Josh Bard
Joshua David Bard
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 30, 1978 in Ithaca, NY
High School: Cherry Creek (Englewood, CO)
School: Texas Tech University
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 3rd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed August 12, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 2002
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2002 24 CLE AL 24 95 90 9 20 5 0 3 12 0 0 4 13 .222 .255 .378 .633 68 34 6 0 1 0 0 2
2003 25 CLE AL 91 329 303 25 74 13 1 8 36 0 2 22 53 .244 .293 .373 .666 78 113 9 0 1 3 1 2/D
2004 26 CLE AL 7 23 19 5 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 .421 .478 .684 1.162 207 13 0 0 0 1 0 /2
2005 27 CLE AL 34 95 83 6 16 4 0 1 9 0 0 9 11 .193 .266 .277 .543 48 23 2 0 1 2 0 2
2006 28 TOT MLB 100 284 249 30 83 20 0 9 40 1 0 30 42 .333 .404 .522 .926 145 130 9 1 2 2 1 2
2006 28 BOS AL 7 21 18 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .278 .381 .333 .714 84 6 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2006 28 SDP NL 93 263 231 28 78 19 0 9 40 1 0 27 39 .338 .406 .537 .943 149 124 9 1 2 2 1 2
2007 29 SDP NL 118 443 389 42 111 27 2 5 51 0 1 50 58 .285 .364 .404 .768 108 157 16 0 1 3 7 2/D
2008 30 SDP NL 57 198 178 11 36 9 0 1 16 0 0 18 25 .202 .279 .270 .549 54 48 5 1 1 0 2 2
2009 31 WSN NL 90 301 274 20 63 18 0 6 31 0 1 24 50 .230 .293 .361 .655 73 99 5 1 1 1 1 2
8 Seasons 521 1768 1585 148 411 98 3 34 199 1 4 160 252 .259 .326 .389 .715 92 617 52 3 8 12 12
162 Game Avg. 162 550 493 46 128 30 1 11 62 0 1 50 78 .259 .326 .389 .715 92 192 16 1 2 4 4
CLE (4 yrs) 156 542 495 45 118 24 1 13 61 0 2 38 77 .238 .289 .370 .659 76 183 17 0 3 6 1
SDP (3 yrs) 268 904 798 81 225 55 2 15 107 1 1 95 122 .282 .358 .412 .770 108 329 30 2 4 5 10
BOS (1 yr) 7 21 18 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .278 .381 .333 .714 84 6 0 0 0 0 0
WSN (1 yr) 90 301 274 20 63 18 0 6 31 0 1 24 50 .230 .293 .361 .655 73 99 5 1 1 1 1
AL (5 yrs) 163 563 513 47 123 25 1 13 61 0 2 41 80 .240 .293 .368 .661 77 189 17 0 3 6 1
NL (4 yrs) 358 1205 1072 101 288 73 2 21 138 1 2 119 172 .269 .342 .399 .741 99 428 35 3 5 6 11

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2002 24 CLE AL 95 77 7 2.4 103 .230 .222 .261 .255 .328 .378 .420 .633 .747 68 .214 -4.4 -0.4 .500 .200 .156 .0
2003 25 CLE AL 329 244 31 3.4 103 .269 .244 .263 .293 .328 .373 .421 .666 .749 78 .328 -9.9 -0.9 .554 .195 .129 .0
2004 26 CLE AL 23 12 7 15.6 104 .368 .421 .263 .478 .330 .684 .423 1.162 .753 207 .883 3.4 0.3 1.455 .421 .263 .0
2005 27 CLE AL 95 72 7 2.6 102 .205 .193 .263 .266 .326 .277 .418 .543 .743 48 .239 -5.8 -0.6 .464 .193 .084 .0
2006 28 TOT MLB 284 179 52 7.8 105 .370 .333 .263 .404 .332 .522 .426 .926 .757 145 .684 18.2 1.7 .926 .313 .189 1.8
2006 28 BOS AL 21 13 3 6.1 115 .333 .278 .281 .381 .347 .333 .447 .714 .794 84 .575 -0.3 -0.0 .692 .222 .056
2006 28 SDP NL 263 166 49 7.9 105 .373 .338 .261 .406 .330 .537 .424 .943 .754 149 .691 18.5 1.7 .944 .320 .199 1.8
2007 29 SDP NL 443 299 55 5.0 102 .322 .285 .260 .364 .328 .404 .416 .768 .744 108 .488 7.6 0.7 .698 .244 .118 .0
2008 30 SDP NL 198 148 13 2.4 97 .230 .202 .253 .279 .322 .270 .403 .549 .725 54 .208 -10.8 -1.0 .456 .169 .067 .0
2009 31 WSN NL 301 219 29 3.5 106 .260 .230 .265 .293 .338 .361 .420 .655 .758 73 .364 -11.0 -1.1 .567 .215 .131 .0
8 Seasons 1768 1250 201 4.3 103 .288 .259 .261 .326 .330 .389 .418 .715 .748 92 .433 -12.8 -1.3 .632 .229 .130 1.9
162 Game Avg. 550 389 62 4.3 103 .288 .259 .261 .326 .330 .389 .418 .715 .748 92 .433 -12.8 -1.3 .632 .229 .130 1
CLE (4 yrs) 542 405 52 3.4 103 .255 .238 .263 .289 .328 .370 .420 .659 .748 76 .334 -16.8 -1.6 .553 .204 .131 .0
SDP (3 yrs) 904 613 117 5.1 102 .315 .282 .259 .358 .327 .412 .416 .770 .743 108 .507 15.3 1.4 .705 .249 .130 1.9
BOS (1 yr) 21 13 3 6.1 115 .333 .278 .281 .381 .347 .333 .447 .714 .794 84 .575 -0.3 -0.0 .692 .222 .056
WSN (1 yr) 301 219 29 3.5 106 .260 .230 .265 .293 .338 .361 .420 .655 .758 73 .365 -11.0 -1.1 .567 .215 .131 .0
AL (5 yrs) 563 418 55 3.5 103 .258 .240 .263 .293 .329 .368 .421 .661 .750 77 .344 -17.1 -1.6 .557 .205 .129 .0
NL (4 yrs) 1205 832 146 4.7 103 .302 .269 .260 .342 .330 .399 .417 .741 .747 99 .474 4.3 0.3 .669 .241 .131 1.9

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 28 SDP NL NLDS STL L 3 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .333 .143 .476 1 0 1 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .333 .143 .476 1 0 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2002 24 CLE AL 95 3.2% 13.7% 4.2% 8.4% 40% 3.25 6.9 30.0 7.5 1.47 2.16 78% 17% 11.5% 13%
2003 25 CLE AL 329 2.4% 16.1% 6.7% 6.7% 30% 2.41 5.7 37.9 8.4 0.90 1.34 74% 22% 6.5% 8%
2004 26 CLE AL 23 4.4% 0.0% 13.0% 13.0% 38% 0.00 19.0 4.8 1.50 5.00 83% 15% 12.5% 0%
2005 27 CLE AL 95 1.1% 11.6% 9.5% 5.3% 31% 1.22 7.5 83.0 9.2 0.80 0.97 77% 17% 2.9% 15%
2006 28 TOT MLB 284 3.2% 14.8% 10.6% 10.2% 35% 1.40 5.9 27.7 6.2 1.05 1.90 70% 20% 9.1% 3%
2006 28 BOS AL 21 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 4.8% 20% 1.00 6.0 1.14 2.33 71% 27% 0.0% 0%
2006 28 SDP NL 263 3.4% 14.8% 10.3% 10.7% 36% 1.44 5.9 25.7 5.8 1.04 1.87 70% 20% 9.8% 3%
2007 29 SDP NL 443 1.1% 13.1% 11.3% 7.7% 31% 1.16 6.7 77.8 7.6 1.09 1.62 74% 22% 3.3% 5%
2008 30 SDP NL 198 0.5% 12.6% 9.1% 5.1% 28% 1.39 7.1 178.0 11.1 0.89 1.34 77% 20% 1.4% 11%
2009 31 WSN NL 301 2.0% 16.6% 8.0% 8.0% 38% 2.08 5.5 45.7 8.8 0.65 0.89 73% 22% 5.4% 18%
8 Seasons 1768 1.9% 14.3% 9.1% 7.6% 33% 1.58 6.3 46.6 8.0 0.94 1.39 74% 21% 5.4% 9%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2002 24 CLE AL 4 0 29% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 38% 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 1
2003 25 CLE AL 1 1 19% 105 0 2 0% 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 6 23% 11 10 1 5 4 1 6 3 3
2004 26 CLE AL 0 0 40% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
2005 27 CLE AL 1 0 21% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 25% 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
2006 28 TOT MLB 0 0 20% 108 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 24% 19 12 7 2 2 0 12 11 1
2006 28 BOS AL 0 0 25% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
2006 28 SDP NL 0 0 20% 99 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 27% 18 11 7 2 2 0 10 9 1
2007 29 SDP NL 3 0 24% 199 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 21% 26 21 5 4 4 0 12 7 4
2008 30 SDP NL 1 0 19% 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 12 9 3 0 0 0 6 3 3
2009 31 WSN NL 0 0 17% 102 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 15 13 2 2 1 1 11 6 4
8 Seasons 10 1 21% 654 1 4 20% 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 15 26 25% 96 74 22 13 11 2 53 32 17
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2002 24 CLE AL 95 100% 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 100% 20 6 30% 6 5 83% 62 10 16% 3 2 67% 5 2 40% 0
2003 25 CLE AL 330 100% 74 7 0 4 1 0 1 3.76 8 0 11 6 2 5 3 0 1 1 100% 63 9 14% 31 8 26% 211 29 14% 19 8 42% 18 10 56% 0
2004 26 CLE AL 23 100% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 9 3 33% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
2005 27 CLE AL 95 100% 16 1 0 4 1 0 1 0.21 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 18 2 11% 10 5 50% 50 8 16% 7 5 71% 7 4 57% 0
2006 28 TOT MLB 284 100% 83 4 0 20 5 0 2 1.83 9 0 12 6 3 5 4 0 2 2 100% 61 9 15% 23 7 30% 205 32 16% 16 10 63% 16 9 56% 0
2006 28 BOS AL 21 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2006 28 SDP NL 263 100% 78 4 0 20 5 0 2 1.83 9 0 12 6 3 5 4 0 2 2 100% 56 9 16% 21 7 33% 195 32 16% 15 10 67% 15 9 60% 0
2007 29 SDP NL 443 100% 111 10 0 9 3 0 0 1.27 5 0 10 4 1 4 1 0 1 1 100% 85 16 19% 31 10 32% 285 49 17% 31 19 61% 36 19 53% 0
2008 30 SDP NL 198 100% 36 1 0 7 1 0 1 1.31 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 42 5 12% 22 5 23% 131 16 12% 13 3 23% 10 3 30% 0
2009 31 WSN NL 301 100% 63 4 0 14 5 0 1 1.55 6 0 13 5 1 4 2 0 1 1 100% 46 5 11% 16 4 25% 182 26 14% 13 7 54% 15 10 67% 0
8 Seasons 1769 100% 411 30 0 58 16 0 6 1.64 34 0 52 22 12 21 13 0 8 8 100% 336 52 15% 141 46 33% 1135 173 15% 103 55 53% 108 58 54% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2002 24 CLE AL 95 305 3.21 200 66% 22% 16% 24% 39% 79% 0% 51% 80% 47% 2% 2 0 13% 12 8 6% 6 4 38% 0 0 0
2003 25 CLE AL 330 1101 3.34 716 65% 28% 11% 25% 35% 72% 1% 47% 84% 35% 5% 15 1 12% 39 17 6% 20 9 42% 0 0 1
2004 26 CLE AL 23 69 3.00 39 57% 28% 10% 10% 51% 72% 0% 41% 86% 35% 9% 2 0 17% 4 1 9% 2 0 0 0 0
2005 27 CLE AL 95 331 3.48 201 61% 32% 9% 21% 37% 68% 0% 41% 86% 35% 4% 4 0 16% 15 7 6% 6 4 55% 0 0 0
2006 28 TOT MLB 284 1051 3.70 652 62% 24% 12% 32% 32% 76% 0% 47% 85% 39% 3% 8 0 11% 32 16 11% 30 18 45% 0 0 0
2006 28 BOS AL 21 75 3.57 48 64% 25% 17% 27% 31% 75% 0% 48% 78% 29% 5% 1 0 10% 2 1 10% 2 1 67% 0 0 0
2006 28 SDP NL 263 976 3.71 604 62% 24% 11% 32% 32% 76% 0% 47% 85% 40% 3% 7 0 11% 30 15 11% 28 17 44% 0 0 0
2007 29 SDP NL 443 1596 3.60 973 61% 27% 10% 29% 34% 73% 4% 45% 87% 33% 6% 28 1 19% 83 35 10% 43 20 50% 0 0 0
2008 30 SDP NL 198 682 3.44 431 63% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 2% 46% 84% 34% 5% 10 0 13% 26 9 8% 16 8 36% 0 0 0
2009 31 WSN NL 301 1128 3.75 698 62% 23% 11% 34% 32% 77% 1% 48% 86% 36% 4% 13 0 15% 46 26 9% 26 15 46% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1769 6263 3.54 3910 62% 26% 11% 28% 35% 74% 2% 46% 85% 36% 5% 82 2 15% 257 119 8% 149 78 45% 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 24 24 95 90 9 20 5 0 3 12 0 0 4 13 .222 .255 .378 .633 68 34 6 0 1 0 0
2003 25 115 424 393 34 94 18 1 11 48 0 2 26 66 .239 .284 .374 .658 76 147 15 0 2 3 1
2004 26 122 447 412 39 102 20 1 12 52 0 2 29 66 .248 .294 .388 .683 82 160 15 0 2 4 1
2005 27 156 542 495 45 118 24 1 13 61 0 2 38 77 .238 .289 .370 .659 76 183 17 0 3 6 1
2006 28 256 826 744 75 201 44 1 22 101 1 2 68 119 .270 .329 .421 .750 100 313 26 1 5 8 2
2007 29 374 1269 1133 117 312 71 3 27 152 1 3 118 177 .275 .341 .415 .756 103 470 42 1 6 11 9
2008 30 431 1467 1311 128 348 80 3 28 168 1 3 136 202 .265 .333 .395 .728 96 518 47 2 7 11 11
2009 31 521 1768 1585 148 411 98 3 34 199 1 4 160 252 .259 .326 .389 .715 92 617 52 3 8 12 12

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2002 24 24 92 88 9 18 4 0 3 12 0 4 13 .205 .239 .352 .591 7 24
2003 25 91 324 300 25 71 12 1 8 36 0 21 53 .237 .284 .363 .647 31 91
2004 26 7 23 19 5 8 2 0 1 4 0 3 0 .421 .478 .684 1.162 7 7
2005 27 34 96 84 6 17 4 0 1 10 0 10 11 .202 .281 .286 .567 7 34
2006 28 100 281 248 30 82 20 0 9 40 1 30 42 .331 .402 .520 .922 52 100
2007 29 118 442 389 44 111 27 2 5 53 0 50 58 .285 .364 .404 .768 58 118
2008 30 57 202 181 12 39 10 0 1 18 0 20 25 .215 .297 .287 .584 15 57
2009 31 90 299 273 19 62 18 0 6 30 0 24 50 .227 .291 .359 .650 28 90
8 Seasons 521 1759 1582 150 408 97 3 34 203 1 162 252 .258 .326 .387 .713 205 521
162 Game Avg. 162 547 492 47 127 30 1 11 63 0 50 78 .258 .326 .387 .713 64 521

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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