MLB · AL East

Taylor Ward

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Baltimore OriolesOFBats: R · Throws: R
FormSteadyPowerBelow avg

At a glance

This season

BA

.251

OBP

.390

SLG

.344

OPS

.734

3 HR · 22 RBI · 69 K (20%) · 62 BB · 346 PA

MLB avg · .247 / .318 / .404 · .722 OPS

Last 10 games

BA

.231

HR

0

RBI

1

K

6

BB

7

9-for-39

Quality of contact

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB hitters this season (≥80 AB pool). The dot is this player — further right is better on every metric. Based on 346 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
xwOBA (con)
.363
51
Avg Exit V
89.5 mph
63
Barrel %
4.8%
23
Hard-Hit %
42.4%
35
Chase %
13.1%
100
Whiff %
15.6%
87
K %
19.9%
62
BB %
17.9%
100

Spray distribution

Where this hitter puts the ball in play. The greener (more saturated) a sector, the larger his share of batted balls there; the pull/center/oppo split and pull-side fly-ball power sit below.

18%LF22%LCF23%CF16%RCF16%RF← Pull

33%

Pull

36%

Center

31%

Oppo

Pull-air 11% of BIP · 97.7 mph · 33° LA

Advanced (Statcast)

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Thu Jun 18
Expectedestimators not shown above
xBA
.341
xSLG
.507
Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above
Max EV
109.5
EV90
102.7
Launch angle
14.9°
Sweet-spot%
37.1%
Avg distance
290 ft
EV on barrels
103.2
EV on hard-hit
100.4
Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles
Z-Swing%
52.6%
O-Contact%
56.7%
Z-Contact%
91.6%
Contact%
84.5%
SwStr%
5.0%
CSW%
28.9%
In-zone%
49.1%
1st-pitch swing%
23.1%
2-strike K%
35.8%
Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%
7d xwOBA(con)
.344
7d K%
17.2%
7d Barrel%
4.8%
7d Whiff%
8.9%
14d xwOBA(con)
.403
14d K%
19.7%
14d Barrel%
5.3%
30d xwOBA(con)
.379
30d K%
19.7%
30d Barrel%
4.9%
By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state
0-0 xwOBA(con)
.442
Ahead xwOBA(con)
.386
Behind xwOBA(con)
.339
2-strike xwOBA(con)
.358
Ahead Whiff%
12.8%
2-strike Whiff%
14.0%
By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning
Bases empty
.347
RISP
.370
Loaded
.000
High leverage
.352
Clutch
.340
Innings 1-3
.383
Innings 4-6
.299
Innings 7+
.393

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

Split by opposing hand

Slightly better against lefties than righties.

StatLeaguevs Leftiesvs Righties
BA.247.273.244
OBP.318.423.379
SLG.404.364.338
OPS.722.787.717
Sample85 PA261 PA

Pitch-by-pitch breakdown

How he performs against each pitch. Filter by pitch type, opposing pitcher hand, or recency. Color signal: green beats league average, red falls short.

6 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

PitchPABASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Curveball17.000.000.30634.8%23.5%66.7%0.0%91.3 mph19.2°
Cutter30.256.372.34116.8%16.7%46.0%4.7%91.9 mph27.3°
Changeup33.291.419.3118.1%9.1%41.3%3.6%89.9 mph8.8°
Slider75.156.218.25720.4%24.0%30.1%0.0%84.2 mph8.7°
Sinker81.344.407.4055.3%16.0%44.1%6.5%90.4 mph7.5°
Four-seam100.311.454.42616.7%22.0%41.7%8.2%92.4 mph24.1°

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