Kenta Maeda

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Team: Detroit Tigers (majors)

Born: April 11, 1988 in Senboku-gun, Japan jp

High School: PL Gakuen HS (Osaka, Japan)

Debut: April 6, 2016 (Age 27-361d, 21,065th in major league history)
vs. SDP 6.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2025 Contract Status: Signed thru 2025, 2 yrs/$24M (24-25)

Service Time (01/2025): 9.000 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Kenta Maeda

Nicknames: MaeKen

Pronunciation: \mah-EH-dah\

Instagram: @18_maeken

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-1.7

6.9

ERA

6.09

4.17

219

172

112.1

978.2

1047

WHIP

1.380

1.168

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-16 / in Starts: 0-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2016	NLDS g3	Oct 10	LAD		WSN	L,3-8	GS-3	L(0-1)	7	3.0	5	4	4	2	4	1	1	12.00	7.81	17	63	41	9	12	1	9	5	1	0	35			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.295	22.38	-3.91%	-2.56	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
2	2016	NLCS g1	Oct 15	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-8	GS-4		4	4.0	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	9.00	5.86	19	66	41	10	8	3	11	6	3	0	41			1	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.150	17.62	-2.19%	-1.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
3	2016	NLCS g5	Oct 20	LAD		CHC	L,4-8	GS-4		4	3.2	3	1	1	2	6	0	1	6.75	4.65	17	76	44	8	15	2	6	2	0	0	55			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.039	45.86	1.05%	0.50	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d1
2017 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	2017	NLDS g2	Oct 7	LAD		ARI	W,8-5	5-6	W(1-0)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-0.84	3	9	8	3	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.048	10.09	0.43%	0.50	5t --- 1 out a1	6t --- 1 out a5
5	2017	NLDS g3	Oct 9	LAD	@	ARI	W,3-1	8-8	H(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-0.84	3	12	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.099	12.89	0.65%	0.56	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
6	2017	NLCS g1	Oct 14	LAD		CHC	W,5-2	6-7	W(2-0)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.49	3	5	4	1	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.085	29.34	1.23%	0.50	6t --- 1 out tie	7t --- 1 out a1
7	2017	NLCS g4	Oct 18	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.66	3	10	9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.026	3.21	0.14%	0.53	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
8	2017	NLCS g5	Oct 19	LAD	@	CHC	W,11-1	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.36	3	10	8	1	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.90	0.05%	0.53	7b --- 0 out a8	7b 3 out a8
9	2017	WS g2	Oct 25	LAD		HOU	L,6-7	5-6		5	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.95	5	25	17	2	4	0	5	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.050	59.17	1.68%	0.47	5t --- 0 out d1	6t 1-- 1 out tie
10	2017	WS g3	Oct 27	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-5	2-5		1	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.49	10	42	28	9	7	3	4	1	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.078	28.09	2.75%	1.83	2b -23 2 out d4	5b --- 1 out d3
11	2017	WS g5	Oct 29	LAD	@	HOU	L,12-13	5-6		1	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0.93	3.05	5	25	15	5	2	2	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.322	105.48	-17.14%	-2.59	5b 12- 2 out a3	6b 1-- 1 out tie
12	2017	WS g6	Oct 31	LAD		HOU	W,3-1	7-7	H(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	3.06	4	14	9	2	1	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	0.166	277.76	8.25%	0.88	7t 1-- 0 out a1	7t 3 out a1
2018 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	2018	NLDS g4	Oct 8	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-2	8-8		6	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.16	5	23	14	3	3	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.027	9.13	0.34%	0.49	8b --- 0 out a4	8b 3 out a4
14	2018	NLCS g1	Oct 12	LAD	@	MIL	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.16	3	14	8	2	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.22	0.014	5.83	0.20%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
15	2018	NLCS g2	Oct 13	LAD	@	MIL	W,4-3	8-8	H(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.45	1	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.068	64.00	1.16%	0.23	8b 1-- 2 out a1	8b 3 out a1
16	2018	NLCS g4	Oct 16	LAD		MIL	W,2-1	7-7		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.66	2	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	-0.037	54.59	-0.72%	-0.18	7t --- 0 out tie	7t -2- 1 out tie
17	2018	NLCS g6	Oct 19	LAD	@	MIL	L,2-7	7-8		2	1.0	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.91	1.80	6	28	19	2	7	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.28	-0.024	12.46	-0.59%	-0.89	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 1-- 0 out d4
18	2018	WS g2	Oct 24	LAD	@	BOS	L,2-4	7-7		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	1.54	3	14	8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.008	23.80	0.23%	0.20	7b --- 0 out d2	7b -2- 2 out d2
19	2018	WS g3	Oct 26	LAD		BOS	W,3-2	15-16		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.84	0.95	8	36	24	8	7	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	0.264	124.21	6.14%	0.95	15t --- 0 out tie	16t 3 out tie
20	2018	WS g4	Oct 27	LAD		BOS	L,6-9	9-GF		0	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.05	1.51	4	12	9	2	2	0	3	2	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	.55	-0.137	33.79	-5.38%	-3.25	9t 123 2 out d1	9t end d 5
2019 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	2019	NLDS g1	Oct 3	LAD		WSN	W,6-0	7-8	H(1)	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.81	5	19	15	6	4	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.061	7.46	0.55%	0.79	7t --- 1 out a2	8t 3 out a4
22	2019	NLDS g3	Oct 6	LAD	@	WSN	W,10-4	8-8		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.50	2	5	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.014	5.97	0.19%	0.29	8b --- 1 out a4	8b 3 out a4
23	2019	NLDS g4	Oct 7	LAD	@	WSN	L,1-6	3-4		0	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.03	5	20	15	2	4	2	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.142	25.26	1.56%	1.34	3b 123 2 out tie	4b 3 out tie
24	2019	NLDS g5	Oct 9	LAD		WSN	L,3-7	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.21	3	14	9	3	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.108	58.89	2.53%	0.51	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
2020 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	2020	ALWC g1	Sep 29	MIN		HOU	L,1-4	GS-5		5	5.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	0.00	2.99	20	91	52	18	8	2	10	4	2	0	65			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.290	11.66	1.68%	2.60	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
2023 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	2023	ALDS g1	Oct 7	MIN	@	HOU	L,4-6	4-5		8	2.0	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	9.00	4.26	11	43	25	4	2	2	5	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.044	9.42	-0.38%	-0.98	4b --- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d5
27	2023	ALDS g3	Oct 10	MIN		HOU	L,1-9	6-7		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	6.75	3.51	9	25	19	4	3	3	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.008	3.83	-0.12%	0.04	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
											41.2	35	15	15	18	48	2	2	3.24		179																			2

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