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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.

Willie Banks 2026 Season · Iowa Cubs

Willie Banks played in the majors from 1991 to 2002. His career NUT is -2.3, #6,170 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1993 (+0.2). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 33-39, 4.75 ERA, 428 K in 610.1 IP.

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Willie Banks

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P · Iowa Cubs (CHC)

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-2.3Career NUT

+0.3 to Weak

Career

4.75ERA1.53WHIP33W428K610.1IP2SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 1", 200 lb · b. Feb 27, 1969 · Jersey City, NJ · Draft 1987 (1st Rd, #3)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1991	22	MIN	—	1	1	5.71	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	85	17.1	21	11	12	0	16	1.90
1992	23	MIN	-0.6	4	4	5.70	16	12	0	0	2	0	0	324	71.0	80	45	37	2	37	1.65
1993	24	MIN	+0.2	11	12	4.04	31	30	0	0	1	0	0	754	171.1	186	77	78	3	138	1.54
1994	25	CHC	-0.1	8	12	5.40	23	23	1	1	0	0	0	598	138.1	139	83	56	2	91	1.41
1995	26	CHC	—	0	1	15.43	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	73	11.2	27	20	12	0	9	3.34
1995	26	LAD	+0.1	0	2	4.03	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	138	29.0	36	13	16	1	23	1.79
1995	26	FLA	-0.6	2	3	4.32	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	219	50.0	43	24	30	1	30	1.46
1995	26	TOT	-1.2	2	6	5.66	25	15	0	0	2	0	0	430	90.2	106	57	58	2	62	1.81
1997	28	NYY	—	3	0	1.93	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	57	14.0	9	3	6	1	8	1.07
1998	29	NYY	—	1	1	10.05	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	77	14.1	20	16	12	1	8	2.23
1998	29	ARI	+0.2	1	2	3.09	33	0	0	0	8	1	1	188	43.2	34	15	25	1	32	1.35
1998	29	TOT	-0.4	2	3	4.81	42	0	0	0	13	1	1	265	58.0	54	31	37	2	40	1.57
2001	32	BOS	—	0	0	0.84	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	42	10.2	5	1	4	0	10	0.84
2002	33	BOS	-0.1	2	1	3.23	29	0	0	0	18	1	1	162	39.0	32	14	14	3	26	1.18
Career	—	9 yrs	-2.3	33	39	4.75	181	84	1	1	40	2	2	2717	610.1	632	322	302	15	428	1.53

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Banks's career NUT of -2.3

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

Career NUT Trend

0.2

929394959802

NUT by Season

-0.6

+0.2

-0.1

-1.2

-0.4

-0.1

Awards

1991World Series Champion*

1998World Series Champion*

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1988	19	A	10	10	3.72	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	580	125.2	109	52	107	4	113	1.72
1989	20	A+	12	9	2.59	27	27	7	4	0	0	0	723	174.0	122	50	85	10	173	1.19
1989	20	AA	1	0	5.14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	7.0	10	4	0	0	9	1.43
1990	21	AA	7	9	3.93	28	28	1	0	0	0	0	737	162.2	161	71	98	7	114	1.59
1991	22	AAA	9	8	4.55	25	24	1	1	1	0	0	653	146.1	156	74	76	6	63	1.59
1992	23	AAA	6	1	1.92	11	11	2	1	0	0	0	310	75.0	62	16	34	0	41	1.28
1997	28	AAA	14	5	4.27	33	24	1	0	5	3	3	662	154.0	164	73	45	4	130	1.36
2000	31	AAA	2	4	5.08	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	224	51.1	56	29	25	2	20	1.58
2001	32	AAA	2	0	1.42	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	50	12.2	8	2	3	1	12	0.87
2001	32	AAA	8	5	3.25	24	23	0	0	0	0	0	636	146.2	151	53	53	11	121	1.39
2001	32	AAA	10	5	3.11	26	25	0	0	0	0	0	686	159.1	159	55	56	12	133	1.35
2002	33	AAA	1	2	4.50	6	4	0	0	1	1	0	103	26.0	20	13	9	1	15	1.12
2003	34	AAA	2	3	3.89	31	0	0	0	19	3	0	171	39.1	42	17	19	0	26	1.55
2003	34	AAA	2	0	2.03	25	0	0	0	22	17	0	122	31.0	24	7	7	0	29	1.00
2003	34	AAA	4	3	3.07	56	0	0	0	41	20	0	293	70.1	66	24	26	0	55	1.31

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