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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.

Brendan Donnelly 2026 Season · PIT

Brendan Donnelly is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +2.8, #798 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2003 (+1.6). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 32-10, 3.22 ERA, 369 K in 385.1 IP.

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Brendan Donnelly

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+2.8Career NUT

+5.2 to Great

Career

3.22ERA1.25WHIP32W369K385.1IP6SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 3", 240 lb · b. Jul 4, 1971 · Washington, DC · Draft 1992 (27th Rd, #764)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2002	30	LAA	+0.9	1	1	2.17	46	11	1	13	2	3	199	49.2	32	12	19	2	54	1.03
2003	31	LAA	+1.6	2	2	1.58	63	15	3	29	2	5	307	74.0	55	13	24	4	79	1.07
2004	32	LAA	+0.6	5	2	3.00	40	10	0	5	0	0	172	42.0	34	14	15	1	56	1.17
2005	33	LAA	+0.1	9	3	3.72	65	14	0	16	5	5	271	65.1	60	27	19	2	53	1.21
2006	34	LAA	-0.1	6	0	3.94	62	17	0	11	1	1	278	64.0	58	28	28	4	53	1.34
2007	35	BOS	—	2	1	3.05	27	4	0	8	0	0	90	20.2	19	7	5	4	15	1.16
2008	36	CLE	—	1	0	8.56	15	3	0	4	0	0	69	13.2	20	13	10	0	8	2.20
2009	37	FLA	+0.4	3	0	1.78	30	9	2	9	0	2	104	25.1	22	5	9	1	25	1.22
2010	38	PIT	-0.8	3	1	5.58	38	14	0	9	0	0	142	30.2	26	19	25	1	26	1.66
Career	—	9 yrs	+2.8	32	10	3.22	386	97	6	104	10	16	1632	385.1	326	138	154	19	369	1.25

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Donnelly's career NUT of +2.8

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

Career NUT Trend

1.6

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NUT by Season

+0.9

+1.6

+0.6

+0.1

-0.1

+0.4

-0.8

Awards

2002World Series Championship

2003AL All-Star · Setup Man of the Year - MLB.com Awards

2007World Series Champion*

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1995	23	A	1	1	1.19	24	0	22	12	0	0	12	112	30.1	14	4	7	1	33	0.69
1995	23	A+	1	2	1.02	23	0	14	2	0	0	2	138	35.1	20	4	14	2	32	0.96
1995	23	AAA	1	1	23.63	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2.2	7	7	2	1	1	3.38
1996	24	AA	1	2	5.52	22	0	10	0	0	0	0	133	29.1	27	18	17	1	22	1.50
1997	25	AA	6	4	3.27	62	0	21	6	0	0	6	359	82.2	71	30	37	4	64	1.31
1998	26	AA	2	5	2.98	38	0	35	13	0	0	13	203	45.1	43	15	24	3	47	1.48
1998	26	AAA	4	1	2.65	19	1	6	0	0	0	0	157	37.1	29	11	16	3	39	1.21
1999	27	AA	0	0	7.71	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	12	2.1	4	2	2	0	0	2.57
1999	27	AAA	5	5	3.05	37	1	10	2	0	0	0	247	62.0	53	21	18	4	61	1.15
1999	27	AAA	0	1	2.89	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	39	9.1	8	3	4	0	9	1.29
1999	27	AAA	5	6	3.03	42	1	12	2	0	0	0	286	71.1	61	24	22	4	70	1.16
2000	28	AAA	0	3	7.56	9	0	3	1	0	0	0	83	16.2	25	14	6	2	14	1.86
2000	28	AAA	4	6	5.48	37	0	7	0	0	0	0	203	42.2	47	26	27	1	34	1.73
2000	28	AAA	4	9	6.07	46	0	10	1	0	0	0	286	59.1	72	40	33	3	48	1.77
2001	29	AA	4	1	2.48	27	0	24	12	0	0	0	120	29.0	21	8	13	1	37	1.17
2001	29	AAA	5	1	2.40	29	0	12	1	0	0	0	165	41.1	38	11	8	0	50	1.11
2002	30	AAA	4	0	3.48	25	0	17	6	0	0	0	142	33.2	27	13	11	2	42	1.13
2004	32	A+	0	0	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	3.0	3	0	1	0	5	1.33
2004	32	AAA	0	0	7.71	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	2.1	2	2	2	0	6	1.71
2008	36	A+	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0.50
2008	36	AAA	1	0	1.50	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	24	6.0	5	1	1	0	5	1.00
2009	37	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00
2009	37	AAA	2	0	1.75	24	0	12	6	4	2	8	102	25.2	21	5	7	1	23	1.09

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