Joe Nathan Career Pitching Summary

  • May 7, 2025

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.

🧾 Basic Profile

Joe Nathan
NameJoe Nathan
Date of BirthNovember 22, 1974
Nationality
United States
PositionPitcher
ThrowsRight
BatsRight
MLB Debut1999
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Joe Nathan Yearly Pitching Stats

This chart shows the season-by-season changes in ERA, SO, and IP for Joe Nathan.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 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:

GS29 (MLB Rank: 3,114)
GF587 (MLB Rank: 21)
W64 (MLB Rank: 1,155)
L34 (MLB Rank: 2,230)
SV377 (MLB Rank: 10)
ERA2.87 (MLB Rank: 1,205)
IP923.1 (MLB Rank: 1,431)
SO976 (MLB Rank: 604)
BB344 (MLB Rank: 1,402)
H690 (MLB Rank: 1,915)
HR84 (MLB Rank: 1,201)
SO99.51 (MLB Rank: 722)
BB93.35 (MLB Rank: 7,332)
H96.73 (MLB Rank: 11,224)
HR90.82 (MLB Rank: 5,391)
WHIP1.12 (MLB Rank: 11,188)
WAR26.4 (MLB Rank: 369)

📊 Last Season Summary (2016)

In his final season (2016), Joe Nathan recorded the following stats:

GS0
GF1
W2
IP6.1
SO9
BB4
H5
HR0
SO912.79
BB95.68
H97.11
WHIP1.421
WAR0.4

📈 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

🎯 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

seasonWLERAW-L%SVSOIPWARWHIPHRHBBRERERA+FIPSO9SO/BBGSGGFCGSHOHR9H9BB9BKHBPIBBWPBF
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