Nate Minchey

Nathan Derek Minchey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 31, 1969 in Austin, TX
High School: Pflugerville HS (Pflugerville, TX)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1993
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Rockies 1993-1997

Final Game: September 25, 1997
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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
1987	17	WSN-min	Rk	3	4	.429	4.94	12	11	0	2	0	0	54.2	62	45	30	1	28	0	61	2	0	6			1.646	10.2	0.2	4.6	10.0	2.18	EXO · GULF
1988	18	WSN-min	A	11	12	.478	4.79	28	27	0	0	0	0	150.1	148	93	80	4	87	1	63	8	5	14			1.563	8.9	0.2	5.2	3.8	0.72	RFD · MIDW
1989	19	WSN-ATL-min	A	5	12	.294	4.67	26	26	0	1	0	0	156.0	154	88	81	8	82	2	87	5	1	22			1.513	8.9	0.5	4.7	5.0	1.06	RFD,BUR · MIDW
1990	20	ATL-min	A+	4	11	.267	3.79	25	24	0	2	2	0	133.0	143	75	56	11	46	0	100	5	2	13			1.421	9.7	0.7	3.1	6.8	2.17	DHM · CARL
1991	21	ATL-min	A+	11	9	.550	2.35	28	25	0	7	1	0	184.0	153	62	48	4	60	0	138	7	2	7	732		1.158	7.5	0.2	2.9	6.8	2.30	MIA,DHM · FLOR,CARL
1992	22	ATL-BOS-min	AA,AAA	15	6	.714	2.21	30	25	3	5	4	0	179.0	140	51	44	7	40	2	119	7	0	9	707		1.006	7.0	0.4	2.0	6.0	2.98	GRV,PAW · SOUL,IL
1993	23	BOS-min	AAA	7	14	.333	4.02	29	29	0	7	2	0	194.2	182	103	87	22	50	1	113	10	0	8	814		1.192	8.4	1.0	2.3	5.2	2.26	PAW · IL
1993	23	BOS	AL	1	2	.333	3.55	5	5	0	1	0	0	33.0	35	16	13	5	8	2	18	0	0	2	141	132	1.303	9.5	1.4	2.2	4.9	2.25
1994	24	BOS-min	AAA	11	5	.688	3.03	23	22	1	6	2	0	151.1	128	65	51	14	51	0	93	5	1	7	622		1.183	7.6	0.8	3.0	5.5	1.82	PAW · IL
1994	24	BOS	AL	2	3	.400	8.61	6	5	0	0	0	0	23.0	44	26	22	1	14	2	15	0	1	3	121	59	2.522	17.2	0.4	5.5	5.9	1.07

1995	25	STL-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.73	26	24	0	1	0	0	147.1	153	77	61	9	42	0	67	7	1	9	633		1.324	9.3	0.5	2.6	4.1	1.60	LOU · AA
1996	26	BOS-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.96	14	13	0	6	1	0	97.1	89	32	32	8	21	0	61	0	0	6	394		1.130	8.2	0.7	1.9	5.6	2.90	PAW · IL
1996	26	BOS	AL	0	2	.000	15.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	16	11	10	1	5	0	4	0	0	1	36	35	3.500	24.0	1.5	7.5	6.0	0.80
1997	27	COL-min	AAA	15	6	.714	4.51	27	21	0	3	0	0	157.2	172	87	79	17	53	1	107	6	0	4	678		1.427	9.8	1.0	3.0	6.1	2.02	CSP · PCL
1997	27	COL	NL	0	0		13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	44	3.000	22.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
4 Yrs				3	7	.300	6.75	15	12	0	1	0	0	64.0	100	56	48	7	28	4	38	0	1	6	310	73	2.000	14.1	1.0	3.9	5.3	1.36
162 Game Avg.				8	18	.300	6.75	38	30	0	3	0	0	161	252	141	121	18	71	10	96	0	3	15	781	73	2.000	14.1	1.0	3.9	5.3	1.36

BOS (3 yrs)				3	7	.300	6.53	13	12	0	1	0	0	62.0	95	53	45	7	27	4	37	0	1	6	298	75	1.968	13.8	1.0	3.9	5.4	1.37
COL (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	44	3.000	22.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00

AL (3 yrs)				3	7	.300	6.53	13	12	0	1	0	0	62.0	95	53	45	7	27	4	37	0	1	6	298	75	1.968	13.8	1.0	3.9	5.4	1.37
NL (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	44	3.000	22.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00

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
1993	23	BOS	AL	33.0	5	5	16	4.36	5.14	0.49	0.18	103.9	5.03	3	0.3		-0.0	0.6	6	.556	.502	$
1994	24	BOS	AL	23.0	6	5	26	10.17	5.33	0.13	0.11	104.7	5.57	-12	-0.9	.1	0.0	-0.7	-10	.342	.494	$122,000

1996	26	BOS	AL	6.0	2	2	11	16.50	5.14	-0.66	0.19	106.0	6.35	-7	-0.5		-0.0	-0.4	-6	.260	.497	$130,000
1997	27	COL	NL	2.0	2	0	3	13.50	4.88	-0.00	-0.37	146.0	6.59	-2	-0.1	.8	0.0	-0.1	-1	.426	.499	$
4 Seasons				64.0	15	12	56	7.88	5.20	0.24	0.14	105.7	5.39	-18	-1.3	.6	0.0	-0.6	-10	.414	.498	$252,000

BOS (3 yrs)				62.0	13	12	53	7.69	5.21	0.24	0.16	104.4	5.35	-16	-1.1	.1	0.0	-0.5	-9	.412	.498	$252,000
COL (1 yr)				2.0	2	0	3	13.50	4.88	-0.00	-0.37	146.0	6.59	-2	-0.1	.8	0.0	-0.1	-1	.426	.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
1993	23	BOS	AL	5	141	132	16	35	8	1	5	1	1	8	18	.265	.307	.455	.762	.275	60	3	0	1	0	2	3
1994	24	BOS	AL	6	121	103	26	44	11	1	1	0	1	14	15	.427	.483	.583	1.066	.478	60	4	0	1	3	2	2

1996	26	BOS	AL	2	36	30	11	16	2	0	1	2	0	5	4	.533	.583	.700	1.283	.577	21	2	0	0	1	0	0
1997	27	COL	NL	2	12	9	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.556	.600	.556	1.156	.625	5	0	0	2	0	0	0
4 Yrs				15	310	274	56	100	21	2	7	4	2	28	38	.365	.418	.533	.951	.399	146	9	0	4	4	4	5
162 Game Avg.				38	781	690	141	252	53	5	18	10	5	71	96	.365	.418	.533	.951	.399	368	23	0	10	10	10	13
MLB Averages																.268	.337	.418	.755	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1993	23	BOS	AL	3.2	0.3	146	-0.1	2.0	-2.1	.79	-0.2	-0.0	2.3	0.2	0.79	-0.1	0	0	0
1994	24	BOS	AL	-9.3	-0.8	126	-0.7	1.8	-2.6	.98	-1.1	0.3	-11.9	-1.0	0.98	-13.3	0	0	1

1996	26	BOS	AL	-6.5	-0.5	38	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	1.04	-0.6	0.1	-6.2	-0.5	1.04	-7.4	0	0	0
1997	27	COL	NL	-1.2	-0.1	13	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.87	-0.2	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.87	-1.9	1	0	1
4 Yrs				-13.9	-1.1	323	-1.6	4.3	-6.0	.90	-2.0	0.2	-17.6	-1.4	0.90	-22.6	1	0	2

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1993	23	BOS	AL	5	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	4	.200	1	1	1	0	3	60%	51.0	68	35	2	1	1	2	5.0	5.5	6.6	107	0	2	0	2	129
1994	24	BOS	AL	6	5	2	3	0	1	0	2	3	.400	0	0	0	0	1	20%	32.0	55	11	5	3	0	3	3.3	5.7	4.0	79	3	2	0	0	96

1996	26	BOS	AL	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	21.5	23	20	6	3	0	2	5.0	6.0	3.0	68	2	0	0	0	71
3 Yrs				13	12	3	7	2	1	0	3	9	.250	1	1	1	0	4	33%	38	68	11	13	7	1	7	4.3	5.6	4.9	87	5	4	0	2	129
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	99	-11					4.9	4.8	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1994	24	BOS	AL	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.984	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	61

1997	27	COL	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.865	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	16
2 Yrs				8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.973	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	5.0	39

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%
1993	23	BOS	AL	141	53%	3.6%	12.8%	5.7%	9.9%	40%	0.86	1.16	77%	23%	10.9%	22%	21	3	14%
1994	24	BOS	AL	121	52%	0.8%	12.4%	11.6%	10.7%	30%	0.64	0.89	74%	30%	2.0%	9%	36	4	11%

1996	26	BOS	AL	36	56%	2.8%	11.1%	13.9%	8.3%	19%	0.93	6.00	72%	30%	7.7%	7%	16	2	13%
1997	27	COL	NL	12	67%	0.0%	8.3%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	0.67	1.50	67%	10%	0.0%	67%	6	0	0%
4 Yrs				310	54%	2.3%	12.3%	9.0%	9.7%	30%	0.77	1.20	75%	26%	6.4%	16%	79	9	11%
MLB Averages					44%	2.6%	16.2%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.9%	16%			10%

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
1993	23	BOS	AL	114	426	3.74	260	61%	25%	11%	28%	36%	75%	2%	46%	86%	46%	6%	7	5	18%	21	13	3	13%	3	1	27	0	0
1994	24	BOS	AL	122	456	3.74	271	59%	32%	7%	27%	34%	68%	4%	41%	90%	54%	6%	7	3	18%	22	12	3	53%	2	2	-1	0	0

1996	26	BOS	AL	36	136	3.78	71	52%	25%	11%	25%	38%	75%	0%	39%	85%	53%	6%	2	1	8%	3	1	1	50%	0	1	0	0	0
1997	27	COL	NL	6	16	2.67	9	56%	33%	0%	22%	44%	67%	0%	38%	100%	33%	17%	1	0	17%	1	1	0	100%	1	1	6	0	0
4 Yrs				278	1034	3.72	611	59%	28%	9%	27%	36%	72%	3%	42%	87%	50%	6%	17	9	17%	47	27	7	37%	6	5	32	0	0
MLB Averages						3.69		61%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

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
1993	23	BOS	AL	141	35	3	1	5	0	1	2	3	1	4	4	2	1	50%	3	2	0	47	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1994	24	BOS	AL	121	44	8	1	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	12	8	0	67%	2	3	0	61	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	0

1996	26	BOS	AL	36	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	4	0	100%	0	1	0	22	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1997	27	COL	NL	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	100%	0	0	0	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				310	100	11	2	7	0	5	3	4	3	4	23	17	1	74%	5	6	0	139	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	12	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1993	23	1	2	.333	3.55	5	5	1	33.0	35	16	13	5	8	2	18	0	2	141	132	1.303	9.5	1.4	2.2	4.9	2.25	132
1994	24	3	5	.375	5.63	11	10	1	56.0	79	42	35	6	22	4	33	1	5	262	86	1.804	12.7	1.0	3.5	5.3	1.50	86
1995	25	3	5	.375	5.63	11	10	1	56.0	79	42	35	6	22	4	33	1	5	262	86	1.804	12.7	1.0	3.5	5.3	1.50	86
1996	26	3	7	.300	6.53	13	12	1	62.0	95	53	45	7	27	4	37	1	6	298	75	1.968	13.8	1.0	3.9	5.4	1.37	75
1997	27	3	7	.300	6.75	15	12	1	64.0	100	56	48	7	28	4	38	1	6	310	73	2.000	14.1	1.0	3.9	5.3	1.36	73

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1993	23	2	1	.667	3.27	33.0	33	13	12	5	8	18	0	1.242	9.0	2.2	4.9	2.25	1.4	5
1994	24	1	2	.333	7.59	32.0	58	30	27	1	18	21	0	2.375	16.3	5.1	5.9	1.17	0.3	6

1996	26	0	0		16.20	5.0	15	10	9	1	5	4	0	4.000	27.0	9.0	7.2	0.80	1.8	2
1997	27	0	0		9.00	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	2
4 Yrs		3	3	.500	6.25	72.0	110	55	50	7	32	44	0	1.972	13.8		5.5	1.38	0.9	15

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