LF · 2026

Ryan Ward

Los Angeles Dodgers National League WestLF

Age: 28
B/T: L/R
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #67

Born: February 23, 1998 in Worcester, MA, USA
MLB debut: April 19, 2026
Drafted: 2019, round 8
College: Bryant
High school: Millbury

dbWAR: .1
PA: 60
AVG: .218
OBP: .283
SLG: .455
wRC+: 102

Ryan Ward is a left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2026 he hit 3 home runs and knocked in 12 RBIs, notching 12 hits across 60 plate appearances in 20 games. His batting average was .218, 10.5% lower than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .283 clip and slugged .455, for an OPS of .738, 2.6% higher than the league mark of .719. He averaged 88.5 mph off the bat, hit 29.7% of balls in play at 95 mph or better and made contact on 72.4% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his 102 wRC+ puts his offence 2% above average. That comes to 0.1 dbWAR — +0.1 runs with the bat, -0.1 on the bases, -0.9 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.

League context

Percentile among qualified batters, 2026.

wRC+102

wOBA.319

ISO.236

BB%8.3%

WAR.1

How the WAR is built

Runs above replacement, 2026. These four terms sum to +1.1 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.

BattingBaserunningPositionReplacement

Platoon splits

How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.

Batting by the hand the pitcher throws with, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHP	3	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	66.7%
vs RHP	57	52	12	3	5	15	.231	.298	.481	.336	26.3%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2026.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2026.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .243.

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	20	60	12	3	12	0	5	17	.218	.283	.455	.236	.257	8.3%	28.3%	.319	+0.1	102	0.1	—

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.