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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.

Cliff Pennington 2026 Season · Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

Cliff Pennington is a free agent shortstop. His career NUT is -8.2, #7,498 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2009 (+0.1). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .242/.309/.339, 36 HR, 678 H in 971 games.

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Year by Year


2008	24	OAK	-0.4	36	117	99	14	24	5	0	0	9	13	2	0	18	4	1	1	2	1	.242	.339	.293	.051	.632	.293
2009	25	OAK	+0.1	60	229	208	27	58	11	3	4	21	19	1	0	46	7	5	0	1	5	.279	.342	.418	.139	.760	.342
2010	26	OAK	-1.0	156	576	508	64	127	26	8	6	46	50	3	0	96	29	5	3	12	7	.250	.319	.368	.118	.687	.296
2011	27	OAK	-0.7	148	570	515	57	136	26	2	8	58	42	1	1	104	14	9	4	8	5	.264	.319	.369	.105	.688	.314
2012	28	OAK	-2.1	125	462	418	50	90	18	2	6	28	35	2	0	90	15	6	2	5	1	.215	.278	.311	.096	.589	.259
2013	29	ARI	-1.1	96	299	269	25	65	13	1	1	18	26	1	5	54	2	0	1	2	7	.242	.310	.309	.067	.619	.298
2014	30	ARI	+0.0	68	201	177	21	45	5	3	2	10	20	3	0	36	6	1	0	1	1	.254	.340	.350	.096	.690	.309
2015	31	ARI	-0.7	72	157	135	15	32	3	0	1	10	16	0	2	29	3	0	2	4	4	.237	.314	.281	.044	.595	.290
2015	31	TOR	—	33	92	75	9	12	3	0	2	11	11	1	0	20	0	0	2	3	2	.160	.270	.280	.120	.550	.182
2015	31	TOT	-1.3	105	249	210	24	44	6	0	3	21	27	1	2	49	3	0	4	7	6	.210	.298	.281	.071	.579	.253
2016	32	LAA	-1.1	74	188	172	18	36	4	2	3	10	13	0	0	55	1	0	0	3	4	.209	.265	.308	.099	.573	.289
2017	33	LAA	-0.8	87	217	194	23	49	6	0	3	21	16	1	0	58	3	1	5	1	2	.253	.306	.330	.077	.636	.333
2018	34	CIN	—	16	34	29	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	.138	.265	.138	.000	.403	.250
Career	—	11 yrs	-8.2	971	3142	2799	324	678	120	21	36	242	266	15	8	619	84	28	20	42	40	.242	.309	.339	.097	.648	.297

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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
2005	21	A	69	334	290	49	80	15	0	3	29	39	2	0	47	25	6	1	2	4	.276	.364	.359	.083	.723	.320
2006	22	A+	46	202	177	36	36	7	0	2	21	24	1	0	35	7	1	0	0	5	.203	.302	.277	.074	.579	.243
2007	23	A+	68	333	286	50	73	17	3	6	36	43	0	2	54	9	2	4	0	2	.255	.348	.399	.144	.747	.291
2007	23	AA	70	314	271	41	68	13	2	2	21	38	1	0	35	8	2	2	2	5	.251	.343	.336	.085	.679	.280
2008	24	AA	50	245	204	42	53	7	2	0	18	39	0	0	36	20	1	0	1	7	.260	.379	.314	.054	.693	.315
2008	24	AAA	65	294	236	47	70	9	3	2	16	54	0	2	34	11	5	1	3	2	.297	.426	.386	.089	.812	.338
2009	25	AAA	99	417	360	48	95	22	3	3	40	45	2	1	54	27	4	4	6	2	.264	.345	.367	.103	.712	.300
2012	28	AAA	3	14	11	2	5	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	.455	.571	.545	.090	1.116	.714
2014	30	AAA	4	17	13	3	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.385	.529	.385	.000	.914	.417
2016	32	A+	2	7	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.667	.334	1.096	.400
2016	32	AAA	7	26	23	3	7	2	1	0	3	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	.304	.385	.478	.174	.863	.368
2018	34	AAA	11	37	30	4	8	2	0	0	1	6	0	1	7	0	1	1	0	0	.267	.378	.333	.066	.711	.333
2018	34	AAA	61	250	216	26	44	12	1	1	13	30	1	0	54	4	1	2	1	4	.204	.301	.282	.078	.583	.264
2018	34	AAA	72	287	246	30	52	14	1	1	14	36	1	1	61	4	2	3	1	4	.211	.311	.289	.078	.600	.273
2019	35	AAA	29	112	92	15	18	3	1	5	16	14	2	0	24	4	0	3	1	1	.196	.306	.413	.217	.719	.197

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