Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Joe Nathan pitched in the most games by a Twins relief pitcher, with 412 games.
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most regular-season games as a twins relief pitcher in the 2000s| NAME | G | W | L | W% | GS | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | K% | BB% | WHIP | BABIP | RA | H/9 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Nathan | 412 | 22 | 12 | .647 | 0 | 1.87 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 246 | 418.2 | 271 | 87 | 92 | 27 | 120 | 8 | 361 | 15 | 1,636 | 19 | 11.14 | 2.58 | 4.32 | 0.58 | 31.7 | 7.3 | 0.93 | .253 | 1.98 | 5.83 |
| 2 | | J. Rincon | 383 | 30 | 25 | .545 | 0 | 3.63 | 403 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 427.0 | 394 | 172 | 197 | 31 | 176 | 17 | 101 | 19 | 1,832 | 24 | 8.49 | 3.71 | 2.29 | 0.65 | 22.0 | 9.6 | 1.33 | .301 | 4.15 | 8.30 |
| 3 | | M. Guerrier | 316 | 14 | 17 | .452 | 0 | 3.31 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 389.0 | 368 | 143 | 154 | 48 | 123 | 12 | 78 | 17 | 1,634 | 22 | 6.06 | 2.85 | 2.13 | 1.11 | 16.0 | 7.5 | 1.26 | .269 | 3.56 | 8.51 |
| 4 | | J. Crain | 305 | 32 | 20 | .615 | 0 | 3.50 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 314.0 | 286 | 122 | 138 | 27 | 114 | 15 | 78 | 16 | 1,329 | 7 | 5.79 | 3.27 | 1.77 | 0.77 | 15.2 | 8.6 | 1.27 | .267 | 3.96 | 8.20 |
| 5 | | J.C. Romero | 300 | 22 | 9 | .710 | 0 | 3.47 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 288.0 | 252 | 111 | 120 | 22 | 157 | 21 | 56 | 26 | 1,262 | 24 | 7.88 | 4.91 | 1.61 | 0.69 | 20.0 | 12.4 | 1.42 | .284 | 3.75 | 7.88 |
| 6 | | E. Guardado | 280 | 19 | 14 | .576 | 0 | 3.42 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 268.1 | 217 | 102 | 104 | 36 | 82 | 3 | 184 | 11 | 1,095 | 10 | 8.52 | 2.75 | 3.10 | 1.21 | 23.2 | 7.5 | 1.11 | .251 | 3.49 | 7.28 |
| 7 | | L. Hawkins | 267 | 18 | 13 | .581 | 0 | 3.09 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 296.2 | 276 | 102 | 111 | 19 | 101 | 3 | 116 | 6 | 1,238 | 23 | 7.07 | 3.06 | 2.31 | 0.58 | 18.8 | 8.2 | 1.27 | .291 | 3.37 | 8.37 |
| 8 | | D. Reyes | 191 | 10 | 1 | .909 | 0 | 2.14 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126.1 | 109 | 30 | 34 | 8 | 51 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 521 | 13 | 7.77 | 3.63 | 2.14 | 0.57 | 20.9 | 9.8 | 1.27 | .289 | 2.42 | 7.77 |
| 9 | | B. Wells | 189 | 10 | 13 | .435 | 0 | 4.73 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 213.0 | 230 | 112 | 119 | 34 | 49 | 15 | 59 | 5 | 911 | 1 | 6.55 | 2.07 | 3.16 | 1.44 | 17.0 | 5.4 | 1.31 | .298 | 5.03 | 9.72 |
| 10 | | P. Neshek | 121 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 0 | 2.91 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120.2 | 79 | 39 | 41 | 15 | 37 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 472 | 2 | 10.59 | 2.76 | 3.84 | 1.12 | 30.1 | 7.8 | 0.96 | .232 | 3.06 | 5.89 |
| 11 | | T. Miller | 117 | 3 | 7 | .300 | 0 | 4.29 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 119.2 | 142 | 57 | 67 | 9 | 54 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 551 | 3 | 7.14 | 4.06 | 1.76 | 0.68 | 17.2 | 9.8 | 1.64 | .340 | 5.04 | 10.68 |
| 12 | | H. Carrasco | 117 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 0 | 4.45 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 145.2 | 152 | 72 | 78 | 14 | 63 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 641 | 21 | 7.85 | 3.89 | 2.02 | 0.86 | 19.8 | 9.8 | 1.48 | .318 | 4.82 | 9.39 |
| 13 | | J. Mijares | 81 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0 | 2.13 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 53 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 287 | 1 | 7.50 | 2.88 | 2.61 | 0.88 | 20.9 | 8.0 | 1.06 | .236 | 2.25 | 6.63 |
| 14 | | J. Cressend | 78 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 4.59 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 110 | 52 | 57 | 12 | 41 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 447 | 3 | 6.00 | 3.62 | 1.66 | 1.06 | 15.2 | 9.2 | 1.48 | .302 | 5.03 | 9.71 |
| 15 | | J. Santana | 76 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 3.96 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 163.2 | 161 | 72 | 76 | 11 | 81 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 727 | 12 | 9.07 | 4.45 | 2.04 | 0.60 | 22.7 | 11.1 | 1.48 | .323 | 4.18 | 8.85 |
| 16 | | T. Mulholland | 73 | 1 | 6 | .143 | 0 | 4.83 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 114 | 51 | 54 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 35 | 6 | 415 | 5 | 3.60 | 2.75 | 1.31 | 1.04 | 9.2 | 7.0 | 1.51 | .308 | 5.12 | 10.80 |
| 17 | | T. Fiore | 71 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 0 | 3.73 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123.0 | 98 | 51 | 54 | 14 | 59 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 521 | 4 | 5.56 | 4.32 | 1.29 | 1.02 | 14.6 | 11.3 | 1.28 | .231 | 3.95 | 7.17 |
| 18 | | C. Breslow | 59 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 2.89 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53.0 | 35 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 213 | 7 | 7.30 | 4.25 | 1.72 | 0.51 | 20.2 | 11.7 | 1.13 | .227 | 3.40 | 5.94 |
| 19 | | M. Jackson | 58 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0 | 3.27 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 59 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 232 | 2 | 4.75 | 2.13 | 2.23 | 0.82 | 12.5 | 5.6 | 1.31 | .298 | 3.27 | 9.65 |
| 20 | | A. Fultz | 55 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 5.04 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 50 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 216 | 3 | 6.66 | 4.14 | 1.61 | 0.90 | 17.1 | 10.6 | 1.46 | .300 | 5.04 | 9.00 |
| 21 | | G. Balfour | 54 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 0 | 4.27 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.1 | 57 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 284 | 3 | 9.78 | 4.55 | 2.15 | 1.24 | 25.0 | 11.6 | 1.38 | .284 | 4.27 | 7.85 |
| 22 | | J. Roa | 48 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0 | 4.50 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 84 | 35 | 38 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 318 | 1 | 6.04 | 3.09 | 1.96 | 1.16 | 14.8 | 7.5 | 1.54 | .322 | 4.89 | 10.80 |
| 23 | | B. Bass | 44 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 0 | 4.87 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.1 | 84 | 37 | 42 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 303 | 4 | 4.21 | 2.90 | 1.45 | 1.45 | 10.6 | 7.3 | 1.55 | .311 | 5.53 | 11.06 |
| 24 | | W. Eyre | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 5.31 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.1 | 75 | 35 | 36 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 275 | 4 | 3.94 | 3.34 | 1.18 | 1.21 | 9.5 | 8.0 | 1.63 | .315 | 5.46 | 11.38 |
| 25 | | B. Keppel | 37 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 4.83 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 63 | 29 | 30 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 242 | 2 | 5.33 | 3.50 | 1.52 | 0.67 | 13.2 | 8.7 | 1.56 | .328 | 5.00 | 10.50 |
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