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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.

Marcus Thames 2026 Season · LAD

Marcus Thames is a free agent outfielder. His career NUT is +2.6, #1,364 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2006 (+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: .246/.309/.485, 115 HR, 450 H in 640 games.

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Marcus Thames

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LF · Free agent

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CAverage

+2.6Career NUT

+0.4 to Good

Career

.246AVG115HR301RBI450H256R3SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 2", 220 lb · b. Mar 6, 1977 · Louisville, MS · Draft 1996 (30th Rd, #899)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2002	25	NYY	—	7	13	13	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.538	.307	.769	.250
2003	26	TEX	—	30	84	73	12	15	2	0	1	4	8	2	0	18	0	1	1	2	.205	.298	.274	.069	.572	.255
2004	27	DET	+0.4	61	184	165	24	42	12	0	10	33	16	2	0	42	0	1	1	3	.255	.326	.509	.254	.835	.281
2005	28	DET	-0.4	38	118	107	11	21	2	0	7	16	9	1	1	38	0	0	1	1	.196	.263	.411	.215	.674	.222
2006	29	DET	+1.3	110	390	348	61	89	20	2	26	60	37	4	0	92	1	1	1	0	.256	.333	.549	.293	.882	.273
2007	30	DET	-0.1	86	284	269	37	65	15	0	18	54	13	1	1	72	2	1	1	6	.242	.278	.498	.256	.776	.261
2008	31	DET	+0.5	103	342	316	50	76	12	0	25	56	24	0	0	95	0	3	2	6	.241	.292	.516	.275	.808	.258
2009	32	DET	+0.1	87	294	258	33	65	11	1	13	36	29	1	2	72	0	2	6	5	.252	.323	.453	.201	.776	.291
2010	33	NYY	+0.9	82	237	212	22	61	7	0	12	33	19	3	0	61	0	0	3	3	.288	.350	.491	.203	.841	.345
2011	34	LAD	—	36	70	66	4	13	1	1	2	7	4	0	0	16	0	0	0	4	.197	.243	.333	.136	.576	.229
Career	—	10 yrs	+2.6	640	2016	1827	256	450	83	4	115	301	159	14	4	510	3	9	16	30	.246	.309	.485	.239	.794	.275

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Thames's career NUT of +2.6

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

Career NUT Trend

1.3

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NUT by Season

+0.4

-0.4

+1.3

-0.1

+0.5

+0.1

+0.9

Awards

2005INT Player of the Week · MiLB.com Triple-A Best Playoff Performer

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
1997	20	A	4	16	16	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.375	.062	.688	.385
1998	21	A+	122	496	457	62	130	18	3	11	59	24	8	1	78	13	6	5	1	5	.284	.328	.409	.125	.737	.319
1999	22	A+	69	307	266	47	65	12	4	11	38	33	3	1	58	3	0	2	1	1	.244	.332	.444	.200	.776	.271
1999	22	AA	51	210	182	25	41	6	2	4	26	22	3	0	40	0	1	2	1	2	.225	.316	.346	.121	.662	.264
2000	23	AA	131	537	474	72	114	30	2	15	79	50	4	1	89	1	5	8	0	13	.241	.313	.407	.166	.720	.262
2001	24	AA	139	603	520	114	167	43	4	31	97	73	7	8	101	10	4	3	0	6	.321	.410	.598	.277	1.008	.348
2002	25	AAA	107	438	386	51	80	21	3	13	45	43	7	0	71	5	4	2	0	8	.207	.297	.378	.171	.675	.220
2003	26	AAA	52	217	194	26	54	15	2	2	28	17	1	0	48	3	4	5	0	4	.278	.332	.407	.129	.739	.349
2003	26	AAA	18	74	66	9	17	4	0	2	7	8	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	2	.258	.338	.409	.151	.747	.288
2003	26	AAA	70	291	260	35	71	19	2	4	35	25	1	0	60	4	4	5	0	6	.273	.333	.408	.135	.741	.333
2004	27	AAA	64	274	234	57	77	21	1	24	59	33	2	3	40	4	1	4	1	5	.329	.410	.735	.406	1.145	.305
2005	28	AAA	73	314	265	53	90	18	3	22	56	41	3	3	59	4	1	5	0	5	.340	.427	.679	.339	1.106	.360
2007	30	AAA	2	8	8	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.750	.375	1.125	.333
2009	32	AAA	12	54	49	6	12	0	0	2	6	5	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	2	.245	.315	.367	.122	.682	.303
2010	33	AAA	4	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.000	.400	.214
2011	34	AAA	6	19	17	3	3	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.588	.412	.851	.091

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