How to read this player page

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.

Otto Velez 2026 Season · CLE

Otto Velez played in the majors from 1973 to 1983. His career NUT is +8.2, #787 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1979 (+2.1). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .251/.369/.441, 78 HR, 452 H in 637 games.

NUT leaderboard · What is NUT?

Otto Velez Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Otto Velez

#19

OF · CLE

Compare

BGood

+8.2Career NUT

+6.8 to Great

Career

.251AVG78HR271RBI452H244R6SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 0", 195 lb · b. Nov 29, 1950 · Ponce, Puerto Rico · Signed International FA, 1973

Player Overview

Year by Year


1973	22	NYY	—	23	92	77	9	15	4	0	2	7	15	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	.195	.326	.325	.130	.651	.255
1974	23	NYY	—	27	84	67	9	14	1	1	2	10	15	0	1	24	0	0	2	0	1	.209	.345	.343	.134	.688	.279
1975	24	NYY	—	6	10	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.000	.650	.250
1976	25	NYY	+0.6	49	117	94	11	25	6	0	2	10	23	0	1	26	0	0	0	0	1	.266	.410	.394	.128	.804	.348
1977	26	TOR	+1.4	120	434	360	50	92	19	3	16	61	65	1	1	86	4	2	6	2	9	.256	.366	.458	.202	.824	.288
1978	27	TOR	+1.3	91	300	248	29	66	14	2	9	38	45	2	1	41	1	3	2	3	8	.266	.380	.448	.182	.828	.285
1979	28	TOR	+2.1	99	325	274	45	79	21	0	15	48	46	3	2	45	0	1	0	2	8	.288	.396	.529	.241	.925	.299
1980	29	TOR	+1.8	104	417	357	54	96	12	3	20	62	54	2	8	86	0	0	4	0	8	.269	.365	.487	.218	.852	.298
1981	30	TOR	+0.9	80	302	240	32	51	9	2	11	28	55	3	3	60	0	3	2	2	5	.213	.363	.404	.191	.767	.234
1982	31	TOR	—	28	65	52	4	10	1	0	1	5	13	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	.192	.354	.269	.077	.623	.250
1983	32	CLE	—	10	28	25	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.179	.080	.000	.259	.105
Career	—	11 yrs	+8.2	637	2174	1802	244	452	87	11	78	271	336	11	17	413	6	10	16	9	41	.251	.369	.441	.190	.810	.282

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Velez's career NUT of +8.2

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

Career NUT Trend

2.1

767778798081

NUT by Season

+0.6

+1.4

+1.3

+2.1

+1.8

+0.9

Awards

1977AL Player of the Month

1979AL Player of the Week

MVP, Cy Young and every 2026 award winner, graded by NUT. Free.

Plus the winter’s signings and trades. Next: Mon, Nov 16.

Free · About 1 email a month · Unsubscribe anytimeSee the latest report→