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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.

Scot Shields 2026 Season · LAA

Scot Shields is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +6.1, #379 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2004 (+1.7). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 46-44, 3.18 ERA, 631 K in 697.0 IP.

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Scot Shields

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+6.1Career NUT

+1.9 to Great

Career

3.18ERA1.24WHIP46W631K697.0IP21SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 1", 180 lb · b. Jul 22, 1975 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Draft 1997 (38th Rd, #1137)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2001	25	LAA	—	0	0	0.00	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	48	11.0	8	0	7	1	7	1.36
2002	26	LAA	+0.1	5	3	2.20	29	1	13	0	3	0	0	188	49.0	31	12	21	1	30	1.06
2003	27	LAA	+1.5	5	6	2.85	44	13	5	1	3	0	1	609	148.1	138	47	38	5	111	1.19
2004	28	LAA	+1.7	8	2	3.33	60	0	12	4	17	3	7	454	105.1	97	39	40	3	109	1.30
2005	29	LAA	+1.5	10	11	2.75	78	0	21	7	32	6	13	375	91.2	66	28	37	2	98	1.12
2006	30	LAA	+1.2	7	7	2.87	74	0	13	2	31	6	8	351	87.2	70	28	24	1	84	1.07
2007	31	LAA	+0.5	4	5	3.86	71	0	13	2	31	6	8	320	77.0	62	33	33	4	77	1.23
2008	32	LAA	+0.4	6	4	2.70	64	0	12	4	31	5	9	270	63.1	56	19	29	2	64	1.34
2009	33	LAA	—	1	3	6.62	20	0	2	1	6	3	4	83	17.2	16	13	15	0	12	1.75
2010	34	LAA	-0.7	0	3	5.28	43	1	17	0	1	1	1	218	46.0	45	27	34	2	39	1.72
Career	—	10 yrs	+6.1	46	44	3.18	491	15	114	21	155	30	51	2916	697.0	589	246	278	21	631	1.24

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Shields's career NUT of +6.1

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

Career NUT Trend

1.7

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NUT by Season

+0.1

+1.5

+1.7

+1.5

+1.2

+0.5

+0.4

-0.7

Awards

2002World Series Championship

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1998	22	A	6	5	3.65	58	0	0	0	38	7	7	311	74.0	62	30	29	8	81	1.23
1999	23	A+	10	3	2.52	24	9	2	1	6	1	0	443	107.1	91	30	39	5	113	1.21
1999	23	AA	4	4	2.89	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	300	74.2	57	24	26	6	81	1.11
2000	24	AAA	7	13	5.41	27	27	4	1	0	0	0	734	163.0	158	98	82	14	156	1.47
2001	25	AAA	6	11	4.97	21	21	4	0	0	0	0	578	137.2	141	76	31	10	104	1.25
2002	26	AAA	2	2	3.06	28	1	0	0	5	1	0	185	47.0	39	16	6	3	50	0.96
2008	32	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	2.00

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