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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.

Johnny Pesky 2026 Season · MIN

Johnny Pesky played in the majors from 1942 to 1954. His career NUT is +13.1, #545 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1946 (+3.0). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .307/.394/.386, 17 HR, 1455 H in 1270 games.

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Johnny Pesky Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Johnny Pesky

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+13.1Career NUT

+1.9 to Great

Career

.307AVG17HR404RBI1455H867R53SB

Career · season grades

L/R · 5' 9", 168 lb · b. Feb 27, 1919 · Portland, OR · Signed Undrafted FA, 1942

Player Overview

Year by Year


1942	23	BOS	+2.1	147	686	620	105	205	29	9	2	51	42	2	36	12	7	0	22	8	.331	.375	.416	.085	.791	.349
1946	27	BOS	+3.0	153	703	621	115	208	43	4	2	55	65	3	29	9	8	0	14	8	.335	.401	.427	.092	.828	.349
1947	28	BOS	+1.7	155	719	638	106	207	27	8	0	39	72	0	22	12	9	0	9	10	.324	.393	.392	.068	.785	.336
1948	29	BOS	+1.2	143	677	565	124	159	26	6	3	55	99	6	32	3	5	0	7	10	.281	.394	.365	.084	.759	.294
1949	30	BOS	+1.9	148	713	604	111	185	27	7	2	69	100	4	19	8	4	0	5	12	.306	.408	.384	.078	.792	.314
1950	31	BOS	+2.1	127	605	490	112	153	22	6	1	49	104	5	31	2	1	0	6	13	.312	.437	.388	.076	.825	.332
1951	32	BOS	+2.0	131	573	480	93	150	20	6	3	41	84	2	15	2	2	0	7	10	.313	.417	.398	.085	.815	.318
1952	33	BOS	—	25	84	67	10	10	2	0	0	2	15	1	5	0	3	0	1	1	.149	.313	.179	.030	.492	.161
1952	33	DET	+0.1	69	223	177	26	45	4	0	1	9	41	0	11	1	2	0	5	2	.254	.394	.294	.040	.688	.267
1952	33	TOT	-0.4	94	307	244	36	55	6	0	1	11	56	1	16	1	5	0	6	3	.225	.372	.262	.037	.634	.238
1953	34	DET	+0.0	103	342	308	43	90	22	1	2	24	27	2	10	3	7	0	5	4	.292	.353	.390	.098	.743	.297
1954	35	DET	—	20	20	17	5	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.176	.300	.353	.177	.653	.133
1954	35	WSH	-0.7	49	171	158	17	40	4	3	0	9	10	0	7	1	1	1	2	2	.253	.296	.316	.063	.612	.263
1954	35	TOT	-0.8	69	191	175	22	43	4	3	1	10	13	0	8	1	1	1	2	4	.246	.296	.320	.074	.616	.251
Career	—	10 yrs	+13.1	1270	5516	4745	867	1455	226	50	17	404	662	25	218	53	49	1	83	82	.307	.394	.386	.079	.780	.319

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Pesky's career NUT of +13.1

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

Career NUT Trend

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NUT by Season

+2.1

+3.0

+1.7

+1.2

+1.9

+2.1

+2.0

-0.4

+0.0

-0.8

Awards

1946AL All-Star

2008Uniform number retired

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