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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.

Steve Ontiveros 2026 Season · Sacramento River Cats

Steve Ontiveros played in the majors from 1985 to 2000. His career NUT is +1.5, #1,167 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1994 (+0.9). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 34-31, 3.67 ERA, 382 K in 661.2 IP.

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Steve Ontiveros

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P · Sacramento River Cats (ATH)

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CAverage

+1.5Career NUT

+0.5 to Good

Career

3.67ERA1.25WHIP34W382K661.2IP19SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 0", 190 lb · b. Mar 5, 1961 · Tularosa, NM · Draft 1982 (2nd Rd, #54)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1985	24	OAK	+0.6	1	3	1.93	39	0	0	0	18	8	8	284	74.2	45	16	19	2	36	0.86
1986	25	OAK	-0.1	2	2	4.71	46	0	0	0	27	10	10	305	72.2	72	38	25	1	54	1.33
1987	26	OAK	+0.0	10	8	4.00	35	22	2	1	6	1	1	645	150.2	141	67	50	4	97	1.27
1988	27	OAK	+0.0	3	4	4.61	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	241	54.2	57	28	21	0	30	1.43
1989	28	PHI	-0.2	2	1	3.82	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	134	30.2	34	13	15	0	12	1.60
1990	29	PHI	—	0	0	2.70	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	43	10.0	9	3	3	0	6	1.20
1993	32	SEA	—	0	2	1.00	14	0	0	0	8	0	0	72	18.0	18	2	6	0	13	1.33
1994	33	OAK	+0.9	6	4	2.65	27	13	2	0	5	0	0	463	115.1	93	34	26	6	56	1.03
1995	34	OAK	+0.5	9	6	4.37	22	22	2	1	0	0	0	558	129.2	144	63	38	4	77	1.40
2000	39	BOS	—	1	1	10.13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	5.1	9	6	4	0	1	2.44
Career	—	10 yrs	+1.5	34	31	3.67	207	73	6	2	65	19	19	2773	661.2	622	270	207	17	382	1.25

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Ontiveros's career NUT of +1.5

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

Career NUT Trend

0.9

85868788899495

NUT by Season

+0.6

-0.1

+0.0

-0.2

+0.9

+0.5

Awards

1987AL Pitcher of the Month

1995AL All-Star

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1989	28	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	3.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.80
1990	29	A+	0	0	2.35	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	29	7.2	4	2	3	0	2	0.91
1990	29	AA	0	2	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	29	6.0	7	6	2	2	8	1.50
1991	30	AAA	2	1	2.90	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	127	31.0	29	10	10	0	21	1.26
1993	32	AAA	7	6	2.87	20	16	2	0	2	0	0	418	103.1	90	33	20	4	73	1.06
1996	35	A+	1	1	2.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	35	8.0	12	2	0	0	8	1.50
1997	36	A+	0	1	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.1	0	1	1	0	0	3.00
1998	37	AAA	0	1	8.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	45	9.2	14	9	2	0	10	1.66
1998	37	AAA	5	1	3.68	16	14	0	0	2	1	1	333	80.2	77	33	25	2	64	1.26
1998	37	AAA	5	2	4.18	19	17	0	0	2	1	1	378	90.1	91	42	27	2	74	1.31
1999	38	AAA	5	1	4.44	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	203	48.2	47	24	12	0	33	1.21
2000	39	AAA	4	1	2.91	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	177	43.1	36	14	10	3	33	1.06
2001	40	AAA	2	2	2.83	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	166	41.1	32	13	9	5	28	0.99
2001	40	AAA	7	6	4.55	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	375	85.0	94	43	28	4	64	1.44
2001	40	AAA	9	8	3.99	23	22	1	1	0	0	0	541	126.1	126	56	37	9	92	1.29

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