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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.

Chris Archer 2026 Season · MIN

Chris Archer is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +5.8, #408 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2015 (+2.7). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 63-89, 3.93 ERA, 1454 K in 1357.0 IP.

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Chris Archer

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+5.8Career NUT

+2.2 to Great

Career

3.93ERA1.26WHIP63W1454K1357.0IP

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 2", 195 lb · b. Sep 26, 1988 · Raleigh, NC · Draft 2006 (5th Rd, #161)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2012	23	TB	+0.2	1	3	4.60	6	4	0	0	1	122	29.1	23	15	13	1	36	1.23
2013	24	TB	-0.3	9	7	3.22	23	23	2	2	0	525	128.2	107	46	38	8	101	1.13
2014	25	TB	+0.8	10	9	3.33	32	32	0	0	0	822	194.2	177	72	72	8	173	1.28
2015	26	TB	+2.7	12	13	3.23	34	34	1	1	0	868	212.0	175	76	66	3	252	1.14
2016	27	TB	+0.9	9	19	4.02	33	33	0	0	0	850	201.1	183	90	67	3	233	1.24
2017	28	TB	+2.1	10	12	4.07	34	34	0	0	0	852	201.0	193	91	60	5	249	1.26
2018	29	TB	+0.6	3	5	4.31	17	17	0	0	0	413	96.0	102	46	31	4	102	1.39
2018	29	PIT	+0.1	3	3	4.30	10	10	0	0	0	225	52.1	53	25	18	2	60	1.36
2018	29	TOT	+0.7	6	8	4.31	27	27	0	0	0	638	148.1	155	71	49	6	162	1.38
2019	30	PIT	-0.7	3	9	5.19	23	23	0	0	0	526	119.2	114	69	55	4	143	1.41
2021	32	TB	—	1	1	4.66	6	5	0	0	0	83	19.1	18	10	8	0	21	1.34
2022	33	MIN	-0.6	2	8	4.56	25	25	0	0	0	437	102.2	87	52	48	3	84	1.31
Career	—	10 yrs	+5.8	63	89	3.93	243	240	3	3	1	5723	1357.0	1232	592	476	41	1454	1.26

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Archer's career NUT of +5.8

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

Career NUT Trend

2.7

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NUT by Season

+0.2

-0.3

+0.8

+2.7

+0.9

+2.1

+0.7

-0.7

-0.6

Awards

2012INT Pitcher of the Week

2013AL Rookie of the Month · AL Pitcher of the Month · Baseball America Triple-A All-Star

2015AL Player of the Week · AL All-Star · Best Social Media Personality - MLB.com Awards

2017AL All-Star

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2007	18	A	0	0	9.00	1	0	1	21	4.0	5	4	3	1	5	2.00
2008	19	A	4	8	4.29	27	27	0	521	115.1	92	55	84	11	106	1.53
2009	20	A	6	4	2.81	27	26	0	463	109.0	78	34	66	7	119	1.32
2010	21	A+	7	1	2.86	15	14	1	299	72.1	54	23	26	3	82	1.11
2010	21	AA	8	2	1.80	13	13	0	291	70.0	48	14	39	2	67	1.24
2011	22	AA	8	7	4.42	25	25	0	612	134.1	136	66	80	10	118	1.61
2011	22	AAA	1	0	0.69	2	2	0	55	13.0	11	1	6	0	12	1.31
2012	23	AAA	7	9	3.66	25	25	0	531	128.0	99	52	62	7	139	1.26
2013	24	AAA	5	3	3.96	10	10	0	224	50.0	50	22	23	2	52	1.46
2018	29	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14	4.0	0	0	1	0	7	0.25
2021	32	AAA	0	1	3.86	5	5	0	55	14.0	9	6	3	1	16	0.86

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