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Brad Ziegler 2026 Season · ARI

Brad Ziegler played in the majors from 2008 to 2018. His career NUT is +4.8, #498 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2011 (+1.0). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 37-38, 2.75 ERA, 479 K in 717.1 IP.

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Brad Ziegler

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+4.8Career NUT

+3.2 to Great

Career

2.75ERA1.26WHIP37W479K717.1IP105SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 4", 220 lb · b. Oct 10, 1979 · Pratt, KS · Draft 2003 (20th Rd, #595)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2008	28	OAK	+0.4	3	0	1.06	47	21	11	9	2	13	229	59.2	47	7	22	1	30	1.16
2009	29	OAK	+0.9	2	4	3.07	69	23	7	14	3	10	313	73.1	82	25	28	1	54	1.50
2010	30	OAK	+0.0	3	7	3.26	64	12	0	17	4	4	257	60.2	54	22	28	3	41	1.35
2011	31	OAK	+0.6	3	2	2.39	43	12	1	6	1	2	160	37.2	38	10	13	1	29	1.35
2011	31	ARI	—	0	0	1.74	23	4	0	4	0	0	79	20.2	15	4	6	0	15	1.02
2011	31	TOT	+1.0	3	2	2.16	66	16	1	10	1	2	239	58.1	53	14	19	1	44	1.23
2012	32	ARI	+0.6	6	1	2.49	77	15	0	17	2	2	263	68.2	54	19	21	1	42	1.09
2013	33	ARI	+0.4	8	1	2.22	78	33	13	11	2	15	297	73.0	61	18	22	3	44	1.14
2014	34	ARI	+0.0	5	3	3.49	68	11	1	29	8	9	281	67.0	60	26	24	3	54	1.25
2015	35	ARI	+0.4	0	3	1.85	66	46	30	4	2	32	263	68.0	48	14	17	1	36	0.96
2016	36	ARI	+0.3	2	3	2.82	36	30	18	0	2	20	165	38.1	41	12	15	2	27	1.46
2016	36	BOS	+0.5	2	4	1.52	33	12	4	8	4	8	124	29.2	26	5	11	1	31	1.25
2016	36	TOT	+0.8	4	7	2.25	69	42	22	8	6	28	289	68.0	67	17	26	3	58	1.37
2017	37	MIA	+0.3	1	4	4.79	53	21	10	7	6	16	211	47.0	57	25	16	6	26	1.55
2018	38	MIA	-0.3	1	5	3.98	53	23	10	11	1	11	213	52.0	49	23	17	2	37	1.27
2018	38	ARI	—	1	1	3.74	29	1	0	9	1	1	92	21.2	22	9	8	0	13	1.38
2018	38	TOT	-0.1	2	6	3.91	82	24	10	20	2	12	305	73.2	71	32	25	2	50	1.30
Career	—	11 yrs	+4.8	37	38	2.75	739	264	105	146	38	143	2947	717.1	654	219	248	25	479	1.26

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NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Ziegler's career NUT of +4.8

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

Career NUT Trend

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NUT by Season

+0.4

+0.9

+0.0

+1.0

+0.6

+0.4

+0.0

+0.4

+0.8

+0.3

-0.1

Awards

2008Baseball America Major League All-Rookie Team

2015Diamondbacks Pitcher of the Year

2016Bob Feller Act of Valor Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2004	24	A+	9	2	3.90	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	389	92.1	94	40	22	2	77	1.26
2005	25	A+	9	7	4.66	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	605	141.0	166	73	20	6	144	1.32
2005	25	AA	2	1	6.86	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	21.0	27	16	4	3	20	1.48
2006	26	AA	9	6	3.37	23	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	596	141.2	151	53	37	7	88	1.33
2006	26	AAA	0	1	6.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	97	21.0	32	14	5	1	11	1.76
2007	27	AA	4	0	1.14	15	0	0	4	1	2	0	1	94	23.2	19	3	4	0	18	0.97
2007	27	AAA	8	3	2.96	35	0	0	5	1	9	2	3	218	54.2	46	18	14	2	44	1.10
2008	28	AAA	2	0	0.37	19	0	0	14	8	0	2	10	91	24.1	15	1	4	0	20	0.78
2017	37	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00

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