Nick Mears
Kansas City Royals · No. 31 · P

Nick Mears

6' 3", 217 lbs·Age 29·Bats R / Throws R
15-DayInjured 15-Day
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Balanced ArsenalA deep, even arsenal without a single dominant tendency.2020–2026 · 3,189 pitches · 95.9 mph fastball
2026 · 21 G
5.12
ERA
2-3
W-L
19.3
IP
1.50
WHIP
15
SO
11
BB
7.0
K/9
0
SV
The Almanac's Take

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Career Highs
3.49
Best ERA · 2025
5
Most W · 2025
75
Most K · 2024
0.97
Best WHIP · 2025
Career Arc · ERA
8 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
May 270.66723210
May 22112101L
May 19221020
May 15120110
May 100.66722011L
May 80.33310000
May 7120000
May 5100010H
May 10.66700100H
Apr 28100020W

Career · Hitting

2 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202130100
202441000
Career71100

Career · Pitching

9 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
202045.0005.4072.20
20213023.1105.01231.63
202222.0000.0021.00
20231619.1013.72211.45
20244145.1145.56571.50
20241312.1017.30181.38
20245457.2155.93751.47
20256356.2533.49460.97
20262119.1235.12151.50
Career244238.91017264
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 3,173 pitches · 2020–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSLCUSICH
FF · 4-Seam Fastball56.7% · 95.9 mph
SL · Slider23.7% · 86.2 mph
CU · Curveball17.1% · 80.4 mph
SI · Sinker1.2% · 93.7 mph
CH · Changeup1.2% · 84.8 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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