Michael Taylor

Bats R Throws R6'4" 215 lbBorn 1991 Fort Lauderdale, USADebut 2014Team CWSDraft 2009 R6 #172 Washington Nationals, Westminster Academy

Awards: Gold Glove

Projections

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	192	171	35	6	0	6	16	62	5	0.207	0.277	0.350	0.628	0.143	0.277	32.2	8.4	70.3	-0.10

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CWS	134	325	33	59	20	1	9	35	8	23	110	0.200	0.259	0.366	0.625	70.1
2024	PIT	113	300	35	52	9	1	5	21	12	23	105	0.193	0.253	0.290	0.543	50.0
2023	MIN	129	388	48	78	14	1	21	51	13	26	130	0.220	0.278	0.442	0.720	93.1
2022	KC	124	456	49	105	10	3	9	43	4	35	109	0.254	0.313	0.357	0.670	90.1
2021	KC	142	528	58	118	16	1	12	54	14	33	144	0.244	0.297	0.356	0.653	74.2
2020	WSH	38	99	11	18	6	0	5	16	0	6	27	0.196	0.253	0.424	0.676	74.1
2019	WSH	53	97	10	22	7	0	1	3	6	7	34	0.250	0.305	0.364	0.669	68.6
2018	WSH	134	385	46	80	22	3	6	28	24	29	116	0.227	0.287	0.357	0.644	65.5
2017	WSH	118	432	55	108	23	3	19	53	17	29	137	0.271	0.320	0.486	0.806	102.9
2016	WSH	76	237	28	51	11	0	7	16	14	14	77	0.231	0.278	0.376	0.654	71.1
2015	WSH	138	511	49	108	15	2	14	63	16	35	158	0.229	0.282	0.358	0.640	65.1
2014	WSH	17	43	5	8	3	0	1	5	0	3	17	0.205	0.279	0.359	0.638	74.1
Career		1216	3801	427	807	156	15	109	388	128	263	1164	0.232	0.288	0.379	0.667	76.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2022	KC	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	2.0	13	1	2	2
Career		0	0	9.00	1	0	0	2.0	13	1	2	2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2025	325	90.8	17.9	10.5	42.9	37.7	30.6	0.186	0.380	0.271	27.8
2024	300	89.3	13.7	11.7	40.1	39.2	30.4	0.200	0.337	0.270	28.5
2023	388	88.1	13.4	13.5	38.0	34.1	31.4	0.220	0.441	0.309	28.7
2022	456	86.3	12.1	6.8	32.9	29.3	31.4	0.225	0.372	0.294	28.7
2021	528	89.4	12.1	6.6	40.2	31.2	30.5	0.243	0.391	0.300	28.2
2020	99	89.0	12.4	15.4	36.9	28.4	24.5	0.229	0.480	0.325	28.1
2019	97	91.5	8.9	8.3	42.9	34.2	24.7	0.213	0.375	0.276	29.1
2018	385	88.5	8.1	7.1	34.3	32.0	30.0	0.210	0.335	0.269	29.0
2017	432	87.5	12.4	10.7	38.3	33.4	30.4	0.233	0.425	0.302	28.8
2016	237	88.1	8.5	8.5	37.9	33.8	27.6	0.234	0.387	0.292	28.7
2015	511	88.7	9.8	7.4	35.6	33.3	32.0	0.232	0.382	0.288	28.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CWS	OF	132	793	234	0	3	0	0.987
2024	PIT	OF	106	736	229	3	3	0	0.987
2023	MIN	OF	126	960	289	1	3	0	0.990
2022	KC	OF	123	1010	289	8	3	0	0.990
2022	KC	P	1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2021	KC	OF	139	1186	351	11	3	3	0.992
2020	WSH	OF	35	220	63	0	1	0	0.984
2019	WSH	OF	31	189	32	2	1	1	0.971
2018	WSH	OF	113	811	232	6	1	2	0.996
2018	WSH	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2017	WSH	OF	113	943	259	8	4	1	0.985
2016	WSH	OF	69	459	125	5	1	0	0.992
2015	WSH	OF	132	1101	302	6	3	1	0.990
2014	WSH	OF	14	85	31	0	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2019	AA	Harrisburg Senators	Bat	247	9 HR, 10 SB	0.248	0.787
2017	AA	Harrisburg Senators	Bat	28	1 HR, 3 SB	0.154	0.560
2017	A+	Potomac Nationals	Bat	21	0 HR, 1 SB	0.158	0.396
2016	AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	Bat	130	1 HR, 7 SB	0.205	0.576
2015	AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	Bat	32	1 HR, 2 SB	0.385	0.990
2014	AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	Bat	52	1 HR, 3 SB	0.227	0.742
2014	AA	Harrisburg Senators	Bat	441	22 HR, 34 SB	0.313	0.935
2013	A+	Potomac Nationals	Bat	581	10 HR, 51 SB	0.263	0.766
2012	A+	Potomac Nationals	Bat	431	3 HR, 19 SB	0.242	0.680
2011	A	Hagerstown Suns	Bat	488	13 HR, 23 SB	0.253	0.742
2010	Rk	GCL Nationals	Bat	149	1 HR, 1 SB	0.195	0.567

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.286	0.257	0.255	0.288
2024	0.276	0.241	0.192	0.301
2023	0.398	0.283	0.334	0.297
2022	0.313	0.308	0.341	0.278
2021	0.338	0.287	0.304	0.299
2020	0.297	0.287	0.250	0.331
2019	0.340	0.273	0.358	0.216
2018	0.275	0.286	0.282	0.282

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	5	13	1	2	0	0	0	5	0.154	0.214	0.154	0.368
2019	8	21	4	7	2	2	1	7	0.333	0.391	0.619	1.010
2017	5	15	3	5	2	8	3	4	0.333	0.444	0.733	1.178
2016	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	21	51	8	14	4	10	4	18	0.275	0.351	0.510	0.861

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	WSH	$524,000
2015	WSH	$508,700

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.