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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.

B.J. Ryan 2026 Season · Iowa Cubs

B.J. Ryan is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +6.8, #325 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2004 (+2.2). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 21-28, 3.37 ERA, 625 K in 536.2 IP.

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B.J. Ryan Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

B.J. Ryan

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+6.8Career NUT

+1.2 to Great

Career

3.37ERA1.28WHIP21W625K536.2IP117SV

Career · season grades

L/L · 6' 5", 250 lb · b. Dec 28, 1975 · Bossier City, LA · Draft 1998 (17th Rd, #500)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1999	23	CIN	—	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	2.50
1999	23	BAL	—	1	0	2.95	13	3	0	0	0	0	73	18.1	9	6	12	0	28	1.15
1999	23	TOT	—	1	0	3.10	14	3	0	0	0	0	82	20.1	13	7	13	0	29	1.28
2000	24	BAL	-0.3	2	3	5.91	42	9	0	6	3	3	193	42.2	36	28	31	0	41	1.57
2001	25	BAL	+0.1	2	4	4.25	61	9	2	13	2	4	237	53.0	47	25	30	2	54	1.45
2002	26	BAL	-0.2	2	1	4.68	67	13	1	12	1	2	252	57.2	51	30	33	4	56	1.46
2003	27	BAL	+1.0	4	1	3.40	76	17	0	19	2	2	219	50.1	42	19	27	3	63	1.37
2004	28	BAL	+2.2	4	6	2.28	76	19	3	21	4	7	361	87.0	64	22	35	1	122	1.14
2005	29	BAL	+1.7	1	4	2.43	69	61	36	0	5	41	290	70.1	54	19	26	2	100	1.14
2006	30	TOR	+1.9	2	2	1.37	65	57	38	1	4	42	270	72.1	42	11	20	0	86	0.86
2007	31	TOR	—	0	2	12.46	5	4	3	0	2	5	25	4.1	7	6	4	0	3	2.54
2008	32	TOR	+0.4	2	4	2.95	60	48	32	1	4	36	249	58.0	46	19	28	4	58	1.28
2009	33	TOR	—	1	1	6.53	25	9	2	2	2	4	95	20.2	22	15	17	1	13	1.89
Career	—	11 yrs	+6.8	21	28	3.37	560	249	117	75	29	146	2273	536.2	424	201	264	17	625	1.28

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Ryan's career NUT of +6.8

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

Career NUT Trend

2.2

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NUT by Season

-0.3

+0.1

-0.2

+1.0

+2.2

+1.7

+1.9

+0.4

Awards

1999Futures Game Selection

2005AL All-Star

2006AL All-Star

2008DHL Delivery Man of the Month

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	HLD	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1998	22	A	0	0	2.08	3	0	3	2	0	2	15	4.1	1	1	1	0	5	0.46
1998	22	AA	1	0	2.20	16	0	6	4	0	4	67	16.1	13	4	6	0	21	1.16
1999	23	AA	2	1	2.59	35	0	23	6	0	0	172	41.2	33	12	17	0	46	1.20
1999	23	AAA	1	0	4.00	11	0	4	0	0	0	37	9.0	9	4	3	0	12	1.33
1999	23	AAA	0	0	2.51	11	0	3	1	0	0	55	14.1	8	4	4	0	20	0.84
1999	23	AAA	1	0	3.09	22	0	7	1	0	0	92	23.1	17	8	7	0	32	1.03
2000	24	AAA	0	1	4.74	14	4	3	0	0	0	105	24.2	23	13	9	1	28	1.30
2008	32	A+	0	1	2.25	4	1	0	0	1	0	13	4.0	2	1	1	0	5	0.75
2009	33	A+	0	1	3.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	3.0	1	1	1	0	2	0.67
2009	33	AAA	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	21	5.2	0	0	5	1	4	0.88

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