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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.

Scott Linebrink 2026 Season · STL

Scott Linebrink is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +1.7, #1,109 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2005 (+1.3). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 42-31, 3.51 ERA, 567 K in 656.2 IP.

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Scott Linebrink Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Scott Linebrink

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+1.7Career NUT

+0.3 to Good

Career

3.51ERA1.31WHIP42W567K656.2IP8SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 3", 220 lb · b. Aug 4, 1976 · Austin, TX · Draft 1997 (2nd Rd, #56)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2000	23	SF	—	0	0	11.57	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	16	2.1	7	3	2	0	0	3.86
2000	23	HOU	—	0	0	4.66	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	47	9.2	11	5	6	3	6	1.76
2000	23	TOT	—	0	0	6.00	11	0	4	0	0	0	0	63	12.0	18	8	8	3	6	2.17
2001	24	HOU	—	0	0	2.61	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	44	10.1	6	3	6	2	9	1.16
2002	25	HOU	—	0	0	7.03	22	0	4	0	1	0	0	120	24.1	31	19	13	1	24	1.81
2003	26	HOU	-0.3	1	1	4.26	9	6	2	0	0	0	0	140	31.2	38	15	14	3	17	1.64
2003	26	SD	+0.5	2	1	2.82	43	0	6	0	6	0	0	257	60.2	55	19	22	3	51	1.27
2003	26	TOT	+0.2	3	2	3.31	52	6	8	0	6	0	0	397	92.1	93	34	36	6	68	1.40
2004	27	SD	+1.0	7	3	2.14	73	0	7	0	28	5	5	326	84.0	61	20	26	3	83	1.04
2005	28	SD	+1.3	8	1	1.83	73	0	17	1	26	5	6	288	73.2	55	15	23	0	70	1.06
2006	29	SD	+0.6	7	4	3.57	73	0	11	2	36	9	11	314	75.2	70	30	22	1	68	1.22
2007	30	SD	-0.6	3	3	3.80	44	0	7	1	15	6	7	186	45.0	41	19	14	1	25	1.22
2007	30	MIL	+0.1	2	3	3.55	27	0	4	0	6	1	1	109	25.1	27	10	11	0	25	1.50
2007	30	TOT	-0.5	5	6	3.71	71	0	11	1	21	7	8	295	70.1	68	29	25	1	50	1.32
2008	31	CWS	+0.0	2	2	3.69	50	0	13	1	19	3	4	186	46.1	41	19	9	0	40	1.08
2009	32	CWS	-0.2	3	7	4.66	57	0	24	2	7	2	4	259	56.0	70	29	23	3	55	1.66
2010	33	CWS	-0.5	3	2	4.40	52	0	28	0	4	1	1	249	57.1	59	28	17	3	52	1.33
2011	34	ATL	-0.2	4	4	3.64	64	0	27	1	7	1	2	237	54.1	58	22	21	4	42	1.45
Career	—	12 yrs	+1.7	42	31	3.51	607	6	156	8	155	33	41	2778	656.2	630	256	229	27	567	1.31

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Linebrink's career NUT of +1.7

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

Career NUT Trend

1.3

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NUT by Season

+0.2

+1.0

+1.3

+0.6

-0.5

+0.0

-0.2

-0.5

-0.2

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1997	20	A+	2	1	3.18	6	6	0	0	120	28.1	29	10	10	0	40	1.38
1998	21	AA	10	8	5.02	21	21	0	0	494	113.0	101	63	58	7	128	1.41
1999	22	AA	1	8	6.44	10	10	0	0	190	43.1	48	31	14	0	33	1.43
2000	23	AAA	1	4	5.23	28	7	14	4	255	62.0	54	36	12	1	49	1.06
2000	23	AAA	2	0	1.80	11	0	4	1	66	15.0	15	3	7	0	22	1.47
2000	23	AAA	3	4	4.56	39	7	18	5	321	77.0	69	39	19	1	71	1.14
2001	24	AAA	7	6	3.50	50	0	20	8	287	72.0	52	28	24	2	72	1.06
2002	25	AA	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	9	2.0	2	0	2	0	1	2.00
2002	25	AAA	1	1	6.00	13	0	3	0	71	15.0	17	10	11	1	16	1.87
2003	26	AAA	0	2	2.70	2	2	0	0	41	10.0	8	3	5	0	6	1.30

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