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PERSONAL/MISC
◆ Luke Francis Bard...Last name rhymes with “hard”...On Twitter: @Luke_Bard.
◆ Visited patients and their families at CHOC Children’s on May 22, 2019 alongside teammates Mike Trout, Tyler
Skaggs and Cody Allen, Hall of Famer Rod Carew and the Minnesota Twins’ Tony Oliva, Mike Morin, Blake Parker,
Nelson Cruz and Kyle Gibson.
◆ Missed entire 2014 season due to injury...Had arthroscopic shoulder surgery in labrum following 2013 season,
where he spent time with three Minnesota affiliates.
◆ Brother, Daniel Bard, pitched in Majors for five seasons with Red Sox (2009-13).
◆ Father, Paul Bard, was sixth round draft pick by Dodgers in 1980 and played five minor league seasons in Dodgers
and Orioles systems .
◆ Played collegiately at Georgia Tech...Named by Baseball America as 11th best prospect in Atlantic Coast
Conference entering 2011 season.
◆ Attended Charlotte Christian HS (NC)...Four-year letterwinner in baseball and football (quarterback) and a two-
year letterwinner in basketball...Two-year captain of baseball team...Earned Louisville Slugger and National
Christian School Athletic Association All-America honors as a senior...North Carolina Independent Schools
Athletic Association Player of the Year and Charlotte Weekly Player of the Year in 2009 after going 10-0 with 90
strikeouts and a 0.37 ERA.
◆ Originally signed by Twins scout Jack Powell.
CAREER FIELDING
POS PCT G PO A E TC DP
P 1 .000 40 5 3 0 8 1

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