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Joe Nathan - Minnesota Twins
Birthdate:11/22/1974	Bats/Throws:R/R	Height/Weight:6-4/225	Position:P
10/13/2009 - Closer Meltdown Overload by Dave Cameron (FanGraphs) 49 2/5/2009 - Twinkie Relief by Eric Seidman (FanGraphs) 4
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Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	46 0	22 2	2.75 7.88	533 8	29 0	0 0	0 0	247 1	28 2	685.0 8.0	2785 43	496 12	226 7	209 7	63 2	262 7	22 3	16 0	30 1	1 0	718 10
1999	Giants	7	4	4.18	19	14	0	0	1		90.1	395	84	45	42	17	46	0	1	2	0	54
2000	Giants	5	2	5.21	20	15	0	0	0		93.1	426	89	63	54	12	63	4	4	5	0	61
2002	Giants	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2003	Giants	12	4	2.96	78	0	0	0	0	3	79.0	316	51	26	26	7	33	3	3	4	1	83
2003	Giants	0	1	81.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	6	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
2004	Twins	1	2	1.62	73	0	0	0	44	3	72.1	284	48	14	13	3	23	3	2	5	0	89
2004	Twins	0	1	3.60	3	0	0	0	1	0	5.0	22	2	2	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	6
2005	Twins	7	4	2.70	69	0	0	0	43	5	70.0	276	46	22	21	5	22	1	0	2	0	94
2006	Twins	7	0	1.58	64	0	0	0	36	2	68.1	262	38	12	12	3	16	4	1	3	0	95
2006	Twins	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2007	Twins	4	2	1.88	68	0	0	0	37	4	71.2	282	54	15	15	4	19	2	1	3	0	77
2008	Twins	1	2	1.33	68	0	0	0	39	6	67.2	261	43	13	10	5	18	4	2	2	0	74
2009	Twins	2	2	2.10	70	0	0	0	47	5	68.2	271	42	16	16	7	22	1	2	4	0	89
2009	Twins	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	2.0	12	5	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
2010	Bill James	6	3	1.92	71	0			43		75.0		51			5	23		2			90

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Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	FIP
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	9.43 11.25	3.44 7.88	2.74 1.43	0.83 2.25	.204 .347	1.11 2.38	.263 .443	79.9 % 74.1 %	3.43 6.44
1999	Giants	5.38	4.58	1.17	1.69	.248	1.44	.250	80.2 %	5.95
1999	Average	6.48	3.73	1.74	1.15	.271	1.46	.305	70.3 %	4.71
2000	Giants	5.88	6.08	0.97	1.16	.253	1.63	.276	66.8 %	5.65
2000	Average	6.53	3.80	1.72	1.18	.271	1.47	.304	70.2 %	4.77
2002	Giants	4.91	0.00	2.00	0.00	.088	0.27	.107	100.0 %	1.87
2002	Average	6.53	3.38	1.93	1.05	.262	1.38	.297	71.7 %	4.28
2003	Giants	9.46	3.76	2.52	0.80	.186	1.06	.239	79.0 %	3.45
2003	Giants	27.00	27.00	1.00	27.00	.810	15.00	1.020	55.6 %	45.04
2003	Average	6.40	3.30	1.94	1.08	.265	1.38	.298	71.2 %	4.40
2004	Twins	11.07	2.86	3.87	0.37	.190	0.98	.281	85.8 %	2.16
2004	Twins	10.80	9.00	1.20	0.00	.124	1.40	.198	71.4 %	3.65
2004	Average	6.60	3.36	1.96	1.13	.267	1.40	.301	71.4 %	4.46
2005	Twins	12.09	2.83	4.27	0.64	.189	0.97	.284	75.4 %	2.21
2005	Average	6.38	3.17	2.02	1.04	.265	1.37	.299	71.6 %	4.29
2006	Twins	12.51	2.11	5.94	0.40	.165	0.79	.264	84.7 %	1.68
2006	Twins	13.50	0.00	1.00	0.00	.347	1.50	.532	100.0 %	0.15
2006	Average	6.59	3.30	2.00	1.12	.270	1.41	.305	70.9 %	4.53
2007	Twins	9.67	2.39	4.05	0.50	.211	1.02	.286	86.3 %	2.65
2007	Average	6.67	3.33	2.00	1.03	.269	1.41	.307	70.7 %	4.47
2008	Twins	9.84	2.39	4.11	0.67	.184	0.90	.245	89.3 %	2.79
2008	Average	6.83	3.39	2.01	1.01	.265	1.39	.304	71.4 %	4.32
2009	Twins	11.67	2.88	4.05	0.92	.178	0.93	.251	89.0 %	2.88
2009	Twins	9.00	4.50	2.00	4.50	.470	3.00	.524	87.0 %	9.10
2009	Average	6.99	3.46	2.02	1.05	.263	1.39	.303	71.9 %	4.32
2010	Bill James	10.80	2.76	3.91	0.60	.194	0.99	.275		2.56

Batted Ball

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Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tRA
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	0.84 0.43	17.3 % 23.1 %	37.7 % 23.1 %	45.0 % 53.8 %	15.0 % 7.1 %	6.4 % 14.3 %	6.5 % 0.0 %	13.0 % 0.0 %	2.61 5.35
2002	Giants	0.40	30.0 %	20.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	3.47
2003	Giants	0.58	16.1 %	30.7 %	53.1 %	16.7 %	6.9 %	10.2 %	0.0 %	3.39
2003	Giants	1.00	75.0 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	14.45
2004	Twins	0.71	16.7 %	34.5 %	48.8 %	18.3 %	3.7 %	12.1 %	0.0 %	2.17
2004	Twins	0.43	9.1 %	27.3 %	63.6 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	3.31
2005	Twins	0.73	12.9 %	36.8 %	50.3 %	12.8 %	6.4 %	8.8 %	40.0 %	2.01
2006	Twins	0.84	21.9 %	35.6 %	42.5 %	17.7 %	4.8 %	1.9 %	0.0 %	2.01
2006	Twins	0.00	0.0 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	-0.55
2007	Twins	1.04	20.8 %	40.4 %	38.8 %	9.9 %	5.6 %	2.7 %	0.0 %	3.01
2008	Twins	1.42	19.4 %	47.3 %	33.3 %	10.9 %	9.1 %	3.8 %	0.0 %	3.16
2009	Twins	0.86	12.3 %	40.6 %	47.1 %	17.8 %	9.6 %	7.9 %	33.3 %	2.49
2009	Twins	0.40	22.2 %	22.2 %	55.6 %	20.0 %	20.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	8.21

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Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
Total * Postseason	- - - - - -	443 6	528 14	203 6	79 1	29 0	23 0	3 0	108 1	2924 68	5219 95	8143 163
2002	Giants	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	3	19	32	51
2003	Giants	59	102	31	17	6	5	0	55	505	790	1295
2003	Giants	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	17
2004	Twins	58	82	28	15	7	2	0	3	450	774	1224
2004	Twins	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	42	53	95
2005	Twins	57	78	20	10	5	5	2	18	397	750	1147
2006	Twins	52	62	32	11	1	4	0	14	369	703	1072
2006	Twins	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	10
2007	Twins	74	71	38	7	2	2	0	5	399	746	1145
2008	Twins	78	55	32	6	3	2	0	3	376	685	1061
2009	Twins	63	73	19	13	5	3	1	7	409	739	1148
2009	Twins	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	16	25	41

Win Probability

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Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	Games	WPA/LI	Clutch
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	24.02 -0.94	-55.93 -2.31	79.95 1.38	141.89 -4.12	14.45 -0.41	1.50 2.34	1.40 2.24	1.60 1.81	1.55 3.83	158 5	533 8	11.95 -0.30	4.10 -0.10
1999	Giants	0.24	-7.55	7.79	1.62	0.19	1.07	0.98	1.00	1.34	17	19	-0.40	0.63
2000	Giants	-0.76	-7.78	7.02	-9.42	-0.61	1.03	0.89	0.80	1.24	20	20	-0.70	-0.04
2002	Giants	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.66	0.19	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.00	1	4	0.22	0.03
2003	Giants	1.38	-5.04	6.42	13.69	1.40	1.08	0.97	1.39	1.30	69	78	1.45	-0.17
2003	Giants	-0.37	-0.41	0.04	-2.44	-0.26	1.65	1.62	1.62	3.22	2	2	-0.27	0.05
2004	Twins	5.49	-5.41	10.91	26.14	2.59	1.80	1.75	1.81	1.99	10	73	2.04	1.00
2004	Twins	0.08	-1.01	1.09	0.84	0.09	3.02	2.53	2.30	3.86	2	3	0.17	-0.15
2005	Twins	2.50	-6.69	9.19	17.38	1.76	1.72	1.79	1.74	1.48	11	69	1.87	-0.42
2006	Twins	4.99	-3.71	8.70	24.80	2.41	1.61	1.59	1.62	2.33	3	64	2.47	0.64
2006	Twins	-0.01	-0.02	0.01	-0.05	0.00	0.23		0.55		0	1	-0.03	-0.02
2007	Twins	3.01	-6.86	9.88	20.09	2.03	1.94	1.56	1.55	2.27	8	68	1.38	0.17
2008	Twins	3.26	-6.81	10.07	19.16	1.90	1.93	1.85	1.94	2.30	11	68	1.78	-0.09
2009	Twins	3.89	-6.07	9.96	26.75	2.59	1.86	1.72	1.64	2.65	8	70	1.84	0.25
2009	Twins	-0.63	-0.88	0.24	-2.47	-0.23	2.12	2.16	1.89	4.98	1	2	-0.17	-0.13

Pitch Type

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Season	Team	FB	SL	CT	CB	CH	SF	XX	PO
Total *	- - -	62.8% (94.0)	25.9% (87.8)	0.2% (90.8)	10.2% (81.1)	0.9% (84.6)	0.0% (88.0)	6.0%	0.0%
2002	Giants	76.5% (92.9)			19.6% (79.5)	3.9% (82.5)
2003	Giants	60.9% (93.1)	13.7% (85.1)		23.0% (80.4)	2.3% (84.5)	0.1% (88.0)	7.8%
2004	Twins	70.8% (93.8)	19.8% (87.0)	0.2% (91.0)	7.5% (81.3)	1.7% (83.8)		14.9%
2005	Twins	65.9% (94.8)	27.4% (88.9)	1.0% (90.2)	4.9% (83.1)	0.9% (83.8)		9.8%	0.3%
2006	Twins	57.6% (94.8)	32.3% (87.5)	0.3% (93.5)	9.6% (81.2)	0.1% (86.0)	0.1% (00.0)	2.2%
2007	Twins	64.7% (94.8)	28.6% (88.5)		5.8% (81.5)	0.8% (86.1)		1.4%
2008	Twins	60.7% (93.5)	31.4% (88.3)		7.9% (80.6)			2.6%
2009	Twins	58.9% (93.6)	30.4% (88.0)		10.2% (81.6)	0.5% (86.3)		2.2%

Pitch Type Values

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Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wSF	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C	wSF/C
Total *	- - -	82.1	50.6	0.2	12.3	-0.6	-0.1	1.71	2.56	1.09	1.58	-0.79	-3.81
2002	Giants	1.7			0.4	0.2		4.30			3.59	11.58
2003	Giants	7.6	5.4		6.5	-0.1	0.0	1.05	3.30		2.37	-0.24	-2.70
2004	Twins	11.8	2.3	0.0	2.0	-0.9		1.59	1.10	1.04	2.51	-4.91
2005	Twins	6.3	9.7	0.1	2.0	0.0		0.92	3.45	1.42	3.89	-0.09
2006	Twins	12.6	13.8	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	2.09	4.09	0.02	1.25	-3.48	-4.92
2007	Twins	14.1	8.2		-4.1	0.4		1.93	2.52		-6.23	3.89
2008	Twins	17.0	6.6		0.9			2.72	2.03		1.04
2009	Twins	11.0	4.6		3.5	-0.2		1.66	1.36		3.04	-2.61

Plate Discipline

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Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%
Total *	- - -	27.5 %	66.5 %	47.2 %	44.6 %	81.2 %	70.7 %	50.6 %	61.9 %
2002	Giants	13.6 %	72.4 %	47.1 %	33.3 %	76.2 %	70.8 %	56.9 %	33.3 %
2002	Average	18.1 %	70.1 %	46.5 %	47.4 %	85.2 %	78.5 %	54.6 %	58.3 %
2003	Giants	23.9 %	67.3 %	44.7 %	50.6 %	83.1 %	74.1 %	47.9 %	57.9 %
2003	Average	22.2 %	68.8 %	46.2 %	51.9 %	87.5 %	79.2 %	51.4 %	58.6 %
2004	Twins	19.0 %	68.1 %	46.2 %	35.2 %	78.8 %	70.8 %	55.4 %	59.2 %
2004	Average	16.6 %	69.6 %	45.8 %	53.7 %	85.1 %	80.0 %	55.1 %	58.4 %
2005	Twins	26.4 %	66.8 %	47.5 %	29.8 %	80.1 %	66.7 %	52.2 %	63.8 %
2005	Average	20.3 %	68.0 %	46.0 %	51.8 %	88.3 %	80.8 %	53.8 %	59.1 %
2006	Twins	29.2 %	62.3 %	46.6 %	41.5 %	80.6 %	69.0 %	52.5 %	61.1 %
2006	Average	23.5 %	66.6 %	46.1 %	57.4 %	88.5 %	81.0 %	52.6 %	58.8 %
2007	Twins	30.1 %	67.6 %	49.3 %	53.9 %	83.9 %	75.0 %	51.2 %	66.0 %
2007	Average	25.0 %	66.6 %	45.9 %	60.8 %	88.2 %	80.8 %	50.3 %	58.7 %
2008	Twins	30.3 %	67.1 %	49.3 %	45.0 %	80.6 %	70.0 %	51.5 %	63.6 %
2008	Average	25.4 %	65.4 %	45.9 %	61.7 %	87.8 %	80.8 %	51.1 %	58.6 %
2009	Twins	33.2 %	65.9 %	47.6 %	48.1 %	81.5 %	68.5 %	44.2 %	63.8 %
2009	Average	25.1 %	65.9 %	45.2 %	61.8 %	87.8 %	80.5 %	49.3 %	58.2 %

Fielding

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Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	FP	RF/G	RF/9
Total	- - -	P	533	29	685.0	30	61	6	4	.938	0.2	0.0
1999	Giants	P	19	14	90.1	3	11	0	0	1.000	0.7	1.4
2000	Giants	P	20	15	93.1	8	11	0	0	1.000	1.0	1.8
2002	Giants	P	4	0	3.2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.5	4.9
2003	Giants	P	78	0	79.0	4	5	0	1	1.000	0.1	1.0
2004	Twins	P	73	0	72.1	1	6	0	1	1.000	0.1	0.9
2005	Twins	P	69	0	70.0	2	6	1	0	.889	0.1	1.0
2006	Twins	P	64	0	68.1	3	5	2	0	.800	0.1	1.1
2007	Twins	P	68	0	71.2	1	3	1	0	.800	0.1	0.5
2008	Twins	P	68	0	67.2	3	6	1	1	.900	0.1	1.2
2009	Twins	P	70	0	68.2	5	6	1	1	.917	0.2	1.4

Value

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Season	Team	Relieving	Relief-IP	RAR	WAR	Dollars	Salary
Total *	- - -	165.1	501.1	165.1	16.2	$60.3	$17.8
2002	Giants	0.5	3.2	0.5	0.1	$0.1
2003	Giants	10.7	79.0	10.7	1.1	$3.0	$0.3
2004	Twins	31.8	72.1	31.8	3.1	$9.5	$0.4
2005	Twins	27.0	70.0	27.0	2.7	$9.2	$2.1
2006	Twins	32.2	68.1	32.2	3.1	$11.6	$3.8
2007	Twins	22.3	71.2	22.3	2.2	$8.9	$5.3
2008	Twins	21.2	67.2	21.2	2.1	$9.5	$6.0
2009	Twins	19.3	68.2	19.3	1.9	$8.5

Thursday, October 22, 2009

News: Nathan had surgery on Monday to remove two bone chips from his right elbow, the team's official web site reports. He's expected to be ready by the start of spring training.

Analysis: This surgery looks minor. Nathan had another outstanding season (47 saves, 2.10 ERA and 89:22 K:BB ratio). He blew a save against the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS which may lead to talk that he's declined. However, his September numbers didn't show that he was wearing down (2.45 ERA and 20:7 K:BB ratio in 16 innings) and his season-long strikeout rate actually improved from 2008. He should enter 2010 as one of baseball's top closers once again.

Sunday, March 08, 2009

News: Nathan (shoulder) threw a scoreless inning with two strikeouts in Sunday's spring training win over Baltimore.

Analysis: Nathan hasn't missed any work since pulling out of the WBC with a sore shoulder. This injury doesn't look like a major concern for his draft day value.

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