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Joe Nathan
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 195 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
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Standard Pitching

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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 5 284 292 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 2 276 165 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 3 262 283 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 3 282 228 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 2 261 314 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 4 271 209 0.932 5.5 0.9 2.9 11.7 4.05 AS
10 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 6 3 .676 2.75 64 4 45 0 0 30 83 60 27 25 8 32 3 87 2 0 4 337 159 1.107 6.5 0.8 3.4 9.4 2.74
MIN (6 yrs) 22 12 .647 1.87 412 0 361 0 0 246 418.2 271 92 87 27 120 15 518 8 0 19 1636 236 0.934 5.8 0.6 2.6 11.1 4.32
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 103 1.378 7.6 1.2 4.8 6.8 1.41
AL (6 yrs) 22 12 .647 1.87 412 0 361 0 0 246 418.2 271 92 87 27 120 15 518 8 0 19 1636 236 0.934 5.8 0.6 2.6 11.1 4.32
NL (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 103 1.378 7.6 1.2 4.8 6.8 1.41

Postseason Pitching

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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
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
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

Standard Batting

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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
1999 24 SFG NL 19 35 28 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .179 .233 .214 .448 17 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
2000 25 SFG NL 19 38 32 3 5 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 9 .156 .176 .406 .583 46 13 1 0 4 1 0 1
2002 27 SFG NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2003 28 SFG NL 72 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2004 29 MIN AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2005 30 MIN AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2006 31 MIN AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-5,MVP-18
2007 32 MIN AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 33 MIN AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2009 34 MIN AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
10 Seasons 144 77 63 4 10 3 0 2 4 0 0 3 17 .159 .194 .302 .496 26 19 1 0 10 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 87 71 5 11 3 0 2 5 0 0 3 19 .159 .194 .302 .496 26 21 1 0 11 1 0
MIN (6 yrs) 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (4 yrs) 114 75 61 4 10 3 0 2 4 0 0 3 16 .164 .200 .311 .511 30 19 1 0 10 1 0
AL (6 yrs) 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 114 75 61 4 10 3 0 2 4 0 0 3 16 .164 .200 .311 .511 30 19 1 0 10 1 0

Postseason Batting

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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
2003 28 SFG NL NLDS FLA L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 SFG NL 24 P 19 14 90.1 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.39 0.74 .950 1.72 0.48
2000 SFG NL 25 P 20 15 93.1 19 8 11 0 0 1.000 1.83 0.95 .963 1.74 0.48
2002 SFG NL 27 P 4 0 3.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.91 0.50 .950 1.96 0.48
2003 SFG NL 28 P 78 0 79.0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.03 0.12 .956 1.85 0.48
2004 MIN AL 29 P 73 0 72.1 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.87 0.10 .943 1.65 0.45 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2005 MIN AL 30 P 69 0 70.0 9 2 6 1 0 .889 1.03 0.12 .956 1.68 0.46 AS
2006 MIN AL 31 P 64 0 68.1 10 3 5 2 0 .800 1.05 0.13 .960 1.55 0.41 CYA-5,MVP-18
2007 MIN AL 32 P 68 0 71.2 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0.50 0.06 .960 1.59 0.42
2008 MIN AL 33 P 68 0 67.2 10 3 6 1 1 .900 1.20 0.13 .950 1.60 0.42 AS
2009 MIN AL 34 P 70 0 68.2 12 5 6 1 1 .917 1.44 0.16 .958 1.53 0.40 AS
10 Seasons P 533 29 685.0 97 30 61 6 4 .938 1.20 0.17 .956 1.67 0.44
10 Seasons TOT 533 29 685.0 97 30 61 6 4 .938 1.20 0.17 .894 1.67 0.44

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 (1085th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2004-AL--4--1%
2006-AL--5--2%
0.03 Career Shares (226th)

Games Played s c a p y
2003 NL--78--5th
2004 AL--73--10th
Active--533--45th

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--247--8th
Career--247--29th

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--375--10th
Career--375--65th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 20 (1044), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 76 (151), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 31 (135), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1995.

November 14, 2003: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Boof Bonser and Francisco Liriano to the Minnesota Twins for A.J. Pierzynski and cash.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1999San Francisco Giants$200,000
2000San Francisco Giants$225,000
2003San Francisco Giants$300,000
2004Minnesota Twins$440,000
2005Minnesota Twins$2,100,000
2006Minnesota Twins$3,750,000
2007Minnesota Twins$5,250,000
2008Minnesota Twins$6,000,000
2009Minnesota Twins$11,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$29,515,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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