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Joe Nathan

Birthdate: 11/22/1974 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-4/225 Position: P
Contract: $14M / 2 Years (2012 - 2013) + 1 Option Years

5/11/2013: Nathan picked up his 10th save of the season with a perfect ninth inning against the Astros on Friday. He notched one strikeout.

4/9/2013 - Anatomy of a Really Bad Call by Jeff Sullivan (FanGraphs)

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2/21/2013 - Texas Rangers Bullpen: Depth Chart Discussions by Chris Cwik (RotoGraphs)

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1/18/2013 - RotoGraphs Mock Draft: Relievers in the First 15 R» by Colin Zarzycki (RotoGraphs)

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8/8/2012 - Bullpen Report: August 8, 2012 by Alan Harrison (RotoGraphs)

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7/2/2012 - Greinke, Reddick Among Worst All-Star Snubs by Paul Swydan (FanGraphs)

Standard

Season	Pitch	Pitches	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	AVG	min-Vel	max-Vel	Vel
2007	FA	310	54	66	11	6	3	0	2	9	12	1	1	1	1	.204	90.8	98.1	95.1
2007	SL	152	48	48	8	6	1	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	.167	78.0	93.3	88.8
2007	CU	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	79.3	85.7	81.7
2007	CH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	81.2	86.1	83.8
2007	FC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	91.2	91.7	91.4
2008	FA	623	130	143	23	15	3	0	5	11	33	1	0	1	4	.177	86.9	96.5	93.6
2008	SL	352	100	104	19	14	4	1	0	3	37	1	0	0	3	.190	78.5	92.1	87.9
2008	CU	55	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	77.4	83.5	80.4
2008	FC	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	89.0	90.9	89.7
2009	FA	657	134	146	26	15	4	2	5	9	40	2	0	1	3	.194	86.5	96.2	93.6
2009	SL	351	84	96	12	7	3	0	2	12	43	0	0	0	0	.143	79.8	90.6	87.6
2009	CU	97	20	20	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.100	75.6	88.1	81.5
2009	FT	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	87.8	95.1	91.5
2009	FC	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	86.7	91.3	90.0
2009	CH	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	84.1	88.0	86.2
2011	FA	405	80	89	21	9	5	0	7	5	13	2	1	1	0	.263	86.9	95.2	92.3
2011	SL	174	53	59	6	4	2	0	0	5	23	1	0	0	0	.113	83.0	90.8	87.9
2011	CU	171	29	31	7	5	1	1	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	.241	77.7	88.4	81.7
2011	FT	48	9	10	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.444	89.1	93.9	91.8
2011	CH	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	85.6	90.5	87.6
2012	FA	475	81	91	19	12	2	0	5	6	27	1	2	1	0	.235	90.3	96.5	94.0
2012	SL	270	89	92	17	11	6	0	0	3	40	0	0	0	1	.191	84.9	91.0	88.5
2012	CU	166	32	34	5	4	1	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	4	.156	77.4	86.6	81.5
2012	FT	156	36	39	14	12	0	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	2	.389	82.6	96.2	93.6
2012	FC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	94.1	94.7	94.4
2012	CH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	83.7	83.7	83.7
2013	FA	98	21	27	2	1	0	0	1	4	7	1	1	0	0	.095	88.2	94.6	91.6
2013	SL	75	20	21	4	4	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	.200	83.0	88.1	85.6
2013	CU	50	11	12	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.364	74.7	84.9	80.2
2013	FT	41	9	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222	88.4	92.7	90.8
2013	FC	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	90.1	93.9	91.6
Total	FA	2568	500	562	102	58	17	2	25	44	132	8	5	5	8	.204	86.5	98.1	93.6
Total	SL	1374	394	420	66	46	16	1	3	24	168	2	0	0	5	.168	78.0	93.3	87.9
Total	CU	555	97	102	18	12	5	1	0	3	22	0	2	0	4	.186	74.7	88.4	81.3
Total	FT	252	55	59	20	15	3	0	2	3	8	1	0	0	2	.364	82.6	96.2	92.8
Total	FC	26	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	86.7	94.7	91.2
Total	CH	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	81.2	90.5	86.3

Advanced

Season	Pitch	Pitches	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2007	FA	310	13.6 %	18.2 %	0.75	.204	.323	.370	.693	.167	.220	7.1	-1.1	.312	98
2007	SL	152	0.0 %	41.7 %	0.00	.167	.167	.250	.417	.083	.259	-0.2	-6.1	.180	16
2007	CU	16	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
2007	CH	4	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
2007	FC	2	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-0.3	.000	-100
2008	FA	623	7.7 %	23.1 %	0.33	.177	.246	.315	.562	.138	.196	8.3	-8.9	.253	60
2008	SL	352	2.9 %	35.6 %	0.08	.190	.221	.250	.471	.060	.302	2.5	-10.0	.212	34
2008	CU	55	0.0 %	40.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.8	-1.4	.000	-100
2008	FC	5	0.0 %	50.0 %	0.00	.500	.500	.500	1.000	.000	1.000	0.4	0.2	.448	179
2009	FA	657	6.2 %	27.4 %	0.23	.194	.255	.366	.621	.172	.236	10.8	-6.7	.273	71
2009	SL	351	12.5 %	44.8 %	0.28	.143	.250	.250	.500	.107	.256	4.1	-7.4	.235	47
2009	CU	97	0.0 %	20.0 %	0.00	.100	.100	.150	.250	.050	.125	-1.3	-3.7	.108	-32
2009	FT	7	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-0.3	.000	-100
2009	FC	5	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
2009	CH	5	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
2011	FA	405	5.6 %	14.6 %	0.38	.263	.318	.588	.906	.325	.230	14.9	4.9	.385	151
2011	SL	174	8.5 %	39.0 %	0.22	.113	.203	.151	.354	.038	.200	0.0	-6.6	.175	14
2011	CU	171	3.2 %	22.6 %	0.14	.241	.258	.345	.603	.103	.304	2.1	-1.4	.259	70
2011	FT	48	10.0 %	0.0 %	1.00	.444	.500	.667	1.167	.222	.444	2.6	1.5	.501	232
2011	CH	10	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
2012	FA	475	6.6 %	29.7 %	0.22	.235	.289	.444	.733	.210	.275	10.3	-0.1	.314	103
2012	SL	270	3.3 %	43.5 %	0.08	.191	.217	.258	.476	.067	.347	2.7	-7.7	.210	37
2012	CU	166	2.9 %	17.6 %	0.17	.156	.176	.188	.364	.031	.185	-0.3	-4.2	.161	5
2012	FT	156	5.1 %	15.4 %	0.33	.389	.436	.556	.991	.167	.429	8.1	3.6	.431	184
2012	FC	3	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
2012	CH	1	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
2013	FA	98	14.8 %	25.9 %	0.57	.095	.259	.238	.497	.143	.071	1.4	-1.7	.238	54
2013	SL	75	4.8 %	23.8 %	0.20	.200	.238	.200	.438	.000	.267	0.5	-1.9	.201	28
2013	CU	50	8.3 %	25.0 %	0.33	.364	.417	.545	.962	.182	.500	2.3	1.0	.415	168
2013	FT	41	0.0 %	11.1 %	0.00	.222	.222	.333	.556	.111	.250	0.5	-0.6	.238	55
2013	FC	11	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-0.3	.000	-100
Total	FA	2568	7.8 %	23.5 %	0.33	.204	.276	.396	.672	.192	.221	53.0	-13.3	.295	89
Total	SL	1374	5.7 %	40.0 %	0.14	.168	.219	.236	.455	.069	.283	9.7	-39.8	.207	33
Total	CU	555	2.9 %	21.6 %	0.14	.186	.206	.258	.464	.072	.234	2.2	-9.5	.202	31
Total	FT	252	5.1 %	13.6 %	0.38	.364	.407	.527	.934	.164	.400	11.0	4.3	.406	167
Total	FC	26	0.0 %	25.0 %	0.00	.250	.250	.250	.500	.000	.333	0.1	-0.3	.224	40
Total	CH	20	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000

Batted Ball & Movement

Season	Pitch	Pitches	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Strikes	Balls	Pitches	x-Mov	z-Mov	Mov
2007	FA	310	11.6 %	34.9 %	53.5 %	30.4 %	8.7 %	202	108	310	-3.1	12.1	12.8
2007	SL	152	7.4 %	59.3 %	33.3 %	22.2 %	11.1 %	101	51	152	2.5	3.1	4.5
2007	CU	16	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	6	10	16	3.0	-2.8	4.4
2007	CH	4	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	3	1	4	1.6	1.8	6.7
2007	FC	2	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	2	0	2	0.0	6.2	6.2
2008	FA	623	16.7 %	39.6 %	43.8 %	21.4 %	11.9 %	429	194	623	-4.1	11.8	12.9
2008	SL	352	12.9 %	61.3 %	25.8 %	12.5 %	0.0 %	216	136	352	1.8	3.9	4.8
2008	CU	55	0.0 %	66.7 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	31	24	55	2.4	-3.0	4.0
2008	FC	5	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	2	3	5	0.2	6.8	6.8
2009	FA	657	10.6 %	38.3 %	51.1 %	35.4 %	10.4 %	429	228	657	-4.9	11.1	12.6
2009	SL	351	23.1 %	43.6 %	33.3 %	7.7 %	15.4 %	224	127	351	1.2	2.3	3.3
2009	CU	97	6.3 %	56.3 %	37.5 %	16.7 %	0.0 %	60	37	97	1.3	-3.9	4.4
2009	FT	7	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	3	4	7	-7.9	8.6	11.8
2009	FC	5	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	4	1	5	-0.9	8.0	8.1
2009	CH	5	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	2	3	5	-7.7	8.6	11.6
2011	FA	405	16.2 %	25.0 %	58.8 %	30.0 %	17.5 %	258	147	405	-2.5	10.4	10.9
2011	SL	174	13.8 %	44.8 %	41.4 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	102	72	174	2.8	3.2	4.8
2011	CU	171	17.4 %	56.5 %	26.1 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	111	60	171	3.3	-3.8	5.4
2011	FT	48	25.0 %	25.0 %	50.0 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	29	19	48	-7.5	6.2	9.9
2011	CH	10	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	3	7	10	-5.1	7.7	9.5
2012	FA	475	21.4 %	21.4 %	57.1 %	18.8 %	15.6 %	319	156	475	-3.4	10.8	11.4
2012	SL	270	23.9 %	54.3 %	21.7 %	30.0 %	0.0 %	184	86	270	2.4	2.3	3.8
2012	CU	166	11.1 %	70.4 %	18.5 %	20.0 %	0.0 %	104	62	166	3.0	-5.3	6.3
2012	FT	156	20.0 %	50.0 %	30.0 %	22.2 %	22.2 %	105	51	156	-7.4	7.5	10.8
2012	FC	3	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	2	1	3	1.0	11.3	11.3
2012	CH	1	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	1	0	1	-3.2	5.6	6.4
2013	FA	98	13.3 %	13.3 %	73.3 %	27.3 %	9.1 %	63	35	98	-2.8	10.5	11.0
2013	SL	75	26.7 %	40.0 %	33.3 %	60.0 %	0.0 %	46	29	75	3.5	1.0	4.0
2013	CU	50	37.5 %	37.5 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	30	20	50	3.9	-4.1	6.1
2013	FT	41	37.5 %	25.0 %	37.5 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	29	12	41	-8.2	6.7	10.7
2013	FC	11	0.0 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	7	4	11	1.4	10.6	10.7
Total	FA	2568	15.1 %	32.3 %	52.7 %	27.6 %	12.8 %	1700	868	2568	-3.7	11.2	12.2
Total	SL	1374	17.4 %	52.8 %	29.8 %	26.2 %	4.6 %	873	501	1374	2.1	2.8	4.1
Total	CU	555	14.3 %	59.7 %	26.0 %	10.0 %	0.0 %	342	213	555	2.8	-4.2	5.4
Total	FT	252	23.9 %	41.3 %	34.8 %	25.0 %	12.5 %	166	86	252	-7.6	7.2	10.7
Total	FC	26	33.3 %	33.3 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	17	9	26	0.6	9.1	9.2
Total	CH	20	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	9	11	20	-4.3	6.6	9.3

Plate Discipline & Value

Season	Pitch	Pitches	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	SwStr%	Val	Val/C
2007	FA	310	30.4 %	66.1 %	49.0 %	71.1 %	81.3 %	78.3 %	52.3 %	10.7 %	3.05	0.98
2007	SL	152	47.6 %	76.6 %	56.6 %	42.0 %	86.1 %	60.5 %	30.9 %	22.4 %	2.79	1.84
2007	CU	16	11.1 %	0.0 %	6.3 %	100.0 %		100.0 %	43.8 %	0.0 %	-0.22	-1.39
2007	CH	4	33.3 %	0.0 %	25.0 %	100.0 %		100.0 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	0.06	1.39
2007	FC	2	100.0 %		100.0 %	100.0 %		100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.17	8.49
2008	FA	623	30.5 %	63.8 %	49.3 %	63.9 %	80.8 %	76.2 %	56.3 %	11.7 %	14.15	2.27
2008	SL	352	41.8 %	70.1 %	52.0 %	44.7 %	79.8 %	61.8 %	36.1 %	19.9 %	4.10	1.17
2008	CU	55	10.7 %	29.6 %	20.0 %	66.7 %	87.5 %	81.8 %	49.1 %	3.6 %	0.98	1.79
2008	FC	5	0.0 %	100.0 %	40.0 %		50.0 %	50.0 %	40.0 %	20.0 %	-0.38	-7.65
2009	FA	657	31.6 %	65.7 %	47.8 %	59.6 %	80.5 %	73.3 %	47.5 %	12.8 %	8.00	1.22
2009	SL	351	48.0 %	56.6 %	51.0 %	40.9 %	78.3 %	55.3 %	34.8 %	22.8 %	3.45	0.98
2009	CU	97	33.3 %	26.9 %	29.9 %	66.7 %	92.9 %	79.3 %	53.6 %	6.2 %	2.70	2.79
2009	FT	7	0.0 %	50.0 %	14.3 %		100.0 %	100.0 %	28.6 %	0.0 %	0.10	1.48
2009	FC	5	0.0 %	33.3 %	20.0 %		100.0 %	100.0 %	60.0 %	0.0 %	0.14	2.81
2009	CH	5	0.0 %	50.0 %	20.0 %		100.0 %	100.0 %	40.0 %	0.0 %	-0.04	-0.73
2011	FA	405	26.6 %	66.4 %	47.9 %	84.0 %	92.4 %	90.2 %	53.6 %	4.7 %	-2.81	-0.69
2011	SL	174	39.5 %	80.0 %	53.5 %	42.2 %	79.2 %	61.3 %	34.5 %	20.7 %	3.17	1.82
2011	CU	171	22.5 %	42.9 %	33.3 %	50.0 %	89.7 %	77.2 %	53.2 %	7.6 %	1.26	0.74
2011	FT	48	25.0 %	65.0 %	41.7 %	85.7 %	100.0 %	95.0 %	41.7 %	2.1 %	-1.81	-3.77
2011	CH	10	0.0 %	66.7 %	20.0 %		100.0 %	100.0 %	30.0 %	0.0 %	-0.15	-1.49
2012	FA	475	25.6 %	62.7 %	46.5 %	75.5 %	78.0 %	77.4 %	56.4 %	10.5 %	2.83	0.60
2012	SL	270	43.5 %	67.2 %	54.4 %	34.9 %	83.3 %	62.6 %	46.3 %	20.4 %	2.42	0.90
2012	CU	166	24.7 %	46.8 %	34.9 %	54.6 %	86.1 %	74.1 %	46.4 %	9.0 %	5.08	3.06
2012	FT	156	39.0 %	70.3 %	53.9 %	75.0 %	86.5 %	82.1 %	47.4 %	9.6 %	-1.79	-1.15
2012	FC	3	0.0 %	100.0 %	66.7 %		100.0 %	100.0 %	66.7 %	0.0 %	0.00	0.05
2012	CH	1		100.0 %	100.0 %		0.0 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	0.06	6.01
2013	FA	98	23.9 %	59.6 %	42.9 %	63.6 %	74.2 %	71.4 %	53.1 %	12.2 %	1.35	1.38
2013	SL	75	37.8 %	63.3 %	48.0 %	64.7 %	84.2 %	75.0 %	40.0 %	12.0 %	1.21	1.61
2013	CU	50	24.1 %	42.9 %	32.0 %	57.1 %	88.9 %	75.0 %	42.0 %	8.0 %	-1.03	-2.06
2013	FT	41	45.5 %	73.7 %	58.5 %	70.0 %	92.9 %	83.3 %	46.3 %	9.8 %	1.09	2.65
2013	FC	11	20.0 %	50.0 %	36.4 %	100.0 %	66.7 %	75.0 %	54.6 %	9.1 %	0.38	3.50
Total	FA	2568	29.1 %	64.5 %	47.9 %	68.1 %	81.9 %	78.0 %	53.0 %	10.6 %	26.58	1.03
Total	SL	1374	43.9 %	67.5 %	52.7 %	42.2 %	81.2 %	60.8 %	37.2 %	20.7 %	17.14	1.25
Total	CU	555	23.6 %	38.6 %	31.0 %	57.6 %	88.7 %	76.7 %	49.6 %	7.2 %	8.78	1.58
Total	FT	252	35.8 %	69.6 %	51.2 %	75.5 %	90.0 %	84.5 %	45.6 %	7.9 %	-2.41	-0.96
Total	FC	26	23.1 %	61.5 %	42.3 %	100.0 %	75.0 %	81.8 %	50.0 %	7.7 %	0.31	1.21
Total	CH	20	7.7 %	57.1 %	25.0 %	100.0 %	75.0 %	80.0 %	35.0 %	5.0 %	-0.07	-0.35

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