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Kenta Maeda

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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

High School: PL Gakuen HS (Osaka, Japan)

Last Game: April 29, 2025 (Age 37-018d)
vs. HOU 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Kenta Maeda

Nicknames: MaeKen

Pronunciation: \mah-EH-dah\

Instagram: @18_maeken

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Career

WAR

6.9

ERA

4.20

226

172

986.2

1055

WHIP

1.174

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2008	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		12	3	.800	3.30	3.60	26	18		2	1	0	150.0	147	60	55	10	41	1	81	6	2	0	634	1.253	8.8	0.6	2.5	4.9	1.98
2008	20	-8.2	Hiroshima	JPCL	Fgn		9	2	.818	3.20	3.53	19	18		1	1	0	109.2	103	43	39	10	35	1	55	3	1	0	462	1.258	8.5	0.8	2.9	4.5	1.57
2008	20	-5.8	Hiroshima	JPWL	Fgn		3	1	.750	3.57	3.79	7			1	0	0	40.1	44	17	16	0	6	0	26	3	1	0	172	1.240	9.8	0.0	1.3	5.8	4.33
2009	21	-7.6	Hiroshima	JPCL	Fgn		8	14	.364	3.36	3.82	29	29		3	1	0	193.0	194	82	72	22	29	1	147	3	0	2	795	1.155	9.0	1.0	1.4	6.9	5.07
2010	22	-6.3	Hiroshima	JPCL	Fgn		15	8	.652	2.21	2.30	28	28	0	6	2	0	215.2	166	55	53	15	46	3	174	7	0	2	848	0.983	6.9	0.6	1.9	7.3	3.78
2011	23	-5.0	Hiroshima	JPCL	Fgn		10	12	.455	2.46	2.54	31	31	0	4	2	0	216.0	178	61	59	14	43	0	192	6	0	4	864	1.023	7.4	0.6	1.8	8.0	4.47
2012	24	-4.4	Hiroshima	JPCL	Fgn		14	7	.667	1.53	2.01	29	29	0	5	2	0	206.1	161	46	35	6	44	1	171	9	0	2	820	0.994	7.0	0.3	1.9	7.5	3.89
2013	25	-3.4	Hiroshima	JPCL	Fgn		15	7	.682	2.10	2.36	26	26	0	3	1	0	175.2	129	46	41	13	40	1	158	2	0	1	690	0.962	6.6	0.7	2.0	8.1	3.95
2013	25	-4.2	Japan	WBC	WBC		2	1	.667	0.60	0.60	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	18	0	0	0	51	0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	10.8	6.00
2014	26	-2.4	Hiroshima	JPCL	Fgn		11	9	.550	2.60	2.94	27	27	0	1	1	0	187.0	164	61	54	12	41	1	161	2	1	4	746	1.096	7.9	0.6	2.0	7.7	3.93
2015	27	-1.5	Hiroshima	JPCL	Fgn		15	8	.652	2.09	2.14	29	29	0	5	0	0	206.1	168	49	48	5	41	1	175	6	0	3	821	1.013	7.3	0.2	1.8	7.6	4.27
2016	28	-0.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	16	11	.593	3.48	3.69	32	32	0	0	0	0	175.2	150	72	68	20	50	6	179	8	0	6	716	1.139	7.7	1.0	2.6	9.2	3.58
2017	29	5.9	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	LAD	0	0		2.25	6.75	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
2017	29	0.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	13	6	.684	4.22	4.56	29	25	1	0	0	1	134.1	121	68	63	22	34	1	140	5	0	4	557	1.154	8.1	1.5	2.3	9.4	4.12
2018	30	1.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	8	10	.444	3.81	4.16	39	20	4	0	0	2	125.1	115	58	53	13	43	4	153	5	2	2	532	1.261	8.3	0.9	3.1	11.0	3.56
2019	31	2.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	10	8	.556	4.04	4.10	37	26	3	0	0	3	153.2	114	70	69	22	51	1	169	4	0	3	624	1.074	6.7	1.3	3.0	9.9	3.31
2020	32	3.8	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	6	1	.857	2.70	2.70	11	11	0	0	0	0	66.2	40	20	20	9	10	0	80	0	0	0	248	0.750	5.4	1.2	1.4	10.8	8.00
2021	33	6.0	St. Paul	AAAE	AAA	MIN	0	0		2.25	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
2021	33	4.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	6	5	.545	4.66	5.08	21	21	0	0	0	0	106.1	106	60	55	16	32	1	113	7	0	3	453	1.298	9.0	1.4	2.7	9.6	3.53

2023	35	8.1	St. Paul	IL	AAA	MIN	0	0		2.03	2.03	4	4	0	0	0	0	13.1	10	3	3	1	5	0	17	0	0	1	55	1.125	6.8	0.7	3.4	11.5	3.40
2023	35	6.3	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	6	8	.429	4.23	4.31	21	20	0	0	0	0	104.1	94	50	49	17	28	0	117	3	0	2	428	1.169	8.1	1.5	2.4	10.1	4.18
2024	36	9.0	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	0	0		3.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	13	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2024	36	7.0	DET	AL	Maj	DET	3	7	.300	6.09	6.41	29	17	2	0	0	0	112.1	124	80	76	22	31	0	96	5	0	3	485	1.380	9.9	1.8	2.5	7.7	3.10
2025	37		2 Teams	IL	AAA	CHC-NYY	6	7	.462	5.40	5.67	20	20	0	0	0	0	100.0	93	63	60	13	39	0	83	5	1	3	426	1.320	8.4	1.2	3.5	7.5	2.13
2025	37	9.7	Iowa	IL	AAA	CHC	3	4	.429	5.97	6.12	12	12	0	0	0	0	57.1	54	39	38	8	25	0	45	3	0	3	249	1.378	8.5	1.3	3.9	7.1	1.80
2025	37	9.7	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	3	3	.500	4.64	5.06	8	8	0	0	0	0	42.2	39	24	22	5	14	0	38	2	1	0	177	1.242	8.2	1.1	3.0	8.0	2.71
2025	37	7.8	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	0		7.88	9.00	7	0	5	0	0	0	8.0	9	8	7	1	6	0	8	3	0	2	43	1.875	10.1	1.1	6.8	9.0	1.33
2026	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		5	4	.556	3.39	3.39	12			0	0	0	58.1	50	22	22	4	20	0	49	1	0	1	238	1.200	7.7	0.6	3.1	7.6	2.45
2026	38	10.6	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		1	3	.250	3.52	3.52	7			0	0	0	30.2	29	12	12	3	13	0	26	0	0	0	129	1.370	8.5	0.9	3.8	7.6	2.00
2026	38	11.9	Rakuten	JPFL	Fgn		4	1	.800	3.25	3.25	5			0	0	0	27.2	21	10	10	1	7	0	23	1	0	1	109	1.012	6.8	0.3	2.3	7.5	3.29
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (9 seasons)					Majors		68	56	.548	4.20	4.43	226	172	15	0	0	6	986.2	873	486	460	142	285	13	1055	40	2	25	4086	1.174	8.0	1.3	2.6	9.6	3.70
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		6	7	.462	4.78	5.14	27	27	0	0	0	0	124.1	113	71	66	15	47	0	112	5	1	4	529	1.287	8.2	1.1	3.4	8.1	2.38
Foreign (9 seasons)					Foreign		105	72	.593	2.46	2.70	237	217	0	29	10	0	1608.1	1357	482	439	101	345	9	1308	42	3	19	6456	1.058	7.6	0.6	1.9	7.3	3.79
NPB (9 seasons)					NPB		98	70	.583	2.41	2.66	225	217	0	28	10	0	1540.1	1292	455	413	100	332	9	1259	38	2	18	6175	1.054	7.5	0.6	1.9	7.4	3.79
Other (1 season)					Other		2	1	.667	0.60	0.60	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	18	0	0	0	51	0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	10.8	6.00
All Levels (18 Seasons)							181	136	.571	3.18	3.42	493	419	15	29	10	6	2734.1	2349	1040	966	258	680	22	2493	87	6	48	11122	1.108	7.7	0.8	2.2	8.2	3.67

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		6	7	.462	4.86	5.09	26	26	0	0	0	0	120.1	107	68	65	15	45	0	111	5	1	4	508	1.263	8.0	1.1	3.4	8.3	2.47
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	0		2.25	6.75	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