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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 6, 2012, 8:15PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #279. Ice Box Chamberlain… #280. Mike Flanagan… #281. Chris Short… #282. JOE NATHAN… #283. Ned Garver… #284. Matt Cain… #285. Bob Ewing… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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

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 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 535 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 23 19 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .159 .194 .302 .496 26 6 0 0 3 0 0
MIN (7 yrs) 414 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 30 19 1 0 10 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 414 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 30 19 1 0 10 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1999 24 SFG NL 35 -4 -1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $200,000 1
2000 25 SFG NL 38 -3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $225,000 1
2003 28 SFG NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $300,000 1
2004 29 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $440,000 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2006 31 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $3,750,000 1 CYA-5,MVP-18
2011 36 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $11,250,000 1
6 Seasons 77 -7 -1 0 0 0 8 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $16,165,000
MIN (3 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $15,440,000
SFG (3 yrs) 75 -7 -1 0 0 0 8 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $725,000

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
1 NLDS 2 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 CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1999 SFG NL 24 P 19 90.1 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.39 0.74 .951 1.72 1.71
2000 SFG NL 25 P 20 93.1 19 8 11 0 0 1.000 1.83 0.95 .962 1.74 1.72
2002 SFG NL 27 P 4 3.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.91 0.50 .965 1.96 1.80
2003 SFG NL 28 P 78 79.0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 -2 -5 1.03 0.12 .957 1.85 1.83
2004 MIN AL 29 P 73 72.1 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0 0 0.87 0.10 .949 1.65 1.65 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2005 MIN AL 30 P 69 70.0 9 2 6 1 0 .889 0 0 1.03 0.12 .954 1.70 1.68 AS
2006 MIN AL 31 P 64 68.1 10 3 5 2 1 .800 1 3 1.05 0.13 .958 1.55 1.54 CYA-5,MVP-18
2007 MIN AL 32 P 68 71.2 5 1 3 1 0 .800 -1 -3 0.50 0.06 .956 1.59 1.59
2008 MIN AL 33 P 68 67.2 10 3 6 1 1 .900 -1 -3 1.20 0.13 .952 1.60 1.59 AS
2009 MIN AL 34 P 70 68.2 12 5 6 1 1 .917 -1 -3 1.44 0.16 .953 1.53 1.51 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% 0
11 Seasons P 581 0 0 729.2 106 35 65 6 5 .943 -4 -1 1.23 0.17 .955 1.66 1.63 8 0 0% 0
11 Seasons TOT 581 0 0 729.2 106 35 65 6 5 .943 -4 -8 1.23 0.17 .955 1.66 1.63 8 0 0% 0
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 *

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)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2003 NL  78 (5th)
Active  581 (21st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2004 AL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .943 (21st)


† 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

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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$7,000,000
201338Texas Rangers$7,000,000
201439Texas Rangers*$9,000,000$9M Team Option, $500k Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$52,015,000Does 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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