Joe Nathan played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2016, appearing in 787 games over 16 seasons. He recorded a total of 64 W and 34 L, an ERA of 2.87, 976 SO, a WHIP of 1.12, and a WAR of 26.4.
๐งพ Basic Profile
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Name | Joe Nathan |
Date of Birth | November 22, 1974 |
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MLB Debut | 1999 |
๐ Career Summary
Joe Nathan appeared in 787 games over 16 MLB seasons from 1999 to 2016. Below are his cumulative stats and MLB all-time rankings:
GS | 29 (MLB Rank: 3,087) |
GF | 587 (MLB Rank: 21) |
W | 64 (MLB Rank: 1,144) |
L | 34 (MLB Rank: 2,206) |
SV | 377 (MLB Rank: 10) |
ERA | 2.87 (MLB Rank: 1,182) |
IP | 923.1 (MLB Rank: 1,413) |
SO | 976 (MLB Rank: 591) |
BB | 344 (MLB Rank: 1,393) |
H | 690 (MLB Rank: 1,905) |
HR | 84 (MLB Rank: 1,180) |
SO9 | 9.51 (MLB Rank: 698) |
BB9 | 3.35 (MLB Rank: 7,219) |
H9 | 6.73 (MLB Rank: 11,056) |
HR9 | 0.82 (MLB Rank: 5,246) |
WHIP | 1.12 (MLB Rank: 11,024) |
WAR | 26.4 (MLB Rank: 367) |
๐ Last Season Summary (2016)
In his final season (2016), Joe Nathan recorded the following stats:
GS | 0 |
GF | 1 |
W | 2 |
IP | 6.1 |
SO | 9 |
BB | 4 |
H | 5 |
HR | 0 |
SO9 | 12.79 |
BB9 | 5.68 |
H9 | 7.11 |
WHIP | 1.421 |
WAR | 0.4 |
๐ Seasonal Highlights
- Most Wins: 2003, 12 W
- Most SO: 2006, 95 SO
- Most IP: 2000, 93.1 IP
- Best WAR: 2004, 3.9 WAR
- Best ERA: 2002, 0 ERA
๐ฏ Postseason Performance
Joe Nathan appeared in 10 games during the postseason. He recorded an ERA of 8.71, pitched 9.3 IP, struck out 12 batters, with 0 W and 2 L.
Joe Nathan Career Pitching Stats Overview
season | W | L | ERA | W-L% | SV | SO | IP | WAR | WHIP | HR | H | BB | R | ER | ERA+ | FIP | SO9 | SO/BB | GS | G | GF | CG | SHO | HR9 | H9 | BB9 | BK | HBP | IBB | WP | BF |
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1999 | 7 | 4 | 4.18 | 0.636 | 1 | 54 | 90.1 | 1.3 | 1.439 | 17 | 84 | 46 | 45 | 42 | 103 | 5.95 | 5.4 | 1.17 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 8.4 | 4.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 395 |
2000 | 5 | 2 | 5.21 | 0.714 | 0 | 61 | 93.1 | -0.2 | 1.629 | 12 | 89 | 63 | 63 | 54 | 82 | 5.65 | 5.9 | 0.97 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 426 |
2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.273 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.87 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
2003 | 12 | 4 | 2.96 | 0.75 | 0 | 83 | 79 | 1.7 | 1.063 | 7 | 51 | 33 | 26 | 26 | 142 | 3.45 | 9.5 | 2.52 | 0 | 78 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 316 |
2004 | 1 | 2 | 1.62 | 0.333 | 44 | 89 | 72.1 | 3.9 | 0.982 | 3 | 48 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 294 | 2.16 | 11.1 | 3.87 | 0 | 73 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 6 | 2.9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 284 |
2005 | 7 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.636 | 43 | 94 | 70 | 2.1 | 0.971 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 166 | 2.21 | 12.1 | 4.27 | 0 | 69 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 276 |
2006 | 7 | 0 | 1.58 | 1 | 36 | 95 | 68.1 | 3.3 | 0.79 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 284 | 1.68 | 12.5 | 5.94 | 0 | 64 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 5 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 262 |
2007 | 4 | 2 | 1.88 | 0.667 | 37 | 77 | 71.2 | 2.9 | 1.019 | 4 | 54 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 229 | 2.65 | 9.7 | 4.05 | 0 | 68 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 2.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 282 |
2008 | 1 | 2 | 1.33 | 0.333 | 39 | 74 | 67.2 | 3.3 | 0.901 | 5 | 43 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 316 | 2.79 | 9.8 | 4.11 | 0 | 68 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 261 |
2009 | 2 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 47 | 89 | 68.2 | 3 | 0.932 | 7 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 210 | 2.88 | 11.7 | 4.05 | 0 | 70 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 271 |
2011 | 2 | 1 | 4.84 | 0.667 | 14 | 43 | 44.2 | -0.1 | 1.164 | 7 | 38 | 14 | 26 | 24 | 84 | 4.28 | 8.7 | 3.07 | 0 | 48 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 191 |
2012 | 3 | 5 | 2.8 | 0.375 | 37 | 78 | 64.1 | 1.8 | 1.057 | 7 | 55 | 13 | 23 | 20 | 157 | 2.78 | 10.9 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.7 | 1.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 257 |
2013 | 6 | 2 | 1.39 | 0.75 | 43 | 73 | 64.2 | 3.2 | 0.897 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 297 | 2.26 | 10.2 | 3.32 | 0 | 67 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 5 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 250 |
2014 | 5 | 4 | 4.81 | 0.556 | 35 | 54 | 58 | -0.3 | 1.534 | 5 | 60 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 81 | 3.94 | 8.4 | 1.86 | 0 | 62 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 259 |
2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.87 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 1.421 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 12.8 | 2.25 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 |