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Nolan McLean
- Age
- 25
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 214 lb
- Number
- #26
- Born
- July 24, 2001 in Willow Spring, NC, United States
- MLB debut
- August 16, 2025
- Drafted
- 2022, round 3
- College
- Oklahoma State
- High school
- Garner
- dbWAR
- 4.6 2 season(s)
- IP
- 179.2
- ERA
- 3.16
- FIP
- 3.59
- K/9
- 9.7
- FIP−
- 86 100 = avg
Nolan McLean is a starting pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2026 he struck out 194 batters over 179.2 innings across 31 appearances, 31 of them starts, going 12-10. His ERA of 3.16 is 24.5% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 5th of 22 on his team, and 114th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.59 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.6% of swings (10.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.0%. His 3.4 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 455 | 397 | 98 | 13 | 43 | 119 | .247 | .332 | .388 | .324 | 26.2% |
| vs RHB | 292 | 256 | 42 | 4 | 27 | 75 | .164 | .259 | .242 | .238 | 25.7% |
Pitch sequencing
What Nolan McLean throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Sinker | 1,012 | 95.0 | 2,227 | 48.0% | 12.1% | 278 | .191 | .531 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 564 | 96.0 | 2,345 | 51.1% | 27.2% | 100 | .230 | .796 | |
| Curveball | 420 | 82.0 | 3,370 | 45.7% | 37.8% | 115 | .130 | .368 | |
| Sweeper | 338 | 84.9 | 3,009 | 42.3% | 27.2% | 43 | .349 | 1.029 | |
| Cutter | 306 | 92.1 | 2,545 | 48.0% | 24.8% | 65 | .338 | .973 | |
| Changeup | 181 | 88.2 | 1,295 | 39.8% | 26.6% | 42 | .262 | .716 | |
| Slider | 89 | 86.2 | 2,963 | 44.9% | 40.0% | 11 | — | — |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.