Nate Field

Nathan Patrick Field

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 11, 1975 in Denver, CO
High School: Heritage HS (Denver, CO)
School: Fort Hays State University (Hays, KS)
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 2002
Teams (by GP): Royals/Rockies/Marlins 2002-2007

Final Game: April 29, 2007
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1998	22	WSN-min	A-	3	1	.750	3.09	25	0	16	0	0	2	35.0	32	16	12	1	11	0	39	3	1	5	150		1.229	8.2	0.3	2.8	10.0	3.55	VMT · NYPL
1999	23	WSN-min	A,AAA	4	8	.333	5.29	44	0	22	0	0	2	68.0	79	50	40	8	26	2	59	7	0	4	316		1.544	10.5	1.1	3.4	7.8	2.27	FAY,OTT · SALL,IL
2000	24	KCR-min	A	1	2	.333	2.23	17	0	4	0	0	0	36.1	28	10	9	2	15	0	31	2	1	3	152		1.183	6.9	0.5	3.7	7.7	2.07	CHL · SALL
2001	25	KCR-min	AA	4	2	.667	1.48	52	0	44	0	0	19	73.0	61	16	12	3	18	3	67	2	0	5	300		1.082	7.5	0.4	2.2	8.3	3.72	WCH · TL
2002	26	NYY-KCR-min	AAA	2	2	.500	5.73	39	2	22	0	0	7	55.0	68	40	35	6	29	1	38	1	0	1	261		1.764	11.1	1.0	4.7	6.2	1.31	CLB,OMA · IL,PCL
2002	26	KCR	AL	0	0		9.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	3	0	0	2	26	58	2.200	14.4	3.6	5.4	5.4	1.00
2003	27	KCR-min	AAA,AA	3	2	.600	3.38	34	0	29	0	0	7	42.2	35	17	16	6	12	1	37	2	1	5	172		1.102	7.4	1.3	2.5	7.8	3.08	OMA,WCH · PCL,TL
2003	27	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	4.15	19	0	7	0	0	0	21.2	19	10	10	3	14	1	19	1	0	0	97	119	1.523	7.9	1.2	5.8	7.9	1.36
2004	28	KCR	AL	2	3	.400	4.26	43	0	23	0	0	3	44.1	40	25	21	5	19	2	30	2	0	2	191	113	1.331	8.1	1.0	3.9	6.1	1.58
2005	29	KCR-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.91	16	0	6	0	0	0	22.0	26	12	12	1	14	1	24	0	1	2	105		1.818	10.6	0.4	5.7	9.8	1.71	OMA · PCL
2005	29	KCR	AL	0	0		9.45	7	0	3	0	0	0	6.2	13	7	7	1	5	2	4	0	0	1	35	49	2.700	17.6	1.4	6.8	5.4	0.80
2006	30	COL-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.74	49	0	40	0	0	25	49.1	63	28	26	7	9	0	55	1	1	3	213		1.459	11.5	1.3	1.6	10.0	6.11	CSP · PCL
2006	30	COL	NL	1	1	.500	4.00	14	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	14	0	0	1	40	127	1.556	9.0	2.0	5.0	14.0	2.80
2007	31	FLA-min	AAA	6	6	.500	3.50	44	0	26	0	0	11	46.1	37	20	18	6	17	1	45	2	0	8	197		1.165	7.2	1.2	3.3	8.7	2.65	ABQ · PCL
2007	31	FLA	NL	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	22	4.000	27.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	2.00
2008	32	NYM-min	AAA	1	3	.250	4.68	50	0	35	0	0	13	50.0	42	28	26	9	29	1	55	1	0	6	221		1.420	7.6	1.6	5.2	9.9	1.90	NOR · PCL
2009	33	FLA-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.25	49	0	27	0	0	9	55.1	43	25	20	7	22	3	62	0	0	6	230		1.175	7.0	1.1	3.6	10.1	2.82	NOR · PCL
6 Yrs				4	5	.444	5.13	89	0	35	0	0	3	87.2	92	54	50	13	47	7	72	3	0	6	396	95	1.586	9.4	1.3	4.8	7.4	1.53
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.444	5.13	68	0	27	0	0	2	67	70	41	38	10	36	5	55	2	0	5	303	95	1.586	9.4	1.3	4.8	7.4	1.53

KCR (4 yrs)				3	4	.429	4.98	74	0	33	0	0	3	77.2	80	47	43	11	41	6	56	3	0	5	349	98	1.558	9.3	1.3	4.8	6.5	1.37
COL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.00	14	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	14	0	0	1	40	127	1.556	9.0	2.0	5.0	14.0	2.80
FLA (1 yr)				0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	22	4.000	27.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	2.00

AL (4 yrs)				3	4	.429	4.98	74	0	33	0	0	3	77.2	80	47	43	11	41	6	56	3	0	5	349	98	1.558	9.3	1.3	4.8	6.5	1.37
NL (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	6.30	15	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	12	7	7	2	6	1	16	0	0	1	47	82	1.800	10.8	1.8	5.4	14.4	2.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2002	26	KCR	AL	5.0	5	0	5	9.00	4.96	-0.15	-0.38	115.8	5.48	-2	-0.2	.5	0.0	-0.1	-1	.462	.499	$
2003	27	KCR	AL	21.2	19	0	10	4.15	4.64	-0.27	-0.35	111.4	5.09	2	0.2	.6	-0.1	0.3	5	.512	.501	$
2004	28	KCR	AL	44.1	43	0	25	5.08	5.18	-0.09	-0.38	103.2	5.04	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.1	0.3	6	.499	.500	$306,500
2005	29	KCR	AL	6.2	7	0	7	9.45	4.63	-0.85	-0.35	98.5	5.05	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.454	.498	$327,500
2006	30	COL	NL	9.0	14	0	4	4.00	4.97	0.07	-0.36	105.2	4.77	1	0.1	1.7	0.0	0.2	2	.506	.500	$
2007	31	FLA	NL	1.0	1	0	3	27.00	5.35	-0.46	-0.39	106.0	5.74	-2	-0.2	.1	0.1	-0.1	-2	.307	.499	$
6 Seasons				87.2	89	0	54	5.54	4.97	-0.18	-0.37	105.8	5.06	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.3	6	.495	.500	$634,000

KCR (4 yrs)				77.2	74	0	47	5.45	4.97	-0.21	-0.37	105.9	5.08	-4	-0.3	.8	-0.2	0.2	7	.495	.499	$634,000
COL (1 yr)				9.0	14	0	4	4.00	4.97	0.07	-0.36	105.2	4.77	1	0.1	1.7	0.0	0.2	2	.506	.500	$
FLA (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	3	27.00	5.35	-0.46	-0.39	106.0	5.74	-2	-0.2	.1	0.1	-0.1	-2	.307	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2002	26	KCR	AL	5	26	22	5	8	2	0	2	1	0	3	3	.364	.440	.727	1.167	.353	16	1	0	1	0	1	1
2003	27	KCR	AL	19	97	81	10	19	2	0	3	0	2	14	19	.235	.351	.370	.721	.267	30	0	1	0	1	1	0
2004	28	KCR	AL	43	191	166	25	40	10	1	5	3	1	19	30	.241	.323	.404	.726	.263	67	5	2	1	2	2	2
2005	29	KCR	AL	7	35	30	7	13	1	1	1	0	1	5	4	.433	.514	.633	1.148	.480	19	0	0	0	0	2	0
2006	30	COL	NL	14	40	35	4	9	3	1	2	0	0	5	14	.257	.350	.571	.921	.368	20	1	0	0	0	1	0
2007	31	FLA	NL	1	7	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.500	.571	.667	1.238	.750	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				89	396	340	54	92	19	3	13	4	4	47	72	.271	.361	.459	.820	.306	156	7	3	2	3	7	3
162 Game Avg.				68	303	260	41	70	15	2	10	3	3	36	55	.271	.361	.459	.820	.306	119	5	2	2	2	5	2
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.423	.757	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2002	26	KCR	AL	-1.7	-0.2	29	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.41	-0.4	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.41	-3.2	0	0	5
2003	27	KCR	AL	2.2	0.2	100	0.3	1.1	-0.8	.61	-0.1	0.7	2.0	0.2	0.61	1.4	3	3	11
2004	28	KCR	AL	1.6	0.2	197	-0.8	2.2	-3.0	.81	-0.1	-0.9	6.0	0.6	0.81	4.7	12	4	24
2005	29	KCR	AL	-3.2	-0.3	37	-0.1	0.4	-0.4	.81	-0.3	0.3	-4.5	-0.4	0.81	-3.8	2	1	4
2006	30	COL	NL	1.1	0.1	41	0.2	1.3	-1.1	1.65	-0.1	0.2	-5.9	-0.5	1.65	-3.3	7	6	1
2007	31	FLA	NL	-2.3	-0.2	7	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.16	-0.1	-0.1	-2.5	-0.2	0.16	-1.1	0	0	1
6 Yrs				-2.3	-0.2	411	-0.4	5.2	-5.6	.81	-1.1	0.6	-7.8	-0.7	0.81	-5.3	24	14	46

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2002	26	KCR	AL	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	8	.409	0	0	5	0	0	5	1	4	1	1	2	0	3.0	21
2003	27	KCR	AL	19	19	7	1	1	0	0	0		2	2	10	5	50%	9	.609	3	3	11	8	1	10	5	14	5	4	5	3	3.4	19
2004	28	KCR	AL	43	43	23	2	3	5	3	2	60%	7	2	35	5	14%	9	.815	12	4	24	12	7	24	18	25	10	11	12	3	3.1	16
2005	29	KCR	AL	7	7	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	9	6	67%	8	.810	2	1	4	1	2	4	6	1	2	3	2	2	2.9	20
2006	30	COL	NL	14	14	1	1	1	1	0	1	0%	6	4	22	12	55%	7	1.653	7	6	1	7	3	4	10	4	2	10	3	5	1.9	13
2007	31	FLA	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.160	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	29
6 Yrs				89	89	35	4	5	6	3	3	50%	16	9	78	28	36%		.811	24	14	46	28	13	48	40	49	20	29	24	13	3.0	17

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2002	26	KCR	AL	26	58%	7.7%	11.5%	11.5%	15.4%	50%	0.55	1.40	65%	30%	20.0%	9%	4	1	25%
2003	27	KCR	AL	97	48%	3.1%	19.6%	14.4%	5.2%	26%	0.80	1.10	62%	17%	10.7%	20%	20	0	0%
2004	28	KCR	AL	191	55%	2.6%	15.7%	10.0%	8.4%	40%	0.55	0.79	70%	18%	6.5%	13%	41	5	12%
2005	29	KCR	AL	35	66%	2.9%	11.4%	14.3%	8.6%	23%	0.44	0.50	71%	35%	7.7%	28%	10	0	0%
2006	30	COL	NL	40	60%	5.0%	35.0%	12.5%	15.0%	67%	0.40	0.86	48%	24%	13.3%	0%	7	1	14%
2007	31	FLA	NL	7	43%	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	14.3%	33%	0.33	0.00	57%	25%	0.0%	0%	2	0	0%
6 Yrs				396	55%	3.3%	18.2%	11.9%	8.8%	38%	0.57	0.85	65%	21%	8.9%	15%	84	7	8%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.8%	12%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2002	26	KCR	AL	26	104	4.00	64	62%	28%	11%	30%	31%	72%	10%	44%	85%	62%	8%	2	1	15%	4	2	0	67%	1	0	0	0	0
2003	27	KCR	AL	97	367	3.78	223	61%	27%	16%	29%	28%	73%	3%	44%	78%	57%	4%	4	3	18%	17	8	0	16%	5	0	0	0	0
2004	28	KCR	AL	191	699	3.66	428	61%	29%	13%	26%	33%	71%	3%	44%	82%	57%	6%	11	5	20%	39	22	2	20%	4	4	0	0	0
2005	29	KCR	AL	35	142	4.06	91	64%	16%	23%	32%	29%	84%	10%	54%	72%	66%	11%	4	2	37%	13	6	1	0%	2	0	0	0	0
2006	30	COL	NL	40	183	4.58	106	58%	29%	20%	31%	20%	71%	5%	41%	72%	50%	13%	5	4	20%	8	3	1	36%	0	0	0	0	0
2007	31	FLA	NL	7	29	4.14	15	52%	20%	13%	40%	27%	80%	0%	41%	83%	43%	0%	0	0	14%	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				396	1524	3.85	927	61%	27%	15%	28%	30%	73%	4%	44%	79%	57%	7%	26	15	21%	82	41	4	22%	12	4	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2002	26	KCR	AL	26	8	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	2	0	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2003	27	KCR	AL	97	19	1	0	3	0	7	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	33%	0	0	0	39	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2004	28	KCR	AL	191	40	2	0	5	0	15	2	3	3	2	13	6	3	46%	2	2	0	80	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
2005	29	KCR	AL	35	13	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	8	3	2	38%	0	1	0	14	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2006	30	COL	NL	40	9	0	0	2	0	6	0	2	1	1	3	2	1	67%	0	1	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2007	31	FLA	NL	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				396	92	4	0	13	0	33	7	6	8	5	28	13	7	46%	3	6	0	162	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	12	0
MLB Averages																		53%							71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2002	26	0	0		9.00	5	0	0	5.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	3	0	2	26	58	2.200	14.4	3.6	5.4	5.4	1.00	58
2003	27	1	1	.500	5.06	24	7	0	26.2	27	15	15	5	17	2	22	1	2	123	99	1.650	9.1	1.7	5.7	7.4	1.29	99
2004	28	3	4	.429	4.56	67	30	3	71.0	67	40	36	10	36	4	52	3	4	314	107	1.451	8.5	1.3	4.6	6.6	1.44	107
2005	29	3	4	.429	4.98	74	33	3	77.2	80	47	43	11	41	6	56	3	5	349	98	1.558	9.3	1.3	4.8	6.5	1.37	98
2006	30	4	5	.444	4.88	88	34	3	86.2	89	51	47	13	46	7	70	3	6	389	100	1.558	9.2	1.4	4.8	7.3	1.52	100
2007	31	4	5	.444	5.13	89	35	3	87.2	92	54	50	13	47	7	72	3	6	396	95	1.586	9.4	1.3	4.8	7.4	1.53	95

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2002	26	0	0		9.00	5.0	8	6	5	2	3	3	0	2.200	14.4	5.4	5.4	1.00	3.6	5
2003	27	1	1	.500	3.68	22.0	18	10	9	3	13	19	1	1.409	7.4	5.3	7.8	1.46	1.2	19
2004	28	2	2	.500	4.09	44.0	39	22	20	5	19	30	2	1.318	8.0	3.9	6.1	1.58	1.0	43
2005	29	0	0		10.50	6.0	13	8	7	1	5	3	0	3.000	19.5	7.5	4.5	0.60	1.5	7
2006	30	1	0	1.000	3.00	9.0	8	3	3	2	4	15	0	1.333	8.0	4.0	15.0	3.75	2.0	14
2007	31	0	0		27.00	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	2	0	4.000	27.0	9.0	18.0	2.00	0.0	1
6 Yrs		4	3	.571	4.86	87.0	89	52	47	13	45	72	3	1.540	9.2		7.4	1.60	1.3	89

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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