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Full Name: Joshua David Bard Current Team: Seattle Mariners
Height/Weight: 6'3"/225 Uniform Number:
Birthdate: March 30, 1978 Entry Draft: 3rd round (100th) in 1999
Birthplace: Ithaca, New York Drafted By: Colorado Rockies
Primary Position: C College: Texas Tech University

Biography[]

Joshua David Bard is a catcher for the San Diego Padres. Bard was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in 1999 and traded to the Cleveland Indians in June 2001. Bard served as the back-up catcher in Cleveland for several years.

In January 2006, the Indians traded Bard, Coco Crisp, and David Riske to the Boston Red Sox for Kelly Shoppach, Andy Marte, and Guillermo Mota.

The original intent was for Bard to replace Doug Mirabelli for the Red Sox, but over the course of several starts in 2006, it became apparent that Bard could not catch knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, and the Red Sox made an emergency trade with the San Diego Padres on May 1, 2006, sending Bard and Cla Meredith to San Diego in order to regain control of Mirabelli's contract.

Since joining the Padres, Bard has become a successful starting catcher at the Major League level. Most people believe that Josh Bard's best season was 2006, when he hit for a .333 average.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB K HBP SH SB IBB GDP
2002 CLE 24 90 9 20 3 12 .222 .255 .378 5 0 4 13 0 1 0 0 6
2003 CLE 91 303 25 74 8 36 .244 .293 .373 13 1 22 53 0 1 0 1 9
2004 CLE 7 19 5 8 1 4 .421 .478 .684 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 CLE 34 83 6 16 1 9 .193 .266 .277 4 0 9 11 0 1 0 0 2
2006 BOS 7 18 2 5 0 0 .278 .381 .333 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
2006 SDP 93 231 28 78 9 40 .338 .406 .537 19 0 27 39 1 2 1 1 9
2006 Total 100 249 30 83 9 40 .333 .404 .522 20 0 30 42 1 2 1 1 9
2007 SDP 118 389 42 111 5 51 .285 .364 .404 27 2 50 58 0
2008 SDP 57 178 11 36 1 16 .202 .279 .270 9 0 18 25 1 1 0 2 5
2009 WSN 90 274 20 63 6 31 .230 .293 .361 18 0 24 50 1 1 0 1 5
Career NL 358 1072 101 288 21 138 .269 .342 .399 73 2 119 172 3 5 1 11 35
Career AL 163 513 47 123 13 61 .240 .293 .368 25 1 41 80 0 3 0 1 17
Career 521 1585 148 411 34 199 .259 .326 .389 98 3 160 252 3 8 1 12 52

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A E DP TP PB SB CS PkO FPCT
2002 CLE C 24 24 209.1 153 13 2 4 0 2 9 7 0 .988
2003 CLE C 87 80 715.2 486 55 5 7 0 4 41 23 1 .991
2003 CLE DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 CLE C 7 6 53 47 4 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 1.000
2005 CLE C 31 23 219.2 164 10 3 2 0 3 7 4 1 .983
2006 BOS C 7 6 53 32 7 0 2 0 10 53 1 0 1.000
2006 SDP C 71 50 494.2 385 30 3 5 0 0 41 10 2 .993
2006 Total C 78 56 547.2 417 37 3 7 0 10 53 11 2 .993
2007 SDP C 108 103 927.1 751 39 3 4 0 3 121 10 0 .996
2007 CLE DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 SDP C 49 47 416.2 329 20 3 1 0 1 53 10 1 .991
2009 SDP C 79 71 630.2 397 27 5 3 0 3 43 16 0 .988
Total C 463 410 3720 2744 205 24 29 0 26 331 83 5 .992
Total DH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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