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John Candelaria 2026 Season · PIT

Career: 177-122, 3.33 ERA, 1673 K in 2525.2 IP.

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John Candelaria

#45

P · PIT

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AGreat

+12.8Career NUT

+5.2 to Nutty

Career

3.33ERA1.18WHIP177W1673K2525.2IP29SV

L/L · 6' 7", 230 lb · b. Nov 6, 1953 · New York, NY · Draft 1972 (2nd Rd, #47)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1975	21	PIT	+1.3	8	6	2.76	18	18	4	1	0	0	0	497	120.2	95	37	36	2	95	1.09
1976	22	PIT	+0.0	16	7	3.15	32	31	11	4	1	1	1	881	220.0	173	77	60	2	138	1.06
1977	23	PIT	+0.3	20	5	2.34	33	33	6	1	0	0	0	917	230.2	197	60	50	2	133	1.07
1978	24	PIT	+0.5	12	11	3.24	30	29	3	1	1	1	1	796	189.0	191	68	49	5	94	1.27
1979	25	PIT	+0.1	14	9	3.22	33	30	8	0	2	0	0	850	207.0	201	74	41	3	101	1.17
1980	26	PIT	+1.3	11	14	4.01	35	34	7	0	1	1	1	969	233.1	246	104	50	3	97	1.27
1981	27	PIT	-0.1	2	2	3.54	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	168	40.2	42	16	11	0	14	1.30
1982	28	PIT	+2.0	12	7	2.94	31	30	1	1	1	1	1	704	174.2	166	57	37	4	133	1.16
1983	29	PIT	+2.3	15	8	3.23	33	32	2	0	0	0	0	797	197.2	191	71	45	2	157	1.19
1984	30	PIT	+1.3	12	11	2.72	33	28	3	1	4	2	2	751	185.1	179	56	34	1	133	1.15
1985	31	PIT	+0.3	2	4	3.64	37	0	0	0	26	9	9	229	54.1	57	22	14	1	47	1.31
1985	31	LAA	+0.2	7	3	3.80	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	301	71.0	70	30	24	3	53	1.32
1985	31	TOT	+0.5	9	7	3.73	50	13	1	1	26	9	9	530	125.1	127	52	38	4	100	1.32
1986	32	LAA	+1.5	10	2	2.55	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	365	91.2	68	26	26	3	81	1.03
1987	33	LAA	+0.3	8	6	4.71	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	487	116.2	127	61	20	1	74	1.26
1987	33	NYM	—	2	0	5.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	57	12.1	17	8	3	0	10	1.62
1987	33	TOT	+0.5	10	6	4.81	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	544	129.0	144	69	23	1	84	1.29
1988	34	NYY	+1.0	13	7	3.38	25	24	6	2	1	1	1	640	157.0	150	59	23	2	121	1.10
1989	35	NYY	-0.2	3	3	5.14	10	6	1	0	1	0	0	206	49.0	49	28	12	0	37	1.24
1989	35	MON	—	0	2	3.31	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	68	16.1	17	6	4	0	14	1.29
1989	35	TOT	-0.3	3	5	4.68	22	6	1	0	3	0	0	274	65.1	66	34	16	0	51	1.26
1990	36	MIN	+0.1	7	3	3.39	34	1	0	0	10	4	4	239	58.1	55	22	9	0	44	1.10
1990	36	TOR	—	0	3	5.48	13	2	0	0	5	1	1	106	21.1	32	13	11	2	19	2.02
1990	36	TOT	+0.0	7	6	3.95	47	3	0	0	15	5	5	345	79.2	87	35	20	2	63	1.34
1991	37	LAD	+0.5	1	1	3.74	59	0	0	0	10	2	2	138	33.2	31	14	11	0	38	1.25
1992	38	LAD	+0.2	2	5	2.84	50	0	0	0	11	5	5	108	25.1	20	8	13	0	23	1.30
1993	39	PIT	—	0	3	8.24	24	0	0	0	6	1	1	92	19.2	25	18	9	1	17	1.73
Career	—	19 yrs	+12.8	177	122	3.33	600	356	54	13	82	29	29	10366	2525.2	2399	935	592	37	1673	1.18

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NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Candelaria's career NUT of +12.8

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

2.3

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NUT by Season

+1.3

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+0.3

+0.5

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+1.3

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+2.0

+2.3

+1.3

+0.5

+1.5

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+1.0

-0.3

+0.0

+0.5

+0.2

Awards

1976NL Player of the Week

1977NL Player of the Week · NL All-Star

1979World Series Championship

1982NL Player of the Week · NL Pitcher of the Month

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