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Joe Nathan is one of baseball’s more underrated relievers of the century, despite being a dominant reliever most of his career. This is year one for him on the Hall of Fame ballot. Through a little over 135 ballots known, he still needs 16 more votes to stay on for a second season. After two seasons as a primary starter, Joe Nathan converted to the bullpen full-time, where he remained for the rest of his career. In 13 seasons (missed 2010), Nathan pitched to a 2.41 ERA, a 2.76 FIP, a 2.67 SIERA, a 29.2 strikeout rate and saved 376 games. With the anti-reliever bias––only six relievers with mor…