Melvin Leon Stottlemyre Jr. (born December 28, 1963) is an American professional baseball pitching coach and a former right-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals.

[2] Stottlemyre was selected in the 1982 Major League Baseball draft by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign.

Stottlemyre began his playing career in 1985 with the Class-A Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League in the Astros organization.

In a one-season career at the Major League level in 1990, Stottlemyre posted a 0–1 record with 14 strikeouts, a 4.88 ERA, and 31⅓ innings in 13 games pitched, two as a starter.

[4][5] On December 2, 2013, he returned to the Diamondbacks' Major League staff as bullpen coach under manager Kirk Gibson.

[5] On October 26, 2015, Stottlemyre was announced as the new pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners during manager Scott Servais' inaugural press conference.