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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.

Mike Venafro 2026 Season · Memphis Redbirds

Mike Venafro played in the majors from 1999 to 2006. His career NUT is +0.9, #1,498 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1999 (+0.6). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 15-10, 4.09 ERA, 131 K in 253.1 IP.

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Mike Venafro

#43

P · Memphis Redbirds (STL)

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CAverage

+0.9Career NUT

+1.1 to Good

Career

4.09ERA1.41WHIP15W131K253.1IP5SV

Career · season grades

L/L · 5' 10", 180 lb · b. Aug 2, 1973 · Takoma Park, MD · Draft 1995 (29th Rd, #794)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1999	25	TEX	+0.6	3	2	3.29	65	11	0	19	1	1	283	68.1	63	25	22	3	37	1.24
2000	26	TEX	+0.6	3	1	3.83	77	21	1	16	1	2	248	56.1	64	24	21	4	32	1.51
2001	27	TEX	+0.1	5	5	4.80	70	20	4	19	4	8	266	60.0	54	32	28	7	29	1.37
2002	28	OAK	-0.4	2	2	4.62	47	8	0	15	0	0	168	37.0	45	19	14	2	16	1.59
2003	29	TBD	—	1	0	4.74	24	6	0	4	0	0	85	19.0	24	10	3	3	9	1.42
2004	30	LAD	—	0	0	4.00	17	2	0	2	0	0	42	9.0	11	4	3	2	6	1.56
2006	32	COL	—	1	0	2.45	7	0	0	0	0	0	15	3.2	3	1	3	0	2	1.64
Career	—	7 yrs	+0.9	15	10	4.09	307	68	5	75	6	11	1107	253.1	264	115	94	21	131	1.41

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NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Venafro's career NUT of +0.9

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

Career NUT Trend

0.6

99000102

NUT by Season

+0.6

+0.1

-0.4

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1996	22	A	1	3	3.51	50	42	19	0	0	19	258	59.0	57	23	21	3	62	1.32
1997	23	A+	4	2	3.43	35	27	10	0	0	10	196	44.2	51	17	21	1	35	1.61
1997	23	AA	0	1	3.45	11	9	1	0	0	1	75	15.2	13	6	12	2	13	1.60
1998	24	AA	3	4	3.10	46	39	14	0	0	14	223	52.1	42	18	26	1	45	1.30
1998	24	AAA	0	0	6.35	13	4	0	0	0	0	82	17.0	19	12	10	2	15	1.71
1999	25	AAA	0	0	5.40	6	3	1	0	0	0	46	11.2	16	7	0	0	7	1.37
2002	28	AAA	0	1	6.97	8	2	0	0	0	0	46	10.1	12	8	1	2	14	1.26
2003	29	AAA	2	1	3.54	23	9	0	0	0	0	121	28.0	35	11	5	1	11	1.43
2004	30	AAA	0	1	7.11	5	2	1	0	0	0	30	6.1	8	5	2	1	4	1.58
2004	30	AAA	2	4	4.37	35	15	2	0	0	0	266	57.2	70	28	19	4	41	1.54
2004	30	AAA	2	5	4.64	40	17	3	0	0	0	296	64.0	78	33	21	5	45	1.55
2005	31	AAA	0	1	6.85	53	13	1	11	2	3	224	44.2	60	34	35	5	24	2.13
2006	32	AAA	0	0	2.45	36	8	2	5	1	3	92	22.0	19	6	8	1	18	1.23
2006	32	AAA	3	1	2.20	20	5	0	8	2	2	63	16.1	10	4	5	1	10	0.92
2006	32	AAA	3	1	2.35	56	13	2	13	3	5	155	38.1	29	10	13	2	28	1.10
2007	33	AAA	1	0	5.40	12	4	2	3	0	2	59	11.2	13	7	7	4	5	1.71
2007	33	AAA	0	1	2.78	31	8	0	1	1	1	134	32.1	35	10	7	2	18	1.30
2007	33	AAA	0	1	12.79	8	3	0	0	1	1	38	6.1	13	9	6	1	5	3.00
2007	33	AAA	1	2	4.65	51	15	2	4	2	4	231	50.1	61	26	20	7	28	1.61

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