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NOTABLE MINOR LEAGUE AWARDS AND HONORS
◆ 2019 Mid-Season Pacific Coast League All-Star.
◆ 2018 Mid-Season Southern League All-Star...Angels Minor League Organizational Player of the Month for July.
◆ 2017 MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...Participated in the Arizona Fall League...Angels Minor League
Organizational Player of the Month for August.
◆ 2016 MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...Participated in Arizona Fall League and the Rising Stars Game.
◆ 2015 Mid-Season Pioneer League All-Star.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS

◆ June 6, 2012...Selected by Rays in 31st round of 2012 First-Year Player Draft (did not sign).
◆ June 8, 2015...Selected by Angels in first round (26th overall) of 2015 First-Year Player Draft (signed June
12, 2015).
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ Joseph Taylor Ward...On Twitter: @Warrdyboy7.
◆ Named First-Team All-Mountain West in 2015 with Fresno State (a back-to-back All-Mountain West
Conference selection)...Started all 59 games for FSU and ranked among Bulldogs’ leaders with a .304
(65/214) average (3rd), 14 doubles (2nd), seven home runs (T-1st), 42 RBI (1st) and 104 total bases (1st)...
Caught 13 of 23 (56.5%) runners attempting to steal a base.
◆ In three years at Fresno State, batted .288 (157/545) with 29 doubles, 16 home runs and 98 RBI in 162
games...Threw out 33 of 55 (60%) potential basestealers.
◆ Prepped at Shadow Hills HS (CA)...A two-time first-team De Anza League honoree...Named De Anza League
Most Valuable Player and first-team All-CIF as a junior...Holds school records for batting average, hits,
triples, home runs and RBI...First athlete in school history to receive Division I scholarship.
◆ Signed by Angels scout Scott Richardson...Originally drafted by Tampa Bay in 31st round of 2012 MLB
Amateur Draft before electing to play for Fresno State.
MISCELLANEOUS STATS ward
Career WALK-OFF HITS / RBI (1)
Sept. 30, 2018 vs. OAK (2-run home run; 9th)
CAREER FIELDING
POS PCT G PO A E TC DP
3B .920 44 17 64 7 88 4
OF 1 .000 9 15 0 0 15 0

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