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Joe Nathan

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 230lb (193cm, 104kg)

Born: November 22, 1974 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook, NY).

High School: Pine Bush Central HS (Pine Bush, NY)

School: State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook, NY)

Debut: April 21, 1999 (Age 24-150d, 17,440th in major league history)
vs. FLA 7.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 27, 2016 (Age 41-310d)
vs. COL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Dave Pepe

National Team: us USA (WBC)

Full Name: Joseph Michael Nathan

Twitter: @JoeNathan36

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.7

ERA

2.87

787

377

923.1

976

WHIP

1.120

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1996			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
1997	22	SFG-min	A-	2	1	.667	2.47	18	5	4	0	0	2	62.0	53	22	17	7	26	0	44	4	0	2	254			1.274	7.7	1.0	3.8	6.4	1.69	SKZ NORW
1998	23	SFG-min	A+,AA	9	9	.500	3.93	26	26	0	0	0	0	137.1	120	66	60	17	57	0	128	12	0	1	580			1.289	7.9	1.1	3.7	8.4	2.25	SJO,SHV CALL,TL
1999	24	SFG-min	AAA,AA	6	5	.545	4.32	15	15	0	1	0	0	83.1	73	48	40	11	43	0	89	6	2	8	362			1.392	7.9	1.2	4.6	9.6	2.07	FRE,SHV PCL,TL
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	5.95	1.439	8.4	1.7	4.6	5.4	1.17
2000	25	SFG-min	AAA,A+	1	3	.250	4.38	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.2	21	13	12	5	15	0	17	1	0	3	108			1.459	7.7	1.8	5.5	6.2	1.13	FRE,BAK,SJO PCL,CALL
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	5.65	1.629	8.6	1.2	6.1	5.9	0.97

2001	26	SFG-min	AA,AAA	3	11	.214	7.29	31	17	6	0	0	0	108.2	136	96	88	24	70	5	54	9	1	13	530			1.896	11.3	2.0	5.8	4.5	0.77	SHV,FRE TL,PCL
2002	27	SFG-min	AAA	6	12	.333	5.60	31	25	0	1	0	0	146.1	167	97	91	20	74	0	117	3	0	9	673			1.647	10.3	1.2	4.6	7.2	1.58	FRE PCL
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		1.87	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	3.45	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	2.16	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	2.21	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	1.68	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	2.65	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	2.79	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	2.88	0.932	5.5	0.9	2.9	11.7	4.05	AS

2011	36	MIN-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	12			1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	15.0	5.00	ROC IL
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	4.28	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	157	2.78	1.057	7.7	1.0	1.8	10.9	6.00	AS
2013	38	TEX	AL	6	2	.750	1.39	67	0	61	0	0	43	64.2	36	10	10	2	22	3	73	1	0	4	250	297	2.26	0.897	5.0	0.3	3.1	10.2	3.32	AS
2014	39	DET	AL	5	4	.556	4.81	62	0	54	0	0	35	58.0	60	32	31	5	29	3	54	1	1	4	259	81	3.94	1.534	9.3	0.8	4.5	8.4	1.86
2015	40	DET-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5		TOL IL
2015	40	DET	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		-2.87	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
2016	41	CHC-SFG-min	AA,AAA	1	1	.500	2.35	17	0	6	0	0	2	15.1	6	4	4	2	6	0	16	1	0	0	59			0.783	3.5	1.2	3.5	9.4	2.67	KNX,RMD,IWA SOUL,EL,PCL
2016	41	TOT	NL	2	0	1.000	0.00	10	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	5	0	0	0	4	0	9	0	0	1	28		2.20	1.421	7.1	0.0	5.7	12.8	2.25
2016	41	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	10		2.15	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	2.00
2016	41	SFG	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	7	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	18		2.22	1.154	6.2	0.0	4.2	10.4	2.50
2017	42	WSN-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.19	17	0	9	0	0	4	16.0	19	13	11	3	8	0	15	1	0	1	75			1.688	10.7	1.7	4.5	8.4	1.88	SYR IL
16 Yrs				64	34	.653	2.87	787	29	587	0	0	377	923.1	690	317	294	84	344	31	976	23	2	47	3771	151	3.36	1.120	6.7	0.8	3.4	9.5	2.84
162 Game Avg.				5	3	.653	2.87	66	2	49	0	0	31	77	58	26	24	7	29	3	81	2	0	4	314	151	3.36	1.120	6.7	0.8	3.4	9.5	2.84
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
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	2.58	0.956	6.0	0.7	2.6	10.9	4.19
SFG (5 yrs)				25	10	.714	4.06	128	29	15	0	0	1	270.2	228	134	122	36	144	7	205	8	1	12	1167	105	5.00	1.374	7.6	1.2	4.8	6.8	1.42
TEX (2 yrs)				9	7	.563	2.09	133	0	123	0	0	80	129.0	91	33	30	9	35	4	151	3	0	9	507	204	2.52	0.977	6.3	0.6	2.4	10.5	4.31
DET (2 yrs)				5	4	.556	4.78	63	0	55	0	0	36	58.1	60	32	31	5	29	3	55	1	1	4	260	82	3.90	1.526	9.3	0.8	4.5	8.5	1.90
CHC (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	10		2.15	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	2.00

AL (11 yrs)				38	24	.613	2.38	656	0	572	0	0	376	650.2	460	183	172	48	198	24	767	15	1	35	2594	182	2.68	1.011	6.4	0.7	2.7	10.6	3.87
NL (5 yrs)				26	10	.722	4.03	131	29	15	0	0	1	272.2	230	134	122	36	146	7	209	8	1	12	1177	106	4.98	1.379	7.6	1.2	4.8	6.9	1.43

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