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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.

Kevin Elster 2026 Season · LAD

Kevin Elster played in the majors from 1986 to 2000. His career NUT is -6.4, #7,282 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1997 (+0.0). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .228/.300/.377, 88 HR, 648 H in 940 games.

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Kevin Elster

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-6.4Career NUT

+3.4 to Weak

Career

.228AVG88HR376RBI648H332R14SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 2", 200 lb · b. Aug 3, 1964 · San Pedro, CA · Draft 1984 (2nd Rd, #28)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1986	21	NYM	—	19	33	30	3	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.242	.200	.033	.442	.227
1987	22	NYM	—	5	10	10	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	.200	1.000	.444
1988	23	NYM	-2.0	149	450	406	41	87	11	1	9	37	35	3	12	47	2	0	0	6	5	.214	.282	.313	.099	.595	.223
1989	24	NYM	-1.4	151	508	458	52	106	25	2	10	55	34	2	11	77	4	3	8	6	13	.231	.283	.360	.129	.643	.253
1990	25	NYM	-1.0	92	352	314	36	65	20	1	9	45	30	1	2	54	2	0	6	1	4	.207	.274	.363	.156	.637	.218
1991	26	NYM	-0.6	115	394	348	33	84	16	2	6	36	40	1	6	53	2	3	4	1	4	.241	.318	.351	.110	.669	.266
1992	27	NYM	—	6	18	18	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.000	.444	.250
1994	29	NYY	—	7	22	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.048	.000	.000	.048	.000
1995	30	NYY	—	10	18	17	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.176	.058	.343	.167
1995	30	PHI	—	26	65	53	10	11	4	1	1	9	7	1	1	14	0	0	2	2	1	.208	.302	.377	.169	.679	.250
1995	30	TOT	—	36	83	70	11	13	5	1	1	9	8	1	1	19	0	0	2	2	1	.186	.272	.329	.143	.601	.231
1996	31	TEX	-0.5	157	596	515	79	130	32	2	24	99	52	2	1	138	4	1	11	16	8	.252	.317	.462	.210	.779	.291
1997	32	PIT	+0.0	39	164	138	14	31	6	2	7	25	21	1	0	39	0	2	2	2	1	.225	.327	.449	.224	.776	.255
1998	33	TEX	-0.9	84	336	297	33	69	10	1	8	37	33	2	0	66	0	2	2	2	7	.232	.311	.354	.122	.665	.271
2000	35	LAD	+0.0	80	259	220	29	50	8	0	14	32	38	0	5	52	0	0	0	1	0	.227	.341	.455	.228	.796	.234
Career	—	13 yrs	-6.4	940	3225	2844	332	648	136	12	88	376	295	13	39	562	14	11	35	38	45	.228	.300	.377	.149	.677	.251

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Elster's career NUT of -6.4

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

Career NUT Trend

8889909196979800

NUT by Season

-2.0

-1.4

-1.0

-0.6

-0.5

+0.0

-0.9

+0.0

Awards

1986World Series Championship

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	SF	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
1993	28	AA	10	43	39	5	11	2	1	0	7	4	4	0	0	0	.282	.349	.385	.103	.734	.314
1994	29	A+	3	13	11	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	.182	.308	.273	.091	.581	.222
1994	29	AA	41	159	135	19	33	7	0	2	21	21	16	2	3	3	.244	.340	.341	.097	.681	.258
1995	30	AAA	11	48	42	5	10	4	0	0	6	5	8	0	1	0	.238	.313	.333	.095	.646	.286
1995	30	AAA	5	19	17	2	5	3	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	.294	.368	.471	.177	.839	.357
1995	30	AAA	16	67	59	7	15	7	0	0	8	7	11	0	1	1	.254	.328	.373	.119	.701	.306

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