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Joe Nathan

Joseph Michael Nathan (twitter: @JoeNathan36)

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: November 22, 1974 in Houston, Texas, US
High School: Pine Bush HS (Circleville, NY)
School: Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY)

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY).

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Pitching: 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2009 / 2008

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1997	22	Salem-Keizer	NORW	A-	SFG	2	1	.667	2.47	18	5	4	0	0	2	62.0	53	22	17	7	26	0	44	4	0	2	254	1.274	7.7	1.0	3.8	6.4	1.69
1998	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	SFG	9	9	.500	3.93	26	26	0	0	0	0	137.1	120	66	60	17	57	0	128	12	0	1	580	1.289	7.9	1.1	3.7	8.4	2.25
1998	23	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	8	6	.571	3.32	22	22	0	0	0	0	122.0	100	51	45	13	48	0	118	10	0	1	506	1.213	7.4	1.0	3.5	8.7	2.46
1998	23	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	1	3	.250	8.80	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.1	20	15	15	4	9	0	10	2	0	0	74	1.891	11.7	2.3	5.3	5.9	1.11
1999	24	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	SFG	6	5	.545	4.32	15	15	0	1	0	0	83.1	73	48	40	11	43	0	89	6	2	8	362	1.392	7.9	1.2	4.6	9.6	2.07
1999	24	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	0	1	.000	3.12	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	5	4	3	0	7	0	7	1	1	2	38	1.385	5.2	0.0	7.3	7.3	1.00
1999	24	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	6	4	.600	4.46	13	13	0	1	0	0	74.2	68	44	37	11	36	0	82	5	1	6	324	1.393	8.2	1.3	4.3	9.9	2.28
2000	25	3 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	SFG	1	3	.250	4.38	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.2	21	13	12	5	15	0	17	1	0	3	108	1.459	7.7	1.8	5.5	6.2	1.13
2000	25	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	2	.000	4.40	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	15	8	7	4	7	0	9	0	0	1	64	1.535	9.4	2.5	4.4	5.7	1.29
2000	25	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	0	1	.000	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	19	1.000	7.2	1.8	1.8	3.6	2.00
2000	25	San Jose, Bakersfield	CALL	A+	SFG	1	1	.500	4.35	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	6	5	5	1	8	0	8	1	0	2	44	1.355	5.2	0.9	7.0	7.0	1.00
2000	25	Bakersfield	CALL	A+	SFG	1	0	1.000	5.06	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	2	3	3	0	7	0	6	1	0	1	25	1.688	3.4	0.0	11.8	10.1	0.86
2001	26	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	SFG	3	11	.214	7.29	31	17	6	0	0	0	108.2	136	96	88	24	70	5	54	9	1	13	530	1.896	11.3	2.0	5.8	4.5	0.77
2001	26	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	3	6	.333	6.93	21	7	6	0	0	0	62.1	73	49	48	11	37	5	33	4	1	7	294	1.765	10.5	1.6	5.3	4.8	0.89
2001	26	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	5	.000	7.77	10	10	0	0	0	0	46.1	63	47	40	13	33	0	21	5	0	6	236	2.072	12.2	2.5	6.4	4.1	0.64
2002	27	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	6	12	.333	5.60	31	25	0	1	0	0	146.1	167	97	91	20	74	0	117	3	0	9	673	1.647	10.3	1.2	4.6	7.2	1.58

2011	36	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	0	0		0.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	12	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	15.0	5.00
7 Seasons						27	41	.397	4.90	129	94	10	2	0	2	565.1	572	343	308	84	286	5	454	35	3	36	2519	1.518	9.1	1.3	4.6	7.2	1.59
AAA (5 seasons)				AAA		12	23	.343	5.53	60	52	0	2	0	0	284.2	315	197	175	48	151	0	234	13	1	22	1309	1.637	10.0	1.5	4.8	7.4	1.55
A+ (2 seasons)				A+		9	7	.563	3.40	24	24	0	0	0	0	132.1	106	56	50	14	56	0	126	11	0	3	550	1.224	7.2	1.0	3.8	8.6	2.25
AA (3 seasons)				AA		4	10	.286	6.88	27	13	6	0	0	0	86.1	98	68	66	15	53	5	50	7	2	9	406	1.749	10.2	1.6	5.5	5.2	0.94
A- (1 season)				A-		2	1	.667	2.47	18	5	4	0	0	2	62.0	53	22	17	7	26	0	44	4	0	2	254	1.274	7.7	1.0	3.8	6.4	1.69

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1995	20	Bellingham	NORW	A-	SFG	56	208	177	23	41	7	2	3	20	3	2	22	48	.232	.320	.345	.665	61	5	2	5	2	1

1997	22	Salem-Keizer	NORW	A-	SFG	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	SFG	27	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	23	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	23	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	24	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	SFG	15	15	14	3	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	5	.286	.333	.571	.905	8	0	0	0	0	0
1999	24	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
1999	24	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	13	13	12	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.500	.808	6	0	0	0	0	0
2000	25	3 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	SFG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0
2000	25	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0
2000	25	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	25	San Jose,Bakersfield	CALL	A+	SFG	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	25	Bakersfield	CALL	A+	SFG	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	26	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	SFG	32	10	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.200	.429	.200	.629	1	0	0	3	0	0
2001	26	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	1	0	0
2001	26	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	11	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	2	0	0
2002	27	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	34	37	29	7	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	8	.172	.226	.276	.502	8	0	1	6	0	0

2011	36	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Seasons						190	275	228	35	52	8	2	5	25	3	2	27	64	.228	.315	.346	.662	79	5	3	15	2	1
AAA (5 seasons)				AAA		64	61	47	11	10	0	0	2	4	0	0	4	15	.213	.288	.340	.629	16	0	1	9	0	0
A+ (2 seasons)				A+		24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
AA (3 seasons)				AA		28	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.500	.900	2	0	0	1	0	0
A- (2 seasons)				A-		74	208	177	23	41	7	2	3	20	3	2	22	48	.232	.320	.345	.665	61	5	2	5	2	1

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%
1995	20	Bellingham	NORW	A-	SFG	SS	54	252	76	150	26	23	.897	4.19

1997	22	Salem-Keizer	NORW	A-	SFG	P	18	13	2	9	2	0	.846	0.61	6	7	54%
1998	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	SFG	P	26	25	9	14	2	3	.920	0.88	19	14	42%
1998	23	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	P	22	22	8	12	2	3	.909	0.91	15	13	46%
1998	23	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	P	4	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.75	4	1	20%
1999	24	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	SFG	P	15	14	4	8	2	1	.857	0.80	8	4	33%
1999	24	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	P	2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.50	2	0	0%
1999	24	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	P	13	11	4	5	2	1	.818	0.69	6	4	40%
2000	25	3 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	SFG	P	5	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.40	3	3	50%
2000	25	San Jose, Bakersfield	CALL	A+	SFG	P	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50	1	2	67%
2000	25	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	P	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0	1	100%
2000	25	Bakersfield	CALL	A+	SFG	P	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	50%
2000	25	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	P	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.33	2	1	33%
2001	26	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	SFG	P	31	30	11	16	3	0	.900	0.87	20	3	13%
2001	26	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	P	21	15	5	8	2	0	.867	0.62	8	2	20%
2001	26	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	P	10	15	6	8	1	0	.933	1.40	12	1	8%
2002	27	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	P	31	23	10	11	2	0	.913	0.68	24	7	23%

2011	36	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	P	3	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	3	0	0%
8 Seasons							183	359	112	210	37	27	.897	1.76	83	38	31%
P (7 seasons)						P	129	107	36	60	11	4	.897	0.74	83	38	31%
SS (1 season)						SS	54	252	76	150	26	23	.897	4.19

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
1995	20	Bellingham Giants	Northwest League	A-	SFG
1996	21	Did Not Play
1997	22	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes	Northwest League	A-	SFG
1998	23	San Jose Giants	California League	A+	SFG
1998	23	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	AA	SFG
1999	24	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	AAA	SFG
1999	24	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	AA	SFG
1999	24	San Francisco Giants	National League	MLB	SFG	1	1999-04-21	1999-10-03
2000	25	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	AAA	SFG
2000	25	San Jose Giants	California League	A+	SFG	1
2000	25	San Francisco Giants	National League	MLB	SFG	1	2000-04-06	2000-09-11
2000	25	Bakersfield Blaze	California League	A+	SFG	2
2001	26	Shreveport Swamp Dragons	Texas League	AA	SFG
2001	26	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	AAA	SFG		2001-04-06	2001-05-27
2002	27	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	AAA	SFG		2002-04-06	2002-08-29
2002	27	San Francisco Giants	National League	MLB	SFG	1	2002-09-11	2002-09-29
2003	28	San Francisco Giants	National League	MLB	SFG	1	2003-03-31	2003-09-27
2004	29	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2004-04-05	2004-10-02
2005	30	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2005-04-05	2005-10-02
2006	31	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2006-04-06	2006-10-01
2007	32	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2007-04-02	2007-09-30
2008	33	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2008-03-31	2008-09-30
2009	34	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2009-04-08	2009-10-06

2011	36	Rochester Red Wings	International League	AAA	MIN		2011-06-18	2011-06-22
2011	36	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2011-04-03	2011-09-27
2012	37	Texas Rangers	American League	MLB	TEX	1	2012-04-06	2012-09-30
2013	38	Texas Rangers	American League	MLB	TEX	1	2013-04-03	2013-06-17

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