Luke Bard

Luke Bard [Luke Francis Bard] is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors between 2018-2022. He last played for the New York Yankees in 2022. Bard was born on November 13th, 1990 in Charlotte, North Carolina and is currently 35 years old. He is the Brother of Daniel Bard,Son of Paul Bard and the Brother of Jared Bard. He played his high school baseball for the Charlotte Christian High School Knights in Charlotte, North Carolina. He played 3 years of NCAA Division I College Baseball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets [Atlantic Coast Conference] where he was teammates with future Major Leaguers Jed Bradley, Brandon Cumpton, Derek Dietrich, Jake Esch, Buck Farmer, Deck McGuire, Daniel Palka and Matt Skole. Participated in the D1 NCAA Tournament in 2010 [Regionals], 2011 [Regionals] and 2012 [Regionals]. Drafted in the first round (42nd overall) ...

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by the Minnesota Twins in the 2012 MLB Draft, receiving a $1,227,000 signing bonus. Ranked by Baseball America as the Minnesota Twins No. 12 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made his Major League Debut on March 31st, 2018 at the age of 27. Debuted as a relief pitcher for Los Angeles Angels against the Oakland Athletics, throwing 1 inning, did not allow a run or a walk and struck out 2 batters. He did not factor in the decision. He allowed a single to Bruce Maxwell, the first batter he faced. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were DJ Baxendale, Nick Anderson, Zack Granite, Dereck Rodriguez, John Curtiss, Felix Jorge, Randy Rosario and Stephen Gonsalves. Bard played 6 seasons with the Minnesota Twins organization, 3 seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, 1 season with the Tampa Bay Rays, 1 season with the Toronto Blue Jays and 1 season with the New York Yankees. He played collegiate summer league baseball in the Cape Cod League for the Brewster Whitecaps. Finished 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference with 8 Saves in 2011. Finished 1st in Atlantic Coast Conference with 0.99 ERA in 2012. Finished 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference with 0.95 WHIP in 2012. Finished 7th in Southern League with 20 Games Finished in 2017. Led the Atlantic Coast Conference with a .99 Earned Run Average in 2012. He was also drafted in the 16th round of the 2009 Draft by the Boston Red Sox but did not sign.

Career Transactions: Drafted from Twins by Angels in Rule 5 Draft on December 14th, 2017. Returned to Twins on April 27th, 2018. Signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels on February 16th, 2019. Signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays on March 24th, 2022. Claimed off waivers from Tampa Bay Rays by New York Yankees on August 5th, 2022. Signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on February 11th, 2023.

Career Notes: Selected by the Los Angeles Angels in MLB Rule 5 Draft in 2017.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2010	Georgia Tech	ACC	NCAA-1	Fr	38	19	95	0	0	7.42	19	1	0	0	18	0	2	26.2	30	22	22	2	14	25	5	3	4	1.65	10.12	0.67	4.72	8.44	7.42	1.79
2011	Georgia Tech	ACC	NCAA-1	So	38	20	106	2	2	2.72	25	1	0	0	24	0	8	49.2	41	18	15	2	19	46	7	1	8	1.21	7.43	0.36	3.44	8.34	3.26	2.42
2012	Georgia Tech	ACC	NCAA-1	Jr	38	21	133	1	0	0.99	11	3	0	0	8	0	2	27.1	20	3	3	0	6	26	3	0	1	0.95	6.59	0.00	1.98	8.56	0.99	4.33
2012	Gulf Coast Twins	GCL	Rk	MIN	-	21		0	0	6.75	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	4.0	3	3	3	0	5	3	0	0	1	2.00	6.75	0.00	11.25	6.75	6.75	0.60
2012	Elizabethton Twins	App	Rk	MIN	24	21		0	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	4	2	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	1.33	6.00	0.00	6.00	12.00	0.00	2.00
2013	Gulf Coast Twins	GCL	Rk	MIN	-	22		0	0	12.00	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.0	5	5	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	2.67	15.00	0.00	9.00	3.00	15.00	0.33
2013	Elizabethton Twins	App	Rk	MIN	22	22	114*	1	0	1.08	7	0	0	0	7	2	0	8.1	2	1	1	0	6	6	1	0	1	0.96	2.16	0.00	6.48	6.48	1.08	1.00
2013	Fort Myers Miracle	FSL	A+	MIN	-	22		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	0.00
2015	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midw	A	MIN	31	24	113	7	1	2.41	28	0	0	0	28	11	0	52.1	45	15	14	1	15	47	4	0	0	1.15	7.74	0.17	2.58	8.08	2.58	3.13
2016	Fort Myers Miracle	FSL	A+	MIN	24	25	106	3	1	3.40	35	0	0	0	35	12	2	50.1	47	21	19	0	20	45	4	0	2	1.33	8.40	0.00	3.58	8.05	3.75	2.25
2016	Chattanooga Lookouts	Sou	AA	MIN	15	25		0	0	4.91	9	0	0	0	9	4	0	14.2	16	8	8	1	8	12	1	1	1	1.64	9.82	0.61	4.91	7.36	4.91	1.50
2017	Chattanooga Lookouts	Sou	AA	MIN	24	26	116	4	3	2.58	33	0	0	0	33	20	5	52.1	50	16	15	4	20	78	3	0	5	1.34	8.60	0.69	3.44	13.41	2.75	3.90
2017	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	MIN	17	26		0	0	3.46	8	0	0	0	8	2	0	13.0	13	5	5	1	4	21	0	0	1	1.31	9.00	0.69	2.77	14.54	3.46	5.25
2018	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	MIN	-	27	97	3	3	4.66	32	0	0	0	32	15	1	48.1	54	29	25	6	18	52	7	1	1	1.49	10.06	1.12	3.35	9.68	5.40	2.89
2018	Los Angeles Angels	AL	MLB	ANA	65	27		0	0	5.40	8	0	0	0	8	3	0	11.2	10	7	7	4	5	13	1	0	3	1.29	7.71	3.09	3.86	10.03	5.40	2.60
2019	Salt Lake Bees	PCL	AAA	ANA	-	28	96*	2	4	7.11	16	1	0	0	15	8	1	19.0	28	20	15	4	10	26	2	0	1	2.00	13.26	1.89	4.74	12.32	9.47	2.60
2019	Los Angeles Angels	AL	MLB	ANA	39	28	103	3	3	4.78	32	3	0	0	29	5	0	49.0	41	27	26	8	13	40	5	1	5	1.10	7.53	1.47	2.39	7.35	4.96	3.08
2020	Los Angeles Angels	AL	MLB	ANA	39	29		0	0	6.75	6	0	0	0	6	3	0	5.1	7	4	4	2	0	7	0	1	0	1.31	11.81	3.38	0.00	11.81	6.75	0.00
2022	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	IL2	AAA	NYA	18	31	111	1	1	3.09	9	0	0	0	9	4	2	11.2	12	8	4	2	5	11	2	1	2	1.46	9.26	1.54	3.86	8.49	6.17	2.20
2022	Durham Bulls	IL2	AAA	TBA	24	31	111	0	0	4.88	19	1	0	0	18	5	0	24.0	18	13	13	7	5	27	1	1	1	0.96	6.75	2.63	1.88	10.13	4.88	5.40
2022	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	MLB	TBA	46	31		1	1	1.93	8	0	0	0	8	4	0	14.0	7	3	3	0	7	8	0	1	2	1.00	4.50	0.00	4.50	5.14	1.93	1.14
2022	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	68	31		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2023	Buffalo Bisons	IL2	AAA	TOR	41	32	94*	2	1	6.15	16	6	0	0	10	4	1	26.1	31	20	18	4	13	29	2	0	5	1.67	10.59	1.37	4.44	9.91	6.84	2.23
Tot:	MLB (4 yrs)		MLB					4	4	4.44	55	3	0	0	52	16	0	81.0	65	41	40	14	25	68	6	3	10	1.11	7.22	1.56	2.78	7.56	4.56	2.72
Tot:	AL (4 yrs)		AL					4	4	4.44	55	3	0	0	52	16	0	81.0	65	41	40	14	25	68	6	3	10	1.11	7.22	1.56	2.78	7.56	4.56	2.72
Tot:	Minors (9 yrs)		Minors					23	14	3.91	224	9	0	0	215	89	13	331.1	326	164	144	30	134	364	27	4	21	1.39	8.86	0.81	3.64	9.89	4.45	2.72
Tot:	Rk (2 yrs)		Rk					1	0	3.93	18	1	0	0	17	4	1	18.1	12	9	8	0	16	14	1	0	2	1.53	5.89	0.00	7.85	6.87	4.42	0.88
Tot:	A (1 yrs)		A					7	1	2.41	28	0	0	0	28	11	0	52.1	45	15	14	1	15	47	4	0	0	1.15	7.74	0.17	2.58	8.08	2.58	3.13
Tot:	A+ (2 yrs)		A+					3	1	3.33	36	0	0	0	36	12	2	51.1	47	21	19	0	20	47	4	0	2	1.31	8.24	0.00	3.51	8.24	3.68	2.35
Tot:	AA (2 yrs)		AA					4	3	3.09	42	0	0	0	42	24	5	67.0	66	24	23	5	28	90	4	1	6	1.40	8.87	0.67	3.76	12.09	3.22	3.21
Tot:	AAA (5 yrs)		AAA					8	9	5.06	100	8	0	0	92	38	5	142.1	156	95	80	24	55	166	14	3	11	1.48	9.86	1.52	3.48	10.50	6.01	3.02
Tot:	College (3 yrs)		College					3	2	3.47	55	5	0	0	50	0	12	103.2	91	43	40	4	39	97	15	4	13	1.25	7.90	0.35	3.39	8.42	3.73	2.49
Avg:	MLB - 162 Inning avg		MLB					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 Inning avg		Minors					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
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year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2010	Brewster Whitecaps	Cape Cod League	College Summer	19	0	2	4.44	12	4	0	0	8	3	0	24.1	25	16	12	1	16	19	7	0	0	1.68	9.25	0.37	5.92	7.03	5.92	1.19
2011	Brewster Whitecaps	Cape Cod League	College Summer	20	2	2	2.61	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	41.1	34	16	12	0	21	32	0	0	0	1.33	7.40	0.00	4.57	6.97	3.48	1.52
2017	Minnesota Twins	MLB Spring Training	Spring	26	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	4.50	0.00
2019	Los Angeles Angels	MLB Spring Training	Spring	28	0	2	9.35	8	1	0	0	7	1	0	8.2	10	10	9	1	2	13	1	0	2	1.38	10.38	1.04	2.08	13.50	10.38	6.50
2020	Los Angeles Angels	MLB Spring Training	Spring	29	0	0	2.25	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	1.00	4.50	0.00	4.50	6.75	2.25	1.50
2021	Los Angeles Angels	MLB Spring Training	Spring	30	0	0	40.50	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.1	6	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	6.00	40.50	0.00	13.50	6.75	40.50	0.50
2022	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB Spring Training	Spring	31	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	3	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.00	13.50	4.50	4.50	9.00	9.00	2.00
2023	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB Spring Training	Spring	32	0	0	3.38	7	0	0	0	7	1	0	8.0	6	3	3	2	4	6	1	0	0	1.25	6.75	2.25	4.50	6.75	3.38	1.50
Tot:	CollegeSummer (2 Yrs)		CollegeSummer		2	4	3.29	19	11	0	0	3	8	0	65.2	59	32	24	1	37	51	7	0	0	1.46	8.09	0.14	5.07	6.99	4.39	1.38
Tot:	Spring (6 Yrs)		Spring		0	2	7.27	25	1	0	0	2	24	0	26.0	29	23	21	4	11	27	2	0	2	1.54	10.04	1.38	3.81	9.35	7.96	2.45

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2017	Chattanooga Lookouts	Sou	AA	MIN	24	26	1/	4/		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (1 yrs)		MLB							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tot:	AL (1 yrs)		AL							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tot:	Minors (1 yrs)		Minors							1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.00	100.00
Tot:	AA (1 yrs)		AA							1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.00	100.00
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 game avg		Minors							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

Strikeouts	Walks	Hittable	SO/BB	vs Power	Durability	Team Success
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