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Kenta Maeda

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Team: Minnesota Twins (majors)

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

High School: PL Gakuen HS (Osaka, Japan)

Debut: April 6, 2016 (Age 27-361d, 21,078th 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

2021 Contract Status: Signed thru 2023, 8 yrs/$25M (16-23)

Service Time (01/2021): 5.000 • Free Agent: 2024

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Kenta Maeda

Nicknames: MaeKen

Pronunciation: \MAH-eh-da\

Instagram: @18_maeken

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

-0.3

6.6

W

L

ERA

4.85

3.83

G

159

GS

125

SV

IP

52.0

707.2

SO

771

WHIP

1.442

1.135

6/22 The Indians’ rotation depth has been tested already, and they could now be facing another injury. Right-hander Aaron Civale exited tonight with two outs in the fifth inning with an injury to his
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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2016	28	LAD	NL	16	11	.593	3.48	32	32	0	0	0	0	175.2	150	72	68	20	50	6	179	8	0	6	716	115	3.58	1.139	7.7	1.0	2.6	9.2	3.58	RoY-3
2017	29	LAD-min	A+	0	0		2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	21			2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	2.3	0.50	RCU CALL
2017	29	LAD	NL	13	6	.684	4.22	29	25	1	0	0	1	134.1	121	68	63	22	34	1	140	5	0	4	557	98	4.07	1.154	8.1	1.5	2.3	9.4	4.12
2018	30	LAD	NL	8	10	.444	3.81	39	20	4	0	0	2	125.1	115	58	53	13	43	4	153	5	2	2	532	102	3.22	1.261	8.3	0.9	3.1	11.0	3.56
2019	31	LAD	NL	10	8	.556	4.04	37	26	3	0	0	3	153.2	114	70	69	22	51	1	169	4	0	3	624	102	3.95	1.074	6.7	1.3	3.0	9.9	3.31
2020	32	MIN	AL	6	1	.857	2.70	11	11	0	0	0	0	66.2	40	20	20	9	10	0	80	0	0	0	248	158	3.00	*0.750*	5.4	1.2	1.4	10.8	8.00	CYA-2
2021	33	MIN-min	AAA	0	0		2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	14			0.500	2.3	2.3	2.3	11.3	5.00	STP AAAE
2021	33	MIN	AL	3	2	.600	4.85	11	11	0	0	0	0	52.0	60	33	28	11	15	0	50	3	0	2	230	85	5.03	1.442	10.4	1.9	2.6	8.7	3.33
6 Yrs				56	38	.596	3.83	159	125	8	0	0	6	707.2	600	321	301	97	203	12	771	25	2	17	2907	106	3.74	1.135	7.6	1.2	2.6	9.8	3.80
162 Game Avg.				13	9	.596	3.83	38	30	2	0	0	1	169	144	77	72	23	49	3	185	6	0	4	696	106	3.74	1.135	7.6	1.2	2.6	9.8	3.80

LAD (4 yrs)				47	35	.573	3.87	137	103	8	0	0	6	589.0	500	268	253	77	178	12	641	22	2	15	2429	105	3.71	1.151	7.6	1.2	2.7	9.8	3.60
MIN (2 yrs)				9	3	.750	3.64	22	22	0	0	0	0	118.2	100	53	48	20	25	0	130	3	0	2	478	115	3.89	1.053	7.6	1.5	1.9	9.9	5.20

NL (4 yrs)				47	35	.573	3.87	137	103	8	0	0	6	589.0	500	268	253	77	178	12	641	22	2	15	2429	105	3.71	1.151	7.6	1.2	2.7	9.8	3.60
AL (2 yrs)				9	3	.750	3.64	22	22	0	0	0	0	118.2	100	53	48	20	25	0	130	3	0	2	478	115	3.89	1.053	7.6	1.5	1.9	9.9	5.20