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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.

Tony Watson 2026 Season · SF

Tony Watson is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +3.8, #627 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2018 (+1.3). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 47-29, 2.90 ERA, 570 K in 648.1 IP.

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Tony Watson Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Tony Watson

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+3.8Career NUT

+4.2 to Great

Career

2.90ERA1.08WHIP47W570K648.1IP32SV

Career · season grades

L/L · 6' 3", 224 lb · b. May 30, 1985 · Sioux City, IA · Draft 2007 (9th Rd, #278)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2011	26	PIT	-0.3	2	2	3.95	43	6	0	10	1	1	174	41.0	34	18	20	1	37	1.32
2012	27	PIT	+0.2	5	2	3.38	68	10	0	16	2	2	215	53.1	37	20	23	1	53	1.13
2013	28	PIT	+0.6	3	1	2.39	67	14	2	22	2	4	280	71.2	51	19	12	6	54	0.88
2014	29	PIT	+1.0	10	2	1.63	78	3	2	34	7	9	305	77.1	64	14	15	6	81	1.02
2015	30	PIT	+1.0	4	1	1.91	77	4	1	41	2	3	293	75.1	55	16	17	4	62	0.96
2016	31	PIT	-0.1	2	5	3.06	70	27	15	23	5	20	272	67.2	52	23	20	3	58	1.06
2017	32	PIT	-0.2	5	3	3.66	47	22	10	6	7	17	209	46.2	57	19	14	3	35	1.52
2017	32	LAD	—	2	1	2.70	24	1	0	8	1	1	82	20.0	15	6	6	2	18	1.05
2017	32	TOT	-0.1	7	4	3.38	71	23	10	14	8	18	291	66.2	72	25	20	5	53	1.38
2018	33	SF	+1.3	4	6	2.59	72	10	0	32	4	4	261	66.0	54	19	14	1	72	1.03
2019	34	SF	-0.2	2	2	4.17	60	4	0	25	3	3	231	54.0	56	25	12	5	41	1.26
2020	35	SF	—	1	0	2.50	21	4	2	10	0	2	73	18.0	13	5	3	1	15	0.89
2021	36	LAA	+0.1	3	3	4.64	36	4	0	12	3	3	135	33.0	25	17	14	0	25	1.18
2021	36	SF	—	4	1	2.96	26	0	0	7	0	0	90	24.1	15	8	4	0	19	0.78
2021	36	TOT	+0.5	7	4	3.92	62	4	0	19	3	3	225	57.1	40	25	18	0	44	1.01
Career	—	11 yrs	+3.8	47	29	2.90	689	109	32	246	37	69	2620	648.1	528	209	174	33	570	1.08

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Watson's career NUT of +3.8

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

Career NUT Trend

1.3

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NUT by Season

-0.3

+0.2

+0.6

+1.0

-0.1

+1.3

-0.2

+0.5

Awards

2014NL All-Star

2015MLBPAA Pirates Heart and Hustle Award · Twins Dick Siebert Upper Midwest POY Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2007	22	A	1	1	3.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	57	14.0	14	6	1	2	18	1.07
2008	23	A+	8	12	3.56	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	632	151.2	149	60	36	9	104	1.22
2009	24	AA	0	3	8.22	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	78	15.1	22	14	11	0	14	2.15
2010	25	AA	6	4	2.67	34	9	5	2	4	0	2	437	111.1	82	33	24	5	105	0.95
2011	26	AAA	3	3	2.36	26	1	6	0	6	1	1	140	34.1	24	9	11	2	35	1.02

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