Daniel Bard vs. Nick Carter — Career Comparison

Daniel Bard
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Nick Carter
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Nick Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Daniel Bard as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nick Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.236 compared to 3.74 and 1.338 for Daniel Bard. By the career numbers, Nick Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Daniel Bard and Nick Carter

Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
8.03
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.08
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.61
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.69
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.97
46.97
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.3
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
3.74
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.97
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1372
27
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
27
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457.1
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.2
9
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
6.97
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
8.6
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.97
6.97
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.85
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
4.74
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.52
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.33
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
9.35
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.52
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.35
9.35
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.566
1.566
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.31
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1965
38.67
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
34.71
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.95
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
4.13
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.86
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.33
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.236
1.236
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1657
32.61
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
31.9
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.67
38.67
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71

Fielding Stats for Daniel Bard and Nick Carter

Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
8.03
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1372
27
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457.1
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.65
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.25
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
1.44
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.43
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.28
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.28
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.04
89.04
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.071
2.071
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Daniel Bard and Nick Carter

Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
408
81600
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
14
420
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
60
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
60
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
5.34
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
60
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
60
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.69
-20.83
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA