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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.

Doug Brocail 2026 Season · HOU

Doug Brocail is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +3.7, #634 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1998 (+1.2). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 52-48, 4.00 ERA, 642 K in 880.0 IP.

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Doug Brocail

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+3.7Career NUT

+4.3 to Great

Career

4.00ERA1.36WHIP52W642K880.0IP9SV

Career · season grades

L/R · 6' 5", 235 lb · b. May 16, 1967 · Clearfield, PA · Draft 1986 (1st Rd, #12)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1992	25	SD	—	0	0	6.43	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	64	14.0	17	10	5	0	15	1.57
1993	26	SD	-0.6	4	13	4.56	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	571	128.1	143	65	42	4	70	1.44
1994	27	SD	—	0	0	5.82	12	0	4	0	0	0	0	78	17.0	21	11	5	2	11	1.53
1995	28	HOU	-0.3	6	4	4.19	36	7	12	1	0	0	1	339	77.1	87	36	22	4	39	1.41
1996	29	HOU	-0.2	1	5	4.58	23	4	4	0	0	0	0	231	53.0	58	27	23	2	34	1.53
1997	30	DET	-0.3	3	4	3.23	61	4	20	2	0	0	2	332	78.0	74	28	36	3	60	1.41
1998	31	DET	+1.2	5	2	2.73	60	0	24	0	0	0	0	247	62.2	47	19	18	1	55	1.04
1999	32	DET	+1.1	4	4	2.52	70	0	22	2	23	2	4	326	82.0	60	23	25	4	78	1.04
2000	33	DET	+0.6	5	4	4.09	49	0	10	0	19	5	5	221	50.2	57	23	14	1	41	1.40
2004	37	TEX	+0.6	4	1	4.13	43	0	14	1	4	0	1	232	52.1	54	24	20	5	43	1.41
2005	38	TEX	+0.8	5	3	5.52	61	0	13	1	5	3	4	344	73.1	90	45	34	4	61	1.69
2006	39	SD	+0.4	2	2	4.76	25	0	6	0	0	0	0	119	28.1	27	15	8	0	19	1.24
2007	40	SD	+0.0	5	1	3.05	67	0	16	0	10	0	0	319	76.2	66	26	24	2	43	1.17
2008	41	HOU	+0.4	7	5	3.93	72	0	21	2	21	3	5	286	68.2	63	30	21	3	64	1.22
2009	42	HOU	—	1	0	4.58	20	0	9	0	3	1	1	84	17.2	21	9	13	0	9	1.92
Career	—	15 yrs	+3.7	52	48	4.00	626	42	175	9	85	14	23	3793	880.0	885	391	310	35	642	1.36

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Brocail's career NUT of +3.7

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

Career NUT Trend

1.2

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NUT by Season

-0.6

-0.3

-0.2

-0.3

+1.2

+1.1

+0.6

+0.8

+0.4

+0.0

+0.4

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1988	21	A	8	6	2.69	22	13	5	0	7	2	0	0	2	447	107.0	107	32	25	0	107	1.23
1989	22	AA	5	9	5.21	23	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	603	134.2	158	78	50	1	95	1.54
1990	23	AA	2	2	4.33	12	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	227	52.0	53	25	24	2	27	1.48
1991	24	AA	10	7	3.87	34	16	3	3	11	6	0	0	6	625	146.1	147	63	43	4	108	1.30
1992	25	AAA	10	10	3.97	29	25	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	733	172.1	187	76	63	6	103	1.45
1993	26	AAA	4	2	3.68	10	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	219	51.1	51	21	14	1	32	1.27
1994	27	AA	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	4.0	3	0	1	0	2	1.00
1994	27	AAA	0	0	7.11	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	59	12.2	21	10	2	1	8	1.82
1995	28	AAA	1	0	3.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	16.1	18	7	4	2	16	1.35
1996	29	AA	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	4.0	1	0	1	1	5	0.50
1996	29	AAA	0	1	7.36	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	7.1	12	6	1	0	4	1.77
2001	34	AA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
2001	34	AAA	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2.1	2	0	1	0	2	1.29
2004	37	AA	0	0	2.08	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	4.1	2	1	0	0	6	0.46
2004	37	AAA	2	0	4.19	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	79	19.1	20	9	2	2	19	1.14
2006	39	A+	0	0	0.00	6	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	25	6.1	3	0	2	0	12	0.79
2007	40	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	1.00
2009	42	AA	1	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	1.00
2009	42	AAA	0	1	5.14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	30	7.0	8	4	2	1	3	1.43

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