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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.

Bill Merritt 2026 Season · ATL

Bill Merritt played in the majors from 1891 to 1899. His career NUT is -4.1, #6,706 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1893 (+0.7). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .272/.327/.334, 8 HR, 383 H in 400 games.

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Bill Merritt

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-4.1Career NUT

+1.1 to Weak

Career

.272AVG8HR195RBI383H182R21SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 5' 7", 160 lb · b. Jul 30, 1870 · Lowell, MA · Signed Undrafted FA, 1891

Player Overview

Year by Year


1891	20	CHC	—	11	44	42	4	9	1	0	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	.214	.250	.238	.024	.488	.225
1892	21	COL	-0.8	46	179	168	22	33	4	2	1	13	11	0	15	3	0	.196	.246	.262	.066	.508	.211
1893	22	BSN	+0.7	39	154	141	30	49	6	3	3	26	13	0	13	3	0	.348	.403	.496	.148	.899	.368
1894	23	BSN	—	10	36	26	3	6	1	0	0	6	8	0	0	0	2	.231	.412	.269	.038	.681	.231
1894	23	CIN	+0.0	29	124	113	17	37	6	1	1	21	9	2	3	4	0	.327	.387	.425	.098	.812	.330
1894	23	PIT	-0.3	36	124	109	18	30	1	2	1	18	15	0	7	2	0	.275	.363	.349	.074	.712	.287
1894	23	TOT	-0.3	75	284	248	38	73	8	3	2	45	32	2	10	6	2	.294	.379	.375	.081	.754	.301
1895	24	CIN	—	22	88	79	9	14	2	0	0	12	6	0	5	2	3	.177	.235	.203	.026	.438	.189
1895	24	PIT	-0.8	67	263	239	32	68	5	1	0	27	18	2	16	2	4	.285	.340	.314	.029	.654	.305
1895	24	TOT	-1.7	89	351	318	41	82	7	1	0	39	24	2	21	4	7	.258	.314	.286	.028	.600	.276
1896	25	PIT	-0.8	77	311	282	26	82	8	2	1	42	18	1	10	3	10	.291	.336	.344	.053	.680	.299
1897	26	PIT	-1.1	62	225	209	21	55	6	1	1	26	9	1	0	2	6	.263	.297	.316	.053	.613	.260
1899	28	BSN	—	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.000	.333	.000
Career	—	8 yrs	-4.1	400	1551	1410	182	383	40	12	8	195	109	7	71	21	25	.272	.327	.334	.062	.661	.282

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Merritt's career NUT of -4.1

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

0.7

929394959697

NUT by Season

-0.8

+0.7

-0.3

-1.7

-0.8

-1.1

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