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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 HS (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 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1.75M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.033, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Mike Nicotera [*]
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 PIT NL 23 OF 29 24 21 218.2 48 46 0 2 0 .958 -2 0 -8 0 1.89 1.59 .984 2.19 2.16
2005 PIT NL 23 CF 21 19 16 166.0 36 36 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -9 -7 1.95 1.71 .987 2.52 2.48
2005 PIT NL 23 RF 8 5 5 52.2 12 10 0 2 0 .833 -0 1 -7 23 1.71 1.25 .980 2.10 2.08
2006 PIT NL 24 OF 75 55 40 517.1 112 109 1 2 1 .982 -6 -2 -14 -4 1.91 1.47 .984 2.22 2.20
2006 PIT NL 24 CF 42 41 29 345.0 86 84 1 1 1 .988 -1 -1 -5 -3 2.22 2.02 .988 2.59 2.57
2006 PIT NL 24 RF 39 14 11 164.1 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -5 -1 -37 -7 1.26 0.59 .980 2.10 2.09
2006 PIT NL 24 LF 3 0 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 45 0 2.25 0.67 .980 2.02 1.93
2007 PIT NL 25 OF 101 66 61 673.2 188 183 2 3 1 .984 -9 -7 -16 -12 2.47 1.83 .984 2.30 2.29
2007 PIT NL 25 CF 66 53 49 495.1 146 142 2 2 1 .986 -6 -8 -16 -19 2.62 2.18 .987 2.71 2.70
2007 PIT NL 25 LF 24 9 9 110.1 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -12 11 1.55 0.79 .984 2.00 1.99
2007 PIT NL 25 RF 18 4 3 68.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -1 0 -21 0 2.91 1.22 .981 2.18 2.17
2008 PIT NL 26 OF 151 150 139 1330.1 390 384 5 1 1 .997 -5 -23 -5 -20 2.63 2.58 .985 2.21 2.20 AS,MVP-27,GG
2008 PIT NL 26 CF 149 148 137 1300.1 386 380 5 1 1 .997 -5 -23 -4 -21 2.66 2.58 .990 2.61 2.59 AS,MVP-27,GG
2008 PIT NL 26 LF 4 1 1 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -47 0 1.00 0.50 .985 1.90 1.90 AS,MVP-27,GG
2008 PIT NL 26 RF 2 1 1 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -10 0 1.50 1.00 .980 2.10 2.10 AS,MVP-27,GG
2009 TOT NL 27 CF 129 126 121 1120.1 323 313 9 1 4 .997 -2 5 -2 5 2.59 2.50 .989 2.60 2.57
2009 TOT NL 27 OF 129 126 121 1120.1 323 313 9 1 4 .997 -2 5 -2 5 2.59 2.50 .986 2.20 2.18
2009 PIT NL 27 CF 45 44 43 380.0 122 117 5 0 2 1.000 5 3 15 9 2.89 2.71 .989 2.60 2.57
2009 PIT NL 27 OF 45 44 43 380.0 122 117 5 0 2 1.000 5 5 15 15 2.89 2.71 .986 2.20 2.18
2009 ATL NL 27 CF 84 82 78 740.1 201 196 4 1 2 .995 -7 2 -11 3 2.43 2.38 .989 2.60 2.57
2009 ATL NL 27 OF 84 82 78 740.1 201 196 4 1 2 .995 -7 5 -11 8 2.43 2.38 .986 2.20 2.18
2010 ATL NL 28 OF 77 68 58 613.0 148 145 1 2 1 .986 -11 -24 -22 -46 2.14 1.90 .987 2.17 2.15
2010 ATL NL 28 CF 71 63 53 561.0 140 137 1 2 1 .986 -9 -21 -19 -45 2.21 1.94 .989 2.59 2.56
2010 ATL NL 28 LF 8 5 5 52.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -3 -46 -69 1.38 1.00 .985 1.82 1.80
2011 ATL NL 29 OF 79 80 74 718.0 171 169 0 2 0 .988 -2 -7 -4 -11 2.12 2.14 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 ATL NL 29 CF 56 56 51 498.0 131 129 0 2 0 .985 -1 -7 -3 -17 2.33 2.30 .988 2.55 2.54
2011 ATL NL 29 LF 26 22 21 202.0 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 13 6 1.69 1.46 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 ATL NL 29 RF 3 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -1 -213 -67 1.00 0.67 .985 2.05 2.03
2012 PIT NL 30 OF 16 10 9 97.1 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -18 0 1.76 1.19 .983 2.09 2.07
2012 PIT NL 30 LF 9 4 4 42.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -16 -28 1.06 0.56 .984 1.83 1.82
2012 PIT NL 30 CF 4 3 3 32.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -35 0 3.09 2.75 .985 2.48 2.45
2012 PIT NL 30 RF 3 3 2 23.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 4 52 1.17 1.00 .980 1.96 1.93
8 Seasons OF 657 579 523 5288.2 1399 1368 18 13 8 .991 -39 -58 -9 -13 2.36 2.11 .985 2.21 2.19
8 Seasons CF 538 509 459 4518.0 1259 1232 18 9 8 .993 -27 -56 -7 -14 2.49 2.32 .989 2.60 2.58
6 Seasons LF 74 41 40 432.2 74 74 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -2 -5 -5 1.54 1.00 .985 1.90 1.90
6 Seasons RF 73 29 24 338.0 66 62 0 4 0 .939 -10 0 -35 0 1.65 0.85 .980 2.10 2.10
8 Seasons TOT 657 579 523 5288.2 1399 1368 18 13 8 .991 -39 -116 -9 -26 2.36 2.11 .985 2.21 2.19
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2005 PIT NL 23 CF -1 -9 -1 -1 -0 0 -1 -7 -1 0
2005 PIT NL 23 RF -0 -7 -0 0 -1 0 1 23 1 0
2006 PIT NL 24 CF -1 -5 -2 -4 1 1 -1 -3 0 0
2006 PIT NL 24 RF -5 -37 -5 -1 -4 0 -1 -7 -1 0
2006 PIT NL 24 LF 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 PIT NL 25 CF -6 -16 -4 -2 -3 -2 -8 -19 -5 -2
2007 PIT NL 25 LF -1 -12 -2 1 -3 1 1 11 0 1
2007 PIT NL 25 RF -1 -21 -2 -2 -1 1 0 0 1 -1
2008 PIT NL 26 CF -5 -4 -6 0 -6 1 -23 -21 -21 -1
2008 PIT NL 26 LF -1 -47 -1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 PIT NL 26 RF -0 -10 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 PIT NL 27 CF 5 15 4 4 0 1 3 9 1 2
2009 ATL NL 27 CF -7 -11 -5 -0 -4 -2 2 3 2 -2
2010 ATL NL 28 CF -9 -19 -8 2 -10 -1 -21 -45 -17 -2
2010 ATL NL 28 LF -2 -46 -2 -1 -1 0 -3 -69 -3 0
2011 ATL NL 29 CF -1 -3 1 4 -3 -2 -7 -17 -3 -2
2011 ATL NL 29 LF 2 13 3 3 0 -1 1 6 2 -1
2011 ATL NL 29 RF -3 -213 -3 0 -3 0 -1 -67 -1 0
2012 PIT NL 30 LF -1 -16 -1 1 -1 0 -1 -28 -1 0
2012 PIT NL 30 CF -1 -35 -1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
2012 PIT NL 30 RF 0 4 0 0 0 -0 1 52 1 0
8 Seasons CF -27 -7 -23 3 -26 -4 -56 -14 -44 -7
6 Seasons LF -2 -5 -2 3 -5 0 -2 -5 -2 0
6 Seasons RF -10 -35 -11 -2 -8 1 0 0 1 -1
8 Seasons TOT -41 -8 -36 7 -43 -4 -116 -26 -45 -8
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2005 PIT NL 23 41 24 41 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 8 29 0 14 0
2006 PIT NL 24 106 55 106 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 42 39 84 0 34 6
2007 PIT NL 25 137 66 137 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 66 18 108 0 50 3
2008 PIT NL 26 152 150 152 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 149 2 155 0 1 0
2009 ATL NL 27 84 82 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 84 0 1 0
2009 PIT NL 27 45 44 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 45 0 0 0
2010 ATL NL 28 85 68 85 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 71 0 79 0 8 5
2011 ATL NL 29 81 80 81 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 56 3 80 0 1 0
2012 PIT NL 30 34 10 34 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 3 16 0 18 1
8 Seasons 765 579 765 658 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 538 73 680 0 127 15
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 PIT NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 7 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 6 3 0 26 12 46.2% 14 0 0.0% 0 747 72% 72% 36% 81 44%
2006 PIT NL 24 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 26 19 0 21 4 0 4 2 0 11 2 0 12 7 1 74 34 45.9% 39 1 1.4% 0 1541 69% 76% 39% 192 44%
2007 PIT NL 25 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 47 30 0 27 4 0 7 2 0 10 1 0 16 9 1 107 46 43.0% 60 1 0.9% 1 2211 67% 77% 40% 312 46%
2008 PIT NL 26 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 4 76 56 0 57 17 1 20 2 2 19 4 0 46 29 0 218 108 49.5% 107 3 1.4% 2 5871 68% 78% 40% 762 50%
2009 ATL NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 43 27 0 34 6 0 12 2 1 8 1 1 25 16 1 122 52 42.6% 67 3 2.5% 1 3137 53% 75% 36% 403 49%
2009 PIT NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 1 23 15 1 22 6 1 3 1 0 9 1 0 12 8 0 69 31 44.9% 36 2 2.9% 3 1620 64% 79% 41% 216 56%
2010 ATL NL 28 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 28 20 0 23 5 0 5 0 0 7 1 0 12 10 0 75 36 48.0% 39 0 0.0% 1 2370 59% 74% 35% 294 47%
2011 ATL NL 29 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 15 0 14 2 0 3 2 0 6 1 0 7 4 0 56 24 42.9% 32 0 0.0% 0 2030 56% 74% 34% 236 55%
2012 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 155 65% 71% 36% 18 61%
8 Seasons 9 0 7 2 2 18 3 5 1 7 278 188 1 206 46 2 57 14 3 75 11 1 138 87 3 754 346 45.9% 398 10 1.3% 8 19682 63% 76% 38% 2514 49%
MLB Averages 45.2% 1.8% 58% 76% 40% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 PIT NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 66% 69% 38% 2 100%
2007 PIT NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 8 5 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 15 78.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 470 70% 76% 39% 57 33%
2008 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 69% 74% 42% 6 33%
2010 ATL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 227 49% 70% 27% 22 36%
2011 ATL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 4 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 21 13 61.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 850 54% 73% 34% 76 50%
2012 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 175 51% 74% 42% 12 42%
6 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 14 0 13 8 0 11 5 0 1 1 0 5 4 0 47 32 68.1% 15 0 0.0% 0 1825 58% 73% 35% 175 42%
MLB Averages 63.9% 2.3% 58% 76% 40% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 PIT NL 23 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 211 70% 77% 36% 20 50%
2006 PIT NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 8 5 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 24 13 54.2% 11 0 0.0% 0 737 66% 75% 37% 66 35%
2007 PIT NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 17 10 58.8% 7 0 0.0% 0 311 65% 76% 44% 51 43%
2008 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 53 53% 72% 28% 6 33%
2011 ATL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 93 49% 74% 42% 10 20%
2012 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 96 58% 83% 29% 7 43%
6 Seasons 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 15 0 17 6 0 4 2 0 5 1 0 9 7 0 58 31 53.4% 27 0 0.0% 0 1501 64% 76% 38% 160 39%
MLB Averages 47.1% 2.3% 58% 76% 40% 50%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 NL (27, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Gold Gloves
2008 NL (OF)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  149 (3rd)
Active  538 (20th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  380 (4th)
2009 NL  313 (5th)
Active  1,232 (21st)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  9 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  384 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2009 NL  2.59 (5th)
Active  2.49 (16th)
Career  2.49 (95th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  2.58 (4th)
2009 NL  2.50 (5th)
Active  2.32 (18th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  .997 (3rd)
2009 NL  .997 (2nd)
Active  .993 (5th)
Career  .993 (8th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  2.58 (4th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  .997 (5th)
2009 NL  .997 (3rd)
Active  .991 (16th)
Career  .991 (35th)

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