LF Matt Taylor #24
Chicago White Sox MLB
Age: 29 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
10/06/2026
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LF MATT TAYLOR #24 - AGE: 29 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
131 455 130 32 3 19 65 55 92 .286 .370 .495 23 3.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 45 50 50
Gap 70 55 75 70
Power 55 45 55 55
Eye 50 45 55 50
Avoid K's 50 45 50 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 45 55
Errors: - 45 55
Arm: 20 40 55
Turn DP: - 40 -
Framing: 25 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 60
1st Base: - Center Field: 35
2nd Base: - Right Field: 30
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 55
Stealing Aggressiveness: 55
Stealing Ability: 65
Baserunning Inst.: 65
Sacrifice Bunt: 45
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/02/2026 @ LAA Win, 3-1 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
10/01/2026 @ TEX Loss, 2-6 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
09/30/2026 @ TEX Win, 7-6 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
09/29/2026 @ TEX Loss, 3-10 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/27/2026 TB Win, 4-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/26/2026 TB Win, 10-5 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
09/25/2026 TB Loss, 6-7 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
09/24/2026 HOU Loss, 1-4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/22/2026 HOU Loss, 2-6 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 2
09/20/2026 @ WSH Loss, 1-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:12/17/1996
Born in:Omaha, NE
Nationality:American
Height:6' 4"
Weight:210 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$11,700,000
Signed Through:2028 Season
Major Service:10 Years, 17 Days
Service This Yr:195 Days
40-Man Service:10 Years, 17 Days
Pro Service:10 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2026 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 131 455 130 32 3 19 65 51 55 92 .286 .370 .495 .865 .368 .209 135
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 124 521 6 1 0 4 5 0 225 54 23 15 60.5 84.2 6.52 3.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   69 19 4 0 3 9 10 5 16 0 2 3 .275 .351 .464 .814
Versus Right   386 111 28 3 16 56 41 50 76 0 3 3 .288 .374 .500 .874
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   16 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 .188 .235 .188 .423
April   85 25 10 0 6 15 11 16 19 0 1 1 .294 .412 .624 1.035
May   81 19 3 0 1 8 5 11 15 0 1 0 .235 .326 .309 .635
June   85 26 6 0 2 10 9 7 16 0 1 2 .306 .372 .447 .819
July   78 27 6 1 4 16 10 13 17 0 2 2 .346 .452 .603 1.054
August   87 24 5 2 6 11 14 6 15 0 0 1 .276 .330 .586 .916
September   32 7 2 0 0 4 0 1 8 0 0 0 .219 .242 .281 .524
October   7 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
Spring Training   49 17 1 0 3 5 8 4 9 0 0 2 .347 .418 .551 .969
Last Year   499 153 33 3 20 58 77 48 93 3 2 7 .307 .373 .505 .878
Career   954 283 65 6 39 123 128 103 185 3 7 13 .297 .372 .500 .872
Home   218 69 18 1 14 38 26 30 42 0 1 3 .317 .406 .601 1.007
Road   237 61 14 2 5 27 25 25 50 0 4 3 .257 .336 .397 .732
Grass   386 118 28 3 18 58 45 49 75 0 4 6 .306 .392 .534 .926
Turf   69 12 4 0 1 7 6 6 17 0 1 0 .174 .240 .275 .515
Day   174 48 13 1 7 24 21 22 32 0 1 2 .276 .364 .483 .846
Night   281 82 19 2 12 41 30 33 60 0 4 4 .292 .374 .502 .876
As Starter   449 125 31 3 19 63 51 55 92 0 5 6 .278 .365 .488 .852
As Reliever / Substitution   6 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .833 .833 1.000 1.833
Pinch Hitting   4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
Close/Late   87 19 3 0 2 15 4 8 21 0 0 2 .218 .299 .322 .621
Inning 1-3   162 46 14 0 6 22 22 24 28 0 5 3 .284 .386 .481 .868
Inning 4-6   150 47 14 2 7 22 20 17 29 0 0 0 .313 .383 .573 .957
Inning 7-9   137 35 4 1 6 19 9 14 34 0 0 3 .255 .338 .431 .768
Extra Innings   6 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
0 Outs   147 32 5 0 3 7 17 17 33 0 3 2 .218 .307 .313 .620
1 Outs   160 48 11 2 8 25 18 21 31 0 2 1 .300 .385 .544 .928
2 Outs   148 50 16 1 8 33 16 17 28 0 0 3 .338 .417 .622 1.038
Scoring Position   104 33 8 0 4 41 12 18 16 0 5 0 .317 .418 .510 .928
Bases Empty   269 73 19 1 12 12 26 28 62 0 0 4 .271 .349 .483 .832
Runner on 1st   82 24 5 2 3 12 13 9 14 0 0 2 .293 .376 .512 .889
Runner on 2nd   40 11 2 0 3 11 6 7 7 0 5 0 .275 .383 .550 .933
Runner on 3rd   10 4 1 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 .400 .500 .500 1.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   31 9 3 0 0 8 2 4 5 0 0 0 .290 .371 .387 .759
Runner on 1st & 3rd   11 6 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 .545 .615 .727 1.343
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Bases Loaded   8 3 0 0 1 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 .375 .500 .750 1.250
Two Strikes   199 41 6 0 8 24 12 14 92 0 0 2 .206 .265 .357 .622
First Pitch   76 34 10 0 6 15 11 1 0 0 1 2 .447 .468 .816 1.284
Count 0-1   41 15 3 0 2 7 7 0 0 0 2 0 .366 .366 .585 .951
Count 0-2   30 10 1 0 1 3 1 0 14 0 0 1 .333 .355 .467 .822
Count 1-0   46 15 5 1 1 9 4 0 0 0 1 1 .326 .340 .543 .884
Count 1-1   36 11 4 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 .306 .306 .556 .861
Count 1-2   59 14 1 0 2 6 3 0 32 0 0 1 .237 .250 .356 .606
Count 2-0   23 7 1 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .304 .304 .478 .783
Count 2-1   23 5 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .217 .391 .609
Count 2-2   68 13 2 0 4 10 4 0 28 0 0 0 .191 .191 .397 .588
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   11 2 1 0 0 1 5 25 0 0 0 1 .182 .757 .273 1.029
Full Count   42 4 2 0 1 5 4 14 18 0 0 0 .095 .321 .214 .536
Behind in Count   130 39 5 0 5 16 11 0 46 0 2 2 .300 .311 .454 .764
Ahead in Count   103 29 9 2 2 16 18 40 0 0 1 2 .282 .490 .466 .956
Batting Leadoff   22 7 2 1 0 2 6 4 5 0 0 0 .318 .423 .500 .923
Batting 2nd   106 36 7 0 7 22 14 11 17 0 3 1 .340 .407 .604 1.011
Batting 3rd   204 47 10 0 8 20 20 26 49 0 0 2 .230 .323 .397 .720
Batting 4th   71 23 9 2 2 13 6 9 11 0 0 2 .324 .415 .592 1.006
Batting 5th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 6th   4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Batting 7th   17 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 .235 .350 .235 .585
Batting 8th   16 5 2 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 .312 .353 .625 .978
Batting 9th   14 6 1 0 1 2 2 2 4 0 1 0 .429 .500 .714 1.214
Low Leverage   198 60 15 3 13 19 24 26 45 0 0 3 .303 .392 .606 .998
Medium Leverage   177 45 12 0 4 22 18 22 39 0 5 3 .254 .347 .390 .736
High Leverage   78 23 5 0 2 24 9 7 8 0 0 0 .295 .353 .436 .789
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2025 Washington - MLB 28 104 398 124 30 3 18 48 63 42 6 3 71 16 8 .312 .383 .538 .921 149 159 3.5
2025 Cleveland - MLB 28 33 101 29 3 0 2 10 14 6 1 0 22 5 2 .287 .333 .376 .710 84 85 -0.2
2025 Total - MLB 28 137 499 153 33 3 20 58 77 48 7 3 93 21 10 .307 .373 .505 .878 136 145 3.3
2026 Chicago - MLB 29 131 455 130 32 3 19 65 51 55 6 0 92 23 15 .286 .370 .495 .865 130 135 3.3
Total MLB 268 954 283 65 6 39 123 128 103 13 3 185 44 25 .297 .372 .500 .872 133 140 6.7
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2025 Cleveland - MLB 28 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 88 82 -0.2
Total MLB 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 88 82
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2025 Washington - MLB LF 30 29 41 1 1 42 0 1.000 256.0 1.48 +0.4 1.015
2025 Cleveland - MLB LF 6 5 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 48.2 1.11 -0.0 1.015
2025 Washington - MLB CF 71 68 184 11 0 199 4 .980 600.2 2.92 -6.8 .956
2025 Cleveland - MLB CF 18 14 30 0 0 31 1 .968 131.1 2.06 -1.6 .940
2025 Washington - MLB RF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 -0.0 1.054
2025 Cleveland - MLB RF 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 22.0 0.41 -0.4 .527
2026 Chicago - MLB LF 114 111 191 3 0 196 2 .990 965.1 1.81 +2.9 1.013
2026 Chicago - MLB CF 14 13 26 3 2 29 0 1.000 113.0 2.31 -0.7 .988
2026 Chicago - MLB RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL LF 150 145 238 4 1 244 2 .992 1270.0 1.71 +3.3 1.013
TOTAL CF 103 95 240 14 2 259 5 .981 845.0 2.71 -9.0 .957
TOTAL RF 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 30.0 0.60 -0.4 .703
PLAYER HISTORY
05/25/2025 Injured (mild oblique strain),day-to-day for 4 days.
07/13/2025 Was selected to the 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
07/31/2025 Was traded by the Washington Nationals to the Cleveland Guardians, along with $250,000, in exchange for LF Alex Aponte and SP Jim Fletcher.
11/24/2025 Became a free agent.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
01/15/2026 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $35,900,000 with the Chicago White Sox organization.
02/17/2026 Injured (hip soreness),day-to-day for 5 days.
06/09/2026 Injured (calf soreness),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/27/2026 Wins the MLB AL Player of the Week Award.
08/18/2026 Suspended 4 games after ejection following a brawl.
09/02/2026 Injured on 08/31/2026, diagnosed with a sore wrist, is day-to-day.
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