Joe Nathan stats

Relief Pitcher · #74

Age 51 · 6' 4"

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Joe Nathan played 16 MLB seasons, 1999 to 2016.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
787
W
64
L
34
ERA
2.87
IP
923.1
K
976
BB
344
WHIP
1.12
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1999SF19744.1890.154461.44
2000SF20525.2193.161631.63
2002SF4000.003.2200.27
2003SF781242.9679.083331.06
2004MIN73121.6272.189230.98
2005MIN69742.7070.094220.97
2006MIN64701.5868.195160.79
2007MIN68421.8871.277191.02
2008MIN68121.3367.274180.90
2009MIN70222.1068.289220.93
2011MIN48214.8444.243141.16
2012TEX66352.8064.178131.06
2013TEX67621.3964.273220.90
2014DET62544.8158.054291.53
2015DET1000.000.1100.00
2016CHC/SF10200.006.1941.42

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
10
W
0
L
2
ERA
8.10
IP
10.0
K
12
BB
8
WHIP
2.20

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
15
CG
0
SHO
0
K/9
9.5
GB
660
FB
969
G/F
0.70
WP
47
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1999SF8005.40002
2000SF7005.90005
2002SF0004.90000
2003SF0009.50004
2004MIN00011.1591110.55
2005MIN00012.1601000.62
2006MIN00012.557930.63
2007MIN0009.7801050.83
2008MIN0009.8828512
2009MIN00011.767910.74
2011MIN0008.748830.63
2012TEX00010.975890.85
2013TEX00010.2521020.54
2014DET0008.477980.84
2015DET00027.00000
2016CHC/SF00012.83120.31

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
51 yearsNov 22, 1974
Height
6' 4"
Debut
1999
Birthplace
Houston, TX
Draft
1995Rd 6, Pk 159
College
Stony Brook

Latest performance

Joe Nathan

Sep 27 · vs COL · W 12-3

IP
0.1
H
0
R
0
ER
0
BB
0
K
1
HR
0
ERA
0.00

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Tue, Sep 27vsCOLW 12-30.10001
Fri, Sep 23atSDL 7-210001
Sun, Sep 18vsSTLL 3-00.10000
Wed, Sep 14vsSDL 3-10.20001
Fri, Sep 09atARIW 7-6 F/1211001
Wed, Sep 07atCOLL 6-502000

What were Joe Nathan's career stats?

Joe Nathan played 16 seasons for the Giants, the Twins, the Rangers and the Tigers. He had 64 wins and 976 strikeouts with a 2.87 ERA over 923.1 innings. His best season was 2003: 12 wins, a 2.96 ERA and 83 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

16 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1999 to 2016

Joe Nathan finished top 10 in a stat 8 times; sits top 10 all time in saves.

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 10th in saves (377)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Joe Nathan

Playoff series

Joe Nathan played 10 games across 6 MLB postseasons in 6 series — 0 won, 6 lost.

Joe Nathan's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2014BALLost 0-111.0001
2012BALLost 0-111.0221
2009NYYLost 0-222.0522
2006ATHLost 0-110.2101
2004NYYLost 1-235.0226
2003MIALost 0-220.1431

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Joe Nathan’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.