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Joe Nathan

Joseph Michael Nathan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: November 22, 1974 in Houston, TX
High School: Pine Bush (Circleville, NY)
School: Stony Brook University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1999
Teams (by GP): Twins/Giants 1999-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$45M (08-11), 2 yrs/$14.5M (12-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.120, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Dave Pepe [*]
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All-Star

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
1999 24 SFG NL 7 4 .636 4.18 19 14 2 0 0 1 90.1 84 45 42 17 46 0 54 1 0 2 395 103 1.439 8.4 1.7 4.6 5.4 1.17
2000 25 SFG NL 5 2 .714 5.21 20 15 0 0 0 0 93.1 89 63 54 12 63 4 61 4 0 5 426 82 1.629 8.6 1.2 6.1 5.9 0.97
2002 27 SFG NL 0 0 0.00 4 0 3 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 0.273 2.5 0.0 0.0 4.9
2003 28 SFG NL 12 4 .750 2.96 78 0 9 0 0 0 79.0 51 26 26 7 33 3 83 3 1 4 316 142 1.063 5.8 0.8 3.8 9.5 2.52
2004 29 MIN AL 1 2 .333 1.62 73 0 63 0 0 44 72.1 48 14 13 3 23 3 89 2 0 5 284 294 0.982 6.0 0.4 2.9 11.1 3.87 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2005 30 MIN AL 7 4 .636 2.70 69 0 58 0 0 43 70.0 46 22 21 5 22 1 94 0 0 2 276 166 0.971 5.9 0.6 2.8 12.1 4.27 AS
2006 31 MIN AL 7 0 1.000 1.58 64 0 61 0 0 36 68.1 38 12 12 3 16 4 95 1 0 3 262 284 0.790 5.0 0.4 2.1 12.5 5.94 CYA-5,MVP-18
2007 32 MIN AL 4 2 .667 1.88 68 0 60 0 0 37 71.2 54 15 15 4 19 2 77 1 0 3 282 229 1.019 6.8 0.5 2.4 9.7 4.05
2008 33 MIN AL 1 2 .333 1.33 68 0 57 0 0 39 67.2 43 13 10 5 18 4 74 2 0 2 261 316 0.901 5.7 0.7 2.4 9.8 4.11 AS
2009 34 MIN AL 2 2 .500 2.10 70 0 62 0 0 47 68.2 42 16 16 7 22 1 89 2 0 4 271 210 0.932 5.5 0.9 2.9 11.7 4.05 AS
2011 36 MIN AL 2 1 .667 4.84 48 0 33 0 0 14 44.2 38 26 24 7 14 2 43 3 0 3 191 83 1.164 7.7 1.4 2.8 8.7 3.07
11 Seasons 48 23 .676 2.87 581 29 408 0 0 261 729.2 534 252 233 70 276 24 761 19 1 33 2976 152 1.110 6.6 0.9 3.4 9.4 2.76
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .676 2.87 65 3 45 0 0 29 81 60 28 26 8 31 3 85 2 0 4 332 152 1.110 6.6 0.9 3.4 9.4 2.76
MIN (7 yrs) 24 13 .649 2.16 460 0 394 0 0 260 463.1 309 118 111 34 134 17 561 11 0 22 1827 204 0.956 6.0 0.7 2.6 10.9 4.19
SFG (4 yrs) 24 10 .706 4.12 121 29 14 0 0 1 266.1 225 134 122 36 142 7 200 8 1 11 1149 104 1.378 7.6 1.2 4.8 6.8 1.41
AL (7 yrs) AL 24 13 .649 2.16 460 0 394 0 0 260 463.1 309 118 111 34 134 17 561 11 0 22 1827 204 0.956 6.0 0.7 2.6 10.9 4.19
NL (4 yrs) NL 24 10 .706 4.12 121 29 14 0 0 1 266.1 225 134 122 36 142 7 200 8 1 11 1149 104 1.378 7.6 1.2 4.8 6.8 1.41

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1999 24 SFG NL 90.1 14 45 57 -3 1.1 12 1.2 $200,000
2000 25 SFG NL 93.1 15 63 59 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $225,000
2002 27 SFG NL 3.2 0 0 2 0 .0 2 0.1 $
2003 28 SFG NL 79.0 0 26 45 2 1.1 19 1.4 $300,000
2004 29 MIN AL 72.1 0 14 49 0 1.9 35 4.0 $440,000 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2005 30 MIN AL 70.0 0 22 43 2 1.8 21 2.1 $2,100,000 AS
2006 31 MIN AL 68.1 0 12 44 1 1.6 32 3.4 $3,750,000 CYA-5,MVP-18
2007 32 MIN AL 71.2 0 15 45 0 1.9 30 3.5 $5,250,000
2008 33 MIN AL 67.2 0 13 42 -1 1.9 29 3.6 $6,000,000 AS
2009 34 MIN AL 68.2 0 16 43 -1 1.9 27 3.2 $11,250,000 AS
2011 36 MIN AL 44.2 0 26 26 -1 1.5 -0 0.0 $11,250,000
11 Seasons 729.2 29 252 455 -1 1.5 203 22.1 $40,765,000
MIN (7 yrs) 463.1 0 118 292 -0 1.8 174 19.8 $40,040,000
SFG (4 yrs) 266.1 29 134 163 -1 1.0 29 2.3 $725,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp 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
2003 28 SFG NL NLDS L FLA 0 1 .000 81.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 4 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 15.000 108.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 1.00
2004 29 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 3.60 3 0 1 0 0 1 5.0 2 2 2 0 5 2 6 0 0 0 22 1.400 3.6 0.0 9.0 10.8 1.20
2006 31 MIN AL ALDS L OAK 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
2009 34 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 12 3.000 22.5 4.5 4.5 9.0 2.00
4 Seasons (4 Series) 0 2 .000 7.88 8 0 3 0 0 1 8.0 12 7 7 2 7 3 10 0 0 1 43 2.375 13.5 2.3 7.9 11.3 1.43
3 ALDS 0 1 .000 4.70 6 0 3 0 0 1 7.2 8 4 4 1 6 3 9 0 0 1 37 1.826 9.4 1.2 7.0 10.6 1.50
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 81.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 4 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 15.000 108.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 1.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2004 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2005 MIN AL 30 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 MIN AL 33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2009 MIN AL 34 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
4 Seasons (4 Appearances) 0 0 0 2.25 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 16 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 9.0 4.00

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
1999 24 SFG NL 19 395 346 45 84 16 2 17 6 2 46 54 .243 .333 .448 .781 .244 155 10 1 2 0 0 6
2000 25 SFG NL 20 426 349 63 89 24 3 12 9 5 63 61 .255 .371 .444 .815 .274 155 5 4 5 5 4 3
2002 27 SFG NL 4 12 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .167 .250 .100 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 28 SFG NL 78 316 274 26 51 10 0 7 5 1 33 83 .186 .277 .299 .576 .234 82 4 3 2 4 3 0
2004 29 MIN AL 73 284 257 14 48 9 0 3 4 3 23 89 .187 .259 .257 .516 .273 66 3 2 2 0 3 2
2005 30 MIN AL 69 276 251 22 46 11 0 5 2 1 22 94 .183 .247 .287 .534 .266 72 2 0 1 2 1 1
2006 31 MIN AL 64 262 240 12 38 7 2 3 2 0 16 95 .158 .212 .242 .454 .243 58 1 1 3 2 4 2
2007 32 MIN AL 68 282 258 15 54 14 0 4 7 0 19 77 .209 .264 .310 .574 .279 80 4 1 2 2 2 1
2008 33 MIN AL 68 261 240 13 43 7 1 5 5 0 18 74 .179 .242 .279 .521 .236 67 7 2 1 0 4 2
2009 34 MIN AL 70 271 246 16 42 8 2 7 5 0 22 89 .171 .244 .305 .549 .233 75 2 2 1 0 1 2
2011 36 MIN AL 48 191 171 26 38 10 1 7 8 0 14 43 .222 .289 .415 .705 .252 71 0 3 1 2 2 2
11 Seasons 581 2976 2644 252 534 117 11 70 53 12 276 761 .202 .280 .334 .614 .254 883 38 19 20 17 24 21
162 Game Avg. 65 332 295 28 60 13 1 8 6 1 31 85 .202 .280 .334 .614 .254 98 4 2 2 2 3 2
MLB Averages .264 .334 .421 .755 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1999 24 SFG NL 1.8 0.2 406 0.3 7.8 -7.5 1.07 -0.4 0.7 2.1 0.2 1.07 -3.4 2 1 2
2000 25 SFG NL -12.4 -1.1 443 -0.9 6.9 -7.8 1.02 -0.8 -0.1 -10.7 -1.0 1.02 -11.6 0 2 3
2002 27 SFG NL 1.9 0.2 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 .01 0.2 0.0 1.8 0.2 0.01 2.2 0 0 4
2003 28 SFG NL 12.3 1.2 328 1.5 6.6 -5.1 1.10 1.6 -0.2 15.3 1.5 1.10 18.2 31 19 28
2004 29 MIN AL 24.7 2.4 305 5.8 11.3 -5.4 1.82 2.1 1.1 29.2 2.8 1.82 28.3 43 15 14
2005 30 MIN AL 13.9 1.4 286 2.8 9.4 -6.6 1.72 2.1 -0.5 19.8 1.9 1.72 22.7 40 20 8
2006 31 MIN AL 23.0 2.2 272 5.1 8.8 -3.7 1.61 2.5 0.7 25.8 2.5 1.61 28.6 34 13 16
2007 32 MIN AL 20.9 2.0 293 3.4 10.2 -6.8 1.97 1.7 0.1 22.6 2.3 1.97 23.3 39 12 14
2008 33 MIN AL 21.5 2.1 269 3.4 10.2 -6.8 1.94 1.8 -0.1 23.2 2.4 1.94 22.3 45 9 13
2009 34 MIN AL 18.5 1.8 283 3.7 9.8 -6.0 1.84 1.7 0.4 27.6 2.8 1.84 21.1 39 17 12
2011 36 MIN AL -4.0 -0.4 202 0.5 4.8 -4.3 1.46 0.2 0.2 -2.3 -0.2 1.46 -1.3 19 12 12
11 Seasons 122.1 12.0 3099 25.7 85.8 -60.1 1.50 12.7 4.4 154.4 15.3 1.50 150.4 292 120 126

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
1999 24 SFG NL 19 14 7 3 4 2 1 9 5 .643 2 1 0 0 8 57% 50 70 26 10 2 0 7 5.4 5.7 5.8 95 2 4 7 1 122
2000 25 SFG NL 20 15 5 2 8 2 0 8 7 .533 2 3 0 0 7 47% 46 75 -5 12 2 1 11 6.6 7.9 5.4 98 3 2 7 3 123
2 Seasons 39 29 12 5 12 4 1 17 12 .586 4 4 0 0 15 52% 48 75 -5 22 4 1 18 6.0 6.8 5.6 97 5 6 14 4 123
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -12 4.8 4.8 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1999 24 SFG NL 19 5 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 7 1.071 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 5 4 0 4 0 5.4 36
2000 25 SFG NL 20 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 5 1.025 0 2 3 1 0 4 1 4 3 1 3 0 7.4 39
2002 27 SFG NL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .013 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 2.8 13
2003 28 SFG NL 78 78 9 12 4 3 0 3 0% 24 19 54 20 37% 7 1.095 31 19 28 40 15 23 28 50 19 25 24 20 3.0 17
2004 29 MIN AL 73 73 63 1 2 47 44 3 94% 47 0 10 2 20% 9 1.824 43 15 14 60 8 5 7 66 5 9 5 26 3.0 17
2005 30 MIN AL 69 69 58 7 4 48 43 5 90% 48 0 9 0 0% 9 1.724 40 20 8 54 11 4 4 65 4 5 5 24 3.0 17
2006 31 MIN AL 64 64 61 7 0 38 36 2 95% 38 0 6 2 33% 9 1.614 34 13 16 51 8 5 2 62 5 0 5 13 3.2 17
2007 32 MIN AL 68 68 60 4 2 41 37 4 90% 41 0 8 3 38% 9 1.973 39 12 14 56 10 2 5 63 7 3 7 22 3.2 17
2008 33 MIN AL 68 68 57 1 2 45 39 6 87% 45 0 8 4 50% 9 1.940 45 9 13 53 9 6 4 64 4 5 4 19 3.0 16
2009 34 MIN AL 70 70 62 2 2 52 47 5 90% 52 0 13 0 0% 9 1.835 39 17 12 61 6 3 7 63 4 8 4 22 2.9 16
2011 36 MIN AL 48 48 33 2 1 17 14 3 82% 25 8 9 4 44% 9 1.456 19 12 12 28 4 16 5 43 1 7 2 3 2.8 17
11 Seasons 581 552 408 36 18 293 261 32 89% 322 27 119 35 29% 1.499 292 120 126 408 72 72 63 489 56 64 63 149 3.1 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%
1999 24 SFG NL 395 60% 4.3% 13.7% 11.7% 8.9% 42% 0.72 1.01 70% 16% 11.9% 15% 77 10 13%
2000 25 SFG NL 426 48% 2.8% 14.3% 14.8% 9.2% 44% 0.53 0.85 66% 29% 7.5% 13% 87 5 6%
2002 27 SFG NL 12 67% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 8.3% 100% 0.25 0.29 83% 20% 0.0% 0% 0 0
2003 28 SFG NL 316 63% 2.2% 26.3% 10.4% 5.4% 33% 0.47 0.51 59% 15% 6.7% 21% 56 4 7%
2004 29 MIN AL 284 48% 1.1% 31.3% 8.1% 4.2% 25% 0.52 0.59 58% 16% 3.3% 16% 45 3 7%
2005 30 MIN AL 276 50% 1.8% 34.1% 8.0% 5.8% 35% 0.58 0.60 56% 13% 6.0% 15% 41 2 5%
2006 31 MIN AL 262 54% 1.2% 36.3% 6.1% 4.6% 32% 0.58 0.72 55% 17% 3.8% 16% 33 1 3%
2007 32 MIN AL 282 51% 1.4% 27.3% 6.7% 6.4% 33% 0.74 1.00 63% 15% 4.7% 19% 43 4 9%
2008 33 MIN AL 261 49% 1.9% 28.4% 6.9% 5.0% 30% 0.94 1.26 62% 15% 6.7% 12% 35 7 20%
2009 34 MIN AL 271 51% 2.6% 32.8% 8.1% 6.3% 41% 0.70 0.83 55% 13% 9.7% 21% 31 2 6%
2011 36 MIN AL 191 49% 3.7% 22.5% 7.3% 9.4% 47% 0.55 0.75 64% 16% 10.9% 23% 25 0 0%
11 Seasons 2976 53% 2.4% 25.6% 9.3% 6.7% 37% 0.62 0.80 61% 17% 7.3% 17% 473 38 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 13% 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
1999 24 SFG NL 395 1510 3.82 873 58% 26% 15% 26% 34% 74% 0% 43% 80% 54% 8% 32 14 14% 57 22 3 26% 7 18 0 0 0
2000 25 SFG NL 426 1660 3.90 920 55% 22% 15% 30% 32% 78% 2% 43% 81% 47% 9% 37 17 15% 64 26 2 15% 7 16 0 0 0
2002 27 SFG NL 12 51 4.25 32 63% 25% 22% 22% 31% 75% 0% 47% 71% 33% 17% 2 2 8% 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 28 SFG NL 316 1299 4.11 793 61% 29% 17% 30% 25% 71% 2% 43% 76% 59% 8% 26 17 26% 81 42 4 39% 14 6 0 0 0
2004 29 MIN AL 284 1224 4.31 774 63% 28% 22% 28% 22% 72% 3% 45% 69% 60% 6% 17 12 34% 97 47 6 21% 11 2 0 0 0
2005 30 MIN AL 276 1144 4.14 749 65% 25% 24% 29% 21% 75% 1% 49% 68% 64% 3% 9 5 32% 89 41 2 14% 20 3 0 0 0
2006 31 MIN AL 262 1072 4.09 703 66% 29% 22% 28% 21% 71% 4% 47% 69% 61% 4% 11 6 29% 76 37 2 27% 13 2 0 0 0
2007 32 MIN AL 282 1144 4.06 745 65% 26% 19% 30% 25% 74% 2% 48% 74% 66% 5% 13 9 30% 86 35 3 22% 12 3 0 0 0
2008 33 MIN AL 261 1061 4.07 684 64% 25% 23% 28% 24% 75% 4% 48% 69% 63% 5% 13 6 31% 80 34 2 16% 7 4 0 0 0
2009 34 MIN AL 271 1148 4.24 739 64% 27% 24% 28% 21% 73% 1% 47% 67% 64% 4% 10 7 26% 70 34 1 20% 12 2 0 0 0
2011 36 MIN AL 191 817 4.28 503 62% 27% 16% 31% 26% 73% 3% 45% 79% 59% 5% 9 7 20% 39 17 0 12% 6 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 2976 12130 4.08 7515 62% 26% 20% 29% 26% 74% 2% 46% 73% 59% 6% 179 102 25% 740 335 25 22% 109 56 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 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
1999 24 SFG NL 395 84 2 0 17 0 6 9 8 9 8 15 5 2 33% 6 2 1 148 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2000 25 SFG NL 426 89 1 0 12 0 16 8 4 2 10 31 19 6 61% 3 5 0 157 9 5 64% 7 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
2002 27 SFG NL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 28 SFG NL 316 51 6 0 7 0 12 5 2 2 5 13 8 1 62% 0 4 1 115 5 1 83% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2004 29 MIN AL 284 48 6 0 3 0 8 1 2 2 1 7 3 2 43% 2 5 0 100 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2005 30 MIN AL 276 46 8 2 5 0 7 1 4 2 3 13 5 5 38% 1 2 1 86 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2006 31 MIN AL 262 38 1 0 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 8 4 2 50% 2 3 0 85 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2007 32 MIN AL 282 54 3 0 4 0 7 2 2 4 0 14 4 3 29% 1 3 0 94 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008 33 MIN AL 261 43 6 0 5 0 7 0 5 1 4 8 3 2 38% 2 2 0 75 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 34 MIN AL 271 42 9 1 7 0 6 4 3 4 3 10 2 6 20% 2 4 0 74 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2011 36 MIN AL 191 38 3 0 7 0 2 4 3 4 3 5 4 1 80% 2 3 0 70 8 0 100% 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
11 Seasons 2976 534 45 3 70 0 78 37 33 31 39 124 57 30 46% 21 33 3 1006 53 12 82% 46 12 7 0 0 0 2 0 70 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1999 24 7 4 .636 4.18 19 14 2 0 0 1 90.1 84 45 42 17 46 0 54 1 0 2 395 103 1.439 8.4 1.7 4.6 5.4 1.17 103
2000 25 12 6 .667 4.70 39 29 2 0 0 1 183.2 173 108 96 29 109 4 115 5 0 7 821 91 1.535 8.5 1.4 5.3 5.6 1.06 91
2001 26 12 6 .667 4.70 39 29 2 0 0 1 183.2 173 108 96 29 109 4 115 5 0 7 821 91 1.535 8.5 1.4 5.3 5.6 1.06 91
2002 27 12 6 .667 4.61 43 29 5 0 0 1 187.1 174 108 96 29 109 4 117 5 0 7 833 93 1.511 8.4 1.4 5.2 5.6 1.07 93
2003 28 24 10 .706 4.12 121 29 14 0 0 1 266.1 225 134 122 36 142 7 200 8 1 11 1149 104 1.378 7.6 1.2 4.8 6.8 1.41 104
2004 29 25 12 .676 3.59 194 29 77 0 0 45 338.2 273 148 135 39 165 10 289 10 1 16 1433 122 1.293 7.3 1.0 4.4 7.7 1.75 122
2005 30 32 16 .667 3.44 263 29 135 0 0 88 408.2 319 170 156 44 187 11 383 10 1 18 1709 128 1.238 7.0 1.0 4.1 8.4 2.05 128
2006 31 39 16 .709 3.17 327 29 196 0 0 124 477.0 357 182 168 47 203 15 478 11 1 21 1971 139 1.174 6.7 0.9 3.8 9.0 2.35 139
2007 32 43 18 .705 3.00 395 29 256 0 0 161 548.2 411 197 183 51 222 17 555 12 1 24 2253 146 1.154 6.7 0.8 3.6 9.1 2.50 146
2008 33 44 20 .688 2.82 463 29 313 0 0 200 616.1 454 210 193 56 240 21 629 14 1 26 2514 155 1.126 6.6 0.8 3.5 9.2 2.62 155
2009 34 46 22 .676 2.75 533 29 375 0 0 247 685.0 496 226 209 63 262 22 718 16 1 30 2785 159 1.107 6.5 0.8 3.4 9.4 2.74 159
2010 35 46 22 .676 2.75 533 29 375 0 0 247 685.0 496 226 209 63 262 22 718 16 1 30 2785 159 1.107 6.5 0.8 3.4 9.4 2.74 159
2011 36 48 23 .676 2.87 581 29 408 0 0 261 729.2 534 252 233 70 276 24 761 19 1 33 2976 152 1.110 6.6 0.9 3.4 9.4 2.76 152

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1999 24 4 5 .444 4.04 89.0 83 44 40 17 45 53 1 1.438 8.4 4.6 5.4 1.18 1.7 19
2000 25 4 6 .400 5.14 91.0 88 58 52 12 62 59 4 1.648 8.7 6.1 5.8 0.95 1.2 20
2002 27 0 0 0.00 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 4
2003 28 5 3 .625 2.96 76.0 51 28 25 7 33 80 3 1.105 6.0 3.9 9.5 2.42 0.8 78
2004 29 6 1 .857 1.50 72.0 45 13 12 3 22 88 2 0.931 5.6 2.8 11.0 4.00 0.4 73
2005 30 5 2 .714 2.74 69.0 46 23 21 5 22 93 0 0.986 6.0 2.9 12.1 4.23 0.7 69
2006 31 6 1 .857 1.43 69.0 37 12 11 3 16 96 1 0.768 4.8 2.1 12.5 6.00 0.4 64
2007 32 6 1 .857 1.96 69.0 55 17 15 4 19 74 1 1.072 7.2 2.5 9.7 3.89 0.5 68
2008 33 6 1 .857 1.36 66.0 44 11 10 5 18 72 2 0.939 6.0 2.5 9.8 4.00 0.7 68
2009 34 5 2 .714 2.12 68.0 43 18 16 7 23 88 2 0.971 5.7 3.0 11.6 3.83 0.9 70
2011 36 1 3 .250 5.32 44.0 41 29 26 8 15 42 3 1.273 8.4 3.1 8.6 2.80 1.6 48
11 Seasons 48 25 .658 2.86 717.0 533 253 228 71 275 747 19 1.127 6.7 9.4 2.72 0.9 581

* 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

All-Star Games
2004 *
2005 *
2008 *
2009 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (12, 3%)
2006 AL (18, 2%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (4, 1%)
2006 AL (5, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (239th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
Active  22.1 (37th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2003 NL  .750 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
2003 NL  78 (5th)
2004 AL  73 (10th)
Active  581 (21st)
Career  581 (213th)

Saves s c a p y
2004 AL  44 (3rd)
2005 AL  43 (3rd)
2006 AL  36 (6th)
2007 AL  37 (6th)
2008 AL  39 (4th)
2009 AL  47 (2nd)
Active  261 (5th)
Career  261 (28th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2004 AL  63 (2nd)
2005 AL  58 (6th)
2006 AL  61 (1st)
2007 AL  60 (3rd)
2008 AL  57 (4th)
2009 AL  62 (2nd)
Active  408 (6th)
Career  408 (57th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2004 AL  25 (4th)
Active  122 (18th)
Career  122 (177th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  2.4 (4th)
Active  12.0 (21st)
Career  12.0 (194th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2004 AL  29.24 (7th)
2009 AL  27.62 (7th)
Active  154.41 (11th)
Career  154.41 (75th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2004 AL  5.8 (1st)
2006 AL  5.1 (3rd)
2007 AL  3.4 (8th)
2009 AL  3.7 (7th)
Active  25.7 (7th)
Career  25.7 (39th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.5 (8th)
Active  12.7 (21st)
Career  12.7 (100th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2004 AL  2.8 (8th)
2009 AL  2.8 (8th)
Active  15.3 (16th)
Career  15.3 (90th)

                           

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 23 (975), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 76 (155), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 30 (142), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Todd Worrell (947)
  2. John Wetteland (947)
  3. Robb Nen (945)
  4. Francisco Rodriguez (939)
  5. Tom Henke (930)
  6. Ugueth Urbina (930)
  7. Dave Smith (926)
  8. Jeff Montgomery (916)
  9. Mike Henneman (916)
  10. Jose Valverde (913)
Similar Pitchers through 36 
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  1. Tom Henke (951)
  2. Todd Worrell (950)
  3. Jeff Montgomery (941)
  4. Roberto Hernandez (941)
  5. Dave Smith (928)
  6. Troy Percival (910)
  7. Trevor Hoffman (908)
  8. Francisco Cordero (908)
  9. Jeff Brantley (903)
  10. Dan Quisenberry (903)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Brian Moehler (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Denny Stark (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tom Acker (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Wyatt (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Todd Jones (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Aker (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Roberto Hernandez (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jeff Montgomery (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jeff Montgomery (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Henke (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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