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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.

Justin Ruggiano 2026 Season · Sacramento River Cats

Justin Ruggiano is a free agent outfielder. His career NUT is +2.4, #1,401 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2012 (+2.0). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .256/.318/.434, 53 HR, 343 H in 483 games.

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Justin Ruggiano

#20

CF · Free agent

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CAverage

+2.4Career NUT

+0.6 to Good

Career

.256AVG53HR163RBI343H164R40SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 1", 210 lb · b. Apr 12, 1982 · Austin, TX · Draft 2004 (25th Rd, #748)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2007	25	TBD	—	7	15	14	2	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.000	.481	.333
2008	26	TB	—	45	81	76	9	15	4	0	2	7	4	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	2	.197	.247	.329	.132	.576	.277
2011	29	TB	-0.2	46	111	105	11	26	4	0	4	13	4	0	0	26	1	1	1	1	2	.248	.273	.400	.152	.673	.289
2012	30	MIA	+2.0	91	319	288	38	90	23	1	13	36	29	0	0	84	14	8	1	1	6	.313	.374	.535	.222	.909	.401
2013	31	MIA	-0.3	128	471	424	49	94	18	1	18	50	41	5	1	114	15	8	0	1	9	.222	.298	.396	.174	.694	.260
2014	32	CHC	+0.6	81	250	224	29	63	13	1	6	28	18	3	0	70	2	4	4	1	2	.281	.337	.429	.148	.766	.375
2015	33	SEA	—	36	81	70	8	15	4	0	2	3	11	0	0	27	3	2	0	0	0	.214	.321	.357	.143	.678	.317
2015	33	LAD	—	21	60	55	12	16	4	1	4	12	3	2	0	14	2	0	0	0	1	.291	.350	.618	.327	.968	.324
2015	33	TOT	+0.4	57	141	125	20	31	8	1	6	15	14	2	0	41	5	2	0	0	1	.248	.333	.472	.224	.805	.321
2016	34	TEX	—	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.250	.750	.333
2016	34	NYM	—	8	22	20	4	7	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	1	.350	.409	.650	.300	1.059	.556
2016	34	TOT	—	9	26	24	4	8	1	0	2	7	2	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.385	.625	.292	1.010	.500
2017	35	SF	—	19	63	60	2	13	1	0	2	4	1	1	0	17	1	1	1	0	0	.217	.238	.333	.116	.571	.262
Career	—	9 yrs	+2.4	483	1477	1340	164	343	72	4	53	163	114	12	1	394	40	25	7	4	23	.256	.318	.434	.178	.752	.322

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Ruggiano's career NUT of +2.4

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

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NUT by Season

-0.2

+2.0

-0.3

+0.6

+0.4

Awards

2007INT Player of the Week · INT Mid-Season All-Star · INT Post-Season All-Star · Baseball America Triple-A All-Star

2010INT Player of the Week · MiLB.com Organization All-Star

2011INT Player of the Week

2012Marlins Jeff Conine Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
2005	23	A+	71	281	242	47	74	15	4	9	37	28	9	2	66	16	5	1	0	6	.306	.396	.512	.206	.908	.387
2005	23	AA	53	185	161	23	55	10	1	6	29	17	6	0	56	8	3	1	0	1	.342	.422	.528	.186	.950	.490
2006	24	AA	89	346	292	51	76	18	3	9	45	46	5	3	74	10	5	3	0	6	.260	.367	.435	.175	.802	.316
2006	24	AA	31	130	108	25	36	14	3	4	27	19	2	0	29	4	4	0	1	3	.333	.442	.630	.297	1.072	.427
2006	24	AA	120	476	400	76	112	32	6	13	72	65	7	3	103	14	9	3	1	9	.280	.387	.488	.208	.875	.345
2007	25	AAA	127	546	482	78	149	29	2	20	73	53	8	2	151	26	11	1	2	5	.309	.386	.502	.193	.888	.413
2008	26	AAA	66	289	257	49	81	18	3	11	51	22	5	1	77	20	3	5	0	6	.315	.374	.537	.222	.911	.402
2009	27	AAA	123	532	471	71	119	28	1	15	72	51	5	2	147	23	4	4	1	11	.253	.330	.412	.159	.742	.332
2010	28	AAA	117	507	457	77	131	31	0	15	70	42	8	2	129	24	6	0	0	11	.287	.357	.453	.166	.810	.371
2011	29	AAA	43	190	168	29	51	13	1	7	34	20	0	0	42	12	2	0	2	4	.304	.378	.518	.214	.896	.370
2012	30	AAA	39	138	117	21	38	13	1	5	29	18	0	1	24	5	3	2	0	1	.325	.409	.581	.256	.990	.367
2014	32	AAA	6	25	21	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.280	.190	.047	.470	.200
2015	33	AAA	49	205	179	27	53	9	0	10	29	23	3	1	51	6	4	0	0	7	.296	.385	.514	.218	.899	.364
2016	34	AAA	44	190	164	26	37	10	1	7	23	23	1	0	53	3	1	2	0	3	.226	.321	.427	.201	.748	.283
2016	34	AAA	3	12	11	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.364	.091	.697	.375
2016	34	AAA	47	202	175	28	40	11	1	7	23	24	1	0	56	3	1	2	0	3	.229	.322	.423	.194	.745	.289
2017	35	AAA	45	169	157	23	44	13	0	6	21	9	2	0	33	1	2	1	0	6	.280	.325	.478	.198	.803	.319

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