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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.

Carl Willis 2026 Season · MIN

Carl Willis played in the majors from 1984 to 1995. His career NUT is +2.8, #796 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1991 (+1.0). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 22-16, 4.25 ERA, 222 K in 390.0 IP.

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Carl Willis

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+2.8Career NUT

+5.2 to Great

Career

4.25ERA1.38WHIP22W222K390.0IP13SV

Career · season grades

L/R · 6' 4", 213 lb · b. Dec 28, 1960 · Danville, VA · Draft 1983 (23th Rd, #581)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1984	23	DET	—	0	2	7.31	10	2	4	0	0	74	16.0	25	13	5	0	4	1.88
1984	23	CIN	—	0	1	3.72	7	0	1	1	1	39	9.2	8	4	2	0	3	1.03
1984	23	TOT	-0.1	0	3	5.96	17	2	5	1	1	113	25.2	33	17	7	0	7	1.56
1985	24	CIN	—	1	0	9.22	11	0	6	1	1	69	13.2	21	14	5	0	6	1.90
1986	25	CIN	-0.5	1	3	4.47	29	0	7	0	0	233	52.1	54	26	32	1	24	1.64
1988	27	CWS	—	0	0	8.25	6	0	0	0	0	55	12.0	17	11	7	0	6	2.00
1991	30	MIN	+1.0	8	3	2.63	40	0	9	2	2	355	89.0	76	26	19	1	53	1.07
1992	31	MIN	+1.0	7	3	2.72	59	0	21	1	1	313	79.1	73	24	11	0	45	1.06
1993	32	MIN	+0.9	3	0	3.10	53	0	21	5	5	236	58.0	56	20	17	0	44	1.26
1994	33	MIN	+0.4	2	4	5.92	49	0	12	3	3	282	59.1	89	39	12	0	37	1.70
1995	34	MIN	—	0	0	94.50	3	0	0	0	0	12	0.2	5	7	5	0	0	15.00
Career	—	9 yrs	+2.8	22	16	4.25	267	2	81	13	13	1668	390.0	424	184	115	2	222	1.38

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Willis's career NUT of +2.8

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

Career NUT Trend

848691929394

NUT by Season

-0.1

-0.5

+1.0

+0.9

+0.4

Awards

1984World Series Champion*

1991World Series Championship

2025Cleveland Frank Gibbons/Steve Olin Good Guy Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1988	27	AAA	4	4	4.22	40	1	21	4	4	285	64.0	77	30	16	1	44	1.45
1989	28	AAA	5	7	3.69	36	10	12	5	5	493	112.1	137	46	36	1	47	1.54
1990	29	AAA	5	3	6.39	41	6	5	2	2	457	98.2	136	70	32	1	42	1.70
1991	30	AAA	1	1	1.64	3	1	1	0	0	41	11.0	5	2	0	1	0	0.45
1993	32	AAA	0	0	2.25	2	0	1	0	0	19	4.0	6	1	1	0	2	1.75
1995	34	AAA	2	2	4.11	20	0	9	1	1	154	35.0	40	16	11	0	17	1.46

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