 24.2% | 30.3% | 9.1% |
| Slurve | 7 | 14.3% | 57.1% | 93.1 | 24.6° | 212 | 71.4% | 0.0% | 28.6% | 0.0% |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | —° | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Eephus | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 89.5 | 10.0° | 151 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |