What years did Michael Taylor play?

Michael Taylor played in Major League Baseball from 2014 to 2025.

Was Michael Taylor a pitcher?

No. Michael Taylor was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 1 career game.

How many home runs did Michael Taylor hit?

Michael Taylor hit 109 career home runs with 807 hits.

What teams has Michael Taylor played for?

Michael Taylor has played for 5 teams: the Washington Nationals (2014–2020), the Kansas City Royals (2021–2022), the Minnesota Twins (2023), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2024), and the Chicago White Sox (2025).

What awards has Michael Taylor won?

Michael Taylor has won the Gold Glove (2021).

What are Michael Taylor's career stats?

In 1,216 games, Michael Taylor has 807 hits, 109 home runs, 388 RBI, 427 runs, and 128 stolen bases, with a .232 batting average.

What was Michael Taylor's salary?

Michael Taylor's last recorded salary was $524,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $524,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $508,700, in 2015. The Salary History table lists each season from 2015 to 2016.

What position does Michael Taylor play?

Michael Taylor plays primarily as an outfielder, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Michael Taylor and how much does he weigh?

Michael Taylor is listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 215 pounds.

What number does Michael Taylor wear?

Michael Taylor wears number 21, according to MLB's 2025 roster data.

How many home runs has Michael Taylor hit each season?

Michael Taylor's home runs by season: 1 in 2014, 14 in 2015, 7 in 2016, 19 in 2017, 6 in 2018, 1 in 2019, 5 in 2020, 12 in 2021, 9 in 2022, 21 in 2023, 5 in 2024, and 9 in 2025. His most in one season was 21, in 2023.

What was Michael Taylor's career batting average?

Michael Taylor batted .232 over his career, with 807 hits in 3,480 at bats.

How many RBI did Michael Taylor have?

Michael Taylor drove in 388 runs in his career.

Michael Taylor

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2014-2025)

Michael Taylor is an outfielder who has played in Major League Baseball since 2014 for 5 teams, including the Washington Nationals, a span of 12 seasons. In 1,216 career games, he has hit .232 with 807 hits, 109 home runs, and 388 RBI. Michael Taylor is a Gold Glove.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 15, 2026

Active Player

AVG .232

HR 109

RBI 388

H 807

OPS .667

PIV thru 2025 -4,817

PIV is computed through the 2025 season, so it does not yet include 2026. Every other career total on this page includes 2026 through October 15, 2026.

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 215 lb
Born: 3/26/1991 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 2014-08-12
Awards: Gold Glove
Jersey: #21

Full name: Michael Anthony Taylor

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Career Batting Statistics

Michael Taylor — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,216	3,480	427	807	156	15	109	388	128	263	1,164	.232	.288	.379	.667	-4,817

Career AVG .232 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — 6.8% below league average.

Career OBP .288 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 9.5% below league average.

Career SLG .379 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — 7.4% below league average.

Career OPS .667 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — 8.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Michael Taylor (b. 1991) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2014	WAS	NL	17	39	5	8	3	0	1	5	0	3	17	.205	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	WAS	NL	138	472	49	108	15	2	14	63	16	35	158	.229	.254 (-10%)	.316 (-11%)	.404 (-12%)	.721 (-11%)	-853.3
2016	WAS	NL	76	221	28	51	11	0	7	16	14	14	77	.231	.255 (-10%)	.321 (-13%)	.417 (-10%)	.738 (-11%)	-435.2
2017	WAS	NL	118	399	55	108	23	3	19	53	17	29	137	.271	.254 (+6%)	.324 (-1%)	.425 (+14%)	.750 (+7%)	490.9
2018	WAS	NL	134	353	46	80	22	3	6	28	24	29	116	.227	.247 (-9%)	.318 (-10%)	.409 (-13%)	.727 (-11%)	-670.7
2019	WAS	NL	53	88	10	22	7	0	1	3	6	7	34	.250	.252 (-1%)	.322 (-5%)	.434 (-16%)	.757 (-12%)	-168.2
2020	WAS	NL	38	92	11	18	6	0	5	16	0	6	27	.196	.244 (-20%)	.321 (-22%)	.417 (+1%)	.739 (-9%)	-157.1
2021	KCA	AL	142	483	58	118	16	1	12	54	14	33	144	.244	.243 (avg)	.317 (-6%)	.410 (-13%)	.727 (-10%)	-815.2
2022	KCA	AL	124	414	49	105	10	3	9	43	4	35	109	.254	.242 (+4%)	.311 (avg)	.394 (-9%)	.706 (-5%)	-302.6
2023	MIN	AL	129	355	48	78	14	1	21	51	13	26	130	.220	.248 (-12%)	.320 (-13%)	.414 (+7%)	.734 (-2%)	-189.2
2024	PIT	NL	113	269	35	52	9	1	5	21	12	23	105	.193	.243 (-21%)	.312 (-19%)	.399 (-27%)	.711 (-24%)	-1029.0
2025	CHA	AL	134	295	33	59	20	1	9	35	8	23	110	.200	.245 (-18%)	.315 (-18%)	.403 (-9%)	.718 (-13%)	-687.3
Career · 12 seasons			1,216	3,480	427	807	156	15	109	388	128	263	1,164	.232	—	—	—	—	-4,817

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Michael Taylor — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	1	2	2	9.00	0.0

Career ERA 9.00 vs. league average 3.97 across their career seasons — 126.8% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Michael Taylor — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2022	KCA	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	2	9.00	—	0.0
Career · 1 season			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	2	9.00	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Michael Taylor — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
20	49	8	14	0	0	4	10	4	17	.286

Playoff Batting by Year

Michael Taylor — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2023	ALDS2	MIN	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.200
2023	ALWC2	MIN	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	4	.167
2019	NLCS	WAS	2	8	1	2	1	1	0	4	.250
2019	NLDS1	WAS	4	12	1	4	0	0	1	3	.333
2019	NLWC	WAS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2019	WS	WAS	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.000
2017	NLDS2	WAS	5	15	3	5	2	8	3	4	.333
2016	NLDS2	WAS	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Michael Taylor — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	624	1756	228	424	56	208	.241
Away	592	1724	199	383	53	180	.222

Pitching — Home / Away

Michael Taylor — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	2.0	5	2	2	2	9.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Michael Taylor — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2025-09-28	CHW	WAS	W	3	0	1	0	1	1	0
2025-09-27	CHW	WAS	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2025-09-26	CHW	WAS	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025-09-25	CHW	NYY	L	1	1	1	1	2	0	0
2025-09-24	CHW	NYY	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
2025-09-23	CHW	NYY	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025-09-21	CHW	SDP	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
2025-09-20	CHW	SDP	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
2025-09-19	CHW	SDP	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
2025-09-17	CHW	BAL	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last 1 Games — Pitching

Michael Taylor — Last 1 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2022-07-09	KCR	CLE	—	2.0	5	2	2	2	2	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Michael Taylor — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
OF	1133	936	2436	50	26	8
P	1	0	0	2	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Michael Taylor — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2014	WAS	OF	14	8	31	0	0	0
2015	WAS	OF	132	121	302	6	3	1
2016	WAS	OF	69	48	125	5	1	0
2017	WAS	OF	113	106	259	8	4	1
2018	WAS	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018	WAS	OF	113	87	232	6	1	2
2019	WAS	OF	31	19	32	2	1	1
2020	WAS	OF	35	23	63	0	1	0
2021	KCA	OF	139	135	351	11	3	3
2022	KCA	OF	123	114	289	8	3	0
2022	KCA	P	1	0	0	2	0	0
2023	MIN	OF	126	110	289	1	3	0
2024	PIT	OF	106	80	229	3	3	0
2025	CHA	OF	132	85	234	0	3	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Michael Taylor (b. 1991) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	1
First Base	1
Left Field	99
Center Field	968
Right Field	75
Designated Hitter	14

Awards & Honors

Michael Taylor — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2021	Gold Glove	LF

Salary History

Michael Taylor's recorded salaries total $1,032,700 over 2 seasons, 2015 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Taylor's career ran from 2014 to 2025. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2014.

Michael Taylor — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	WAS	NL	$524,000
2015	WAS	NL	$508,700
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,032,700

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Michael Taylor: the record in brief

Michael Taylor's major league record starts with the debut on August 12, 2014 and remains open, because the career is ongoing. By club, Taylor's seasons break down as the Washington Nationals (2014 through 2020), the Kansas City Royals (2021 through 2022), the Minnesota Twins (2023), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2024), and the Chicago White Sox (2025). Taylor, an outfielder by primary position, both batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 215 pounds on a 6-foot-4 frame. Taylor was born on March 26, 1991, in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. Michael Taylor was the playing name; the full given name is Michael Anthony.

Taylor has 807 hits from 3,480 at bats in 1,216 games, which works out to .232; the totals also include 109 homers, 388 runs batted in, and 128 stolen bases. The on-base percentage is .288 and the slugging percentage .379, for an OPS of .667. Over the seasons Taylor played, league hitters batted .249; the .232 career figure is 6.8% below that.

Frequently Asked Questions about Michael Taylor

What years did Michael Taylor play?: Michael Taylor played in Major League Baseball from 2014 to 2025.
Was Michael Taylor a pitcher?: No. Michael Taylor was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 1 career game.
How many home runs did Michael Taylor hit?: Michael Taylor hit 109 career home runs with 807 hits.
What teams has Michael Taylor played for?: Michael Taylor has played for 5 teams: the Washington Nationals (2014–2020), the Kansas City Royals (2021–2022), the Minnesota Twins (2023), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2024), and the Chicago White Sox (2025).
What awards has Michael Taylor won?: Michael Taylor has won the Gold Glove (2021).
What are Michael Taylor's career stats?: In 1,216 games, Michael Taylor has 807 hits, 109 home runs, 388 RBI, 427 runs, and 128 stolen bases, with a .232 batting average.
How much has Michael Taylor earned in his career?: Michael Taylor's recorded salaries total $1,032,700 over 2 seasons, 2015 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Taylor's career ran from 2014 to 2025. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2014.
What was Michael Taylor's salary?: Michael Taylor's last recorded salary was $524,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $524,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $508,700, in 2015. The Salary History table lists each season from 2015 to 2016.
What position does Michael Taylor play?: Michael Taylor plays primarily as an outfielder, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Michael Taylor and how much does he weigh?: Michael Taylor is listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 215 pounds.
What number does Michael Taylor wear?: Michael Taylor wears number 21, according to MLB's 2025 roster data.
How many home runs has Michael Taylor hit each season?: Michael Taylor's home runs by season: 1 in 2014, 14 in 2015, 7 in 2016, 19 in 2017, 6 in 2018, 1 in 2019, 5 in 2020, 12 in 2021, 9 in 2022, 21 in 2023, 5 in 2024, and 9 in 2025. His most in one season was 21, in 2023.
What was Michael Taylor's career batting average?: Michael Taylor batted .232 over his career, with 807 hits in 3,480 at bats.
How many RBI did Michael Taylor have?: Michael Taylor drove in 388 runs in his career.