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OPENING DAY AGE: 25
BORN: DEC 14, 1993
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BIRTHPLACE: DAYTON, OH
MLB SERVICE: 48 DAYS
3 ACQUIRED: SELECTED IN FIRST ROUND (26 OVERALL)
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WARD'S LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2015— Orem .349 32 109 20 38 4 1 2 19 0 1 2 29 1 8 5 2 3 .489 .459 4
Burlington .348 24 92 10 32 3 0 1 12 1 0 0 10 0 15 1 1 3 .412 .413 0
2016— Inland Empire .249 123 466 61 116 11 0 10 56 5 5 5 48 1 81 0 0 15 .337 .323 5
2017— Inland Empire .242 54 207 32 50 11 1 6 30 3 2 0 35 0 43 0 0 7 .391 .348 3
Mobile .286 33 119 14 34 3 0 3 19 0 2 2 22 0 17 0 0 5 .387 .400 4
2018— Mobile .345 51 148 26 51 8 0 6 25 0 1 1 29 1 33 8 1 5 .520 .453 6
Salt Lake .352 60 227 42 80 18 0 8 35 0 2 2 36 1 61 10 2 5 .537 .442 6
LAA .178 40 135 14 24 3 0 6 15 0 0 3 9 0 45 2 0 0 .333 .245 5
MAJOR TOTALS .178 40 135 14 24 3 0 6 15 0 0 3 9 0 45 2 0 0 .333 .245 5
MINOR TOTALS .293 368 1368 205 401 58 2 36 196 9 13 12 209 4 258 24 6 43 .417 .388 28
2018 SEASON
◆ ◆ Saw action at three different levels of the Angels system, including making Major League debut with the
ward
Aug. 14...Spent time in Double-A Mobile and Triple-A Salt Lake, batting a combined .349 (131/375) with 26
doubles, 14 home runs and 60 RBI…The .349 clip ranked second overall in MiLB (min. 300 AB), trailing only
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (.381).
◆ ◆ Began season with Double-A Mobile, batting .345 (51/148) with eight doubles, six home runs and 25 RBI
before being promoted to Triple-A June 2…Hit .345 (80/227) with 18 doubles, eight home runs and 35 in 60
games with the Bees…Was leading Salt Lake in average at promotion.
◆ ◆ Had contract selected Aug. 14th and made Major League debut that night at San Diego (2-for-3, 2B, 1 RBI)...
Became the 15th Angel to drive in a run with their first hit...Finished the season with six home runs, the most
by an Angels rookie third baseman since 2005 (Dallas McPherson, 8 HR).
◆ ◆ Entered the season ranked as the Angels No. 8 prospect by MLB.com.
◆ ◆ Defensively, transitioned to third base at the start of season after playing exclusively at catcher during first
three professional campaigns.
NOTABLE MINOR LEAGUE AWARDS AND HONORS
◆ ◆ 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 8, 2015...Selected by Angels in the 1st round (26th overall) of the First Year Player Draft.
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 (T1st), 42 RBI (1st) and 104 total bases (1st)...
Successfully 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.

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