Nate McLouth
Pittsburgh Pirates 2005–2008; Atlanta Braves 2009; Pittsburgh Pirates 2009; Atlanta Braves 2010–2011; Baltimore Orioles 2012; Pittsburgh Pirates 2012; Baltimore Orioles 2013; Washington Nationals 2014
Percentile snapshot
2013 season — qualified batters
of 140 qualified 2013 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 41 | 120 | 109 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .257 | .305 | .450 | .755 | 94.9 | 96.1 | .330 | 0.3 |
| 2006 | 106 | 297 | 270 | 50 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 59 | 10 | 1 | .233 | .293 | .385 | .678 | 72.5 | 72.8 | .301 | -0.2 |
| 2007 | 137 | 382 | 329 | 62 | 85 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 39 | 77 | 22 | 1 | .258 | .351 | .459 | .810 | 111.9 | 109.9 | .357 | 1.7 |
| 2008 | 152 | 685 | 597 | 113 | 165 | 46 | 4 | 26 | 94 | 65 | 93 | 23 | 3 | .276 | .356 | .497 | .853 | 121.7 | 123.3 | .369 | 4.2 |
| 2009 | 129 | 591 | 507 | 86 | 130 | 27 | 2 | 20 | 70 | 68 | 99 | 19 | 6 | .256 | .352 | .436 | .788 | 111.2 | 107.7 | .355 | 3.0 |
| 2010 | 85 | 288 | 242 | 30 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 7 | 2 | .190 | .298 | .322 | .620 | 70.4 | 69.2 | .287 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 81 | 321 | 267 | 35 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 44 | 52 | 4 | 2 | .228 | .344 | .333 | .677 | 91.8 | 88.0 | .315 | 0.7 |
| 2012 | 89 | 298 | 266 | 39 | 64 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 61 | 12 | 1 | .241 | .314 | .380 | .694 | 89.9 | 88.9 | .308 | 0.3 |
| 2013 | 146 | 593 | 531 | 76 | 137 | 31 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 53 | 86 | 30 | 7 | .258 | .329 | .399 | .729 | 101.6 | 99.3 | .326 | 1.4 |
| 2014 | 79 | 162 | 139 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 4 | 1 | .173 | .280 | .237 | .517 | 46.2 | 46.6 | .249 | -0.8 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09-12 | STL @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 2008-05-06 | SF @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2007-08-22 | PIT @ COL Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2008-04-27 | PHI @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2009-05-17 | COL @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.