Joe Nathan was born on Friday, November 22, 1974, in Houston, Texas. Nathan was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 21, 1999, with the San Francisco Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Joe Nathan baseball stats page.
"The Twins knew (Joe) Nathan was good, but even they were taken aback by his domination. 'We knew he could finish games for us,' said one Minnesota scout, 'but we did not know he would save 44 games. That was not in my report.'" - Sportswriter Henry Schulman in the San Francisco Chronicle (06/14/2005)
Joe NathanJoe Nathan Autograph on a 2007 Topps Finest Baseball Card (#RFMA-JN) |
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Joe NathanJoe Nathan Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1999 | 25 | Giants | 19 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90.1 | 395 | 84 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 46 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | 26 | Giants | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.1 | 426 | 89 | 54 | 63 | 12 | 63 | 4 | 61 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 28 | Giants | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | 29 | Giants | 78 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 316 | 51 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 83 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
2004 | 30 | Twins | 73 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.62 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 72.1 | 284 | 48 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 89 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | 31 | Twins | 69 | 0 | 58 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 70.0 | 276 | 46 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | 32 | Twins | 64 | 0 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.58 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 68.1 | 262 | 38 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | 33 | Twins | 68 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 71.2 | 282 | 54 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | 34 | Twins | 68 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 67.2 | 261 | 43 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | 35 | Twins | 70 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.10 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 68.2 | 271 | 42 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | 37 | Twins | 48 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.84 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 44.2 | 191 | 38 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
2012 | 38 | Rangers | 66 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.80 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 64.1 | 257 | 55 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 78 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | 39 | Rangers | 67 | 0 | 61 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.39 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 64.2 | 250 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | 40 | Tigers | 62 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.81 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 58.0 | 259 | 60 | 31 | 32 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2015 | 41 | Tigers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 42 | Cubs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 42 | Giants | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
16 Years | 787 | 29 | 587 | 64 | 34 | .653 | 2.87 | 0 | 0 | 377 | 923.1 | 3,771 | 690 | 294 | 317 | 84 | 344 | 31 | 976 | 47 | 23 | 2 | 27 |
Joe NathanJoe Nathan Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1999 | 25 | Giants | 19 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .233 | .214 |
2000 | 26 | Giants | 20 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .156 | .176 | .406 |
2002 | 28 | Giants | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2003 | 29 | Giants | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2004 | 30 | Twins | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2005 | 31 | Twins | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2006 | 32 | Twins | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2007 | 33 | Twins | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2008 | 34 | Twins | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2009 | 35 | Twins | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2011 | 37 | Twins | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2012 | 38 | Rangers | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2013 | 39 | Rangers | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2014 | 40 | Tigers | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2015 | 41 | Tigers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2016 | 42 | Cubs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2016 | 42 | Giants | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
16 Years | 787 | 63 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .159 | .194 | .302 |
Joe NathanJoe Nathan Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1999 Giants | P | 19 | 14 | 271 | 14 | 0.7 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.39 |
2000 Giants | P | 20 | 15 | 280 | 19 | 1.0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.83 |
2002 Giants | P | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.91 |
2003 Giants | P | 78 | 0 | 237 | 9 | 0.1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.03 |
2004 Twins | P | 73 | 0 | 217 | 7 | 0.1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.87 |
2005 Twins | P | 69 | 0 | 210 | 9 | 0.1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .889 | 1.03 |
2006 Twins | P | 64 | 0 | 204 | 10 | 0.2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 1.06 |
2007 Twins | P | 68 | 0 | 216 | 5 | 0.1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 0.50 |
2008 Twins | P | 68 | 0 | 204 | 10 | 0.1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .900 | 1.19 |
2009 Twins | P | 70 | 0 | 207 | 12 | 0.2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .917 | 1.43 |
2011 Twins | P | 48 | 0 | 132 | 9 | 0.2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.84 |
2012 Rangers | P | 66 | 0 | 193 | 8 | 0.1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 0.98 |
2013 Rangers | P | 67 | 0 | 195 | 12 | 0.2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.66 |
2014 Tigers | P | 62 | 0 | 174 | 12 | 0.2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.86 |
2015 Tigers | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
2016 Cubs | P | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
2016 Giants | P | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.08 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 787 | 29 | 2,771 | 139 | 0.2 | 132 | 50 | 82 | 7 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 1.29 | |
16 Years | 787 | 29 | 2,771 | 139 | 0.2 | 132 | 50 | 82 | 7 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 1.29 |
Joe NathanJoe Nathan Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1999 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 28.0 | 1.17 | 5.38 | 4.58 |
2000 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 3.6 | 10.7 | 0.97 | 5.88 | 6.08 |
2002 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.91 | 0.00 |
2003 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.52 | 9.46 | 3.76 |
2004 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.87 | 11.07 | 2.86 |
2005 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.27 | 12.09 | 2.83 |
2006 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.94 | 12.51 | 2.11 |
2007 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.05 | 9.67 | 2.39 |
2008 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.11 | 9.84 | 2.39 |
2009 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.05 | 11.66 | 2.88 |
2011 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.07 | 8.66 | 2.82 |
2012 Rangers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.00 | 10.91 | 1.82 |
2013 Rangers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.32 | 10.16 | 3.06 |
2014 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.86 | 8.38 | 4.50 |
2015 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 27.03 | 0.00 |
2016 Cubs | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.00 | 18.00 | 9.00 |
2016 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.50 | 10.39 | 4.15 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
16 Years | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.5 | 3.7 | 15.8 | 2.84 | 9.51 | 3.35 |
Joe NathanJoe Nathan Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1999 San Francisco Giants | 36 | $200,000.00 | - | - |
2000 San Francisco Giants | 36 | $225,000.00 | - | - |
2002 San Francisco Giants | 36 | $250,000.00 | - | - |
2003 San Francisco Giants | 36 | $300,000.00 | - | - |
2004 Minnesota Twins | 36 | $440,000.00 | Stats | - |
2005 Minnesota Twins | 36 | $2,100,000.00 | Stats | - |
2006 Minnesota Twins | 36 | $3,750,000.00 | - | - |
2007 Minnesota Twins | 36 | $5,250,000.00 | - | - |
2008 Minnesota Twins | 36 | $6,000,000.00 | Stats | - |
2009 Minnesota Twins | 36 | $11,250,000.00 | Stats | - |
2011 Minnesota Twins | 36 | $11,250,000.00 | - | - |
2012 Texas Rangers | 36 | $7,000,000.00 | Stats | - |
2013 Texas Rangers | 36 | $8,000,000.00 | Stats | - |
2014 Detroit Tigers | 36 | $9,000,000.00 | - | - |
2015 Detroit Tigers | 36 | $10,000,000.00 | - | - |
2016 Chicago Cubs | 36 | $1,000,000.00 | - | - |
2016 San Francisco Giants | 74 | " " | - | - |
Joe Nathan Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Joe Nathan played shortstop in college (two-time Academic All-American), switched to pitching in the minors, making his way to the majors with the San Francisco Giants as a starting pitcher (1999-2000, 12-6 record). Sent to the bullpen in 2003, he showed he could be a setup guy as well, appearing in 78 games, winning 12, losing 4, holding the lead 19 times. Traded away the following year, the Twins only saw a closer, and Nathan once again proved he could play that position as well, averaging 32.5 saves a season in Minnesota, 260 total saves with the Twins - a franchise record for most saves, surpassing Rick Aguilera (254). [MLB.com Sortable Twins' Stats]
Joe Nathan also made a little Twins history in 2009, during his 47-save season, setting a new also still-standing single season record in Minnesota for saves, held previously by Eddie Guardado, who had 45 saves in 2002! [MLB.com Sortable Twins' Stats]
Did you know that Joe Nathan, during his time as a closer (2004 through 2014), saved 375 games, the most by any pitcher during that same timeframe? Twirlers with 300-or-more total saves, across that identical era, were; Mariano Rivera (369 saves), Francisco Rodriguez (346 saves), Jonathan Papelbon (325 saves), and Francisco Cordero (304 saves).
Did you know that Joe Nathan has 377 career saves, currently #7 on the Top 1,000, and his 376 saves in the American League is the second most, behind hall of famer Mariano Rivera (652)?
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