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Kenta Maeda

#18 - Starting Pitcher

Detroit Tigers

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 4/11/1988 (37)
Height, Weight 6'1", 185 lb
Hometown Osaka, JPN

2025 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
0 6.0 10.50 2.33 20.7% 13.8%
77th 0
Sv
228th 21
IP
309th 4.43
ERA
304th 1.36
WHIP
225th 21.6%
K%
273rd 8.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
90.3 14.8% 27.0% 42.6% 5.2% 4.89 4.25
242nd 93.6
FB MPH
144th 11.4%
SwStr%
286th 27.9%
CSW%
298th 49.2%
Str-ICR
174th 5.7%
MTK%
223rd 5.02
PLV
270th -
PLA

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Kenta Maeda Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2016 LAD 32 32 175.2 16-11 14 3.48 1.14 - 3.58 - - 25.0% 7.0% 7.7 1.02 .283 - 75.6% - - - - - -
2017 LAD 29 25 134.1 13-6 5 4.22 1.15 - 4.08 - - 25.1% 6.1% 8.1 1.47 .283 - 71.2% - - - - - -
2018 LAD 39 20 125.1 8-10 5 3.81 1.26 - 3.22 - - 28.8% 8.1% 8.3 0.93 .323 - 72.5% - - 15.7% 31.9% 0.64 -
2019 LAD 37 26 153.2 10-8 9 4.04 1.07 - 3.95 - - 27.1% 8.2% 6.7 1.29 .245 - 71.6% - - 15.9% 32.6% 0.64 -
2020 MIN 11 11 66.2 6-1 8 2.70 0.75 2.34 3.00 2.51 2.72 32.3% 4.0% 5.4 1.21 .208 30.0% 80.2% 28.5% 46.8% 18.4% 33.9% 0.72 5.11
2021 MIN 21 21 106.1 6-5 5 4.66 1.30 3.98 4.10 4.12 3.14 24.9% 7.1% 9.0 1.35 .318 20.5% 69.3% 37.7% 41.0% 14.6% 29.3% 0.53 5.07
2023 MIN 21 20 104.1 6-8 6 4.23 1.17 4.22 4.02 3.97 3.09 27.3% 6.5% 8.1 1.47 .293 20.2% 74.1% 41.1% 35.7% 13.7% 29.5% 0.55 5.13
2024 DET 29 17 112.1 3-7 2 6.09 1.38 5.07 4.97 4.45 3.37 19.8% 6.4% 9.9 1.76 .309 22.9% 61.9% 40.1% 38.7% 11.3% 27.2% 0.45 5.05
2025 DET 5 0 6.0 0-0 0 10.50 2.33 5.06 6.20 5.91 4.25 20.7% 13.8% 13.5 1.50 .353 20.0% 51.5% 55.6% 22.2% 14.8% 27.0% 0.43 4.89
SP MLB Percentile 31 0 32 0-28 0 10 11 23 22 16 21 34 20 13 28 24 36 16 14 8 57 16 38 34
SP MLB AVG 4 4 21.0 1-1 1 4.43 1.36 4.44 4.35 4.21 3.29 21.6% 8.8% 8.8 1.32 .288 20.0% 74.0% 40.1% 43.1% 11.4% 27.9% 0.47 5.02
Career 224 172 984.2 68-56 54 4.20 1.18 - - - 0.86 25.9% 6.9% 8.0 1.30 .287 34.1% 71.2% 23.1% 39.5% 14.7% 30.6% 0.58 5.08

Kenta Maeda Repertoire

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Kenta Maeda Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2016 LAD 32 32 175.2 16-11 14 0 - 2,931 1,884 1,047 716 150 107 21 2 20 179 50 8 6
2017 LAD 29 25 134.1 13-6 5 1 - 2,184 1,434 750 557 121 72 26 1 22 140 34 5 4
2018 LAD 39 20 125.1 8-10 5 2 5 2,051 1,355 696 532 115 68 31 3 13 153 43 5 2
2019 LAD 37 26 153.2 10-8 9 3 4 2,433 1,598 835 624 114 67 21 4 22 169 51 4 3
2020 MIN 11 11 66.2 6-1 8 0 0 986 672 314 248 40 26 4 1 9 80 10 0 0
2021 MIN 21 21 106.1 6-5 5 0 0 1,775 1,140 634 453 106 68 20 2 16 113 32 7 3
2023 MIN 21 20 104.1 6-8 6 0 0 1,700 1,094 606 428 94 54 22 1 17 117 28 3 2
2024 DET 29 17 112.1 3-7 2 0 1 1,958 1,235 722 485 124 76 25 1 22 96 31 5 3
2025 DET 5 0 6.0 0-0 0 0 0 115 69 46 29 7 3 3 0 1 6 4 1 0
SP MLB Percentile 31 0 32 0-28 0 0 0 37 35 57 35 39 57 7 11 20 38 28 7 26
SP MLB AVG 4 4 21.0 1-1 1 0 0 358 228 130 92 20 13 4 0 3 20 8 1 1
Career 224 172 984.2 68-56 54 6 10 16,133 10,481 5,650 4,072 871 541 173 15 142 1,053 283 38 23

Kenta Maeda Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2016 LAD 25.0% 7.0% .229 .359 .650 .281 .283 .313 - - - - - - - -
2017 LAD 25.1% 6.1% .238 .423 .713 .303 .283 .325 - - - - - - - -
2018 LAD 28.8% 8.1% .240 .399 .707 .304 .323 .350 - - - - - - - -
2019 LAD 27.1% 8.2% .202 .371 .643 .274 .245 .286 - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN 32.3% 4.0% .168 .307 .509 .219 .208 .253 .179 .231 .224 .320 84.4 87.4 9.5 2.34
2021 MIN 24.9% 7.1% .258 .433 .755 .325 .318 .355 .232 .304 .278 .367 87.2 90.0 14.6 3.98
2023 MIN 27.3% 6.5% .239 .429 .721 .309 .293 .336 .235 .313 .283 .402 89.7 91.7 17.3 4.22
2024 DET 19.8% 6.4% .281 .491 .822 .351 .309 .352 .273 .349 .298 .409 88.6 89.5 17.2 5.07
2025 DET 20.7% 13.8% .292 .542 .956 .418 .353 .389 .289 .386 .372 .426 91.1 88.6 20.0 5.06
SP MLB Percentile 34 20 26 21 19 17 24 23 24 23 13 27 24 59 23 23
SP MLB AVG 21.6% 8.8% .247 .412 .730 .323 .288 .322 .249 .332 .287 .383 89.3 90.7 13.6 4.44
Career 25.9% 6.9% .234 .404 .698 .307 .287 .324 .195 .285 .278 .393 88.0 90.0 15.5 -

Kenta Maeda Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 LAD 4.8% (91.9) - - 3.1% (84.1) - 0.7% (77.3) 1.3% (84.1) - - 4.8% 5.1%
2019 LAD 13.9% (92.1) 1.7% (92.0) - 11.0% (83.8) - 2.7% (76.8) 9.2% (84.9) - - 15.6% 22.9%
2020 MIN 18.8% (91.6) 6.9% (90.8) - 41.1% (83.1) - 3.0% (78.0) 30.2% (84.5) - - 25.7% 74.3%
2021 MIN 25.8% (90.6) 5.3% (89.9) - 36.7% (82.1) - 3.6% (75.2) 6.5% (84.5) 22.1% (84.1) - 31.1% 68.9%
2023 MIN 27.4% (91.0) 6.4% (90.3) - 30.6% (81.6) - 3.6% (76.4) - 31.9% (84.1) - 33.8% 66.2%
2024 DET 22.5% (90.8) 7.2% (90.4) 2.8% (84.0) 24.7% (81.9) 10.2% (80.1) 1.6% (76.4) - 31.2% (83.9) - 29.7% 70.3%
2025 DET 20.9% (90.3) 7.0% (90.0) 0.9% (86.3) 7.0% (81.9) 26.1% (79.9) - - 38.3% (84.6) - 27.8% 72.2%
SP MLB Percentile 21 (7) 8 (12) - 3 (10) 59 (19) - - 85 (26) - 9.0% 91.3%
SP MLB AVG 35.6% (93.6) 20.2% (93.0) 17.6% (88.8) 19.2% (85.3) 16.6% (81.7) 15.0% (79.5) 15.8% (86.0) 20.0% (86.3) - (-) 47.0% 52.9%
Career 18.2% (91.1) 4.2% (90.5) 0.5% (84.0) 21.8% (82.4) 2.1% (82.4) 2.4% (76.4) 6.0% (84.6) 14.4% (84.1) - 22.4% 47.2%

Kenta Maeda Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 LAD 36.7% (11) - - 43.8% (22) - 57.1% (0) 7.4% (1) - - 36.7% 588.6%
2019 LAD 30.2% (29) 39.0% (4) - 38.2% (65) - 42.4% (7) 25.4% (45) - - 31.1% 121.2%
2020 MIN 37.3% (18) 26.5% (6) - 34.8% (77) - 36.7% (1) 31.9% (79) - - 34.4% 33.7%
2021 MIN 28.2% (49) 23.4% (5) - 32.9% (113) - 40.6% (1) 21.7% (13) 26.5% (78) - 27.4% 30.2%
2023 MIN 31.8% (54) 28.4% (6) - 32.2% (72) - 21.0% (1) - 26.2% (100) - 31.1% 28.7%
2024 DET 27.2% (23) 30.7% (8) 27.8% (13) 29.8% (66) 31.2% (16) 22.6% (0) - 23.3% (95) - 28.1% 26.9%
2025 DET 16.7% (2) 62.5% (1) 0.0% (0) 62.5% (2) 36.7% (8) - - 13.6% (4) - 28.1% 26.5%
SP MLB Percentile 13 (62) 99 (47) 98 (-) 99 (70) 73 (16) - - 15 (46) - 51.9% 35.0%
SP MLB AVG 27.0% (13) 26.2% (4) 26.9% (6) 29.2% (11) 28.1% (9) 30.8% (8) 23.1% (9) 24.4% (13) - (-) 27.4% 28.2%
Career 30.2% (186) 29.3% (30) 27.3% (13) 33.4% (417) 31.9% (24) 34.8% (10) 27.0% (138) 24.8% (277) - 30.1% 50.4%

Kenta Maeda Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 LAD - - - - - - - - 18.0% - - - - -
2019 LAD - - - - - - - - 16.6% - - - - -
2020 MIN 46.8% 23.7% 19.2% 10.3% 32.1% 44.3% 34.8% 20.9% 18.3% 71.1% 20.5% 1.3% 7.1% 28.5%
2021 MIN 41.0% 21.7% 26.0% 11.3% 37.7% 44.7% 29.3% 26.0% 18.0% 62.4% 23.7% 7.7% 6.3% 37.7%
2023 MIN 35.7% 24.3% 30.0% 10.0% 39.6% 40.0% 34.6% 25.4% 18.4% 58.9% 24.6% 8.9% 7.5% 41.1%
2024 DET 38.7% 22.5% 27.4% 11.7% 38.7% 45.9% 33.4% 20.7% 17.9% 60.1% 28.5% 3.7% 8.0% 40.1%
2025 DET 22.2% 38.9% 27.8% 11.1% 44.4% 50.0% 44.4% 5.6% 17.4% 44.5% 27.8% 22.2% 5.6% 55.6%
SP MLB Percentile 8 7 61 59 20 75 82 5 49 11 29 3 56 14
SP MLB AVG 43.1% 21.8% 25.0% 10.1% 35.5% 42.1% 32.7% 25.2% 17.8% 59.9% 24.8% 6.9% 8.4% 40.1%
Career 39.5% 23.2% 26.5% 11.0% 37.8% 43.9% 33.0% 23.1% 17.8% 61.8% 25.1% 6.1% 7.2% 23.1%

Kenta Maeda Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 LAD .240 .304 .323 .350 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 LAD .202 .274 .245 .286 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN .168 .219 .208 .253 .179 .231 .224 .320 84.4 87.4 9.5 30.0% 28.5% 18.1%
2021 MIN .258 .325 .318 .355 .232 .304 .278 .367 87.2 90.0 14.6 20.5% 37.7% 24.9%
2023 MIN .239 .309 .293 .336 .235 .313 .283 .402 89.7 91.7 17.3 20.2% 41.1% 26.9%
2024 DET .281 .351 .309 .352 .273 .349 .298 .409 88.6 89.5 17.2 22.9% 40.1% 29.1%
2025 DET .292 .418 .353 .389 .289 .386 .372 .426 91.1 88.6 20.0 20.0% 55.6% 34.5%
SP MLB Percentile 26 17 24 23 24 23 13 27 24 59 23 36 14 18
SP MLB AVG .247 .323 .288 .322 .249 .332 .287 .383 89.3 90.7 13.6 20.0% 40.1% 27.5%
Career .234 .307 .287 .324 .195 .285 .278 .393 88.0 90.0 15.5 34.1% 23.1% 15.1%

Kenta Maeda Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 LAD - 66.1% 49.9% - 31.5% 18.0% 68.5% - - 16.1% 15.7% 31.9% 16.1% 60.5% 0.64 -
2019 LAD - 65.7% 49.0% - 32.4% 16.6% 67.6% - - 16.7% 15.9% 32.6% 16.4% 61.0% 0.64 -
2020 MIN 41.3% 68.2% 52.6% 41.1% 34.9% 18.3% 65.1% 81.1% 46.2% 15.5% 18.4% 33.9% 16.0% 64.1% 0.72 59.0%
2021 MIN 42.6% 64.2% 49.5% 33.8% 29.5% 18.0% 70.5% 82.4% 52.0% 14.7% 14.6% 29.3% 16.9% 58.3% 0.53 51.5%
2023 MIN 43.3% 64.4% 48.5% 33.4% 28.2% 18.4% 71.8% 84.7% 51.6% 15.8% 13.7% 29.5% 16.5% 58.8% 0.55 50.8%
2024 DET 42.2% 63.1% 47.1% 32.2% 23.9% 17.9% 76.1% 86.4% 60.2% 15.9% 11.3% 27.2% 18.0% 56.7% 0.45 48.7%
2025 DET 44.3% 60.0% 47.8% 23.4% 30.9% 17.4% 69.1% 75.0% 53.3% 12.2% 14.8% 27.0% 15.7% 53.9% 0.43 42.6%
SP MLB Percentile 39 26 59 19 71 49 71 82 57 16 57 16 39 25 38 13
SP MLB AVG 46.7% 63.4% 46.8% 29.6% 24.2% 17.8% 75.8% 84.7% 58.4% 16.5% 11.4% 27.9% 17.6% 57.7% 0.47 49.2%
Career 25.2% 65.0% 49.2% 34.1% 29.9% 17.8% 70.1% 83.8% 53.2% 15.9% 14.7% 30.6% 16.7% 59.6% 0.58 57.3%

Kenta Maeda Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 LAD - - - - - - - - - -
2019 LAD - - - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN 41.3% 34.1% 26.4% 39.6% 16.0% 21.5% 62.5% 22.4% 51.2% 6.4%
2021 MIN 42.6% 34.4% 25.0% 40.6% 18.9% 24.6% 56.5% 19.8% 55.2% 6.7%
2023 MIN 43.3% 39.8% 26.9% 33.3% 23.9% 23.1% 53.1% 25.8% 47.4% 6.8%
2024 DET 42.2% 40.6% 25.2% 34.2% 19.9% 22.6% 57.5% 20.6% 54.2% 6.3%
2025 DET 44.3% 48.7% 19.1% 32.2% 30.4% 27.8% 41.7% 33.9% 47.0% 7.0%
SP MLB Percentile 39 93 88 21 50 29 39 69 61 59
SP MLB AVG 46.7% 35.7% 26.2% 38.0% 31.0% 24.6% 44.4% 28.6% 45.2% 6.5%
Career 25.2% 37.9% 25.7% 36.5% 20.3% 23.2% 56.5% 22.3% 52.1% 6.6%

Kenta Maeda Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 LAD 57.5% 10.9% 31.9% 14.0% 63.4% 52.1% 21.0% - 23.4%
2019 LAD 59.0% 10.8% 30.3% 13.4% 64.8% 54.7% 21.2% - 22.9%
2020 MIN 57.5% 9.8% 32.7% 12.9% 64.5% 54.0% 20.1% 32.3% 24.8%
2021 MIN 58.0% 11.6% 30.5% 14.9% 59.5% 48.2% 19.3% 29.8% 20.9%
2023 MIN 58.2% 11.6% 30.4% 15.3% 61.4% 48.8% 20.1% 30.6% 22.7%
2024 DET 56.8% 12.0% 31.3% 14.4% 60.2% 49.1% 20.3% 26.9% 15.7%
2025 DET 56.5% 18.3% 25.2% 12.3% 44.8% 34.5% 15.4% 20.7% 20.7%
SP MLB Percentile 33 13 22 38 11 11 17 31 58
SP MLB AVG 58.4% 12.1% 29.6% 15.1% 61.3% 50.0% 21.5% 24.5% 18.8%
Career 57.9% 11.3% 31.0% 14.1% 62.1% 51.0% 20.4% 17.4% 21.5%

Kenta Maeda PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 LAD 2,051 - - - - - - - - -
2019 LAD 2,433 - - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN 986 5.11 43.4% 21.6% 35.0% 8.4% 6.1% -17.2 -13 2.72
2021 MIN 1,775 5.07 43.6% 20.2% 36.2% 7.4% 4.9% 17.4 +21 3.14
2023 MIN 1,700 5.13 45.6% 19.4% 34.9% 10.7% 6.5% 9.3 -3 3.09
2024 DET 1,958 5.05 44.7% 18.1% 37.2% 7.5% 5.7% 33.8 +27 3.37
2025 DET 115 4.89 45.2% 13.9% 40.9% 4.3% 5.2% 3.6 +2 4.25
SP MLB Percentile 37 34 46 19 21 21 48 16 26 21
SP MLB AVG 358 5.02 46.3% 18.3% 35.4% 10.9% 5.7% - +2 3.29
Career 16,133 5.08 44.5% 19.4% 36.1% 8.4% 5.8% 46.7 +34 0.86
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