Nate McLouth

Nathan Richard McLouth

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 28, 1981 in Muskegon, MI
High School: Whitehall (Whitehall, MI)
Drafted
by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 25th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed August 29, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 2005
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 3 yrs/$14.5M (09-11), 1 yr/$1.75M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.033, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Mike Nicotera [*]
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2005 23 PIT NL 41 120 109 20 28 6 0 5 12 2 0 3 20 .257 .305 .450 .755 96 49 3 5 2 1 0
2006 24 PIT NL 106 297 270 50 63 16 2 7 16 10 1 18 59 .233 .293 .385 .678 74 104 7 5 3 1 0
2007 25 PIT NL 137 382 329 62 85 21 3 13 38 22 1 39 77 .258 .351 .459 .810 110 151 2 9 3 2 2
2008 26 PIT NL 152 685 597 113 165 46 4 26 94 23 3 65 93 .276 .356 .497 .853 125 297 5 12 5 6 11 * AS,MVP-27,GG
2009 27 TOT NL 129 591 507 86 130 27 2 20 70 19 6 68 99 .256 .352 .436 .788 108 221 8 9 3 4 1 *8
2009 27 PIT NL 45 195 168 27 43 7 1 9 34 7 0 21 29 .256 .349 .470 .819 116 79 2 4 0 2 0 8
2009 27 ATL NL 84 396 339 59 87 20 1 11 36 12 6 47 70 .257 .354 .419 .773 104 142 6 5 3 2 1 8
2010 28 ATL NL 85 288 242 30 46 12 1 6 24 7 2 33 57 .190 .298 .322 .620 69 78 3 5 6 2 2
2011 29 ATL NL 81 321 267 35 61 12 2 4 16 4 2 44 52 .228 .344 .333 .677 89 89 4 3 7 0 4 87/9
7 Seasons 731 2684 2321 396 578 140 14 81 270 87 15 270 457 .249 .337 .426 .764 102 989 32 48 29 16 20
162 Game Avg. 162 595 514 88 128 31 3 18 60 19 3 60 101 .249 .337 .426 .764 102 219 7 11 6 4 4
PIT (5 yrs) 481 1679 1473 272 384 96 10 60 194 64 5 146 278 .261 .339 .462 .801 109 680 19 35 13 12 13
ATL (3 yrs) 250 1005 848 124 194 44 4 21 76 23 10 124 179 .229 .335 .364 .699 90 309 13 13 16 4 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 23 PIT NL 120 -1 1 1 0 -2 0 3 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $
2006 24 PIT NL 297 -12 3 0 -1 -6 0 8 -8 -0.8 -2 -0.2 -0.6 $329,000
2007 25 PIT NL 382 6 2 2 0 -9 0 11 12 1.2 21 2.1 -0.9 $392,000
2008 26 PIT NL 685 25 5 0 1 -5 2 18 45 4.6 51 5.2 -0.6 $425,000 * AS,MVP-27,GG
2009 27 PIT NL 195 4 3 -1 1 5 1 5 17 1.7 12 1.2 0.5 $2,500,000 8
2009 27 ATL NL 396 4 0 -0 -0 -7 1 10 8 0.8 15 1.5 -0.7 $ 8
2010 28 ATL NL 288 -10 1 -1 -0 -11 1 8 -13 -1.4 -2 -0.2 -1.2 $5,000,000
2011 29 ATL NL 321 -3 2 -1 0 -1 -0 9 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $7,000,000 87/9
7 Seasons 2684 13 17 -1 1 -36 4 72 70 7.1 107 10.8 -3.7 $15,646,000
PIT (5 yrs) 1679 22 14 2 1 -17 3 45 69 7.0 86 8.7 -1.7 $3,646,000
ATL (3 yrs) 1005 -9 3 -2 -0 -19 1 27 1 0.1 20 2.1 -2.0 $12,000,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2005 23 PIT NL 120 87 15 4.6 107 .271 .257 .267 .305 .338 .450 .426 .755 .763 96 .478 -1.0 -0.1 .702 .239 .193 2.9
2006 24 PIT NL 297 219 31 3.8 111 .273 .233 .270 .293 .340 .385 .438 .678 .778 74 .367 -11.2 -1.0 .633 .252 .152 8.2
2007 25 PIT NL 382 252 60 6.4 108 .299 .258 .269 .351 .338 .459 .430 .810 .768 110 .604 5.7 0.5 .891 .383 .201 16.3
2008 26 PIT NL 685 451 113 6.7 104 .287 .276 .262 .356 .334 .497 .419 .853 .753 125 .641 23.4 2.2 .895 .363 .221 24.4
2009 27 TOT NL 591 398 84 5.6 106 .281 .256 .264 .352 .337 .436 .420 .788 .757 108 .574 7.3 0.7 .795 .339 .179 19.5
2009 27 PIT NL 195 129 31 6.4 105 .258 .256 .263 .349 .336 .470 .418 .819 .755 116 .631 4.0 0.4 .874 .381 .214 7.9
2009 27 ATL NL 396 269 53 5.3 106 .292 .257 .265 .354 .338 .419 .420 .773 .758 104 .543 3.3 0.3 .758 .319 .162 11.5
2010 28 ATL NL 288 209 26 3.3 101 .221 .190 .260 .298 .329 .322 .409 .620 .738 69 .357 -9.9 -1.0 .602 .289 .132 6.5
2011 29 ATL NL 321 219 34 4.2 97 .270 .228 .258 .344 .325 .333 .401 .677 .727 89 .472 -2.7 -0.3 .651 .277 .105 4.0
7 Seasons 2684 1835 363 5.3 105 .276 .249 .264 .337 .335 .426 .420 .764 .755 102 .542 11.5 1.0 .770 .324 .177 83.9
162 Game Avg. 595 407 80 5.3 105 .276 .249 .264 .337 .335 .426 .420 .764 .755 102 .542 3 0 .770 .324 .177 19
PIT (5 yrs) 1679 1138 250 5.9 107 .282 .261 .266 .339 .336 .462 .425 .801 .762 109 .578 20.9 2.0 .827 .340 .201 61.9
ATL (3 yrs) 1005 697 113 4.3 102 .265 .229 .261 .335 .331 .364 .411 .699 .742 90 .472 -9.4 -1.0 .678 .297 .136 22.0

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 28 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 PIT NL 26 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2005 23 PIT NL 120 4.2% 16.7% 2.5% 9.2% 39% 6.67 5.5 21.8 9.1 1.00 1.46 71% 21% 12.8% 9%
2006 24 PIT NL 297 2.4% 19.9% 6.1% 8.4% 40% 3.28 4.6 38.6 16.9 0.65 0.95 69% 21% 6.0% 8%
2007 25 PIT NL 382 3.4% 20.2% 10.2% 9.7% 44% 1.97 4.3 25.3 8.7 0.46 0.48 63% 18% 9.2% 17%
2008 26 PIT NL 685 3.8% 13.6% 9.5% 11.1% 46% 1.43 6.4 23.0 6.4 0.54 0.70 71% 17% 9.4% 16%
2009 27 TOT NL 591 3.4% 16.8% 11.5% 8.3% 38% 1.46 5.1 25.4 7.2 0.71 0.89 66% 15% 10.0% 16%
2009 27 PIT NL 195 4.6% 14.9% 10.8% 8.7% 40% 1.38 5.8 18.7 4.9 0.73 0.89 68% 13% 13.2% 16%
2009 27 ATL NL 396 2.8% 17.7% 11.9% 8.1% 37% 1.49 4.8 30.8 9.4 0.70 0.89 66% 15% 8.3% 15%
2010 28 ATL NL 288 2.1% 19.8% 11.5% 6.6% 41% 1.73 4.2 40.3 10.1 0.68 0.94 63% 13% 6.5% 15%
2011 29 ATL NL 321 1.3% 16.2% 13.7% 5.6% 30% 1.18 5.1 66.8 16.7 0.90 1.20 66% 16% 4.4% 19%
7 Seasons 2684 3.0% 17.0% 10.1% 8.8% 41% 1.69 5.1 28.7 8.6 0.64 0.84 67% 17% 8.5% 15%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.07 5.1 33.8 7.8 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 23 PIT NL -1.0 -0.1 125 -0.2 1.9 -2.1 .97 0.3 -0.6 0.2 0.0 0.97 3.5 1.38 14
2006 24 PIT NL -11.2 -1.0 311 -1.3 4.2 -5.4 .96 -1.1 -0.3 -12.0 -1.1 0.92 -13.3 0.77 30
2007 25 PIT NL 5.7 0.5 408 1.5 7.3 -5.8 .94 1.3 0.3 11.4 1.1 0.92 14.3 1.05 44
2008 26 PIT NL 23.4 2.2 726 3.8 15.1 -11.3 1.05 2.5 1.1 43.9 4.2 0.93 33.8 3.82 1
2009 27 TOT NL 7.3 0.7 626 0.4 10.3 -9.9 .98 1.6 -1.2 9.6 0.9 0.93 12.2 0
2009 27 PIT NL 4.0 0.4 205 0.5 3.6 -3.0 .92 1.0 -0.4 8.9 0.9 0.94 7.4 0
2009 27 ATL NL 3.3 0.3 421 -0.1 6.7 -6.9 1.00 0.6 -0.7 0.7 0.1 0.93 4.9 0.12 0
2010 28 ATL NL -10.0 -1.0 300 -1.3 4.3 -5.6 1.03 -0.7 -0.6 -13.5 -1.4 0.98 -9.1 0.83 7
2011 29 ATL NL -2.7 -0.3 332 -0.1 5.3 -5.3 1.04 -0.2 0.1 -0.8 -0.1 0.99 -1.6 0.84 1
7 Seasons 11.4 1.0 2828 2.8 48.3 -45.4 1.00 3.8 -1.0 38.8 3.7 0.94 39.9 1.02 97

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2005 23 PIT NL 3 0 48% 45 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 59% 8 5 2 3 1 2 6 0 6
2006 24 PIT NL 2 0 54% 100 10 1 91% 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 10 49% 17 10 7 5 3 2 11 3 7
2007 25 PIT NL 4 0 41% 162 22 1 96% 22 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 9 39% 15 10 5 7 6 1 14 5 8
2008 26 PIT NL 6 0 40% 246 23 3 88% 23 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 25 49% 25 18 7 9 3 6 25 8 16
2009 27 TOT NL 3 0 35% 213 19 6 76% 18 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 17 41% 28 20 8 8 6 2 20 7 13
2009 27 PIT NL 0 0 31% 57 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 46% 7 5 2 2 1 1 2 0 2
2009 27 ATL NL 3 0 38% 156 12 6 67% 12 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 12 40% 21 15 6 6 5 1 18 7 11
2010 28 ATL NL 1 0 31% 114 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 40% 8 6 2 1 1 0 6 2 4
2011 29 ATL NL 2 0 30% 118 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 73% 14 6 8 4 1 3 15 2 13
7 Seasons 21 0 39% 998 87 15 85% 84 14 3 1 0 0 11 7 12 78 49% 115 75 39 37 21 16 97 27 67

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2005 23 PIT NL 120 80% 28 5 0 14 2 0 2 1.38 5 0 4 4 1 2 3 0 3 2 67% 23 3 13% 9 5 56% 67 8 12% 4 2 50% 4 1 25% 0
2006 24 PIT NL 297 81% 63 5 2 30 7 0 2 0.77 7 0 7 4 3 3 4 0 4 3 75% 50 7 14% 23 6 26% 142 9 6% 11 4 36% 9 5 56% 0
2007 25 PIT NL 382 80% 85 7 2 44 8 1 4 1.05 13 0 7 12 1 5 8 0 6 3 50% 45 2 4% 20 8 40% 188 26 14% 15 8 53% 9 6 67% 0
2008 26 PIT NL 685 73% 165 14 2 1 1 0 1 3.82 26 0 14 23 3 15 11 0 6 5 83% 113 5 4% 57 19 33% 358 71 20% 31 19 61% 33 19 58% 0
2009 27 TOT NL 591 69% 130 15 3 0 0 0 0 20 0 8 14 6 9 11 0 6 3 50% 88 8 9% 45 12 27% 312 50 16% 20 10 50% 21 12 57% 0
2009 27 PIT NL 195 68% 43 7 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 6 3 5 4 0 1 0 0% 38 2 5% 18 6 33% 126 25 20% 10 5 50% 15 9 60% 0
2009 27 ATL NL 396 70% 87 8 2 0 0 0 0 0.12 11 0 7 8 3 4 7 0 5 3 60% 50 6 12% 27 6 22% 186 25 13% 10 5 50% 6 3 50% 0
2010 28 ATL NL 288 80% 46 5 1 7 3 0 0 0.83 6 0 12 6 0 5 1 0 7 6 86% 61 3 5% 30 10 33% 177 18 10% 21 7 33% 11 8 73% 0
2011 29 ATL NL 321 69% 61 8 1 1 0 0 0 0.84 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 10 7 70% 50 4 8% 23 9 39% 174 13 7% 7 2 29% 12 10 83% 0
7 Seasons 2684 74% 578 59 11 97 21 1 9 1.02 81 0 56 67 14 43 38 0 42 29 69% 430 32 7% 207 69 33% 1418 195 14% 109 52 48% 99 61 62% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2005 23 PIT NL 120 424 3.53 297 70% 28% 12% 28% 31% 72% 0% 50% 83% 26% 1% 1 0 7% 8 4 3% 3 2 30% 0 0 0
2006 24 PIT NL 297 1144 3.85 726 63% 37% 10% 24% 30% 63% 0% 40% 84% 16% 6% 18 0 15% 45 15 8% 25 18 34% 0 0 0
2007 25 PIT NL 382 1528 4.00 910 60% 35% 11% 25% 28% 65% 1% 38% 83% 16% 6% 23 0 16% 61 20 12% 44 21 35% 0 0 0
2008 26 PIT NL 685 2734 3.99 1655 61% 35% 8% 25% 31% 65% 4% 39% 87% 14% 5% 35 0 15% 104 47 10% 70 40 35% 0 0 0
2009 27 TOT NL 591 2283 3.86 1371 60% 33% 11% 26% 30% 67% 0% 40% 83% 20% 6% 35 1 17% 98 37 11% 66 27 26% 0 0 0
2009 27 PIT NL 195 753 3.86 451 60% 32% 12% 25% 31% 68% 0% 41% 82% 15% 6% 12 1 20% 39 17 11% 21 5 24% 0 0 0
2009 27 ATL NL 396 1530 3.86 920 60% 33% 11% 26% 30% 67% 1% 40% 83% 23% 6% 23 0 15% 59 20 11% 45 22 27% 0 0 0
2010 28 ATL NL 288 1194 4.15 699 59% 32% 9% 32% 28% 68% 2% 40% 87% 24% 6% 17 0 18% 52 19 16% 47 25 44% 0 0 0
2011 29 ATL NL 322 1264 3.93 732 58% 33% 11% 26% 30% 67% 3% 39% 84% 22% 7% 24 1 19% 61 23 12% 40 19 35% -1 0 0
7 Seasons 2685 10571 3.94 6390 60% 34% 10% 26% 30% 66% 2% 40% 85% 18% 6% 153 2 16% 429 165 11% 295 152 34% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 23 41 120 109 20 28 6 0 5 12 2 0 3 20 .257 .305 .450 .755 96 49 3 5 2 1 0
2006 24 147 417 379 70 91 22 2 12 28 12 1 21 79 .240 .296 .404 .700 80 153 10 10 5 2 0
2007 25 284 799 708 132 176 43 5 25 66 34 2 60 156 .249 .322 .429 .752 94 304 12 19 8 4 2
2008 26 436 1484 1305 245 341 89 9 51 160 57 5 125 249 .261 .338 .461 .798 108 601 17 31 13 10 13
2009 27 565 2075 1812 331 471 116 11 71 230 76 11 193 348 .260 .342 .454 .796 108 822 25 40 16 14 14
2010 28 650 2363 2054 361 517 128 12 77 254 83 13 226 405 .252 .337 .438 .775 104 900 28 45 22 16 16
2011 29 731 2684 2321 396 578 140 14 81 270 87 15 270 457 .249 .337 .426 .764 102 989 32 48 29 16 20

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2005 23 41 119 110 21 29 6 0 5 12 2 3 20 .264 .311 .455 .765 14 41
2006 24 106 291 268 48 61 15 2 7 15 10 17 59 .228 .285 .377 .662 28 106
2007 25 137 376 327 60 83 21 3 13 37 21 38 77 .254 .346 .456 .801 49 137
2008 26 152 683 599 115 167 47 4 26 96 23 66 93 .279 .359 .501 .860 105 152
2009 27 129 590 508 87 131 27 2 20 71 19 69 99 .258 .354 .437 .791 77 129
2010 28 85 284 243 31 47 12 1 6 25 7 34 57 .193 .303 .325 .628 23 85
2011 29 81 321 271 38 65 13 2 4 18 4 47 52 .240 .358 .347 .705 33 81
7 Seasons 731 2664 2326 400 583 141 14 81 274 86 274 457 .251 .340 .428 .767 329 731
162 Game Avg. 162 590 515 89 129 31 3 18 61 19 61 101 .251 .340 .428 .767 73 731

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 NL (27, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1713th)

Gold Gloves
2008 NL (OF)

Offensive WARs c a p y
2008 NL  5.2 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2008 NL  113 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
2008 NL  46 (1st)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  76 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2008 NL  12 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2008 NL  24.4 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
2008 NL  43.93 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
2008 NL  4.2 (4th)

             

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 5 (1764), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1176), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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