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Kenta Maeda

Relief 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 8.0 7.88 1.88 18.6% 14.0%
97th 1
Sv
237th 11
IP
302nd 4.76
ERA
286th 1.43
WHIP
232nd 22.2%
K%
293rd 10.0%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
90.2 12.3% 25.1% 45.0% 4.7% 4.65 5.61
311th 93.9
FB MPH
165th 12.0%
SwStr%
283rd 28.4%
CSW%
303rd 50.0%
Str-ICR
138th 5.6%
MTK%
333rd 4.98
PLV
342nd -
PLA

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Kenta Maeda Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld 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 0 - 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 1 - 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 2 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 3 4 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 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 4.23 1.17 4.22 4.02 3.96 3.10 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 0 1 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 7 0 8.0 0-0 0 0 7.88 1.88 5.20 6.11 5.89 5.61 18.6% 14.0% 10.1 1.13 .333 20.0% 60.2% 44.0% 40.0% 12.3% 25.1% 0.38 4.65
RP MLB Percentile 31 0 32 0-39 0 0 16 20 30 18 14 4 35 18 27 40 27 35 24 23 38 53 21 24 7
RP MLB AVG 11 0 11.0 1-1 1 2 4.76 1.43 4.67 4.54 4.41 3.68 22.2% 10.0% 8.8 1.11 .293 17.4% 71.7% 38.6% 43.9% 12.0% 28.4% 0.49 4.98
Career 226 172 986.2 68-56 6 10 4.20 1.17 - - - 0.87 25.8% 7.0% 8.0 1.30 .287 34.1% 71.3% 23.0% 39.7% 14.7% 30.5% 0.58 5.07

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 7 0 8.0 0-0 0 0 0 171 99 71 43 9 5 3 0 1 8 6 3 2
RP MLB Percentile 31 0 32 0-39 0 0 0 40 36 52 38 53 59 14 17 35 34 26 1 4
RP MLB AVG 11 0 11.0 1-1 0 1 2 205 131 75 53 11 7 2 0 1 12 5 1 1
Career 226 172 986.2 68-56 54 6 10 16,189 10,511 5,675 4,086 873 543 173 15 142 1,055 285 40 25

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 18.6% 14.0% .273 .455 .884 .399 .333 .360 .247 .361 .316 .352 91.2 88.6 12.2 5.20
RP MLB Percentile 35 18 30 31 23 20 27 33 42 30 28 55 19 65 52 30
RP MLB AVG 22.2% 10.0% .244 .394 .721 .320 .293 .321 .239 .322 .281 .365 88.6 90.3 13.0 4.67
Career 25.8% 7.0% .234 .403 .697 .307 .287 .324 .195 .284 .277 .390 88.0 90.0 15.3 -

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 19.3% (90.2) 7.0% (90.0) 0.6% (86.3) 10.5% (82.3) 24.6% (80.1) 1.2% (81.6) - 36.3% (84.5) - 26.3% 73.1%
RP MLB Percentile 19 (6) 9 (10) - 10 (12) 58 (22) - - 84 (26) - 5.9% 93.9%
RP MLB AVG 37.6% (93.9) 28.4% (93.5) 23.2% (89.5) 29.3% (85.4) 23.5% (82.0) 19.9% (79.5) 19.2% (85.8) 20.7% (86.7) - (-) 47.8% 52.1%
Career 18.2% (91.1) 4.2% (90.5) 0.5% (84.0) 21.8% (82.4) 2.2% (82.4) 2.4% (76.5) 6.0% (84.6) 14.5% (84.1) - 22.4% 47.4%

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 12.1% (2) 50.0% (1) 0.0% (0) 44.4% (4) 38.1% (9) 0.0% (0) - 14.5% (5) - 22.2% 26.4%
RP MLB Percentile 7 (68) 98 (58) 98 (-) 95 (57) 84 (22) 98 (-) - 11 (56) - 19.2% 35.1%
RP MLB AVG 26.5% (7) 28.3% (4) 25.8% (5) 29.8% (9) 28.9% (6) 28.6% (5) 22.3% (5) 26.0% (9) - (-) 27.9% 28.4%
Career 30.1% (186) 29.3% (30) 27.3% (13) 33.4% (419) 32.4% (25) 34.6% (10) 27.0% (138) 24.7% (278) - 30.0% 50.2%

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 40.0% 32.0% 20.0% 8.0% 36.0% 52.0% 44.0% 4.0% 18.1% 56.0% 24.0% 16.0% 4.0% 44.0%
RP MLB Percentile 38 10 32 43 46 87 88 1 55 25 45 6 75 23
RP MLB AVG 43.9% 21.8% 24.4% 10.0% 35.4% 40.7% 33.8% 25.5% 17.7% 61.2% 23.8% 7.0% 8.0% 38.6%
Career 39.7% 23.1% 26.3% 10.9% 37.7% 44.0% 33.1% 22.9% 17.8% 61.8% 25.0% 6.0% 7.2% 23.0%

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 .273 .399 .333 .360 .247 .361 .316 .352 91.2 88.6 12.2 20.0% 44.0% 25.6%
RP MLB Percentile 30 20 27 33 42 30 28 55 19 65 52 35 23 44
RP MLB AVG .244 .320 .293 .321 .239 .322 .281 .365 88.6 90.3 13.0 17.4% 38.6% 25.7%
Career .234 .307 .287 .324 .195 .284 .277 .390 88.0 90.0 15.3 34.1% 23.0% 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 40.9% 57.9% 45.0% 24.8% 27.3% 18.1% 72.7% 76.9% 64.0% 12.9% 12.3% 25.1% 14.6% 52.6% 0.38 45.0%
RP MLB Percentile 14 11 37 26 59 55 59 85 29 15 53 21 23 13 24 15
RP MLB AVG 46.4% 63.2% 46.8% 29.1% 25.6% 17.7% 74.4% 83.3% 57.2% 16.4% 12.0% 28.4% 17.1% 57.7% 0.49 50.0%
Career 25.2% 64.9% 49.1% 34.1% 29.9% 17.8% 70.1% 83.8% 53.4% 15.8% 14.7% 30.5% 16.7% 59.5% 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 40.9% 47.6% 19.4% 32.9% 27.6% 24.7% 47.6% 35.3% 45.3% 6.5%
RP MLB Percentile 14 95 92 20 37 49 63 82 53 48
RP MLB AVG 46.4% 34.4% 25.8% 39.8% 30.7% 25.0% 44.3% 29.7% 44.5% 6.8%
Career 25.2% 37.9% 25.6% 36.5% 20.3% 23.1% 56.6% 22.4% 52.0% 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 56.7% 17.5% 25.7% 10.3% 53.5% 44.2% 15.5% 20.5% 18.2%
RP MLB Percentile 31 9 21 14 20 24 13 32 42
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.3% 29.8% 14.2% 60.3% 49.9% 21.1% 23.9% 19.0%
Career 57.9% 11.3% 31.0% 14.1% 62.2% 51.1% 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 45.8% 19.2% 35.1% 10.7% 6.5% 9.1 -3 3.10
2024 DET 1,958 5.05 44.7% 18.1% 37.2% 7.5% 5.7% 33.8 +27 3.37
2025 DET 171 4.65 44.1% 11.8% 44.1% 0.0% 4.7% 3.9 +3 5.61
RP MLB Percentile 40 7 20 15 6 6 60 23 24 4
RP MLB AVG 205 4.98 46.2% 17.6% 36.2% 10.1% 5.6% - +1 3.68
Career 16,189 5.07 44.5% 19.3% 36.2% 8.3% 5.7% 46.9 +35 0.87
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