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Daniel Bard

Daniel Paul Bard

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 25, 1985 in Houston, TX
High School: Charlotte Christian HS (Charlotte, NC)
School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed August 23, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 2009
Team: RedSox 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$1.61M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.148, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2007	22	BOS-min	A,A+	3	7	.300	7.08	22	22	0	0	75.0	76	72	59	5	78	0	47	8	1	27	375		2.053	9.1	0.6	9.4	5.6	0.60	GRV,LNR · SALL,CALL
2008	23	BOS-min	AA,A	5	1	.833	1.51	46	0	17	7	77.2	42	16	13	4	30	0	107	6	0	8	303		0.927	4.9	0.5	3.5	12.4	3.57	PRT,GRV · EL,SALL
2009	24	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.12	11	0	8	6	16.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	29	1	0	0	58		0.688	3.4	1.1	2.8	16.3	5.80	PAW · IL
2009	24	BOS	AL	2	2	.500	3.65	49	0	12	1	49.1	41	24	20	5	22	3	63	3	1	1	212	128	1.277	7.5	0.9	4.0	11.5	2.86
2010	25	BOS	AL	1	2	.333	1.93	73	0	12	3	74.2	45	18	16	6	30	3	76	2	0	2	295	227	1.004	5.4	0.7	3.6	9.2	2.53
2011	26	BOS	AL	2	9	.182	3.33	70	0	10	1	73.0	46	29	27	5	24	3	74	2	1	2	288	128	0.959	5.7	0.6	3.0	9.1	3.08
2012	27	BOS	AL	5	5	.500	4.56	10	9	0	0	53.1	51	28	27	5	31	1	32	6	2	1	237	93	1.538	8.6	0.8	5.2	5.4	1.03
4 Yrs				10	18	.357	3.24	202	9	34	5	250.1	183	99	90	21	107	10	245	13	4	6	1032	135	1.158	6.6	0.8	3.8	8.8	2.29
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.357	3.24	65	3	11	2	81	59	32	29	7	34	3	79	4	1	2	333	135	1.158	6.6	0.8	3.8	8.8	2.29

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2009	24	BOS	AL	49.1	49	0	24	4.38	4.88	-0.09	-0.36	103.7	4.78	2	0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.5	8	.504	.501	$
2010	25	BOS	AL	74.2	73	0	18	2.17	4.50	0.14	-0.34	104.0	4.18	16	1.7	1.9	0.6	3.0	25	.524	.511	$415,500
2011	26	BOS	AL	73.0	70	0	29	3.58	4.44	0.17	-0.34	104.0	4.09	4	0.4	1.7	-0.0	1.1	12	.506	.503	$505,000
2012	27	BOS	AL	53.1	10	9	28	4.73	4.48	0.69	0.17	106.2	4.20	-3	-0.3	3.5	-0.1	0.1	3	.468	.498	$
4 Seasons				250.1	202	9	99	3.56	4.55	0.22	-0.24	104.4	4.28	19	2.0	1.6	0.4	4.7	49	.510	.503	$920,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2009	24	BOS	AL	ALDS	L	LAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
1 ALDS							0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2009	24	BOS	AL	49	212	180	24	41	9	1	5	4	0	22	63	.228	.317	.372	.690	.313	67	4	3	4	3	3	5
2010	25	BOS	AL	73	295	256	18	45	8	0	6	8	1	30	76	.176	.263	.277	.540	.218	71	5	2	2	5	3	2
2011	26	BOS	AL	70	288	257	29	46	8	3	5	7	1	24	74	.179	.254	.292	.546	.230	75	1	2	5	0	3	1
2012	27	BOS	AL	10	237	196	28	51	11	0	5	6	3	31	32	.260	.374	.393	.767	.286	77	6	6	2	2	1	1
4 Yrs				202	1032	889	99	183	36	4	21	25	5	107	245	.206	.297	.326	.624	.256	290	16	13	13	10	10	9
162 Game Avg.				65	333	287	32	59	12	1	7	8	2	34	79	.206	.297	.326	.624	.256	93	5	4	4	3	3	3
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2009	24	BOS	AL	4.5	0.4	219	-0.1	3.5	-3.6	.95	0.2	-0.3	5.9	0.6	0.95	5.2	13	9	27
2010	25	BOS	AL	19.0	1.9	308	3.7	10.6	-6.9	1.83	1.9	0.1	18.9	1.9	1.83	19.6	47	10	16
2011	26	BOS	AL	7.5	0.8	301	1.3	8.5	-7.3	1.68	1.9	-1.1	16.3	1.6	1.68	19.2	35	23	12
2012	27	BOS	AL	-1.3	-0.1	249	0.1	4.7	-4.6	1.17	-0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.17	-3.2	1	0	0
4 Yrs				29.7	3.0	1077	5.0	27.3	-22.3	1.46	3.6	-0.2	41.2	4.1	1.46	40.8	96	42	55

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2012	27	BOS	AL	10	9	4	5	0	2	1	4	5	.444	1	0	0	0	3	33%	47.6	62	35	9	4	1	4	5.4	5.3	5.9	97	0	7	2	0	111
1 Yr				10	9	4	5	0	2	1	4	5	.444	1	0	0	0	3	33%	48	62	35	9	4	1	4	5.4	5.3	5.9	97	0	7	2	0	111
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-13					4.4	4.4	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	24	BOS	AL	49	49	12	2	2	4	1	3	25%	17	13	29	7	24%	8	.946	13	9	27	28	4	17	21	28	12	16	14	4	3.0	17
2010	25	BOS	AL	73	73	12	1	2	10	3	7	30%	42	32	46	14	30%	8	1.831	47	10	16	54	13	6	24	49	15	16	17	18	3.1	16
2011	26	BOS	AL	70	70	10	2	9	6	1	5	17%	40	34	34	5	15%	8	1.681	35	23	12	49	15	6	20	50	16	9	18	22	3.1	16
2012	27	BOS	AL	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	8	1.166	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	11
4 Yrs				202	193	34	6	13	20	5	15	25%	99	79	110	26	24%		1.455	96	42	55	131	33	29	66	127	43	42	49	44	3.1	16

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2009	24	BOS	AL	212	54%	2.4%	29.7%	10.4%	7.1%	37%	0.85	1.05	54%	19%	9.3%	17%	41	4	10%
2010	25	BOS	AL	295	46%	2.0%	25.8%	10.2%	4.8%	31%	0.88	1.15	61%	17%	7.6%	19%	43	5	12%
2011	26	BOS	AL	288	44%	1.7%	25.7%	8.3%	5.6%	35%	1.12	1.80	62%	14%	7.0%	17%	48	1	2%
2012	27	BOS	AL	237	42%	2.1%	13.5%	13.1%	6.8%	31%	0.87	1.19	68%	19%	6.9%	17%	58	6	10%
4 Yrs				1032	46%	2.0%	23.7%	10.4%	5.9%	33%	0.93	1.29	61%	17%	7.6%	18%	190	16	8%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	24	BOS	AL	213	855	4.01	550	64%	23%	22%	32%	23%	77%	3%	49%	71%	55%	6%	12	3	28%	59	37	2	17%	19	7	-1	0	0
2010	25	BOS	AL	297	1134	3.82	709	63%	25%	17%	31%	26%	75%	3%	47%	77%	58%	6%	18	7	25%	75	42	3	33%	11	8	-2	0	0
2011	26	BOS	AL	288	1095	3.80	707	65%	27%	19%	28%	27%	73%	2%	47%	74%	55%	3%	10	4	24%	69	37	4	28%	14	4	0	0	0
2012	27	BOS	AL	241	888	3.68	528	59%	32%	15%	22%	32%	68%	1%	41%	78%	57%	10%	23	12	22%	54	31	5	28%	8	10	-4	0	0
4 Yrs				1039	3972	3.82	2494	63%	27%	18%	28%	27%	73%	2%	46%	75%	56%	6%	63	26	25%	257	147	14	27%	52	29	-7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2009	24	BOS	AL	212	41	5	0	5	0	7	1	4	1	4	18	6	6	33%	5	1	0	81	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
2010	25	BOS	AL	295	45	2	0	6	0	17	4	2	1	5	23	7	8	30%	2	2	0	98	8	1	89%	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2011	26	BOS	AL	288	46	4	0	5	0	15	1	4	4	1	17	8	6	47%	1	2	1	94	7	1	88%	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2012	27	BOS	AL	237	51	6	1	5	0	5	3	2	2	3	10	6	0	60%	1	1	1	100	6	3	67%	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	0
4 Yrs				1032	183	17	1	21	0	44	9	12	8	13	68	27	20	40%	9	6	2	373	25	5	83%	22	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	32	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	24	2	2	.500	3.65	49	0	12	1	49.1	41	24	20	5	22	3	63	3	1	1	212	128	1.277	7.5	0.9	4.0	11.5	2.86	128
2010	25	3	4	.429	2.61	122	0	24	4	124.0	86	42	36	11	52	6	139	5	1	3	507	172	1.113	6.2	0.8	3.8	10.1	2.67	172
2011	26	5	13	.278	2.88	192	0	34	5	197.0	132	71	63	16	76	9	213	7	2	5	795	153	1.056	6.0	0.7	3.5	9.7	2.80	153
2012	27	10	18	.357	3.24	202	9	34	5	250.1	183	99	90	21	107	10	245	13	4	6	1032	135	1.158	6.6	0.8	3.8	8.8	2.29	135

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2009	24	3	2	.600	3.49	49.0	40	21	19	5	21	63	3	1.245	7.3	3.9	11.6	3.00	0.9	49
2010	25	6	2	.750	1.97	73.0	45	18	16	6	30	74	2	1.027	5.5	3.7	9.1	2.47	0.7	73
2011	26	5	3	.625	3.38	72.0	46	30	27	5	24	73	2	0.972	5.8	3.0	9.1	3.04	0.6	70
2012	27	2	3	.400	4.86	50.0	51	30	27	5	31	30	6	1.640	9.2	5.6	5.4	0.97	0.9	10
4 Yrs		16	10	.615	3.28	244.0	182	99	89	21	106	240	13	1.180	6.7		8.9	2.26	0.8	202

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2461), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1411), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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