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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.

Joe Smith 2026 Season · MIN

Joe Smith is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +3.9, #617 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2017 (+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: 55-34, 3.14 ERA, 666 K in 762.1 IP.

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Joe Smith Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Joe Smith

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+3.9Career NUT

+4.1 to Great

Career

3.14ERA1.19WHIP55W666K762.1IP30SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 2", 211 lb · b. Mar 22, 1984 · Cincinnati, OH · Draft 2006 (3rd Rd, #94)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2007	23	NYM	+0.2	3	2	3.45	54	14	0	10	0	0	205	44.1	48	17	21	7	45	1.56
2008	24	NYM	+0.2	6	3	3.55	82	12	0	18	3	3	271	63.1	51	25	31	4	52	1.29
2009	25	CLE	+0.1	0	0	3.44	37	5	0	10	1	1	142	34.0	30	13	13	0	30	1.26
2010	26	CLE	-0.3	2	2	3.83	53	7	0	16	1	1	170	40.0	30	17	24	1	32	1.35
2011	27	CLE	+0.8	3	3	2.01	71	13	0	16	3	3	267	67.0	52	15	21	2	45	1.09
2012	28	CLE	+0.4	7	4	2.96	72	12	0	21	3	3	278	67.0	53	22	25	2	53	1.16
2013	29	CLE	+0.2	6	2	2.29	70	20	3	25	5	8	259	63.0	54	16	23	3	54	1.22
2014	30	LAA	+0.8	7	2	1.81	76	26	15	18	4	19	285	74.2	45	15	15	6	68	0.80
2015	31	LAA	+0.6	5	5	3.58	70	13	5	32	4	9	271	65.1	64	26	19	2	57	1.27
2016	32	LAA	-0.2	1	4	3.82	38	16	6	6	3	9	160	37.2	36	16	13	5	25	1.30
2016	32	CHC	—	1	1	2.51	16	3	0	1	0	0	57	14.1	11	4	5	1	15	1.12
2016	32	TOT	-0.5	2	5	3.46	54	19	6	7	3	9	217	52.0	47	20	18	6	40	1.25
2017	33	TOR	+0.8	3	0	3.28	38	1	0	13	1	1	144	35.2	30	13	10	1	51	1.12
2017	33	CLE	—	0	0	3.44	21	2	1	9	0	1	70	18.1	16	7	0	0	20	0.87
2017	33	TOT	+1.3	3	0	3.33	59	3	1	22	1	2	214	54.0	46	20	10	1	71	1.04
2018	34	HOU	+0.0	5	1	3.74	56	13	0	11	2	2	180	45.2	34	19	12	2	46	1.01
2019	35	HOU	+0.4	1	0	1.80	28	4	0	4	1	1	96	25.0	19	5	5	0	22	0.96
2021	37	HOU	—	1	1	7.48	27	10	0	1	0	0	103	21.2	35	18	4	3	17	1.80
2021	37	SEA	—	3	3	2.00	23	2	0	3	3	3	70	18.0	12	4	4	0	17	0.89
2021	37	TOT	+0.2	4	4	4.99	50	12	0	4	3	3	173	39.2	47	22	8	3	34	1.39
2022	38	MIN	-0.7	1	1	4.61	34	3	0	14	2	2	122	27.1	33	14	9	1	17	1.54
Career	—	15 yrs	+3.9	55	34	3.14	866	176	30	228	36	66	3150	762.1	653	266	254	40	666	1.19

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Smith's career NUT of +3.9

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

Career NUT Trend

1.3

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NUT by Season

+0.2

+0.1

-0.3

+0.8

+0.4

+0.2

+0.8

+0.6

-0.5

+1.3

+0.0

+0.4

+0.2

-0.7

Awards

2016World Series Champion*

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2006	22	AA	0	2	5.68	10	0	5	0	1	1	1	59	12.2	12	8	11	1	12	1.82
2007	23	AAA	0	0	2.00	8	0	4	2	0	0	2	35	9.0	7	2	4	0	5	1.22
2009	25	AAA	0	0	0.00	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	20	5.0	4	0	1	0	6	1.00
2010	26	AAA	2	1	1.96	20	0	4	2	2	1	3	93	23.0	17	5	10	0	19	1.17
2011	27	AA	0	0	2.45	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	3.2	1	1	2	0	7	0.82
2016	32	A+	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
2016	32	AAA	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0.50
2017	33	AAA	0	0	3.86	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2.1	3	1	0	0	3	1.29
2018	34	AA	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	2.0	4	0	0	0	1	2.00
2019	35	AA	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	2.0	4	3	0	0	4	2.00
2019	35	AAA	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	4.0	1	0	1	0	5	0.50
2021	37	AAA	1	0	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0.00

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