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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.

Ellis Valentine 2026 Season · TEX

Ellis Valentine played in the majors from 1975 to 1985. His career NUT is +5.9, #968 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1978 (+2.3). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .278/.315/.458, 123 HR, 881 H in 894 games.

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Ellis Valentine Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Ellis Valentine

OF · TEX

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+5.9Career NUT

+9.1 to Great

Career

.278AVG123HR474RBI881H380R59SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 4", 207 lb · b. Jul 30, 1954 · Helena, AR · Draft 1972 (2nd Rd, #29)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1975	20	MON	—	12	35	33	2	12	4	0	1	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.364	.400	.576	.212	.976	.393
1976	21	MON	+0.8	94	341	305	36	85	15	2	7	39	30	0	0	51	14	1	4	2	5	.279	.339	.410	.131	.749	.311
1977	22	MON	+1.7	127	541	508	63	149	28	2	25	76	30	0	3	58	13	5	2	1	18	.293	.331	.504	.211	.835	.290
1978	23	MON	+2.3	151	612	570	75	165	35	2	25	76	35	2	3	88	13	8	5	0	9	.289	.330	.489	.200	.819	.303
1979	24	MON	+0.3	146	575	548	73	151	29	3	21	82	22	1	3	74	11	9	3	1	23	.276	.303	.454	.178	.757	.285
1980	25	MON	+2.1	86	343	311	40	98	22	2	13	67	25	3	0	44	5	5	4	0	3	.315	.367	.524	.209	.891	.329
1981	26	MON	—	22	85	76	8	16	3	0	3	15	6	0	0	11	0	1	3	0	2	.211	.259	.368	.157	.627	.200
1981	26	NYM	-0.7	48	176	169	15	35	8	1	5	21	5	0	0	38	0	3	2	0	2	.207	.227	.355	.148	.582	.234
1981	26	TOT	-1.0	70	261	245	23	51	11	1	8	36	11	0	0	49	0	4	5	0	4	.208	.238	.359	.151	.597	.223
1982	27	NYM	-0.3	111	350	337	33	97	14	1	8	48	5	1	0	38	1	3	7	0	11	.288	.294	.407	.119	.701	.299
1983	28	LAA	-0.1	86	294	271	30	65	10	2	13	43	18	0	0	48	2	1	4	1	6	.240	.283	.435	.195	.718	.243
1985	30	TEX	—	11	40	38	5	8	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	1	.211	.250	.395	.184	.645	.214
Career	—	10 yrs	+5.9	894	3392	3166	380	881	169	15	123	474	180	7	9	462	59	37	34	5	81	.278	.315	.458	.180	.773	.290

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Valentine's career NUT of +5.9

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

Career NUT Trend

2.3

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NUT by Season

+0.8

+1.7

+2.3

+0.3

+2.1

-1.0

-0.3

-0.1

Awards

1977NL All-Star

1978Rawlings NL Gold Glove

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