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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.

Tom Gordon 2026 Season · ARI

Tom Gordon is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +12.2, #142 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2004 (+2.0). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 138-126, 3.96 ERA, 1928 K in 2108.0 IP.

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Tom Gordon

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+12.2Career NUT

+5.8 to Nutty

Career

3.96ERA1.36WHIP138W1928K2108.0IP158SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 5' 10", 200 lb · b. Nov 18, 1967 · Sebring, FL · Draft 1986 (6th Rd, #157)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1988	20	KC	—	0	2	5.17	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	15.2	16	9	7	0	18	1.47
1989	21	KC	+0.8	17	9	3.64	49	16	1	1	16	1	0	0	1	677	163.0	122	66	86	1	153	1.28
1990	22	KC	+0.3	12	11	3.73	32	32	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	858	195.1	192	81	99	3	175	1.49
1991	23	KC	+0.2	9	14	3.87	45	14	1	0	11	1	0	0	1	684	158.0	129	68	87	4	167	1.37
1992	24	KC	+0.2	6	10	4.59	40	11	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	516	117.2	116	60	55	4	98	1.45
1993	25	KC	+1.1	12	6	3.58	48	14	2	0	18	1	0	0	1	651	155.2	125	62	77	1	143	1.30
1994	26	KC	+0.0	11	7	4.35	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	675	155.1	136	75	87	3	126	1.44
1995	27	KC	+0.6	12	12	4.43	31	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	843	189.0	204	93	89	4	119	1.55
1996	28	BOS	-0.4	12	9	5.59	34	34	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	998	215.2	249	134	105	4	171	1.64
1997	29	BOS	+1.9	6	10	3.74	42	25	2	1	16	11	0	0	11	774	182.2	155	76	78	3	159	1.28
1998	30	BOS	+1.7	7	4	2.72	73	0	0	0	69	46	0	0	46	317	79.1	55	24	25	0	78	1.01
1999	31	BOS	—	0	2	5.60	21	0	0	0	15	11	1	2	13	82	17.2	17	11	12	1	24	1.64
2001	33	CHC	+1.0	1	2	3.38	47	0	0	0	40	27	0	4	31	187	45.1	32	17	16	1	67	1.06
2002	34	CHC	—	1	1	3.42	19	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	104	23.2	27	9	10	1	31	1.56
2002	34	HOU	—	0	2	3.32	15	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	77	19.0	15	7	6	0	17	1.11
2002	34	TOT	+0.7	1	3	3.38	34	0	0	0	10	0	6	0	0	181	42.2	42	16	16	1	48	1.36
2003	35	CWS	+1.4	7	6	3.16	66	0	0	0	35	12	7	5	17	310	74.0	57	26	31	4	91	1.19
2004	36	NYY	+2.0	9	4	2.21	80	0	0	0	15	4	36	6	10	342	89.2	56	22	23	1	96	0.88
2005	37	NYY	+0.6	5	4	2.57	79	0	0	0	17	2	33	7	9	324	80.2	59	23	29	0	69	1.09
2006	38	PHI	+0.3	3	4	3.34	59	0	0	0	53	34	0	5	39	253	59.1	53	22	22	1	68	1.26
2007	39	PHI	-0.2	3	2	4.73	44	0	0	0	11	6	14	5	11	170	40.0	40	21	13	2	32	1.33
2008	40	PHI	+0.0	5	4	5.16	34	0	0	0	7	2	13	1	3	139	29.2	31	17	17	0	26	1.62
2009	41	ARI	—	0	1	21.60	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	10	1.2	3	4	3	0	0	3.60
Career	—	21 yrs	+12.2	138	126	3.96	890	203	18	4	347	158	110	36	194	9058	2108.0	1889	927	977	38	1928	1.36

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Gordon's career NUT of +12.2

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

Career NUT Trend

899091929394959697980102030405060708

NUT by Season

+0.8

+0.3

+0.2

+1.1

+0.0

+0.6

-0.4

+1.9

+1.7

+1.0

+0.7

+1.4

+2.0

+0.6

+0.3

-0.2

+0.0

Awards

1988Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year

1997Red Sox Pitcher of the Year

1998AL All-Star · AL Relief Man Award

2004AL All-Star

2006NL All-Star · Phillies Pitcher of the Year

2008World Series Champion*

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	HLD	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1988	20	A	7	5	2.06	17	17	5	1	0	0	0	473	118.0	69	27	43	0	172	0.95
1988	20	AA	6	0	0.38	6	6	2	2	0	0	0	174	47.1	16	2	17	1	62	0.70
1988	20	AAA	3	0	1.33	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	85	20.1	11	3	15	0	29	1.28
2001	33	A+	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0.00
2001	33	AAA	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2.0	1	0	1	0	2	1.00
2002	34	A+	0	0	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	2.2	1	1	2	0	3	1.13
2002	34	AAA	0	0	16.20	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	1.2	1	3	3	0	0	2.40
2006	38	A+	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	4.0	1	0	1	0	5	0.50
2007	39	A+	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	2.2	1	0	1	0	1	0.75
2008	40	A+	0	1	18.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	1.0	1	2	2	0	1	3.00
2009	41	A+	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1.0	1	1	2	0	1	3.00
2009	41	AAA	0	0	11.17	11	1	0	0	2	0	3	59	9.2	19	12	14	0	4	3.41

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