#52 Joe Nathan, Reliever, 28 yrs, Boston Red Sox - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#52 Joe Nathan, Reliever, 28 yrs, Boston Red Sox
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Joe Nathan

11/22/1974
28
USA,TX,Houston
6"4
225

Reliever
R
R

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3 / 6 (Well Known)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
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GREAT
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4.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 1,468,571
2003 (Arbitration eligible)
3 Year(s), 80 Days (596 total Days)
80 Day(s)
3 Year(s), 53 Days (569 total Days)
9 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	10	8	9	95-99 Mph
Versus LHB	10	7	8
Versus RHB	10	9	10
Talent	10	9	9

Pitching Ratings
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5
56
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Screwball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	2	7	1	1	2
Versus LHP	4	7	1	1	2
Versus RHP	1	7	1	1	2
Talent	2	3	1	1	2

Running & Bunting Ratings
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1
3
3
1
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Fielding Ratings
P : 6 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
5/25	CLE	W 3-1		1	0	0	0	0	1	SV
5/27	@TOR	W 5-2		1.2	1	0	0	0	4	SV
5/28	@TOR	W 5-2		1	0	0	0	0	2	SV
5/29	@TOR	W 10-2		1.2	2	0	0	0	2
6/1	@BAL	W 3-0		1.1	1	0	0	0	2	SV
6/3	@NYY	L 5-6		2	2	1	1	0	2
6/6	TOR	W 8-6		0.1	0	0	0	0	1	W
6/9	@FLO	W 6-2		1.1	1	0	0	0	1	SV
6/11	@ATL	W 7-6		1	2	1	1	0	1	SV
6/12	@ATL	L 0-3		2	0	0	0	1	2

Pitching Stats 2003

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	34	0	4	3	15	2.81	51.1	35	17	16	16	65	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	87	0	10	8	39	2.81	131.0	90	44	41	41	167

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	18	3	83.3	34	28	9.3	6.1	11.4	2.8	1	1	100.0	21	5	23.8	1.70

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	104	21	6	1	1	11	10	8	40	0	0	1	.202	.265	.308	.573
vs. RHB	84	14	4	0	0	10	7	8	25	0	0	1	.167	.245	.214	.459

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	10	0	1	1	4	5.40	18.1	17	12	11	11	22
Road	24	0	3	2	11	1.36	33.0	18	5	5	5	43
This Week	3	0	0	0	2	2.08	4.1	3	1	1	1	4
Last Week	3	0	1	0	1	2.45	3.2	3	1	1	0	5

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	14	0	2	2	5	3.32	21.2	14	9	8	9	24
May	14	0	1	1	7	2.49	21.2	15	6	6	6	32
June	6	0	1	0	3	2.25	8.0	6	2	2	1	9

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2000	64	6	4	4	27	2.50	111.2	76	36	31	12	60	125	0	0	1.22	.243	SEA DET,AL
2001	59	0	5	7	3	5.65	86.0	95	56	54	15	36	89	0	0	1.52	.351	DET BOS
2002	89	0	8	2	7	2.69	123.2	95	41	37	7	41	138	0	0	1.10	.285	BOS
2003	34	0	4	3	15	2.81	51.1	35	17	16	1	16	65	0	0	0.99	.279	BOS
Total	246	6	21	16	52	3.33	372.2	301	150	138	35	153	417	0	0	1.22	.289

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1995, A	14	14	1	0	0	1.65	54.2	32	10	10	6	15	57	0	0	0.86	.202
1995, AA	33	6	1	4	6	4.07	55.1	47	26	25	8	28	63	0	0	1.36	.291
1996, AA	45	17	5	2	15	2.51	100.1	86	28	28	6	36	100	0	0	1.22	.293
1997, AA	28	28	12	7	0	3.22	173.1	138	64	62	21	54	221	0	0	1.11	.292
1998, AA	29	29	3	2	0	2.35	114.2	84	34	30	13	42	144	0	0	1.10	.275
1999, AA	28	28	1	2	0	2.48	105.1	73	31	29	11	41	141	0	0	1.08	.267
1999, AAA	2	2	0	1	0	7.04	7.2	5	6	6	1	4	15	0	0	1.17	.333

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2001	4	0	0	1	0	6.00	6.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	0
2002	3	0	2	1	0	3.00	3.0	0	1	1	1	5	0	0
Total	7	0	2	2	0	5.00	9.0	6	5	5	2	8	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2000	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	SEA DET,AL
2001	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	DET BOS
2002	89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
2003	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
Total	215	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2003

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

51.1

1.93

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 3/3/1995 to a minor league contract.
Traded from Seattle to Detroit on 2/5/2000 (Going to SEA: P Mike Mussina, P Alan Mills, P Rod Beck. Going to DET: P Bartolo Colon, P Joe Nathan, P Dave Coggin)...
Earned first career win on 5/21/2000...
Was selected to the 2000 Allstar game...
Injured on 5/5/2001 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 6 weeks...
Traded from Detroit to Boston on 5/18/2001 (Going to DET: P Glendon Rusch. Going to BOS: P Joe Nathan)...
2/2/2003: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,468,571 through salary arbitration...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

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