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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 Harper 2026 Season · Tacoma Rainiers

Brian Harper played in the majors from 1979 to 1995. His career NUT is +3.8, #1,197 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1989 (+1.4). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .295/.329/.419, 63 HR, 931 H in 1001 games.

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Brian Harper

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C · Tacoma Rainiers (SEA)

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+3.8Career NUT

+11.2 to Great

Career

.295AVG63HR428RBI931H339R8SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 2", 195 lb · b. Oct 16, 1959 · Los Angeles, CA · Draft 1977 (4th Rd, #85)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1979	19	LAA	—	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1981	21	LAA	—	4	12	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.273	.250	.273	.000	.523	.250
1982	22	PIT	—	20	31	29	4	8	1	0	2	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	.276	.300	.517	.241	.817	.261
1983	23	PIT	-0.4	61	140	131	16	29	4	1	7	20	2	1	0	15	0	0	4	2	3	.221	.232	.427	.206	.659	.195
1984	24	PIT	-0.2	46	121	112	4	29	4	0	2	11	5	2	0	11	0	0	1	1	4	.259	.300	.348	.089	.648	.270
1985	25	STL	—	43	55	52	5	13	4	0	0	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.273	.327	.077	.600	.260
1986	26	DET	—	19	41	36	2	5	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	.139	.200	.167	.028	.367	.147
1987	27	OAK	—	11	19	17	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	1	.235	.222	.294	.059	.516	.286
1988	28	MIN	+0.4	60	182	166	15	49	11	1	3	20	10	3	1	12	0	3	1	2	12	.295	.344	.428	.133	.772	.303
1989	29	MIN	+1.4	126	412	385	43	125	24	0	8	57	13	6	3	16	2	4	4	4	11	.325	.353	.449	.124	.802	.321
1990	30	MIN	+0.8	134	509	479	61	141	42	3	6	54	19	7	2	27	3	2	4	0	20	.294	.328	.432	.138	.760	.300
1991	31	MIN	+1.0	123	469	441	54	137	28	1	10	69	14	6	3	22	1	2	6	2	14	.311	.336	.447	.136	.783	.306
1992	32	MIN	+0.8	140	546	502	58	154	25	0	9	73	26	7	7	22	0	1	10	1	15	.307	.343	.410	.103	.753	.301
1993	33	MIN	+0.5	147	573	530	52	161	26	1	12	73	29	9	9	29	1	3	5	0	15	.304	.347	.425	.121	.772	.302
1994	34	MIL	-0.4	64	267	251	23	73	15	0	4	32	9	3	1	18	0	2	4	0	9	.291	.318	.398	.107	.716	.296
1995	35	OAK	—	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career	—	16 yrs	+3.8	1001	3386	3151	339	931	186	7	63	428	133	44	27	188	8	17	43	15	108	.295	.329	.419	.124	.748	.295

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Harper's career NUT of +3.8

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

Career NUT Trend

1.4

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NUT by Season

-0.4

-0.2

+0.4

+1.4

+0.8

+1.0

+0.8

+0.5

-0.4

Awards

1989Twins Charles O. Johnson Most Improved Award

1990Twins Calvin R. Griffith MVP Award

1991World Series Championship

1992AL Player of the Week

1993Twins Calvin R. Griffith MVP Award · Twins Carl R. Pohlad Community Service Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
1988	28	AAA	46	191	170	34	60	10	1	13	42	14	3	3	7	2	0	4	0	6	.353	.403	.653	.300	1.056	.305
2000	40	AAA	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000

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