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Joe Nathan

Joseph Michael Nathan (twitter: @JoeNathan36)

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

Born: November 22, 1974 in Houston, TX
High School: Pine Bush HS (Circleville, NY)
School: Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY)
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/Rangers 1999-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$14.5M (12-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 11.120, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Dave Pepe [*]
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All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #331. Bronson Arroyo… #332. Juan Pizarro… #333. Ray Kremer… #334. JOE NATHAN… #335. Jon Lieber… #336. Rick Aguilera… #337. Bill Hands… 

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
1996 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
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 84 1.164 7.7 1.4 2.8 8.7 3.07
2012 37 TEX AL 3 5 .375 2.80 66 0 62 0 0 37 64.1 55 23 20 7 13 1 78 2 0 5 257 163 1.057 7.7 1.0 1.8 10.9 6.00 AS
12 Yrs 51 28 .646 2.87 647 29 470 0 0 298 794.0 589 275 253 77 289 25 839 21 1 38 3233 153 1.106 6.7 0.9 3.3 9.5 2.90
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .646 2.87 65 3 47 0 0 30 80 59 28 25 8 29 3 84 2 0 4 325 153 1.106 6.7 0.9 3.3 9.5 2.90
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
TEX (1 yr) 3 5 .375 2.80 66 0 62 0 0 37 64.1 55 23 20 7 13 1 78 2 0 5 257 163 1.057 7.7 1.0 1.8 10.9 6.00
AL (8 yrs) 27 18 .600 2.23 526 0 456 0 0 297 527.2 364 141 131 41 147 18 639 13 0 27 2084 198 0.968 6.2 0.7 2.5 10.9 4.35
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 104 1.378 7.6 1.2 4.8 6.8 1.41

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 Awards
1999 24 SFG NL 90.1 19 14 45 4.48 4.94 -0.30 0.13 94.8 5.08 6 0.5 1.4 -0.0 1.2 16 .529 .503 $200,000
2000 25 SFG NL 93.1 20 15 63 6.08 5.05 0.04 0.11 99.8 5.11 -10 -0.9 .7 -0.1 -0.3 0 .453 .494 $225,000
2002 27 SFG NL 3.2 4 0 0 0.00 4.66 0.21 -0.34 87.0 3.58 1 0.2 .0 -0.1 0.1 2 .539 .501 $
2003 28 SFG NL 79.0 78 0 26 2.96 4.65 0.17 -0.34 97.9 4.04 9 0.9 1.4 0.0 1.6 17 .512 .506 $300,000
2004 29 MIN AL 72.1 73 0 14 1.74 5.08 -0.00 -0.38 101.9 4.80 24 2.4 1.8 0.8 3.8 34 .532 .515 $440,000 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2005 30 MIN AL 70.0 69 0 22 2.83 4.73 0.14 -0.36 101.8 4.31 11 1.1 1.8 0.2 2.0 20 .516 .507 $2,100,000 AS
2006 31 MIN AL 68.1 64 0 12 1.58 4.93 0.05 -0.36 98.2 4.43 21 2.1 1.6 0.5 3.2 30 .533 .513 $3,750,000 CYA-5,MVP-18
2007 32 MIN AL 71.2 68 0 15 1.88 4.90 0.07 -0.36 94.7 4.23 18 1.8 1.6 0.3 2.8 28 .527 .511 $5,250,000
2008 33 MIN AL 67.2 68 0 13 1.73 4.78 -0.14 -0.35 94.3 4.31 18 1.9 2.0 0.7 3.2 28 .527 .512 $6,000,000 AS
2009 34 MIN AL 68.2 70 0 16 2.10 4.74 -0.20 -0.35 98.5 4.52 18 1.8 1.6 0.4 2.9 27 .526 .511 $11,250,000 AS
2011 36 MIN AL 44.2 48 0 26 5.24 4.58 -0.37 -0.35 100.5 4.62 -3 -0.3 1.3 -0.2 -0.1 2 .493 .498 $11,250,000
2012 37 TEX AL 64.1 66 0 23 3.22 4.64 -0.02 -0.34 110.4 4.76 11 1.1 1.6 0.2 1.9 18 .517 .507 $7,000,000 AS
12 Seasons 794.0 647 29 275 3.12 4.84 -0.04 -0.25 99.1 4.58 124 12.6 1.6 2.8 22.3 221 .519 .506 $47,765,000
MIN (7 yrs) 463.1 460 0 118 2.29 4.83 -0.05 -0.36 98.5 4.45 107 10.7 1.7 2.8 17.8 168 .523 .509 $40,040,000
SFG (4 yrs) 266.1 121 29 134 4.53 4.89 -0.03 -0.03 97.4 4.76 6 0.7 1.3 -0.2 2.6 35 .506 .501 $725,000
TEX (1 yr) 64.1 66 0 23 3.22 4.64 -0.02 -0.34 110.4 4.76 11 1.1 1.6 0.2 1.9 18 .517 .507 $7,000,000

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
2012 37 TEX AL ALWC L BAL 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
5 Yrs (5 Series) 0 2 .000 9.00 9 0 4 0 0 1 9.0 14 9 9 2 8 3 11 0 0 1 49 2.444 14.0 2.0 8.0 11.0 1.38
1 ALWC 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 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
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

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
1996 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1999 24 SFG NL 19 35 28 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .179 .233 .214 .448 18 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
2000 25 SFG NL 20 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 78 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 73 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 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2006 31 MIN AL 64 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 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 33 MIN AL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2009 34 MIN AL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2011 36 MIN AL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 37 TEX AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
12 Yrs 647 77 63 4 10 3 0 2 4 0 0 3 17 .159 .194 .302 .496 27 19 1 0 10 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 19 16 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 .159 .194 .302 .496 27 5 0 0 3 0 0
MIN (7 yrs) 460 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) 121 75 61 4 10 3 0 2 4 0 0 3 16 .164 .200 .311 .511 31 19 1 0 10 1 0
TEX (1 yr) 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 526 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) 121 75 61 4 10 3 0 2 4 0 0 3 16 .164 .200 .311 .511 31 19 1 0 10 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1999 24 SFG NL 19 35 -3 -1 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .509 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $200,000 1
2000 25 SFG NL 20 38 -4 0 0 0 6 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .511 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $225,000 1
2002 27 SFG NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2003 28 SFG NL 78 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $300,000 1
2004 29 MIN AL 73 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $440,000 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2005 30 MIN AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $2,100,000 1 AS
2006 31 MIN AL 64 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $3,750,000 1 CYA-5,MVP-18
2007 32 MIN AL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $5,250,000 1
2008 33 MIN AL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $6,000,000 1 AS
2009 34 MIN AL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $11,250,000 1 AS
2011 36 MIN AL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $11,250,000 1
2012 37 TEX AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $7,000,000 1 AS
12 Seasons 647 77 -8 -1 1 0 11 3 0.3 2 6 0.4 .501 .500 0.4 0.4 6 $47,765,000
MIN (7 yrs) 460 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.4 -0 $40,040,000
SFG (4 yrs) 121 75 -7 -1 1 0 11 4 0.3 2 6 0.4 .503 .501 0.4 0.0 6 $725,000
TEX (1 yr) 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $7,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2004 29 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 31 MIN AL ALDS OAK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 34 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 37 TEX AL ALWC BAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (5 Series) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALWC 1 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
3 ALDS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1999 SFG NL 24 P 19 14 0 90.1 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.39 0.74 .951 1.72 1.71 6 2 25% 29% 0
2000 SFG NL 25 P 20 15 0 93.1 19 8 11 0 0 1.000 1.83 0.95 .962 1.74 1.72 9 5 36% 32% 1
2002 SFG NL 27 P 4 0 0 3.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.91 0.50 .965 1.96 1.80 0 0 0
2003 SFG NL 28 P 78 0 0 79.0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 -2 -5 1.03 0.12 .957 1.85 1.83 5 1 17% 31% 0
2004 MIN AL 29 P 73 0 0 72.1 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0 0 0.87 0.10 .949 1.65 1.65 4 3 43% 32% 0 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2005 MIN AL 30 P 69 0 0 70.0 9 2 6 1 0 .889 0 0 1.03 0.12 .954 1.70 1.68 2 1 33% 30% 0 AS
2006 MIN AL 31 P 64 0 0 68.1 10 3 5 2 1 .800 0 0 1.05 0.13 .958 1.55 1.54 2 0 0% 30% 0 CYA-5,MVP-18
2007 MIN AL 32 P 68 0 0 71.2 5 1 3 1 0 .800 -1 -3 0.50 0.06 .956 1.59 1.59 7 0 0% 27% 0
2008 MIN AL 33 P 68 0 0 67.2 10 3 6 1 1 .900 -2 -6 1.20 0.13 .952 1.60 1.59 5 0 0% 27% 0 AS
2009 MIN AL 34 P 70 0 0 68.2 12 5 6 1 1 .917 -1 -3 1.44 0.16 .953 1.53 1.51 5 0 0% 26% 0 AS
2011 MIN AL 36 P 48 0 0 44.2 9 5 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.81 0.19 .949 1.59 1.59 8 0 0% 28% 0
2012 TEX AL 37 P 66 0 0 64.1 8 3 4 1 1 .875 0 0 0.98 0.11 .954 1.57 1.56 3 1 25% 26% 0 AS
12 Seasons P 647 29 0 794.0 114 38 69 7 6 .939 -6 -1 1.21 0.17 .955 1.66 1.63 56 13 19% 29% 1
12 Seasons TOT 647 29 0 794.0 114 38 69 7 6 .939 -6 -11 1.21 0.17 .955 1.66 1.63 56 13 19% 29% 1
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2004 *
2005 *
2008 *
2009 *
2012 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (12, 3%)
2006 AL (18, 2%)
0.05 Career Shares (1130th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (4, 1%)
2006 AL (5, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (246th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
Active  22.3 (34th)

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  647 (15th)
Career  647 (137th)

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)
2012 AL  37 (5th)
Active  298 (4th)
Career  298 (24th)

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)
2012 AL  62 (4th)
Active  470 (5th)
Career  470 (40th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2004 AL  25 (4th)
2008 AL  21 (10th)
Active  133 (16th)
Career  133 (160th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  2.4 (4th)
Active  13.2 (18th)
Career  13.2 (173rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2004 AL  28.34 (8th)
2006 AL  25.82 (10th)
2009 AL  25.96 (10th)
Active  158.49 (15th)
Career  158.49 (71st)

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  27.4 (6th)
Career  27.4 (38th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.5 (8th)
Active  13.7 (19th)
Career  13.7 (88th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2004 AL  2.7 (9th)
2006 AL  2.5 (10th)
2009 AL  2.6 (10th)
Active  15.7 (16th)
Career  15.7 (81st)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2003 NL  78 (5th)
Active  647 (15th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 26 (901), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 84 (138), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 29 (155), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (25th), 22.7 career WAR/19.8 7yr-peak WAR/21.3 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Robb Nen (959)
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  3. Francisco Rodriguez (951)
  4. Tom Henke (951)
  5. Todd Worrell (937)
  6. Jeff Montgomery (934)
  7. Dave Smith (922)
  8. Armando Benitez (921)
  9. Bruce Sutter (919) *
  10. Rod Beck (912)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Tom Henke (951)
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  3. Todd Worrell (937)
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  5. Troy Percival (929)
  6. Dave Smith (922)
  7. Jason Isringhausen (910)
  8. Dan Quisenberry (907)
  9. Francisco Cordero (907)
  10. Trevor Hoffman (904)
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  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
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199924San Francisco Giants$200,00011/19/99 USA Today
200025San Francisco Giants$225,0004/5/00 AP
200328San Francisco Giants$300,000d
200429Minnesota Twins$440,0004/7/04 AP
200530Minnesota Twins$2,100,000
200631Minnesota Twins$3,750,000
200732Minnesota Twins$5,250,000
200833Minnesota Twins$6,000,000
200934Minnesota Twins$11,250,000
201035Minnesota Twins$11,250,000
201136Minnesota Twins$11,250,000
201237Texas Rangers$7,000,000contracts
201338Texas Rangers$7,000,000
201439Texas Rangers*$9,000,000$9M Team Option, $500k Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$59,015,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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