Nate Colbert

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: April 9, 1946 in St. Louis, MO us

High School: Charles H. Sumner HS (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: April 14, 1966 (Age 20-005d, 10,061st in MLB history)
vs. LAD 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1976 (Age 30-175d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Nathan Colbert

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

AB

3422

H

833

HR

173

BA

.243

R

481

RBI

520

SB

OBP

.322

SLG

.451

OPS

.772

OPS+

119

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1964	18	STL-min	Rk	45	113	83	20	18	3	1	2	13	8	2	26	28	.217	.396	.349	.746		29		0	2	2			CDS · SARR
1965	19	STL-min	A,WRk	126	471	421	68	120	12	8	10	62	22	7	39	122	.285	.350	.423	.772		178		5	2	4			CDR,CNS · MIDW,FLIL
1966	20	CIN-min	WRk	42	164	150	22	43	6	1	9	32	8	1	13	42	.287	.341	.520	.861		78		0	0	1			AST · FLIL
1966	20	HOU	NL	19	7	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

1967	21	HOU-min	AA,AAA	122	499	439	82	127	18	4	28	67	26	4	53	148	.289	.367	.540	.907		237		3	1	3			AMA,OKC · TL,PCL
1968	22	HOU-min	AAA	92	355	322	52	85	15	4	14	44	8	7	26	77	.264	.327	.466	.793		150		5	0	2			OKC · PCL
1968	22	HOU	NL	20	56	53	5	8	1	0	0	4	1	1	1	23	.151	.164	.170	.333	2	9	2	0	1	1	0	/3879
1969	23	SDP	NL	139	532	483	64	123	20	9	24	66	6	4	45	123	.255	.322	.482	.804	127	233	13	3	1	0	7	*3
1970	24	SDP	NL	156	636	572	84	148	17	6	38	86	3	5	56	150	.259	.328	.509	.836	126	291	11	4	1	3	8	*3/5
1971	25	SDP	NL	156	639	565	81	149	25	3	27	84	5	2	63	119	.264	.339	.462	.801	133	261	17	4	2	5	6	*3	AS
1972	26	SDP	NL	151	643	563	87	141	27	2	38	111	15	6	70	127	.250	.333	.508	.841	145	286	12	2	3	5	14	*3	AS,MVP-8
1973	27	SDP	NL	145	598	529	73	143	25	2	22	80	9	8	54	146	.270	.343	.450	.793	128	238	12	8	1	6	9	*3	AS
1974	28	SDP	NL	119	437	368	53	76	16	0	14	54	10	2	62	108	.207	.319	.364	.683	96	134	10	1	1	5	6	37
1975	29	TOT	MLB	83	260	237	26	37	8	3	8	29	0	2	22	83	.156	.231	.316	.547	51	75	5	1	0	0	3	3/D
1975	29	DET	AL	45	173	156	16	23	4	2	4	18	0	2	17	52	.147	.231	.276	.507	41	43	4	0	0	0	0	3/D
1975	29	MON	NL	38	87	81	10	14	4	1	4	11	0	0	5	31	.173	.230	.395	.625	69	32	1	1	0	0	3	3
1976	30	OAK-min	AAA	64	238	210	35	52	12	1	12	44	5	2	26	52	.248	.332	.486	.818		102		1	0	1			TUC · PCL
1976	30	TOT	MLB	16	55	45	5	8	2	0	2	6	3	1	10	19	.178	.327	.356	.683	92	16	0	0	0	0	2	/73D
1976	30	MON	NL	14	49	40	5	8	2	0	2	6	3	1	9	16	.200	.347	.400	.747	108	16	0	0	0	0	1	/73
1976	30	OAK	AL	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	-47	0	0	0	0	0	1	/D
10 Yrs				1004	3863	3422	481	833	141	25	173	520	52	31	383	902	.243	.322	.451	.772	119	1543	82	23	10	25	55
162 Game Avg.				162	623	552	78	134	23	4	28	84	8	5	62	146	.243	.322	.451	.772	119	249	13	4	2	4	9

SDP (6 yrs)				866	3485	3080	442	780	130	22	163	481	48	27	350	773	.253	.331	.469	.800	127	1443	75	22	9	24	50
MON (2 yrs)				52	136	121	15	22	6	1	6	17	3	1	14	47	.182	.272	.397	.669	83	48	1	1	0	0	4
HOU (2 yrs)				39	63	60	8	8	1	0	0	4	1	1	1	27	.133	.145	.150	.295	-10	9	2	0	1	1	0
OAK (1 yr)				2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	-47	0	0	0	0	0	1
DET (1 yr)				45	173	156	16	23	4	2	4	18	0	2	17	52	.147	.231	.276	.507	41	43	4	0	0	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				957	3684	3261	465	810	137	23	169	502	52	29	365	847	.248	.326	.460	.786	123	1500	78	23	10	25	54
AL (2 yrs)				47	179	161	16	23	4	2	4	18	0	2	18	55	.143	.229	.267	.496	39	43	4	0	0	0	1

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Nate Colbert was the Padres first star. On July 25th, 1972, Nate became the first Padres player to bat in an all-star game, drawing a walk and scoring the winning run for the NL. A week later on August 1, 1972, he hit 5 home runs and drove in 13 runs against the Braves in Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. He is the all time Padres home run leader with 163.

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