Pitcher · 2022
Luke Bard
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Born
- November 13, 1990 in Charlotte, NC, USA
- MLB debut
- March 31, 2018
- dbWAR
- -.2 4 season(s)
- IP
- 15.0
- ERA
- 1.80
- FIP
- 3.85
- K/9
- 4.8
- FIP−
- 97 100 = avg
Luke Bard is a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2022 he struck out 8 batters over 15.0 innings across 9 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 1.80 was 54.6% lower than the league average of 3.97. Stripping out defence, his 3.85 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 25.7% of swings (11.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.6%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2022.
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1.80 | 3.85 | 0.93 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 45 | 97 | 0.1 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6.75 | 5.44 | 1.31 | 11.8 | 0.0 | 152 | 122 | -0.0 | |
| 2019 | 32 | 3 | 49.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 4.78 | 4.81 | 1.10 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 106 | 107 | 0.1 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5.40 | 7.45 | 1.29 | 10.0 | 3.9 | 130 | 179 | -0.4 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 22 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .176 | .364 | .176 | .283 | 9.1% |
| vs RHB | 37 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .125 | .222 | .219 | .208 | 16.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Luke Bard throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2022.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 83 | 94.0 | 2,569 | 43.4% | 17.6% | |
| Slider | 55 | 86.3 | 2,733 | 47.3% | 32.1% | |
| Curveball | 48 | 78.1 | 2,743 | 33.3% | 43.5% | |
| Cutter | 44 | 89.9 | 2,686 | 54.5% | 15.0% | |
| Changeup | 11 | 85.8 | 1,794 | 18.2% | 0.0% |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.