Daniel Bard
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Bard with the Boston Red Sox
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| St. Louis Cardinals | |||
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Born: June 25, 1985 Houston, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 13, 2009, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2013 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 10–19 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.67 | ||
| Strikeouts | 252 | ||
| Saves | 5 | ||
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| Men’s baseball | ||
Representing  United States
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| World University Championship | ||
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2004 Tainan | Team |
Daniel Paul Bard (born June 25, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He played for the Boston Red Sox from 2009 to 2013.
At the midpoint of the 2004 season, Baseball America named Danny Bard the top freshman pitcher in the U.S. and gave him Freshman All-America honors. For the entire season, Bard was named to Baseball America's All-Freshman second team and was named as Freshman All-America by Collegiate Baseball. He was Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Freshman of the Year and earned first-team all-conference honors. In 16 games pitched, Bard was 8–4 with a 3.88 ERA; his eight wins tied the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill freshman record.
For the 2005 season, Bard was named preseason first-team All-America by Baseball America and was named preseason third-team All-America by Collegiate Baseball and by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Bard went 7–5 with a 4.22 ERA in 16 starts and was third in the ACC in opponents' batting average at .219. He was named to the Roger Clemens Award Watch List.
Bard was a second-team summer All-American selection in 2005 Cape Cod League after a successful summer with the Wareham Gatemen, where he led the league in innings pitched and strikeouts while finishing 3rd in ERA. Bard and fellow North Carolina left-hander Andrew Miller were rated the top two prospects in the Cape Cod League.
Danny Bard and Miller led the UNC to the College World Series, but lost to Oregon State, two games to one. He finished his junior year with a 9–4 record and a 3.64 ERA in 17 starts. He earned ACC pitcher of the week honors twice during the 2006 season.
On June 6, 2006, Bard was selected in the first round (28th overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft by the Boston Red Sox. On September 4, Bard signed with the team. Bard admitted he had enrolled in classes at UNC as a backup plan in case a deal with the Red Sox was not finalized in time. Bard had been previously selected in the 20th round with the 604th overall selection out of high school by the New York Yankees in the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.
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