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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.

Dave Bush 2026 Season · Buffalo Bisons

Dave Bush is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is -4.0, #6,735 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2006 (+1.2). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 56-69, 4.73 ERA, 768 K in 1144.1 IP.

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Dave Bush

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-4.0Career NUT

+2 to Weak

Career

4.73ERA1.31WHIP56W768K1144.1IP

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 2", 205 lb · b. Nov 9, 1979 · Pittsburgh, PA · Draft 2002 (2nd Rd, #55)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2004	24	TOR	+0.3	5	4	3.69	16	16	1	1	0	0	412	97.2	95	40	25	6	64	1.23
2005	25	TOR	-0.7	5	11	4.49	25	24	2	0	1	0	575	136.1	142	68	29	13	75	1.25
2006	26	MIL	+1.2	12	11	4.41	34	32	3	2	0	1	869	210.0	201	103	38	18	166	1.14
2007	27	MIL	-0.2	12	10	5.12	33	31	0	0	2	0	810	186.1	217	106	44	11	134	1.40
2008	28	MIL	-1.3	9	10	4.18	31	29	0	0	0	0	763	185.0	163	86	48	10	109	1.14
2009	29	MIL	-1.0	5	9	6.38	22	21	0	0	0	0	508	114.1	131	81	37	15	89	1.47
2010	30	MIL	-2.1	8	13	4.54	32	31	0	0	0	1	781	174.1	198	88	65	4	107	1.51
2011	31	TEX	-0.4	0	1	5.79	17	3	0	0	7	1	166	37.1	47	24	9	3	23	1.50
2013	33	TOR	—	0	0	15.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	3.0	5	5	1	0	1	2.00
Career	—	9 yrs	-4.0	56	69	4.73	211	187	6	3	10	3	4899	1144.1	1199	601	296	80	768	1.31

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Bush's career NUT of -4

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

Career NUT Trend

1.2

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NUT by Season

+0.3

-0.7

+1.2

-0.2

-1.3

-1.0

-2.1

-0.4

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2002	22	A+	0	1	2.03	7	0	0	0	1	49	13.1	10	3	2	1	9	0.90
2003	23	A+	7	3	2.81	14	14	0	0	0	310	77.0	64	24	9	7	75	0.95
2003	23	AA	7	3	2.78	14	14	1	0	0	333	81.0	73	25	19	4	73	1.14
2004	24	AAA	6	6	4.06	16	16	2	1	0	426	99.2	108	45	20	6	88	1.28
2005	25	AAA	2	2	4.42	9	9	0	0	0	232	55.0	65	27	9	2	40	1.35
2008	28	AAA	0	0	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	24	6.0	3	1	2	0	7	0.83
2009	29	A	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	28	7.2	4	0	1	0	9	0.65
2009	29	AA	0	2	9.95	2	2	0	0	0	29	6.1	7	7	5	1	4	1.89
2011	31	AAA	1	2	6.14	5	5	0	0	0	102	22.0	28	15	9	4	12	1.68
2011	31	AAA	1	2	3.91	4	4	0	0	0	97	23.0	20	10	6	2	16	1.13
2011	31	AAA	2	4	5.00	9	9	0	0	0	199	45.0	48	25	15	6	28	1.40
2012	32	AAA	4	3	3.18	11	11	1	1	0	269	62.1	70	22	8	3	37	1.25
2013	33	AAA	8	7	4.20	19	15	1	0	2	381	90.0	95	42	17	4	69	1.24

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