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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.

John Axford 2026 Season · MIL

John Axford is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +2.3, #918 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2011 (+1.3). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 38-34, 3.90 ERA, 589 K in 525.2 IP.

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John Axford

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+2.3Career NUT

+5.7 to Great

Career

3.90ERA1.42WHIP38W589K525.2IP144SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 5", 234 lb · b. Apr 1, 1983 · Simcoe, ON · Draft 2001 (7th Rd, #219)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2009	26	MIL	—	0	0	3.52	7	0	6	1	0	0	1	34	7.2	5	3	6	0	9	1.43
2010	27	MIL	+1.3	8	2	2.48	50	0	43	24	3	3	27	238	58.0	42	16	27	1	76	1.19
2011	28	MIL	+1.3	2	2	1.95	74	0	63	46	0	2	48	305	73.2	59	16	25	0	86	1.14
2012	29	MIL	+0.0	5	8	4.67	75	0	54	35	3	9	44	310	69.1	61	36	39	2	93	1.44
2013	30	MIL	-0.6	6	7	4.45	62	0	13	0	19	6	6	245	54.2	62	27	23	1	54	1.55
2013	30	STL	—	1	0	1.74	13	0	3	0	0	1	1	44	10.1	11	2	3	1	11	1.35
2013	30	TOT	-0.4	7	7	4.02	75	0	16	0	19	7	7	289	65.0	73	29	26	2	65	1.52
2014	31	CLE	-0.5	2	3	3.92	49	0	24	10	2	3	13	196	43.2	34	19	30	1	51	1.47
2014	31	PIT	—	0	1	4.09	13	0	4	0	0	0	0	47	11.0	9	5	6	1	12	1.36
2014	31	TOT	-0.4	2	4	3.95	62	0	28	10	2	3	13	243	54.2	43	24	36	2	63	1.45
2015	32	COL	+0.3	4	5	4.20	60	0	43	25	2	6	31	250	55.2	56	26	32	0	62	1.58
2016	33	OAK	+0.1	6	4	3.97	68	0	13	3	15	7	10	289	65.2	65	29	30	3	60	1.45
2017	34	OAK	—	0	1	6.43	22	0	8	0	1	1	1	109	21.0	27	15	17	2	21	2.10
2018	35	TOR	+0.1	4	1	4.41	45	1	11	0	6	0	0	211	51.0	44	25	20	2	50	1.25
2018	35	LAD	—	0	0	17.18	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	3.2	8	7	2	1	4	2.73
2018	35	TOT	+0.1	4	1	5.27	50	1	12	0	6	0	0	233	54.2	52	32	22	3	54	1.35
2021	38	MIL	—	0	0	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.1	2	2	1	1	0	9.00
Career	—	11 yrs	+2.3	38	34	3.90	544	1	286	144	51	38	182	2305	525.2	485	228	261	16	589	1.42

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Axford's career NUT of +2.3

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

Career NUT Trend

1.3

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NUT by Season

+1.3

+0.0

-0.4

+0.3

+0.1

Awards

2009FSL Mid-Season All-Star

2010Baseball America Major League All-Rookie Team · Brewers Top Newcomer Award

2011DHL Delivery Man of the Month · Brewers Pitcher of the Year · NL Relief Man Award

2012Brewers Good Guy Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2007	24	A	0	3	4.39	13	5	3	0	1	0	0	129	26.2	29	13	22	0	21	1.91
2007	24	A+	0	0	2.38	5	0	2	2	0	0	2	45	11.1	6	3	7	0	15	1.15
2007	24	AAA	0	0	13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	4.50
2008	25	A+	5	10	4.55	26	14	1	0	0	1	1	433	95.0	86	48	73	5	89	1.67
2009	26	A+	4	1	1.63	19	0	4	0	6	2	2	110	27.2	14	5	16	0	43	1.08
2009	26	AA	0	0	3.52	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	33	7.2	7	3	3	1	9	1.30
2009	26	AAA	5	0	3.55	22	0	11	0	1	1	1	138	33.0	23	13	19	0	37	1.27
2010	27	AAA	3	2	2.03	12	0	3	2	2	1	3	58	13.1	14	3	5	0	19	1.43
2017	34	AAA	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	3.1	2	0	0	0	4	0.60
2021	38	AAA	1	0	0.84	9	0	6	2	1	0	2	37	10.2	2	1	3	0	14	0.47

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