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36 Joe Nathan, RP

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Key Stats
IP	W-L	SV	ERA	Ks	BB
68.2	2-2	47	2.10	89	22

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Nathan gets desperation work Sunday: With the Twins on the brink of elimination, closer Joe Nathan got some work Sunday in Game 3 against the Yankees. He allowed two hits and recorded two strikeouts in two-thirds of an inning.
(Updated 10/12/2009).

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Fantasy Analysis

Nathan didn't have a great series, blowing a save Friday. You can't fault him in Fantasy, though. He had another dominant season, recording 47 saves with well more than a strikeout per inning. He'll enter 2010 as a top-five RP in Fantasy.
(Updated 10/12/2009).

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Injury Report

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Position	Current	Last Week	Rating
Relievers	2	2	115.16
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Situational Stats
10/12/2009 vs N.Y. Yankees
Situation	IP	W	L	ERA	SV	BB	SO
vs N.Y. Yankees	0.2	0	1	40.50	0	2	1
vs LHB	33.1	0	0	2.16	0	12	42
vs RHB	35.1	0	0	2.04	0	10	47

Last 6 Games

	OPP	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	Ks
09/23	@CHW	1	1.0	0	0	1	1
09/29	@DET	1	1.0	1	1	0	0
10/01	@DET	0	1.0	0	0	1	0
10/02	KC	1	1.0	0	0	0	2
10/03	KC	1	1.0	0	0	0	2
10/06	DET	0	1.2	2	0	0	2

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Fantasy Points by Week

14		28		4		24		16		16		5		38		27		51		14		43		42		12		25		12		42		2		8		38		36		24		28		49		26		44
1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		20		21		22		23		24		25		26

Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
1999	SF	7	4	4.18	19	14	0	0	1	1	90.1	84	45	42	17	1	46	54
2000	SF	5	2	5.21	20	15	0	0	0	1	93.1	89	63	54	12	4	63	61
2002	SF	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
2003	SF	12	4	2.96	78	0	0	0	0	3	79.0	51	26	26	7	3	33	83
2004	MIN	1	2	1.62	73	0	0	0	44	47	72.1	48	14	13	3	2	23	89
2005	MIN	7	4	2.70	69	0	0	0	43	48	70.0	46	22	21	5	0	22	94
2006	MIN	7	0	1.58	64	0	0	0	36	38	68.1	38	12	12	3	1	16	95
2007	MIN	4	2	1.88	68	0	0	0	37	41	71.2	54	15	15	4	1	19	77
2008	MIN	1	2	1.33	68	0	0	0	39	45	67.2	43	13	10	5	2	18	74
2009	MIN	2	2	2.10	70	0	0	0	47	52	68.2	42	16	16	7	2	22	89
Total		46	22	2.75	533	29	0	0	247	276	685.0	496	226	209	63	16	262	718

Batting Stats
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
1999	SF	19	28	1	5	0	1	2	6	0	0	.233	.214	.179
2000	SF	20	32	3	5	2	3	1	9	0	0	.176	.406	.156
2002	SF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2003	SF	78	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2004	MIN	73	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2005	MIN	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2006	MIN	64	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2007	MIN	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2008	MIN	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2009	MIN	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
Total		533	63	4	10	2	4	3	17	0	0	.194	.302	.159

Fielding Stats
Year	Team	Posn	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FLD%
1999	SF	P	19	14	14	3	11	0	0	1.000
2000	SF	P	20	15	19	8	11	0	0	1.000
2002	SF	P	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000
2003	SF	P	78	0	9	4	5	0	1	1.000
2004	MIN	P	73	0	7	1	6	0	1	1.000
2005	MIN	P	69	0	9	2	6	1	0	.889
2006	MIN	P	64	0	10	3	5	2	1	.800
2007	MIN	P	68	0	5	1	3	1	0	.800
2008	MIN	P	68	0	10	3	6	1	1	.900
2009	MIN	P	70	0	12	5	6	1	1	.917
Total			533	29	97	30	61	6	5	.938

More Pitching Stats
Year	Team	IBB	GO	AO	GO/AO	SB	CS	PK	BK	WP	AVG	PA	MB9	SLG	RPF
1999	SF	0	104	106	1.08	6	2	0	0	2	.243	395	13.1	.448	0
2000	SF	4	95	114	0.88	9	5	1	0	5	.255	426	15.0	.444	1
2002	SF	0	2	7	0.29	0	0	0	0	0	.083	12	2.5	.167	0
2003	SF	3	47	99	0.52	5	1	0	1	4	.186	316	9.9	.299	3
2004	MIN	3	45	77	0.62	4	3	0	0	5	.187	284	9.1	.257	3
2005	MIN	1	43	71	0.63	2	1	0	0	2	.183	276	8.7	.287	5
2006	MIN	4	48	64	0.77	2	0	0	0	3	.158	262	7.2	.242	2
2007	MIN	2	64	67	1.01	7	0	0	0	3	.209	282	9.3	.310	4
2008	MIN	4	67	57	1.30	5	0	0	0	2	.179	261	8.4	.279	6
2009	MIN	1	53	63	0.87	5	0	0	0	4	.171	271	8.7	.305	5
Total		22	568	725	0.84	45	12	1	1	30	.201	2785	10.2	.328	29

Postseason Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
2003	SF	0	1	81.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	4	3	3	1	0	1	1
2004	MIN	0	1	3.60	3	0	0	0	1	1	5.0	2	2	2	0	0	5	6
2006	MIN	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	MIN	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	2.0	5	2	2	1	0	1	2
Total		0	2	7.88	8	0	0	0	1	3	8.0	12	7	7	2	0	7	10

Minor League Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
1995	-Dnp	0	0	---	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	-Restricted	0	0	---	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	A-Salem-Keizr	2	1	2.47	18	5	0	0	2	62.0	53	22	17	7	4	26	44
1998	AA-Shreveport	1	3	8.80	4	4	0	0	0	15.1	20	15	15	4	2	9	10
1998	A-San Jose	8	6	3.32	22	22	0	0	0	122.0	100	51	45	13	10	48	118
1999	AA-Shreveport	0	1	3.12	2	2	0	0	0	8.2	5	4	3	0	1	7	7
1999	AAA-Fresno	6	4	4.46	13	13	1	0	0	74.2	68	44	37	11	5	36	82
2000	A-San Jose	0	1	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	1	0	1	2
2000	A-Bakersfield	1	0	5.06	1	1	0	0	0	5.1	2	3	3	0	1	7	6
2000	AAA-Fresno	0	2	4.40	3	3	0	0	0	14.1	15	8	7	4	0	7	9
2001	AA-Shreveport	3	6	6.93	21	7	0	0	0	62.1	73	49	48	11	4	37	33
2001	AAA-Fresno	0	5	7.77	10	10	0	0	0	46.1	63	47	40	13	5	33	21
2002	AAA-Fresno	6	12	5.60	31	25	1	0	0	146.1	167	97	91	20	3	74	117

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