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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.

Chris Ray 2026 Season · Sacramento River Cats

Chris Ray is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is -0.5, #4,028 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2005 (+0.2). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 18-19, 4.10 ERA, 230 K in 281.0 IP.

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Chris Ray Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Chris Ray

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-0.5Career NUT

+0.5 to Average

Career

4.10ERA1.36WHIP18W230K281.0IP51SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 3", 210 lb · b. Jan 12, 1982 · Tampa, FL · Draft 2003 (3rd Rd, #74)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2005	23	BAL	+0.2	1	3	2.66	41	8	0	8	4	4	174	40.2	34	12	18	1	43	1.28
2006	24	BAL	-0.2	4	4	2.73	61	56	33	0	5	38	267	66.0	45	20	27	1	51	1.09
2007	25	BAL	+0.2	5	6	4.43	43	37	16	0	4	20	179	42.2	35	21	18	2	44	1.24
2009	27	BAL	-0.5	0	4	7.27	46	12	0	6	3	3	214	43.1	64	35	23	1	39	2.01
2010	28	TEX	-0.4	2	0	3.41	35	6	1	7	2	3	133	31.2	24	12	16	0	16	1.26
2010	28	SF	—	3	0	4.13	28	7	1	2	0	1	101	24.0	24	11	9	0	15	1.38
2010	28	TOT	-0.3	5	0	3.72	63	13	2	9	2	4	234	55.2	48	23	25	0	31	1.31
2011	29	SEA	+0.1	3	2	4.68	29	15	0	1	2	2	139	32.2	33	17	12	0	22	1.38
Career	—	6 yrs	-0.5	18	19	4.10	283	141	51	24	20	71	1207	281.0	259	128	123	5	230	1.36

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Ray's career NUT of -0.5

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

Career NUT Trend

0.2

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NUT by Season

+0.2

-0.2

+0.2

-0.5

-0.3

+0.1

Awards

2005Baseball America Double-A All-Star · MiLB.com Double-A Relief Pitcher of the Year

2010World Series Champion*

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2004	22	A	2	3	3.42	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	208	50.0	43	19	17	5	46	1.20
2004	22	A+	6	3	3.80	14	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	305	73.1	82	31	20	1	74	1.39
2005	23	AA	1	2	0.96	31	0	0	0	28	18	0	0	18	134	37.1	17	4	7	3	40	0.64
2008	26	A	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	1.00
2008	26	A+	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1.0	3	2	0	0	1	3.00
2008	26	AA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
2009	27	AA	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	3.0	0	0	2	0	2	0.67
2009	27	AAA	0	1	2.25	8	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	1	44	12.0	5	3	4	0	13	0.75
2010	28	A+	0	1	10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1.2	7	2	0	0	1	4.20
2012	30	AAA	2	4	2.75	33	0	0	0	29	11	0	3	14	155	36.0	33	11	17	1	30	1.39
2012	30	AAA	0	0	6.00	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	33	6.0	7	4	6	1	6	2.17
2012	30	AAA	2	4	3.21	39	0	0	0	30	11	0	3	14	188	42.0	40	15	23	2	36	1.50

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