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Dan Plesac 2026 Season · PHI

Dan Plesac played in the majors from 1986 to 2003. His career NUT is +8.7, #233 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1996 (+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: 65-71, 3.64 ERA, 1041 K in 1072.0 IP.

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Dan Plesac

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+8.7Career NUT

+9.3 to Nutty

Career

3.64ERA1.29WHIP65W1041K1072.0IP158SV

Career · season grades

L/L · 6' 5", 215 lb · b. Feb 4, 1962 · Gary, IN · Draft 1983 (1st Rd, #26)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1986	24	MIL	+1.2	10	7	2.97	51	0	33	14	0	0	14	378	91.0	81	30	30	0	75	1.22
1987	25	MIL	+1.2	5	6	2.61	57	0	47	23	0	0	23	325	79.1	63	23	23	3	89	1.08
1988	26	MIL	+1.1	1	2	2.41	50	0	48	30	0	0	30	211	52.1	46	14	12	0	52	1.11
1989	27	MIL	+0.4	3	4	2.35	52	0	51	33	0	0	33	242	61.1	47	16	17	0	52	1.04
1990	28	MIL	+0.4	3	7	4.43	66	0	52	24	0	0	24	299	69.0	67	34	31	3	65	1.42
1991	29	MIL	-0.7	2	7	4.29	45	10	25	8	0	0	8	402	92.1	92	44	39	3	61	1.42
1992	30	MIL	+0.1	5	4	2.96	44	4	13	1	0	0	1	330	79.0	64	26	35	3	54	1.25
1993	31	CHC	-0.3	2	1	4.74	57	0	12	0	0	0	0	276	62.2	74	33	21	0	47	1.52
1994	32	CHC	+0.2	2	3	4.61	54	0	14	1	0	0	1	235	54.2	61	28	13	1	53	1.35
1995	33	PIT	+0.8	4	4	3.58	58	0	16	3	0	0	3	259	60.1	53	24	27	1	57	1.33
1996	34	PIT	+1.4	6	5	4.09	73	0	30	11	0	0	11	300	70.1	67	32	24	0	76	1.29
1997	35	TOR	+0.3	2	4	3.58	73	0	18	1	0	0	1	215	50.1	47	20	19	0	61	1.31
1998	36	TOR	+0.8	4	3	3.78	78	0	16	4	0	0	4	203	50.0	41	21	16	1	55	1.14
1999	37	TOR	—	0	3	8.34	30	0	5	0	9	2	2	104	22.2	28	21	9	0	26	1.63
1999	37	ARI	—	2	1	3.32	34	0	6	1	6	0	1	94	21.2	22	8	8	0	27	1.38
1999	37	TOT	+0.4	2	4	5.89	64	0	11	1	15	2	3	198	44.1	50	29	17	0	53	1.51
2000	38	ARI	+0.3	5	1	3.15	62	0	14	0	8	4	4	182	40.0	34	14	26	0	45	1.50
2001	39	TOR	+0.8	4	5	3.57	62	0	5	1	16	1	2	190	45.1	34	18	24	1	68	1.28
2002	40	TOR	—	1	2	3.38	19	0	3	0	5	1	1	58	13.1	11	5	6	0	14	1.28
2002	40	PHI	—	2	1	4.70	41	0	5	1	13	2	3	96	23.0	16	12	12	0	27	1.22
2002	40	TOT	+0.0	3	3	4.21	60	0	8	1	18	3	4	154	36.1	27	17	18	0	41	1.24
2003	41	PHI	+0.5	2	1	2.70	58	0	9	2	10	2	4	141	33.1	29	10	11	1	37	1.20
Career	—	18 yrs	+8.7	65	71	3.64	1064	14	422	158	67	12	170	4540	1072.0	977	433	403	17	1041	1.29

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NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Plesac's career NUT of +8.7

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

Career NUT Trend

1.4

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NUT by Season

+1.2

+1.1

+0.4

-0.7

+0.1

-0.3

+0.2

+0.8

+1.4

+0.3

+0.8

+0.4

+0.3

+0.8

+0.0

+0.5

Awards

1987AL All-Star · Brewers Good Guy Award

1988AL All-Star · Brewers Pitcher of the Year

1989AL All-Star

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