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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.

J.P. Howell 2026 Season · TOR

J.P. Howell is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +1.6, #1,153 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2008 (+0.9). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 36-30, 3.83 ERA, 566 K in 619.2 IP.

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J.P. Howell Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

J.P. Howell

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CAverage

+1.6Career NUT

+0.4 to Good

Career

3.83ERA1.34WHIP36W566K619.2IP22SV

Career · season grades

L/L · 6' 0", 180 lb · b. Apr 25, 1983 · Modesto, CA · Draft 2004 (Rd C-1, #31)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2005	22	KC	-0.6	3	5	6.19	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	328	72.2	73	50	39	6	54	1.54
2006	23	TBD	+0.2	1	3	5.10	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	187	42.1	52	24	14	3	33	1.56
2007	24	TBD	-0.2	1	6	7.59	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	244	51.0	69	43	21	3	49	1.76
2008	25	TB	+0.9	6	1	2.22	64	0	9	3	14	2	5	370	89.1	62	22	39	4	92	1.13
2009	26	TB	+0.4	7	5	2.84	69	0	41	17	4	8	25	278	66.2	47	21	33	3	79	1.20
2011	28	TB	-0.5	2	3	6.16	46	0	5	1	10	1	2	138	30.2	30	21	18	2	26	1.57
2012	29	TB	-0.5	1	0	3.04	55	0	10	0	3	0	0	203	50.1	39	17	22	4	42	1.21
2013	30	LAD	+0.7	4	1	2.03	67	0	6	0	11	0	0	246	62.0	42	14	23	1	54	1.05
2014	31	LAD	+0.3	3	3	2.39	68	0	8	0	27	0	0	199	49.0	31	13	25	1	48	1.14
2015	32	LAD	+0.3	6	1	1.43	65	0	18	1	10	3	4	190	44.0	47	7	14	2	39	1.39
2016	33	LAD	+0.4	1	1	4.09	64	0	11	0	2	0	0	220	50.2	56	23	15	3	44	1.40
2017	34	TOR	—	1	1	7.36	16	0	6	0	0	1	1	52	11.0	13	9	7	0	6	1.82
Career	—	12 yrs	+1.6	36	30	3.83	547	33	114	22	81	15	37	2655	619.2	561	264	270	32	566	1.34

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Howell's career NUT of +1.6

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

Career NUT Trend

0.9

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NUT by Season

-0.6

+0.2

-0.2

+0.9

+0.4

-0.5

+0.7

+0.3

+0.4

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	GF	HLD	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2005	22	A+	3	1	1.96	8	8	0	0	0	190	46.0	33	10	24	3	48	1.24
2005	22	AA	2	0	2.50	3	3	0	0	0	70	18.0	12	5	5	1	23	0.94
2005	22	AAA	3	1	4.06	7	7	0	0	0	162	37.2	40	17	19	1	29	1.57
2006	23	AAA	3	2	4.75	8	8	0	0	0	155	36.0	39	19	14	0	33	1.47
2006	23	AAA	5	3	2.62	10	10	0	0	0	226	55.0	53	16	15	4	49	1.24
2006	23	AAA	8	5	3.46	18	18	0	0	0	381	91.0	92	35	29	4	82	1.33
2007	24	AAA	7	8	3.38	21	21	1	0	0	528	128.0	110	48	34	8	145	1.13
2011	28	A+	0	1	2.70	3	3	0	0	0	14	3.1	3	1	1	0	4	1.20
2011	28	AAA	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	2	16	3.2	5	0	1	0	5	1.64
2017	34	A+	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	9	2.0	1	0	0	0	5	0.50
2017	34	AAA	0	1	6.43	8	0	0	2	1	34	7.0	9	5	3	2	6	1.71

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