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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.

Mark Melancon 2026 Season · ARI

Mark Melancon is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +8.5, #240 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2013 (+1.9). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 37-40, 2.94 ERA, 643 K in 726.2 IP.

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Mark Melancon Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Mark Melancon

P · Free agent

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+8.5Career NUT

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Career

2.94ERA1.17WHIP37W643K726.2IP262SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 1", 215 lb · b. Mar 28, 1985 · Wheat Ridge, CO · Draft 2003 (30th Rd, #901)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2009	24	NYY	—	0	1	3.86	13	4	0	0	1	1	74	16.1	13	7	10	4	10	1.41
2010	25	NYY	—	0	0	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	19	4.0	7	4	0	0	3	1.75
2010	25	HOU	—	2	0	3.12	20	2	0	8	1	1	71	17.1	12	6	8	1	19	1.15
2010	25	TOT	—	2	0	4.22	22	4	0	8	1	1	90	21.1	19	10	8	1	22	1.27
2011	26	HOU	+0.6	8	4	2.78	71	47	20	3	5	25	309	74.1	65	23	26	2	66	1.22
2012	27	BOS	-0.3	0	2	6.20	41	17	1	2	1	2	194	45.0	45	31	12	3	41	1.27
2013	28	PIT	+1.9	3	2	1.39	72	24	16	26	5	21	279	71.0	60	11	8	1	70	0.96
2014	29	PIT	+1.4	3	5	1.90	72	48	33	14	4	37	277	71.0	51	15	11	3	71	0.87
2015	30	PIT	+1.0	3	2	2.23	78	63	51	1	2	53	293	76.2	57	19	14	2	62	0.93
2016	31	PIT	+0.7	1	1	1.51	45	39	30	0	3	33	163	41.2	31	7	9	1	38	0.96
2016	31	WSH	+0.7	1	1	1.82	30	28	17	0	1	18	107	29.2	21	6	3	0	27	0.81
2016	31	TOT	+1.4	2	2	1.64	75	67	47	0	4	51	270	71.1	52	13	12	1	65	0.90
2017	32	SF	+0.4	1	2	4.50	32	18	11	5	5	16	130	30.0	37	15	6	1	29	1.43
2018	33	SF	+0.3	1	4	3.23	41	8	3	8	4	7	174	39.0	48	14	14	1	31	1.59
2019	34	SF	+0.6	4	2	3.50	43	16	1	5	0	1	195	46.1	49	18	16	2	44	1.40
2019	34	ATL	—	1	0	3.86	23	18	11	0	0	11	89	21.0	22	9	2	0	24	1.14
2019	34	TOT	+1.2	5	2	3.61	66	34	12	5	0	12	284	67.1	71	27	18	2	68	1.32
2020	35	ATL	—	2	1	2.78	23	19	11	0	2	13	95	22.2	22	7	7	2	14	1.28
2021	36	SD	+0.7	4	3	2.23	64	53	39	0	6	45	265	64.2	54	16	25	1	59	1.22
2022	37	ARI	-0.1	3	10	4.66	62	48	18	1	3	21	247	56.0	63	29	21	1	35	1.50
Career	—	14 yrs	+8.5	37	40	2.94	732	454	262	73	43	305	2981	726.2	657	237	192	25	643	1.17

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NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Melancon's career NUT of +8.5

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

Career NUT Trend

1.9

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NUT by Season

+0.6

-0.3

+1.9

+1.4

+1.0

+1.4

+0.4

+0.3

+1.2

+0.7

-0.1

Awards

2009World Series Champion*

2013NL All-Star · Setup Man of the Year - MLB.com Awards

2015NL All-Star · Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year

2016NL All-Star

2021NL All-Star · NL Reliever of the Month · Padres Darrel Akerfelds Bullpen Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2008	23	A+	1	0	2.84	13	0	2	0	3	2	2	107	25.1	26	8	6	1	20	1.26
2008	23	AA	6	0	1.81	19	0	13	2	0	0	2	190	49.2	32	10	12	0	47	0.89
2008	23	AAA	1	1	2.70	12	0	4	1	4	3	4	75	20.0	11	6	4	1	22	0.75
2009	24	AAA	4	0	2.89	32	0	20	3	3	1	4	208	53.0	37	17	11	6	54	0.91
2010	25	AAA	6	1	3.67	40	0	17	6	5	2	8	258	56.1	63	23	31	3	58	1.67
2010	25	AAA	1	0	0.00	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	19	4.1	5	0	1	0	2	1.38
2010	25	AAA	7	1	3.41	43	0	19	7	5	2	9	277	60.2	68	23	32	3	60	1.65
2012	27	AAA	0	0	0.83	21	0	18	11	2	0	11	86	21.2	15	2	3	2	27	0.83
2017	32	A+	0	0	21.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	1.2	5	4	0	1	3	3.00
2017	32	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00
2018	33	AAA	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	3.2	2	0	0	0	4	0.55
2023	38	AAA	0	1	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.2	2	3	1	0	0	4.50

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