Kenta Maeda

#18 - Starting Pitcher

Minnesota Twins

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	4/11/1988 (35)
Height, Weight	6'1", 185 lb
Hometown	Osaka, JPN

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	6-8	104.1	4.23	1.17	27.3%	6.5%	29.5%

	95^th 7 W	109^th 114 IP	85^th 4.60 ERA	49^th 1.33 WHIP	20^th 21.6% K%	48^th 8.0% BB%	49^th 28.0% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	91.0	13.7%	27.3%	35.7%	5.02	4.22

	176^th 93.5 FB MPH	37^th 11.7% SwStr%	102^nd 27.6% HC%	176^th 43.8% GB%	81^st 4.98 PLV	80^th 4.57 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	LAD	39	20	125.1	8	10	3.81	-	3.22	-	1.26	8.3	28.8%	8.1%	.323	-	-	0.93	-	72.5%	15.7%	31.9%	-
2019	LAD	37	26	153.2	10	8	4.04	-	3.96	-	1.07	6.7	27.1%	8.2%	.245	-	-	1.29	-	71.6%	15.9%	32.6%	-
2020	MIN	11	11	66.2	6	1	2.70	2.34	2.99	2.65	0.75	5.4	32.3%	4.0%	.208	15.9%	46.8%	1.21	19.6%	80.2%	18.4%	33.9%	5.19
2021	MIN	21	21	106.1	6	5	4.66	3.98	4.11	4.19	1.30	9.0	24.9%	7.1%	.318	23.8%	41.0%	1.35	14.3%	69.3%	14.6%	29.3%	5.00
2023	MIN	21	20	104.1	6	8	4.23	4.22	4.02	3.89	1.17	8.1	27.3%	6.5%	.293	27.3%	35.7%	1.47	15.2%	74.1%	13.7%	29.5%	5.02
SP MLB Percentile		45	41	45	47	27	57	60	71	77	74	69	89	76	56	49	12	37	44	61	81	75	56
SP MLB AVG		21	21	114.0	7	7	4.60	4.57	4.59	4.55	1.33	8.9	21.6%	8.0%	.296	27.6%	43.8%	1.37	15.3%	72.1%	11.7%	28.0%	4.98
5 Years		129	98	556.1	36	32	3.98	-	-	-	1.14	7.6	27.7%	7.2%	.283	17.0%	40.2%	1.25	28.5%	72.4%	15.4%	31.3%	5.05

Repertoire

Splitter | 32%
Slider | 31%
Four-Seamer | 27%
Sinker | 6%
Curveball | 4%
Changeup | 0%
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2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	84.1	22.1%	47.7%	23.7%	19.8%	6.6%	26.5%	62.3%	56.2%	52.8%	20.8%	.224	.245	.314	13.3%	.234	.248	25.5%	1,457
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	84.1	31.9%	44.1%	26.8%	18.5%	7.7%	26.2%	60.5%	55.9%	48.9%	32.6%	.182	.222	.247	10.0%	.222	.271	24.8%	1,406
SP MLB Percentile	21	82	85	30	55	58	70	64	64	39	64	64	67	76	67	48	55	58	52
SP MLB AVG	86.0	18.7%	34.9%	29.6%	17.4%	6.5%	23.9%	55.0%	49.0%	52.6%	24.0%	.222	.270	.296	19.8%	.230	.285	25.4%	1,368

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	.234	.248	.330	.360	25.5%	4.2%	37.5%	24.5%	88.2	86.2	6.0	7.6	1.2	-2.0	5.8	5.9	1,457
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	.222	.271	.308	.362	24.8%	4.3%	37.0%	22.8%	90.1	87.0	12.2	6.7	0.5	-2.0	5.7	6.1	1,406
SP MLB Percentile	48	55	39	45	58	61	58	61	24	52	30	45	6	15	36	27	52
SP MLB AVG	.230	.285	.293	.378	25.4%	6.5%	40.2%	26.2%	87.8	88.0	6.9	6.6	2.6	-1.4	5.8	6.4	1,368

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	393	110	17	4	1	2	36	1	1	0	245	148	.224	.336	.245
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	542	149	20	2	0	3	47	9	1	1	328	214	.182	.263	.222
SP MLB Percentile	79	79	12	42	18	18	79	15	18	27	79	18	64	76	67
SP MLB AVG	283	82	10	3	0	2	26	4	1	1	166	117	.222	.371	.270

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	52.8%	26.4%	20.8%	4.2%	13.3%	47.2%	37.5%	15.3%	17.6%	2.8%	43.1%	16.7%	25.0%	8.3%	40.3%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	48.9%	18.5%	32.6%	5.4%	10.0%	43.5%	33.7%	22.8%	17.3%	2.2%	30.4%	30.4%	27.2%	5.4%	27.2%
SP MLB Percentile	39	67	64	45	67	12	67	85	67	27	33	88	52	58	82
SP MLB AVG	52.6%	23.5%	24.0%	5.6%	19.8%	54.3%	31.5%	14.2%	13.5%	5.2%	38.1%	16.5%	26.8%	6.9%	37.1%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	25.5%	4.2%	37.5%	24.5%	.224	.245	.314	.333	.234	.248	.330	.360	88.2	86.2	6.0
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	24.8%	4.3%	37.0%	22.8%	.182	.222	.247	.272	.222	.271	.308	.362	90.1	87.0	12.2
SP MLB Percentile	58	61	58	61	64	67	76	82	48	55	39	45	24	52	30
SP MLB AVG	25.4%	6.5%	40.2%	26.2%	.222	.270	.296	.336	.230	.285	.293	.378	87.8	88.0	6.9

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	47.7%	23.7%	19.8%	6.6%	26.5%	62.3%	56.2%	35.6%	55.7%	64.4%	49.0%	93.4%	11.2%	44.2%	64.3%	55.4%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	44.1%	26.8%	18.5%	7.7%	26.2%	60.5%	55.9%	35.0%	52.8%	65.0%	48.6%	91.0%	9.9%	42.4%	54.0%	38.0%
SP MLB Percentile	85	30	55	58	70	64	64	48	61	48	64	9	42	88	39	30
SP MLB AVG	34.9%	29.6%	17.4%	6.5%	23.9%	55.0%	49.0%	36.6%	48.5%	63.5%	52.3%	77.4%	10.0%	31.7%	54.7%	42.9%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	52.9%	25.7%	21.4%	3.3%	12.2%	84.5%	2.0%	24.7%	49.6%	50.1%	8.4%	41.5%	23.7%	16.2%	22.1%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	56.6%	25.8%	17.5%	4.6%	15.1%	80.3%	2.8%	23.8%	50.4%	50.6%	9.4%	40.0%	26.8%	16.8%	21.7%
SP MLB Percentile	61	55	39	9	36	82	42	45	45	45	12	39	30	55	61
SP MLB AVG	53.6%	24.0%	22.4%	13.5%	16.9%	69.6%	3.2%	23.5%	52.5%	50.2%	5.1%	44.7%	29.6%	15.5%	19.9%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	393	5.17	2,031	41.5%	24.2%	34.4%	7.1%	3.7	3.39	+7
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	542	5.13	2,780	41.5%	24.5%	33.9%	7.6%	-3.5	3.48	-9
SP MLB Percentile	79	73	79	64	85	79	79	91	-	97
SP MLB AVG	283	4.89	1,407	39.1%	20.0%	40.9%	-1.9%	0.6	-	0

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	84.1	3.1%	-	-	34.4%	9.4%	43.8%	68.8%	65.6%	-	-	.091	.097	.200	-	-	-	-	-
2019	83.7	12.1%	-	-	23.8%	13.6%	37.4%	70.1%	65.6%	-	-	.157	.242	.173	-	-	-	-	-
2020	83.1	41.1%	40.7%	50.9%	19.0%	15.8%	34.8%	74.1%	69.4%	34.3%	44.8%	.207	.280	.210	20.0%	.202	.283	15.6%	2,510
2021	82.1	36.7%	36.4%	48.1%	17.4%	15.5%	32.9%	68.8%	63.4%	35.1%	47.7%	.232	.327	.269	13.2%	.198	.297	17.9%	2,509
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	81.6	30.7%	31.8%	48.8%	13.8%	18.4%