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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.

Joe Kelly 2026 Season · LAD

Joe Kelly is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +1.6, #1,157 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2023 (+0.7). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 54-38, 3.98 ERA, 767 K in 839.0 IP.

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Joe Kelly Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Joe Kelly

P · Free agent

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CAverage

+1.6Career NUT

+0.4 to Good

Career

3.98ERA1.37WHIP54W767K839.0IP7SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 1", 174 lb · b. Jun 9, 1988 · Anaheim, CA · Draft 2009 (3rd Rd, #98)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2012	24	STL	+0.0	5	7	3.53	24	16	4	0	0	0	0	457	107.0	112	42	36	3	75	1.38
2013	25	STL	-0.2	10	5	2.69	37	15	8	0	2	1	1	532	124.0	124	37	44	5	79	1.35
2014	26	STL	-0.1	2	2	4.37	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	156	35.0	41	17	10	3	25	1.46
2014	26	BOS	-0.7	4	2	4.11	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	259	61.1	47	28	32	4	41	1.29
2014	26	TOT	-0.7	6	4	4.20	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	415	96.1	88	45	42	7	66	1.35
2015	27	BOS	-0.3	10	6	4.82	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	587	134.1	145	72	49	6	110	1.44
2016	28	BOS	-0.1	4	0	5.18	20	6	6	0	2	1	1	188	40.0	44	23	24	2	48	1.70
2017	29	BOS	+0.6	4	1	2.79	54	0	14	0	13	4	4	238	58.0	42	18	27	1	52	1.19
2018	30	BOS	+0.4	4	2	4.39	73	0	9	2	21	5	7	285	65.2	57	32	32	5	68	1.36
2019	31	LAD	+0.4	5	4	4.56	55	0	13	1	8	5	6	226	51.1	49	26	22	3	62	1.38
2020	32	LAD	—	0	0	1.80	12	1	2	0	3	0	0	42	10.0	8	2	7	0	9	1.50
2021	33	LAD	+0.6	2	0	2.86	48	0	7	2	13	1	3	182	44.0	28	14	15	4	50	0.98
2022	34	CWS	+0.4	1	3	6.08	43	1	4	1	15	0	1	170	37.0	36	25	23	3	53	1.59
2023	35	CWS	+0.4	1	5	4.97	31	0	4	1	11	6	7	128	29.0	26	16	12	2	41	1.31
2023	35	LAD	—	1	0	1.74	11	0	2	0	2	0	0	40	10.1	3	2	6	0	19	0.87
2023	35	TOT	+0.7	2	5	4.12	42	0	6	1	13	6	7	168	39.1	29	18	18	2	60	1.19
2024	36	LAD	-0.2	1	1	4.78	35	0	2	0	13	2	2	143	32.0	31	17	16	5	35	1.47
Career	—	13 yrs	+1.6	54	38	3.98	485	81	75	7	103	25	32	3633	839.0	793	371	355	46	767	1.37

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NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Kelly'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

0.7

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NUT by Season

+0.0

-0.2

-0.7

-0.3

-0.1

+0.6

+0.4

+0.6

+0.4

+0.7

-0.2

Awards

2018World Series Championship

2020World Series Championship

2024World Series Champion*

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	HLD	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2010	22	A	6	8	4.62	26	18	3	1	2	1	444	103.1	103	53	45	7	92	1.43
2011	23	A+	5	2	2.60	12	11	0	0	0	0	305	72.2	56	21	34	8	62	1.24
2011	23	AA	6	4	5.01	11	11	0	0	0	0	264	59.1	70	33	25	5	51	1.60
2012	24	AAA	2	5	2.86	12	12	0	0	0	0	299	72.1	75	23	21	4	45	1.33
2014	26	AAA	0	0	2.61	3	3	0	0	0	0	42	10.1	8	3	6	0	4	1.35
2015	27	AAA	1	1	2.84	4	4	0	0	0	0	75	19.0	14	6	6	1	18	1.05
2016	28	AAA	1	1	1.54	17	4	11	2	1	2	136	35.0	29	6	6	1	46	1.00
2017	29	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
2021	33	A	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	6	1.1	0	0	2	0	2	1.50
2022	34	AAA	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	3.0	0	0	1	1	3	0.33
2023	35	A	1	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	1.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.20
2024	36	A	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	7	2.0	2	0	1	0	1	1.50
2024	36	AAA	2	1	9.82	5	0	0	0	0	0	17	3.2	1	4	6	0	5	1.91

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