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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.

Daisuke Matsuzaka 2026 Season · Gigantes de Carolina

Daisuke Matsuzaka is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is -1.5, #5,612 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2007 (+0.5). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 56-43, 4.45 ERA, 720 K in 790.1 IP.

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Daisuke Matsuzaka Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Daisuke Matsuzaka

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-1.5Career NUT

+1.5 to Average

Career

4.45ERA1.40WHIP56W720K790.1IP1SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 0", 205 lb · b. Sep 13, 1980 · Tokyo, Japan · Signed International FA, 2007

Player Overview

Year by Year


2007	26	BOS	+0.5	15	12	4.40	32	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	874	204.2	191	100	80	13	201	1.32
2008	27	BOS	+0.5	18	3	2.90	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	716	167.2	128	54	94	7	154	1.32
2009	28	BOS	-0.5	4	6	5.76	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	283	59.1	81	38	30	2	54	1.87
2010	29	BOS	+0.1	9	6	4.69	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	664	153.2	137	80	74	8	133	1.37
2011	30	BOS	-0.4	3	3	5.30	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	167	37.1	32	22	23	1	26	1.47
2012	31	BOS	-1.0	1	7	8.28	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	215	45.2	58	42	20	3	41	1.71
2013	32	NYM	-0.2	3	3	4.42	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	166	38.2	32	19	16	5	33	1.24
2014	33	NYM	-0.5	3	3	3.89	34	9	0	5	1	3	1	2	359	83.1	62	36	50	6	78	1.34
Career	—	8 yrs	-1.5	56	43	4.45	158	132	1	6	1	3	1	2	3444	790.1	721	391	387	45	720	1.40

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Matsuzaka's career NUT of -1.5

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

Career NUT Trend

0.5

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NUT by Season

+0.5

-0.5

+0.1

-0.4

-1.0

-0.2

-0.5

Awards

2007AL Player of the Week · Baseball America Major League All-Rookie Team · World Series Championship

2009WBC All-Tournament Team · World Baseball Classic MVP

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2008	27	AAA	1	0	3.60	1	1	19	5.0	4	2	1	0	5	1.00
2009	28	AA	0	1	22.50	1	1	13	2.0	4	5	3	0	2	3.50
2009	28	AAA	0	1	2.25	4	4	67	16.0	13	4	6	1	17	1.19
2010	29	AAA	2	0	1.62	3	3	64	16.2	11	3	1	3	13	0.72
2012	31	A+	0	1	6.75	1	1	18	4.0	6	3	0	0	3	1.50
2012	31	AA	0	0	1.93	1	1	17	4.2	3	1	2	0	7	1.07
2012	31	AAA	1	3	3.18	11	11	216	51.0	42	18	17	5	41	1.16
2013	32	AAA	5	8	3.92	19	19	431	103.1	93	45	39	3	95	1.28
2014	33	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	11	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0.33
2014	33	AA	1	0	1.50	1	1	21	6.0	3	1	0	0	3	0.50
2014	33	AAA	0	0	2.25	2	2	48	12.0	7	3	6	0	12	1.08

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