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Kenta Maeda

#0 - Relief Pitcher

San Diego Padres

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 4/11/1988 (38)
Height, Weight 6'1", 185 lb
Hometown Osaka, JPN

2025 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify
MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
0 8.0 7.88 1.88 18.6% 14.0%
- 3
Sv
- 51.0
IP
- 4.19
ERA
- 1.32
WHIP
- 22.9%
K%
- 9.3%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
90.2 12.3% 25.1% 45.0% 4.7% 4.57 5.70
- 94.6
FB MPH
- 12.5%
SwStr%
- 28.7%
CSW%
- 50.8%
Str-ICR
- 5.5%
MTK%
- 4.99
PLV
- 3.23
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 3.36 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 5.21 6.14 6.04 5.70 18.6% 14.0% 10.1 1.13 .333 20.0% 60.2% 44.0% 40.0% 12.3% 25.1% 0.38 4.57
RP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 42 2 51.0 3-3 3 7 4.19 1.32 4.19 4.16 4.20 3.23 22.9% 9.3% 8.3 1.11 .291 18.1% 72.4% 38.1% 44.2% 12.5% 28.7% 0.51 4.99
Career 226 172 986.2 68-56 6 10 4.20 1.17 4.10 3.90 3.94 3.17 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 - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 42 2 51.0 3-3 0 3 7 840 539 302 216 46 30 9 1 6 50 19 2 2
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 .393 .333 .360 .247 .356 .316 .346 91.2 88.6 12.2 5.21
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 22.9% 9.3% .241 .393 .712 .310 .291 .321 .238 .314 .283 .363 88.4 89.8 13.0 4.19
Career 25.8% 7.0% .234 .403 .697 .303 .287 .324 .195 .282 .277 .385 88.0 90.0 15.3 4.10

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) 2.7% (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 - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 40.6% (94.6) 27.5% (93.9) 20.4% (89.5) 27.9% (85.9) 21.2% (82.2) 16.9% (79.8) 16.4% (86.2) 18.4% (86.5) 16.9% (64.1) 48.0% 51.9%
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) 28.3% (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 - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 27.6% (33) 27.9% (12) 26.1% (16) 29.7% (30) 28.7% (20) 28.2% (17) 22.0% (17) 23.4% (22) 14.2% (0) 28.0% 28.9%
Career 30.1% (186) 29.3% (30) 27.8% (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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 44.2% 22.0% 23.8% 10.1% 35.1% 40.8% 33.7% 25.5% 18.0% 61.7% 24.4% 6.3% 7.6% 38.1%
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 .393 .333 .360 .247 .356 .316 .346 91.2 88.6 12.2 20.0% 44.0% 25.6%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG .241 .310 .291 .321 .238 .314 .283 .363 88.4 89.8 13.0 18.1% 38.1% 25.4%
Career .234 .303 .287 .324 .195 .282 .277 .385 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 47.0% 63.9% 47.7% 30.2% 26.2% 18.0% 73.8% 82.9% 56.2% 16.2% 12.5% 28.7% 17.1% 58.4% 0.51 50.8%
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 - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 47.0% 34.2% 26.4% 39.4% 30.5% 25.1% 44.4% 29.4% 44.2% 7.0%
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 - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 58.6% 11.9% 30.2% 14.4% 61.3% 50.4% 21.0% 24.2% 19.4%
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 44.9% 18.6% 36.5% 8.3% 5.3% 33.8 +27 3.36
2025 DET 171 4.57 43.5% 11.8% 44.7% -1.2% 4.7% 3.7 +3 5.70
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 840 4.99 46.2% 18.0% 35.8% 10.4% 5.5% 4.8 +4 3.23
Career 16,189 5.07 44.5% 19.4% 36.0% 8.5% 5.6% 46.8 +35 3.17
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