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Joe Nathan

San Francisco Giants National League West

Age: 42
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 230 lb
Number: #36

Born: November 22, 1974 in Houston, TX, United States
MLB debut: April 21, 1999

dbWAR: .2
IP: 6.1
ERA: 0.00
FIP: 2.20
K/9: 12.8
FIP−: 52

Joe Nathan was a relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2016 he struck out 9 batters over 6.1 innings across 10 appearances, going 2-0. His ERA of 0.00 was 100.0% lower than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 2.20 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 31.0% of swings (14.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 32.1%. His 0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2016.

FIP2.20

K/912.8

WHIP1.42

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2016	SF/CHC	10	0	6.1	2	0	0	5	0	9	4	0.00	2.20	1.42	12.8	5.7	0	52	0.2
2015	DET	1	0	0.1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	-2.87	0.00	27.0	0.0	0	-72	0.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	10	9	2	0	1	1	.222	.300	.556	.358	10.0%
vs RHB	18	15	3	0	3	8	.200	.333	.267	.284	44.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Joe Nathan throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	47.2%	59	91.2	2,073	54.2%	44.0%	9	—	—
Slider	24.0%	30	85.6	508	36.7%	14.3%	6	—	—
Curveball	15.2%	19	81.3	682	36.8%	22.2%	6	—	—
Sinker	11.2%	14	90.9	1,910	50.0%	28.6%	2	—	—

Joe Nathan's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.