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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.

Brandon McCarthy 2026 Season · ATL

Brandon McCarthy is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +2.0, #1,018 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2011 (+2.2). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 69-75, 4.20 ERA, 908 K in 1223.2 IP.

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Brandon McCarthy

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+2.0Career NUT

+6 to Great

Career

4.20ERA1.30WHIP69W908K1223.2IP

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 8", 225 lb · b. Jul 7, 1983 · Glendale, CA · Draft 2002 (17th Rd, #510)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2005	21	CWS	-0.5	3	2	4.03	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	277	67.0	62	30	17	2	48	1.18
2006	22	CWS	-0.7	4	7	4.68	53	2	0	0	13	11	1	1	354	84.2	77	44	33	0	69	1.30
2007	23	TEX	-0.3	5	10	4.87	23	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	459	101.2	111	55	48	3	59	1.56
2008	24	TEX	—	1	1	4.09	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	93	22.0	20	10	8	1	10	1.27
2009	25	TEX	-0.4	7	4	4.62	17	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	420	97.1	96	50	36	3	65	1.36
2011	27	OAK	+2.2	9	9	3.32	25	25	5	1	0	0	0	0	690	170.2	168	63	25	0	123	1.13
2012	28	OAK	+0.3	8	6	3.24	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	469	111.0	115	40	24	6	73	1.25
2013	29	ARI	+0.2	5	11	4.53	22	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	577	135.0	161	68	21	5	76	1.35
2014	30	ARI	-0.1	3	10	5.01	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	466	109.2	131	61	20	2	93	1.38
2014	30	NYY	+0.6	7	5	2.89	14	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	370	90.1	91	29	13	1	82	1.15
2014	30	TOT	+0.5	10	15	4.05	32	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	836	200.0	222	90	33	3	175	1.28
2015	31	LAD	—	3	0	5.87	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	23.0	24	15	4	0	29	1.22
2016	32	LAD	+0.2	2	3	4.95	10	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	171	40.0	29	22	26	2	44	1.38
2017	33	LAD	+1.1	6	4	3.98	19	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	384	92.2	89	41	27	3	72	1.25
2018	34	ATL	-0.6	6	3	4.92	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	339	78.2	94	43	21	0	65	1.46
Career	—	13 yrs	+2.0	69	75	4.20	255	197	9	4	13	11	2	2	5163	1223.2	1268	571	323	28	908	1.30

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving McCarthy's career NUT of +2

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

Career NUT Trend

2.2

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NUT by Season

-0.5

-0.7

-0.3

-0.4

+2.2

+0.3

+0.2

+0.5

+0.2

+1.1

-0.6

Awards

2005World Series Champion* · INT Pitcher of the Week

2008PCL Pitcher of the Week

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2004	20	A	8	5	3.64	15	15	3	1	0	0	0	0	372	94.0	80	38	21	7	113	1.07
2004	20	A+	6	0	2.08	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	188	52.0	31	12	3	1	60	0.65
2004	20	AA	3	1	3.46	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	106	26.0	23	10	6	2	29	1.12
2005	21	AAA	7	7	3.92	20	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	485	119.1	104	52	32	2	130	1.14
2007	23	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	4.1	3	0	0	0	6	0.69
2008	24	AAA	1	1	3.38	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	26.2	21	10	8	0	23	1.09
2009	25	AAA	0	1	4.15	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	93	21.2	20	10	9	1	22	1.34
2010	26	AAA	4	2	3.36	11	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	233	56.1	51	21	11	3	44	1.10
2011	27	A+	1	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	10.0	7	0	0	0	8	0.70
2012	28	AAA	0	1	5.59	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	9.2	9	6	3	0	11	1.24
2013	29	AAA	0	0	6.97	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	10.1	15	8	3	1	4	1.74
2016	32	A+	0	2	7.07	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	14.0	21	11	2	0	12	1.64
2016	32	AAA	0	0	2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	3.2	3	1	2	0	4	1.36
2017	33	A+	0	1	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	6.2	8	5	4	0	3	1.80
2018	34	AAA	0	1	4.50	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	18	4.0	6	2	0	1	2	1.50

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