Joe Nathan stats
Relief Pitcher · #74
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1999
- Draft
- 1995Rd 6, Pk 159
- College
- Stony Brook
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1999
- Draft
- 1995Rd 6, Pk 159
- College
- Stony Brook
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 787
- W
- 64
- L
- 34
- ERA
- 2.87
- IP
- 923.1
- K
- 976
- BB
- 344
- WHIP
- 1.12
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | SF | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4.18 | 90.1 | 54 | 46 | 1.44 |
| 2000 | SF | 20 | 5 | 2 | 5.21 | 93.1 | 61 | 63 | 1.63 |
| 2002 | SF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0.27 |
| 2003 | SF | 78 | 12 | 4 | 2.96 | 79.0 | 83 | 33 | 1.06 |
| 2004 | MIN | 73 | 1 | 2 | 1.62 | 72.1 | 89 | 23 | 0.98 |
| 2005 | MIN | 69 | 7 | 4 | 2.70 | 70.0 | 94 | 22 | 0.97 |
| 2006 | MIN | 64 | 7 | 0 | 1.58 | 68.1 | 95 | 16 | 0.79 |
| 2007 | MIN | 68 | 4 | 2 | 1.88 | 71.2 | 77 | 19 | 1.02 |
| 2008 | MIN | 68 | 1 | 2 | 1.33 | 67.2 | 74 | 18 | 0.90 |
| 2009 | MIN | 70 | 2 | 2 | 2.10 | 68.2 | 89 | 22 | 0.93 |
| 2011 | MIN | 48 | 2 | 1 | 4.84 | 44.2 | 43 | 14 | 1.16 |
| 2012 | TEX | 66 | 3 | 5 | 2.80 | 64.1 | 78 | 13 | 1.06 |
| 2013 | TEX | 67 | 6 | 2 | 1.39 | 64.2 | 73 | 22 | 0.90 |
| 2014 | DET | 62 | 5 | 4 | 4.81 | 58.0 | 54 | 29 | 1.53 |
| 2015 | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2016 |  CHC/SF | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.1 | 9 | 4 | 1.42 |
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
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | SF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | SF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2002 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 59 | 111 | 0.5 | 5 |
| 2005 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 60 | 100 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 2006 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 57 | 93 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 2007 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 80 | 105 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2008 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 82 | 85 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 67 | 91 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2011 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 48 | 83 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 2012 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.9 | 75 | 89 | 0.8 | 5 |
| 2013 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 52 | 102 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2014 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 77 | 98 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2015 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | CHC/SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 3 | 12 | 0.3 | 1 |
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
- 2016 World Series with the Chicago Cubs
All-time career rank
- 10th in saves (377)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Saves: 2004 (6th), 2005 (4th), 2006 (8th), 2007 (10th), 2008 (7th), 2009 (2nd), 2012 (9th), 2013 (5th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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