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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.

Michael Kirkman 2026 Season · ATL

Michael Kirkman is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is -0.6, #4,332 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2012 (-0.1). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 2-6, 5.28 ERA, 104 K in 109.0 IP.

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Michael Kirkman Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Michael Kirkman

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-0.6Career NUT

+0.6 to Average

Career

5.28ERA1.50WHIP2W104K109.0IP1SV

Career · season grades

L/L · 6' 4", 215 lb · b. Sep 18, 1986 · Lake City, FL · Draft 2005 (5th Rd, #159)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2010	23	TEX	—	0	0	1.65	14	2	0	2	1	1	68	16.1	9	3	10	0	16	1.16
2011	24	TEX	-0.5	1	1	6.59	15	7	0	1	0	0	122	27.1	26	20	12	3	21	1.39
2012	25	TEX	-0.1	1	2	3.82	28	9	0	1	2	2	151	35.1	24	15	17	1	38	1.16
2013	26	TEX	—	0	2	8.18	25	7	1	0	1	2	115	22.0	36	20	15	0	25	2.32
2014	27	TEX	—	0	1	1.59	12	1	0	2	0	0	22	5.2	5	1	1	2	3	1.06
2016	29	SD	—	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	1.1	6	4	0	0	0	4.50
2016	29	MIL	—	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	2.00
2016	29	TOT	—	0	0	19.29	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	2.1	7	5	1	0	1	3.43
Career	—	6 yrs	-0.6	2	6	5.28	96	26	1	6	4	5	493	109.0	107	64	56	6	104	1.50

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Kirkman's career NUT of -0.6

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

Career NUT Trend

-0.1

1112

NUT by Season

-0.5

-0.1

Awards

2010PCL Pitcher of the Week · PCL Mid-Season All-Star · PCL Pitcher of the Year · PCL Post-Season All-Star · MiLB.com Organization All-Star

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2006	19	A	0	3	6.98	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	103	19.1	23	15	24	1	22	2.43
2007	20	A	0	1	7.43	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	69	13.1	17	11	12	0	12	2.18
2008	21	A	4	3	4.36	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	321	74.1	78	36	23	3	58	1.36
2009	22	A+	4	1	2.06	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	202	48.0	43	11	18	4	54	1.27
2009	22	AA	5	7	4.19	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	418	96.2	93	45	43	4	64	1.41
2010	23	AAA	13	3	3.09	24	22	0	0	1	0	0	571	131.0	115	45	68	3	130	1.40
2011	24	AAA	3	3	5.05	27	7	2	1	7	1	2	339	73.0	87	41	37	3	84	1.70
2012	25	AAA	5	1	5.25	15	8	2	0	1	2	2	211	48.0	47	28	31	0	48	1.63
2013	26	AAA	2	3	6.98	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	133	29.2	31	23	19	1	23	1.69
2014	27	AAA	5	5	4.47	36	4	9	1	4	0	1	240	54.1	50	27	29	2	62	1.45
2015	28	AAA	3	1	2.81	33	0	2	1	4	0	1	146	32.0	19	10	28	3	34	1.47
2016	29	AAA	0	0	4.50	5	0	1	1	1	0	1	22	6.0	3	3	0	1	6	0.50
2016	29	AAA	1	0	2.81	42	0	5	0	7	2	2	153	32.0	40	10	17	1	34	1.78
2016	29	AAA	1	0	3.08	47	0	6	1	8	2	3	175	38.0	43	13	17	2	40	1.58

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