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2020 LOS ANGELES ANGELS

LUKE BARD # 39
BORN: NOV. 13, 1990 OPENING DAY AGE: 29
BIRTHPLACE: CHARLOTTE, NC RESIDES: ORANGE PARK, FL
SIGNED THRU: 2020 MLB SERVICE: 133 DAYS
ACQUIRED: SIGNED AS MINOR LEAGUE FREE AGENT, FEB. 18, 2019
MARRIED: TAYLOR HALL, JAN. 11, 2014

RHP HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 200 BATS: R THROWS: R
BARD’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2012— Twins (GCL) 0-0 6.75 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 3 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 .231
Elizabethton 0-0 0.00 4 0 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 .200
2013— Twins (GCL) 0-0 12.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 .333
Elizabethton 1-0 1.08 7 0 0 2 0 0 8.1 2 1 1 0 1 6 0 6 1 0 .091
Fort Myers 0-0 0 .00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000
2014— INJURED — DID NOT PLAY
2015— Cedar Rapids 7-1 2 .41 28 0 0 11 0 0 52 .1 45 15 14 1 5 15 0 47 4 0 .234
2016— Fort Myers 3-1 3 .40 35 0 0 12 0 2 50 .1 47 21 19 0 2 20 0 45 4 0 .246
Chattanooga 0-0 4 .91 9 0 0 4 0 0 14 .2 16 8 8 1 1 8 0 12 1 1 .281
2017— Chattanooga 4-3 2 .58 33 0 0 20 0 5 52 .1 50 16 15 4 5 20 3 78 3 0 .250
Rochester 0-0 3 .46 8 0 0 2 0 0 13 13 5 5 1 1 4 0 21 0 0 .255
2018— LAA 0-0 5 .40 8 0 0 3 0 0 11 .2 10 7 7 4 3 5 1 13 1 0 .222
Rochester 3-3 4 .66 32 0 0 15 0 1 48 .1 54 29 25 6 1 18 1 52 7 1 .286
2019— LAA 3-3 4 .78 32 3 0 5 0 0 49 41 27 26 8 5 13 1 40 5 1 .228
Salt Lake 2-4 7 .11 16 1 0 8 0 1 19 28 20 15 4 1 10 0 26 2 0 .337
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MAJOR TOTALS 3-3 4.90 40 3 0 8 0 0 60.2 51 34 33 12 8 18 2 53 6 1 .227
MINOR TOTALS 20-12 3.64 180 2 0 76 0 10 269.1 265 123 109 17 18 111 4 297 22 2 .258
Disabling Injuries: 2019 — Right triceps contusion; disabled Aug. 5-16
2019 SEASON
◆ Made Angels Opening Day roster for second straight season...Appeared in 32 total games with Angels across
nine Major League stints.
◆ Earned first career win May 11 at Baltimore with 1.2 scoreless innings...Had 10 scoreless inning streak, April
26- May 15 .
◆ Made three starts as Opener, working one inning in each appearance . . .First two starts were scoreless and
allowed one run in final start Sept. 5 at Oakland.
◆ Set career highs in innings pitched (3) and strikeouts (5) in winning decision Sept. 18 at Yankee Stadium.
◆ Had streak of retiring 23 consecutive batters faced from Sept. 13-26...Streak was snapped with walk to Houston’s
Alex Bregman in final outing of season, Sept. 28.
MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2018
◆ Made Major League debut with Angels, March 31, 2018 at Oakland after being acquired from Twins in Rule 5
Draft in Dec. 2017.
◆ Appeared in eight games in relief for Angels, before being designated for assignment, Apr. 21 and returned to
Twins organization.
◆ Pitched remainder of year for Triple-A Rochester, making 32 appearances and averaging 9.7 strikeouts per nine
innings (48.1 IP - 52 SO).
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ June 9, 2009...Selected by Red Sox in 16th round of 2009 First-Year Player Draft (did not sign).
◆ June 4, 2012...Selected by Twins in first round (42nd overall) of 2012 First-Year Player Draft (signed June 20, 2012).
◆ Dec. 14, 2017...Selected by Angels from Twins in 2017 Rule 5 Draft.
◆ Apr. 27, 2018... Returned to Twins from Angels .
◆ Feb. 18, 2019...Signed by Angels as free agent.

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