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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.

Brian Downing 2026 Season · TEX

Brian Downing played in the majors from 1973 to 1992. His career NUT is +30.0, #163 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1982 (+3.4). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .267/.370/.425, 275 HR, 2099 H in 2344 games.

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Brian Downing

DH · TEX

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+30.0Career NUT

+5 to Nutty

Career

.267AVG275HR1073RBI2099H1188R50SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 5' 10", 190 lb · b. Oct 9, 1950 · Los Angeles, CA · Signed Undrafted FA, 1973

Player Overview

Year by Year


1973	22	CWS	—	34	85	73	5	13	1	0	2	4	10	0	1	17	0	0	0	2	3	.178	.277	.274	.096	.551	.204
1974	23	CWS	+0.4	108	350	293	41	66	12	1	10	39	51	2	3	72	0	1	0	4	11	.225	.344	.375	.150	.719	.265
1975	24	CWS	-0.3	138	516	420	58	101	12	1	7	41	76	3	5	75	13	4	6	11	12	.240	.356	.324	.084	.680	.273
1976	25	CWS	-0.1	104	365	317	38	81	14	0	3	30	40	1	0	55	7	3	3	4	2	.256	.338	.328	.072	.666	.298
1977	26	CWS	+0.6	69	214	169	28	48	4	2	4	25	34	2	0	21	1	2	4	5	3	.284	.402	.402	.118	.804	.297
1978	27	LAA	+0.0	133	476	412	42	105	15	0	7	46	52	6	2	47	3	2	2	4	14	.255	.345	.342	.087	.687	.272
1979	28	LAA	+3.4	148	596	509	87	166	27	3	12	75	77	5	4	57	3	3	2	3	17	.326	.418	.462	.136	.880	.348
1980	29	LAA	+0.2	30	108	93	5	27	6	0	2	25	12	0	1	12	0	2	2	1	5	.290	.364	.419	.129	.783	.309
1981	30	LAA	+0.7	93	370	317	47	79	14	0	9	41	46	4	1	35	1	1	0	3	11	.249	.351	.379	.130	.730	.256
1982	31	LAA	+3.4	158	725	623	109	175	37	2	28	84	86	5	1	58	2	1	8	3	14	.281	.368	.482	.201	.850	.270
1983	32	LAA	+1.2	113	473	403	68	99	15	1	19	53	62	5	4	59	1	2	2	1	8	.246	.352	.429	.183	.781	.245
1984	33	LAA	+2.4	156	628	539	65	148	28	2	23	91	70	7	3	66	0	4	9	3	18	.275	.360	.462	.187	.822	.272
1985	34	LAA	+2.0	150	620	520	80	137	23	1	20	85	78	13	3	61	5	3	4	5	12	.263	.371	.427	.164	.798	.264
1986	35	LAA	+2.8	152	631	513	90	137	27	4	20	95	90	17	2	84	4	4	8	3	14	.267	.389	.452	.185	.841	.281
1987	36	LAA	+3.4	155	695	567	110	154	29	3	29	77	106	17	6	85	5	5	3	2	10	.272	.400	.487	.215	.887	.274
1988	37	LAA	+2.2	135	590	484	80	117	18	2	25	64	81	14	5	63	3	4	6	5	12	.242	.362	.442	.200	.804	.229
1989	38	LAA	+1.7	142	610	544	59	154	25	2	14	59	56	6	3	87	0	2	4	0	6	.283	.354	.414	.131	.768	.313
1990	39	LAA	+1.8	96	390	330	47	90	18	2	14	51	50	6	2	45	0	0	4	0	11	.273	.374	.467	.194	.841	.276
1991	40	TEX	+2.0	123	476	407	76	113	17	2	17	49	58	8	7	70	1	1	2	1	7	.278	.377	.455	.177	.832	.298
1992	41	TEX	+2.1	107	391	320	53	89	18	0	10	39	62	8	2	58	1	0	1	0	7	.278	.407	.428	.150	.835	.312
Career	—	20 yrs	+30.0	2344	9309	7853	1188	2099	360	28	275	1073	1197	129	55	1127	50	44	70	60	197	.267	.370	.425	.158	.795	.280

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Downing's career NUT of +30

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

Career NUT Trend

3.4

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NUT by Season

+0.4

-0.3

-0.1

+0.6

+0.0

+3.4

+0.2

+0.7

+3.4

+1.2

+2.4

+2.0

+2.8

+3.4

+2.2

+1.7

+1.8

+2.0

+2.1

Awards

1979AL All-Star

1987AL Player of the Month

1990AL Player of the Week

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