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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.

Brett Butler 2026 Season · LAD

Brett Butler played in the majors from 1981 to 1997. His career NUT is +13.8, #521 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1988 (+2.5). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .290/.377/.376, 54 HR, 2375 H in 2213 games.

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Brett Butler Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Brett Butler

CF · LAD

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+13.8Career NUT

+1.2 to Great

Career

.290AVG54HR578RBI2375H1359R558SB

Career · season grades

L/L · 5' 10", 160 lb · b. Jun 15, 1957 · Los Angeles, CA · Draft 1979 (23th Rd, #573)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1981	24	ATL	+0.0	40	145	126	17	32	2	3	0	4	19	0	0	17	9	1	0	0	0	.254	.352	.317	.063	.669	.294
1982	25	ATL	-1.6	89	268	240	35	52	2	0	0	7	25	0	0	35	21	8	0	3	1	.217	.291	.225	.008	.516	.254
1983	26	ATL	+0.5	151	613	549	84	154	21	13	5	37	54	2	3	56	39	23	5	3	5	.281	.344	.393	.112	.737	.302
1984	27	CLE	+0.5	159	709	602	108	162	25	9	3	49	86	4	1	62	52	22	6	11	6	.269	.361	.355	.086	.716	.293
1985	28	CLE	+2.1	152	666	591	106	184	28	14	5	50	63	1	2	42	47	20	3	8	8	.311	.377	.431	.120	.808	.327
1986	29	CLE	+0.1	161	683	587	92	163	17	14	4	51	70	4	1	65	32	15	5	17	8	.278	.356	.375	.097	.731	.304
1987	30	CLE	+2.1	137	618	522	91	154	25	8	9	41	91	1	0	55	33	16	2	2	3	.295	.399	.425	.130	.824	.315
1988	31	SF	+2.5	157	679	568	109	163	27	9	6	43	97	4	4	64	43	20	2	8	2	.287	.393	.398	.111	.791	.314
1989	32	SF	+0.2	154	672	594	100	168	22	4	4	36	59	3	2	69	31	16	3	13	4	.283	.349	.354	.071	.703	.313
1990	33	SF	+2.2	160	732	622	108	192	20	9	3	44	90	6	1	62	51	19	7	7	3	.309	.397	.384	.075	.781	.335
1991	34	LAD	+1.6	161	730	615	112	182	13	5	2	38	108	1	4	79	38	28	2	4	3	.296	.401	.343	.047	.744	.336
1992	35	LAD	+2.3	157	676	553	86	171	14	11	3	39	95	3	2	67	41	21	1	24	4	.309	.413	.391	.082	.804	.347
1993	36	LAD	+0.8	156	716	607	80	181	21	10	1	42	86	5	1	69	39	19	4	14	6	.298	.387	.371	.073	.758	.333
1994	37	LAD	+1.8	111	496	417	79	131	13	9	8	33	68	2	0	52	27	8	2	7	2	.314	.411	.446	.132	.857	.343
1995	38	NYM	+0.4	90	418	367	54	114	13	7	1	25	43	0	2	42	21	7	2	6	4	.311	.381	.392	.081	.773	.347
1995	38	LAD	-0.2	39	178	146	24	40	5	2	0	13	24	0	0	9	11	1	4	4	1	.274	.368	.336	.062	.704	.284
1995	38	TOT	+0.1	129	596	513	78	154	18	9	1	38	67	0	2	51	32	8	6	10	5	.300	.377	.376	.076	.753	.328
1996	39	LAD	-0.7	34	145	131	22	35	1	1	0	8	9	1	0	22	8	3	3	1	1	.267	.313	.290	.023	.603	.313
1997	40	LAD	-0.8	105	401	343	52	97	8	3	0	18	42	1	0	40	15	10	0	15	1	.283	.363	.324	.041	.687	.320
Career	—	17 yrs	+13.8	2213	9545	8180	1359	2375	277	131	54	578	1129	38	23	907	558	257	51	147	62	.290	.377	.376	.086	.753	.319

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Butler's career NUT of +13.8

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

Career NUT Trend

2.5

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NUT by Season

+0.0

-1.6

+0.5

+2.1

+0.1

+2.1

+2.5

+0.2

+2.2

+1.6

+2.3

+0.8

+1.8

+0.1

-0.7

-0.8

Awards

1985Cleveland BBWAA Man of the Year Award · Cleveland Gordon Cobbledick Golden Tomahawk Award

1991NL All-Star

1992NL Player of the Month · NL Player of the Week

1995NL Player of the Week

1996Lou Gehrig Award

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