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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.

Carlos Villanueva 2026 Season · SD

Carlos Villanueva is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is -1.6, #5,705 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2014 (+0.6). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 51-55, 4.31 ERA, 862 K in 998.2 IP.

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Carlos Villanueva Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Carlos Villanueva

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-1.6Career NUT

+1.6 to Average

Career

4.31ERA1.29WHIP51W862K998.2IP11SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 2", 220 lb · b. Nov 28, 1983 · Santiago, Dominican Republic · Signed International FA, 2013 (CHC)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2006	22	MIL	+0.0	2	2	3.69	10	6	2	0	0	0	0	215	53.2	43	22	11	4	39	1.01
2007	23	MIL	-0.4	8	5	3.94	59	6	8	1	16	2	3	489	114.1	101	50	53	3	99	1.35
2008	24	MIL	-0.2	4	7	4.07	47	9	9	1	11	0	1	464	108.1	112	49	30	3	93	1.31
2009	25	MIL	+0.0	4	10	5.34	64	6	23	3	9	5	8	422	96.0	102	57	35	2	83	1.43
2010	26	MIL	+0.2	2	0	4.61	50	0	5	1	14	3	4	231	52.2	48	27	22	4	67	1.33
2011	27	TOR	-0.2	6	4	4.04	33	13	3	0	0	1	1	454	107.0	103	48	32	4	68	1.26
2012	28	TOR	-1.0	7	7	4.16	38	16	9	0	2	0	0	521	125.1	113	58	46	3	122	1.27
2013	29	CHC	+0.0	7	8	4.06	47	15	5	0	2	1	1	524	128.2	117	58	40	3	103	1.22
2014	30	CHC	+0.6	5	7	4.64	42	5	15	2	3	0	2	343	77.2	89	40	19	3	72	1.39
2015	31	STL	+0.2	4	3	2.95	35	0	20	2	1	0	2	250	61.0	50	20	21	2	55	1.16
2016	32	SD	-0.8	2	2	5.96	51	0	11	1	4	1	2	321	74.0	89	49	14	3	61	1.39
Career	—	11 yrs	-1.6	51	55	4.31	476	76	110	11	62	13	24	4234	998.2	967	478	323	34	862	1.29

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Villanueva's career NUT of -1.6

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

Career NUT Trend

0.6

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NUT by Season

+0.0

-0.4

-0.2

+0.0

+0.2

-0.2

-1.0

+0.0

+0.6

+0.2

-0.8

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	20	A	8	8	3.77	25	21	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	482	114.2	102	48	30	9	113	1.15
2005	21	A+	8	1	2.32	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	438	112.1	78	29	32	3	124	0.98
2005	21	AA	1	3	7.40	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	20.2	21	17	9	1	14	1.45
2006	22	AA	4	5	3.75	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	259	62.1	60	26	14	1	59	1.19
2006	22	AAA	7	1	2.71	11	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	263	66.1	42	20	26	2	61	1.03
2007	23	AAA	0	0	3.24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	8.1	3	3	1	1	9	0.48
2010	26	AAA	0	0	3.77	11	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	2	64	14.1	13	6	7	0	14	1.40
2011	27	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00

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