Kenta Maeda stats

Last played for the Detroit Tigers, 2025

Relief Pitcher · #18

Age 38 · 6' 1"

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Kenta Maeda played 9 MLB seasons, 2016 to 2025.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
226
W
68
L
56
ERA
4.20
IP
986.2
K
1,055
BB
285
WHIP
1.17

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
2016LAD3216113.48175.2179501.14
2017LAD291364.22134.1140341.15
2018LAD398103.81125.1153431.26
2019LAD371084.04153.2169511.07
2020MIN11612.7066.280100.75
2021MIN21654.66106.1113321.30
2023MIN21684.23104.1117281.17
2024DET29376.09112.196311.38
2025DET700, led the MLB7.888.0861.88

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Bold marks the best figure in the MLB that season, among players with at least 30 games.

Career Postseason

GP
27
W
2
L
1
ERA
3.24
IP
41.2
K
48
BB
18
WHIP
1.27

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
54
CG
0
SHO
0
K/9
9.6
GB
1,101
FB
1,602
G/F
0.70
WP
25

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
2016LAD14009.22162630.86
2017LAD5009.41522260.74
2018LAD50011.01391920.72
2019LAD9009.91642360.73
2020MIN80010.8788010
2021MIN5009.61201800.73
2023MIN60010.1941860.52
2024DET2007.71282240.63
2025DET0009.010150.72

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
38 yearsApr 11, 1988
Height
6' 1"
Debut
2016
Birthplace
Osaka, Japan

Latest performance

Kenta Maeda

Apr 29 · @ HOU · L 6-4

IP
1.0
H
0
R
0
ER
0
BB
0
K
1
HR
0
ERA
7.88

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Tue, Apr 29atHOUL 6-410001
Sun, Apr 27vsBALW 7-010001
Fri, Apr 18vsKCW 7-30.12210
Mon, Apr 14atMILW 9-121112
Sun, Apr 13atMINL 5-10.20000
Fri, Apr 04vsCHWW 7-414331

What were Kenta Maeda's career stats?

Kenta Maeda played 9 seasons for the Dodgers, the Twins and the Tigers. He had 68 wins and 1,055 strikeouts with a 4.20 ERA over 986.2 innings. His best season was 2016: 16 wins, a 3.48 ERA and 179 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

9 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2016 to 2025

Kenta Maeda finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Kenta Maeda

Playoff series

Kenta Maeda played 27 games across 6 MLB postseasons in 11 series — 3 won, 8 lost.

Kenta Maeda's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2023HOULost 0-224.0634
2020HOULost 0-115.0205
2019WSHLost 2-244.2107
2018ATLWon 1-011.0201
2018MILLost 2-242.2323
2018BOSLost 1-233.0416
2017ARIWon 2-022.0004
2017CHCWon 2-133.0003
2017HOULost 1-345.2513
2016WSHLost 0-113.0544
2016CHCLost 0-227.2748

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Kenta Maeda’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.