Joe Nathan

: January 5, 2024
: Baseball Player

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Full Name	Joe Nathan
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 22, 1974(1974-11-22)
Age	50
Birthplace	Houston
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Scorpio

Joe Nathan Biography

Name	Joe Nathan
Birthday	Nov 22
Birth Year	1974
Place Of Birth	Houston
Home Town	Texas
Birth Country	United States
Birth Sign	Scorpio
Spouse	Lisa Lemoncelli

Joe Nathan is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on November 22, 1974 in Houston, Texas, United States. MLB relief pitcher who was selected to six All-Star team from the year 2004 until 2013 mostly when playing with the Minnesota Twins; joined the 300-save team in April 2013.

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Nathan graduated from Pine Bush High School in Pine Bush, New York in 1992, where he played basketball and baseball and ran track. Only Division III colleges showed minimal interest in him, and he ended up at Stony Brook University largely because his high school assistant coach Jeff Masionet and Stony Brook baseball coach Matt Senk knew each other as former teammates in the State University of New York at Cortland baseball program.

Nathan first played shortstop for the then Division III Stony Brook Patriots (now Division I and called the Seawolves), at Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York. He also played for the Fairfield Stallions in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in 1994. Nathan became a two-time Academic All-American and graduated as a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society. During his tenure at Stony Brook, professional baseball scouts began to notice his good arm and pitcher’s body. Senk arranged for a game in front of scouts, but on a day that “literally someone from every organization” came to watch him pitch, the game was rained out. The scouts had to settle for watching Nathan in a throwing session. He was drafted in the sixth round (159th overall) of the amateur draft by the San Francisco Giants in 1995, and signed the next day, June 2. In 2006, Nathan’s number 22 was retired by Stony Brook, the first athlete to receive that honor from the school, and he was awarded the University Medal, the highest recognition given by Stony Brook.

He was married to Lisa Lemoncelli, with whom the couple had one son in 2004 and an infant daughter in 2007.

Joe Nathan Net Worth

Net Worth	$30 Million
Source Of Income	Baseball Player
House	Living in own house.

Joe Nathan is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joe Nathan 's net worth $30 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a track runner and played basketball as well as baseball for Pine Bush High School in New York.

He was the Twins single season saves top scorer.

Joseph Michael Nathan (born November 22, 1974) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago Cubs. Nathan started out his baseball career as a shortstop in high school and at Stony Brook University, but converted to a pitcher after being drafted by the Giants. He worked his way through the minor leagues, alternating between spots in the rotation and the bullpen. After a few years of splitting time between the major leagues and minor leagues, Nathan had a breakout season as a setup man for the Giants in 2003. That offseason, Nathan was traded to the Twins and became their closer.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Height	6 ft 4 in

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Who is Joe Nathan Dating?

According to our records, Joe Nathan married to Lisa Lemoncelli. As of December 1, 2023, Joe Nathan’s is not dating anyone.

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Nathan spent all of 2003 with the Giants in the bullpen after marrying Lisa Lemoncelli, his girlfriend of five years, in November 2002. This was a breakout year for Nathan, starting the season with 23 scoreless innings en route to a 12–4 record in his first full year as a reliever. His 78 appearances put him high on the list of most-used pitchers for the season as one of the best setup men in the NL, allowing no runs in 15 appearances from July 18 to August 20. His 12 wins in relief led the majors. The Giants won the National League West by 15⁄2 games and drew the Florida Marlins, the National League’s wild card winner, in the NLDS. Nathan was hit hard in that series, blowing his only save opportunity. His team fared no better, winning Game 1 behind Jason Schmidt’s complete game shutout before dropping the next three.

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Joe Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Joe Nathan celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year.

As the regular 2006 season began for the Twins, Nathan started off strong, allowing no runs from the start of the season to April 25. He also converted 10 straight save opportunities from April 11 to June 17. On June 24, Nathan recorded his one hundredth career save against the Chicago Cubs, and 99th save with Minnesota. Four days later he got save number 101, his hundredth save with Minnesota against the Los Angeles Dodgers, becoming the fifth pitcher in Twins history to achieve that mark. Despite putting up great numbers during the 2006 season, Nathan was not selected to the All-Star Game. He continued to pitch well throughout the season, passing Eddie Guardado for second on the Twins’ all-time save list when he earned his 117th save against the Detroit Tigers on September 9. Nathan was also given the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Month award for July, going nine for nine in save opportunities and posting a 0.75 ERA for the month. He finished the season with some of his best numbers to date: a 7–0 record, a 1.58 ERA, 95 strikeouts, 36 saves, an 18th-place finish in MVP voting, and a fifth-place finish in Cy Young voting. His 61 games finished were also good for the AL lead and opponents batted just .158 against him, a career high. With 36 saves in 38 opportunities, Nathan also became the first pitcher for the organization to earn 35 saves in three straight seasons. The Twins won the division on the last day of the regular season, but were swept by the Oakland Athletics in the ALDS as Nathan made one scoreless appearance.

Is Joe Nathan a Hall of Famer?

Nathan retired with 377 saves, at the time eighth-most in MLB history, a 2.87 ERA, and an 89.3% save percentage, the highest amongst all relievers with at least 250 saves. Nathan was inducted into the Twins Hall of Fame on August 3, 2019.