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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Bucky Dent 2026 Season · KC

Bucky Dent played in the majors from 1973 to 1984. His career NUT is -17.4, #7,843 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1981 (-0.2). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .247/.297/.321, 40 HR, 1114 H in 1392 games.

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Bucky Dent

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-17.4Career NUT

+14.4 to Weak

Career

.247AVG40HR423RBI1114H451R17SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 5' 10", 180 lb · b. Nov 25, 1951 · Savannah, GA · Draft 1970 (1st Rd, #6)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1973	21	CWS	-0.6	40	132	117	17	29	2	0	0	10	10	1	0	18	2	3	2	2	1	.248	.308	.265	.017	.573	.287
1974	22	CWS	-1.1	154	552	496	55	136	15	3	5	45	28	3	0	47	3	4	2	23	9	.274	.316	.347	.073	.663	.294
1975	23	CWS	-1.8	157	662	602	52	159	29	4	3	58	36	0	3	48	2	4	9	15	16	.264	.301	.341	.077	.642	.279
1976	24	CWS	-2.1	158	627	562	44	138	18	4	2	52	43	2	3	45	3	5	2	18	9	.246	.300	.302	.056	.602	.263
1977	25	NYY	-1.7	158	540	477	54	118	18	4	8	49	39	1	0	28	1	1	9	14	9	.247	.300	.352	.105	.652	.244
1978	26	NYY	-1.6	123	415	379	40	92	11	1	5	40	23	2	1	24	3	1	5	6	10	.243	.286	.317	.074	.603	.245
1979	27	NYY	-2.7	141	490	431	47	99	14	2	2	32	37	1	1	30	0	0	8	13	5	.230	.287	.285	.055	.572	.238
1980	28	NYY	-0.6	141	553	489	57	128	26	2	5	52	48	2	1	37	0	3	5	9	6	.262	.327	.354	.092	.681	.272
1981	29	NYY	-0.2	73	258	227	20	54	11	0	7	27	19	2	0	17	0	1	2	8	1	.238	.300	.379	.141	.679	.229
1982	30	NYY	-2.0	59	173	160	11	27	1	1	0	9	8	0	0	11	0	0	1	4	7	.169	.207	.188	.019	.395	.180
1982	30	TEX	-0.8	46	164	146	16	32	9	0	1	14	13	0	0	10	0	0	2	3	2	.219	.280	.301	.082	.581	.226
1982	30	TOT	-2.7	105	337	306	27	59	10	1	1	23	21	0	0	21	0	0	3	7	9	.193	.242	.242	.049	.484	.202
1983	31	TEX	-2.2	131	450	417	36	99	15	2	2	34	23	1	0	31	3	7	2	7	3	.237	.278	.297	.060	.575	.251
1984	32	KC	—	11	10	9	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.000	.733	.429
Career	—	12 yrs	-17.4	1392	5026	4512	451	1114	169	23	40	423	328	15	9	348	17	29	49	122	78	.247	.297	.321	.074	.618	.257

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Dent's career NUT of -17.4

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

-0.2

7374757677787980818283

NUT by Season

-0.6

-1.1

-1.8

-2.1

-1.7

-1.6

-2.7

-0.6

-0.2

-2.7

-2.2

Awards

1975AL Player of the Week · AL All-Star

1977World Series Championship

1978World Series Championship · Willie Mays World Series MVP · Babe Ruth Award

1980AL All-Star

1981AL All-Star

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