From the Collection: Joe Nathan, p, Rangers

Joe Nathan was orginally drafted in the 6th Round of the 1995 Draft. He was a solid, though nothing special, starter for the Giants in 1999 and 2000 before coming to the Twins in a big trade in 2003 with Minnesota–the Twins got Nathan, Boof Bonser and Francisco Liriano for AJ Pierzynski and some cash.

He has already moved to the pen with the Giants, but really flourished out of the pen with Minnesota. Nathan has been one of the better closers of this generation, earning his sixth All-Star Game selection this past season.

Year	Age	Tm	W	L	ERA	GS	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA+	WHIP	Awards
1996		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1999	24	SFG	7	4	4.18	14	1	90.1	84	46	54	103	1.439
2000	25	SFG	5	2	5.21	15	0	93.1	89	63	61	82	1.629
2002	27	SFG	0	0	0.00	0	0	3.2	1	0	2		0.273
2003	28	SFG	12	4	2.96	0	0	79.0	51	33	83	142	1.063
2004	29	MIN	1	2	1.62	0	44	72.1	48	23	89	294	0.982	AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2005	30	MIN	7	4	2.70	0	43	70.0	46	22	94	166	0.971	AS
2006	31	MIN	7	0	1.58	0	36	68.1	38	16	95	284	0.790	CYA-5,MVP-18
2007	32	MIN	4	2	1.88	0	37	71.2	54	19	77	229	1.019
2008	33	MIN	1	2	1.33	0	39	67.2	43	18	74	316	0.901	AS
2009	34	MIN	2	2	2.10	0	47	68.2	42	22	89	210	0.932	AS
2011	36	MIN	2	1	4.84	0	14	44.2	38	14	43	84	1.164
2012	37	TEX	3	5	2.80	0	37	64.1	55	13	78	157	1.057	AS
2013	38	TEX	5	2	1.51	0	38	53.2	30	20	59	275	0.932	AS
13 Yrs			56	30	2.78	29	336	847.2	619	309	898	156	1.095
162 Game Avg.			5	3	2.78	3	31	79	58	29	83	156	1.095

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 9/3/2013.

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