Nick Mears stats
Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 2026
Relief Pitcher · #31
6' 3"
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Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 190
- W
- 9
- L
- 12
- ERA
- 4.66
- IP
- 183.1
- K
- 189
- BB
- 83
- WHIP
- 1.35
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | PIT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5.0 | 7 | 7 | 2.20 |
| 2021 | PIT | 30 | 1 | 0 | 5.01 | 23.1 | 23 | 13 | 1.63 |
| 2022 | PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 2023 | COL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3.72 | 19.1 | 21 | 14 | 1.45 |
| 2024 |  COL/MIL | 54 | 1 | 5 | 5.93 | 57.2 | 75 | 24 | 1.47 |
| 2025 | MIL | 63 | 5 | 3 | 3.49 | 56.2 | 46 | 13 | 0.97 |
| 2026 | KC | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5.12 | 19.1 | 15 | 11 | 1.50 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
- IP
- 4.0
- K
- 6
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 0.50
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 9.3
- GB
- 200
- FB
- 314
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 11
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.6 | 5 | 7 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2021 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 28 | 43 | 0.7 | 3 |
| 2022 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 3 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2023 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 18 | 33 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2024 | COL/MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 64 | 93 | 0.7 | 3 |
| 2025 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 56 | 105 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2026 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 27 | 30 | 0.9 | 1 |
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2020
Latest performance
Nick Mears
May 27 · vs NYY · L 7-0
- IP
- 0.2
- H
- 2
- R
- 3
- ER
- 3
- BB
- 2
- K
- 1
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 5.12
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, May 27 | vs NYYL 7-0 | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Fri, May 22 | vs SEAL 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tue, May 19 | vs BOSL 7-1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fri, May 15 | at STLL 5-4 F/11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun, May 10 | vs DETL 6-3 | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Fri, May 08 | vsDETW 4-3 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Nick Mears's career stats?
Nick Mears played 7 seasons for the Pirates, the Rockies, the Brewers and the Royals. He had 9 wins and 189 strikeouts with a 4.66 ERA over 183.1 innings. His best season was 2025: 5 wins, a 3.49 ERA and 46 strikeouts.
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