Daniel Bard
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 215LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 1, #28, Boston Red Sox | UNC Chapel Hill
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 7 8 5.21 67 0 20 65.2 80 1.60
2022 6 4 1.79 57 0 34 60.1 69 0.99
2023 4 2 4.56 50 0 1 49.1 47 1.70
9 Seasons 31 35 3.74 408 10 66 457.1 475 1.30
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 67 7-8 5.21 65.2 80 1.60
2022 57 6-4 1.79 60.1 69 0.99
2023 50 4-2 4.56 49.1 47 1.70
9 Seasons 408 31-35 3.74 457.1 475 1.30
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2020 35 404 66 5 7.6 4.7 90.1 111.2 10.5 31.8 .230 .372 .296 .306 .365 47.0 25.5 9.4 3.65 3.96
2021 36 1217 181 10 5.5 3.3 88.6 111.0 12.7 38.7 .235 .356 .350 .315 .366 39.8 26.3 11.8 5.21 4.21
2022 37 953 148 7 4.7 2.9 87.7 113.8 7.0 22.3 .178 .264 .232 .247 .280 37.8 28.2 10.2 1.79 2.49
2023 38 933 128 13 10.2 5.6 87.1 109.9 16.9 30.5 .226 .416 .345 .371 .369 31.3 20.3 21.1 4.56 6.08
Player 3507 523 35 6.7 3.9 88.2 113.8 11.8 31.2 .216 .345 .310 .310 .342 38.0 25.1 13.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Bard relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(45.3%) ,
Sinker
(37.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(13.7%) ,
Slurve
(3.3%) ,
Changeup
(0.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2020 48.5 22.7 22.7 6.1 36.4 36.4 27.3 1.5 40.9 21.2 21.2 6.1 7.6 4.7
2021 42.5 22.1 27.1 8.3 41.4 33.7 24.9 5.5 32.0 23.8 27.1 5.5 5.5 3.3
2022 51.4 20.3 18.2 10.1 28.4 43.9 27.7 4.7 42.6 22.3 21.6 3.4 4.7 2.9
2023 36.7 31.3 21.9 10.2 37.5 40.6 21.9 3.1 30.5 31.3 19.5 5.5 10.2 5.6
Player 44.4 23.9 22.8 9.0 36.1 38.6 25.2 4.2 35.8 24.9 22.9 5.0 6.7 3.9
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2023 Slider COL R 423 87.2 33.4 -0.7 6.4GLV 2.1 2.3 -0.8 6.4GLV 1.0
2023 Changeup COL R 2 88.4 31.9 1.4 11.6ARM -3.3 3.3 2.1 11.6ARM -2.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball COL R 128 94.4 21.8 -6.9 5.3ARM -2.4 8.5 -7.3 5.3ARM -2.1
2023 Sinker COL R 349 95.0 22.6 0.5 12.6ARM -2.7 7.7 -0.1 12.6ARM -2.4
2023 Slurve COL R 31 81.8 39.2 -6.0 9.8GLV -5.8 1.6 -5.0 9.8GLV -4.6
2022 Slurve COL R 2 79.8 38.3 -5.3 13.5GLV -2.7 4.0 -6.7 13.5GLV -1.5
2022 Sinker COL R 499 98.0 21.4 0.9 14.5ARM -1.4 6.9 1.4 14.5ARM -0.3
2022 Changeup COL R 23 90.2 27.1 -1.5 16.0ARM 1.2 6.5 -0.6 16.0ARM 1.8
2022 4-Seam Fastball COL R 24 97.9 16.5 -3.4 6.0ARM -2.6 11.8 -4.4 6.0ARM -1.3
2022 Slider COL R 405 88.4 32.6 0.2 7.4GLV 3.7 2.1 -0.3 7.4GLV 1.7
2021 Changeup COL R 66 89.8 32.4 3.4 15.9ARM 0.8 1.3 5.0 15.9ARM 2.0
2021 Slider COL R 561 87.1 33.2 -0.5 9.3GLV 4.9 2.6 -0.8 9.3GLV 3.6
2021 Sinker COL R 178 97.3 23.3 2.6 14.5ARM -1.3 5.5 3.3 14.5ARM -0.2
2021 4-Seam Fastball COL R 411 97.5 18.5 -4.3 9.4ARM 0.1 10.0 -6.2 9.4ARM 2.2
2020 Changeup COL R 51 89.7 35.3 5.1 16.2ARM 1.0 -1.4 7.8 16.2ARM 2.8
2020 Sinker COL R 52 96.8 22.7 1.3 15.4ARM -0.9 6.5 2.6 15.4ARM 0.6
2020 4-Seam Fastball COL R 175 97.1 17.6 -3.3 8.2ARM -0.7 11.2 -4.8 8.2ARM 0.9
2020 Slider COL R 125 87.6 34.0 0.8 6.2GLV 2.3 1.2 0.2 6.2GLV 0.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 Slider -0.3 -1 423 45.3 108 .224 .471 .353 25.4 25.9 20.1 .237 .509 .373 32.3
2023 Sinker 0.7 2 349 37.4 80 .188 .234 .299 15.2 17.5 21.9 .204 .256 .299 26.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -4.9 -6 128 13.7 30 .214 .286 .475 33.3 10.0 9.7 .241 .415 .503 45.5
2023 Slurve -8.6 -3 31 3.3 11 .143 .571 .436 14.3 18.2 9.1 .274 .741 .519 40.0
2023 Changeup -2.6 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 Sinker 1.4 7 499 52.4 115 .186 .265 .271 19.3 17.4 23.8 .233 .334 .298 43.9
2022 Slider 1.8 7 405 42.5 119 .133 .229 .220 35.7 40.3 26.7 .122 .195 .198 27.6
2022 4-Seam Fastball -6.0 -1 24 2.5 5 .400 .400 .360 25.0 20.0 5.6 .240 .337 .248 50.0
2022 Changeup 4.1 1 23 2.4 4 .000 .000 .000 22.2 0.0 0.0 .164 .251 .176 50.0
2022 Slurve -14.3 0 2 0.2 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2021 Slider 1.3 7 561 46.1 140 .165 .315 .259 40.8 39.3 30.1 .181 .275 .239 34.2
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -2 411 33.8 101 .341 .524 .434 23.8 21.8 17.2 .260 .422 .367 45.0
2021 Sinker -3.2 -6 178 14.6 49 .385 .513 .465 8.2 6.1 9.7 .329 .451 .413 38.9
2021 Changeup -6.0 -4 66 5.4 13 .417 .750 .581 15.0 0.0 0.0 .327 .463 .368 50.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 1 176 43.6 46 .244 .366 .311 29.2 30.4 23.3 .249 .409 .326 70.4
2020 Slider 3.1 4 125 30.9 37 .235 .382 .300 32.3 29.7 28.2 .206 .373 .281 39.1
2020 Sinker 0.4 0 52 12.9 14 .273 .273 .300 16.7 7.1 11.1 .248 .278 .344 30.0
2020 Changeup 1.7 1 51 12.6 7 .143 .143 .129 27.8 14.3 8.3 .210 .277 .220 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 4-Seam Fastball 124 94.4 68 9.8 12:45 1:15 -30
2023 Sinker 345 94.9 69 15.1 1:00 2:00 -60
2023 Slider 413 87.2 33 7.4 10:15 9:15 60
2023 Slurve 29 81.9 45 10.6 9:00 8:45 15
2022 Changeup 23 90.2 97 17.7 2:00 2:30 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 24 97.9 78 13.0 1:15 1:00 15
2022 Sinker 489 98.0 82 16.5 1:15 2:15 -60
2022 Slider 392 88.4 37 8.5 9:45 9:15 30
2021 Changeup 66 89.8 94 16.9 2:15 3:00 -45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 406 97.5 75 13.6 1:30 1:30 0
2021 Sinker 176 97.3 78 16.1 1:30 2:30 -60
2021 Slider 522 87.0 45 10.0 9:15 9:15 0
2020 Changeup 48 89.7 90 17.1 2:30 3:15 -45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 165 97.1 77 13.8 1:30 1:15 15
2020 Sinker 51 96.8 79 17.1 1:30 2:15 -45
2020 Slider 115 87.5 37 6.7 10:00 9:00 60
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 211 873 2 8 -1 -3 6
2010 286 1,107 10 15 -3 -2 20
2011 285 1,088 18 14 -7 -6 19
2012 275 1,040 3 4 -11 -9 -13
2020 104 404 6 6 -3 -3 6
2021 303 1,216 3 10 -9 -9 -5
2022 244 953 10 15 -5 -6 13
2023 229 933 1 14 -11 -12 -8
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2020 404 54.5 68.6 76.8 24.5 51.1 46.3 58.7 48.5 28.6 8.7 74.3
2021 1,217 50.2 68.1 77.4 24.4 49.3 40.6 60.7 46.3 30.0 9.0 75.5
2022 953 52.7 63.1 79.2 24.8 51.8 42.8 59.4 45.0 27.5 7.7 74.0
2023 933 48.9 63.2 82.7 17.6 60.7 39.0 53.9 40.0 21.7 9.4 71.6
Player 3,507 51.0 65.5 79.1 22.6 52.7 41.4 58.3 44.5 27.1 8.7 73.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2020 57 59 62 63 42 56 43 19 6 62 41 64 20 95 99 32
2021 45 54 76 83 15 81 85 54 38 68 13 77 13 96 100 34
2022 95 97 99 96 85 92 89 69 52 82 17 64 8 97 97 19
2023 4 72 38 21 1 65 16 85 93 29 1 17 1 64 96 17
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 24.8 2 1.8 0 1 1 1 50.0
2021 22.6 8 5.5 3 7 7 0 0.0
2022 23.6 3 3.2 0 2 0 3 100.0
2023 25.5 5 6.2 -1 6 4 2 40.0
Player 24.0 18 16.8 1 16 12 6 33.3
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2020 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
2021 8 8 4 6 6 5 6 5 4 3 5 7 6 3 6 8 4 3 6 5 5 6 10 5 3 3 9 7 5 6 6
2022 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3
2023 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 5 6 7 5 6 8 7 6 6 7 6 7 7 11 8 3 5 6 4 8 6 5
Player 18 18 15 18 17 16 18 17 16 12 16 20 16 13 19 20 15 14 18 16 16 19 26 18 10 12 20 17 18 18 15
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.0 97.4 0.4 98.0 0.6 94.8 -3.2
Offspeed Velocity 89.7 89.8 0.1 90.2 0.4 88.4 -1.8
Breaking Velocity 87.6 87.1 -0.5 88.4 1.3 86.8 -1.6
Exit Velocity 90.1 88.6 -1.5 87.7 -0.9 87.1 -0.6
Launch Angle 10.5 12.7 2.2 7.0 -5.7 16.9 9.9
Barrel % 7.6 5.5 -2.1 4.7 -0.8 10.2 5.5
Hard Hit % 47.0 39.8 -7.2 37.8 -2.0 31.3 -6.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.8 38.7 6.9 22.3 -16.4 30.5 8.2
xBA .230 .235 0.005 .178 -0.057 .226 0.048
BA .237 .265 0.028 .162 -0.103 .206 0.044
xwOBA .306 .315 0.009 .247 -0.068 .371 0.124
wOBA .296 .350 0.054 .232 -0.118 .345 0.113
xSLG .372 .356 -0.016 .264 -0.092 .416 0.152
SLG .344 .431 0.087 .245 -0.186 .371 0.126
K% 25.5 26.3 0.8 28.2 1.9 20.3 -7.9
BB% 9.4 11.8 2.4 10.2 -1.6 21.1 10.9
Swing % 48.5 46.3 -2.2 45.0 -1.3 40.0 -5.0
Whiff% 28.6 30.0 1.4 27.5 -2.5 21.7 -5.8
In Zone % 54.5 50.2 -4.3 52.7 2.5 48.9 -3.8
Out of Zone % 45.5 49.8 4.3 47.3 -2.5 51.1 3.8
Out of Zone Swing % 24.5 24.4 -0.1 24.8 0.4 17.6 -7.2
First Pitch Swing % 34.6 30.0 -4.6 26.6 -3.4 24.8 -1.8
First Pitch Strike % 58.7 60.7 2.0 59.4 -1.3 53.9 -5.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 104 .296 48 0 0.0 56 24 42.9
2021 Shifts 303 .350 148 8 5.4 155 39 25.2
2022 Shifts 244 .232 108 8 7.4 136 32 23.5
2023 Shades 229 .345 143 2 1.4 86 26 30.2
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 288 21.0 1.0% 6.6% 204 26.0 0.5% 20.6%
2011 284 20.9 0.4% 7.0% 180 25.5 0.0% 17.2%
2012 270 16.3 31.9% 0.4% 266 24.8 0.0% 21.4%
2013 11 21.1 0.0% 0.0% 7 21.6 0.0% 28.6%
2020 91 20.0 2.2% 3.3% 83 25.2 0.0% 20.5%
2021 269 21.6 0.4% 5.6% 279 27.5 0.0% 31.9%
2022 286 21.4 0.0% 8.0% 150 25.0 0.0% 18.0%
2023 218 16.3 23.9% 0.5% 234 19.0 1.3% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution