Kenta Maeda

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Kenta Maeda

Pitcher / Designated HitterRight/Right

A P DH for Rakuten.Across MLB and NPB, he has totaled 171 W, 2,362 SO, 389 GS and 2,582.2 IP in his career.In NPB in 2015, he recorded 1.013 WHIP and 29 GS.In NPB, he earned 2× wins title, 2× strikeout title, 3× ERA title and 2× Eiji Sawamura Award.

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	TB	RBI	SH	BB	SO	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2016	LAD	35	66	57	5	7	1	1	11	4	8	1	16	1	.123	.138	.193	.331
2017	LAD	30	44	39	2	5	1	0	6	4	5	0	3	1	.128	.128	.154	.282
2018	LAD	41	40	32	0	3	0	0	3	0	8	0	9	1	.094	.094	.094	.188
2019	LAD	41	61	48	3	12	2	0	14	6	13	0	13	0	.250	.250	.292	.542
2021	MIN	23	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
2026	Rakuten	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
MLB Career (5 yrs)		170	215	179	12	28	4	1	35	14	35	1	42	3	.156	.161	.196	.357
NPB Career (1 yrs)		15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		185	216	180	12	28	4	1	35	14	35	1	43	3	.156	.160	.194	.355

Sabermetrics
Year	Team	ISO	BABIP	BB%	K%	BB/K	RC	RC27	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Exit velocity	HardHit%	Barrels	Barrel%
2016	LAD	.070	.150	1.5%	24.2%	0.06	1.52	0.69	.144	.179	.150	76.6	0.0%	0	0.0%
2017	LAD	.026	.139	0.0%	6.8%	0.00	0.77	0.52	.138	.169	.135	76.7	8.0%	0	0.0%
2018	LAD	.000	.130	0.0%	22.5%	0.00	0.28	0.20	.094	.112	.095	75.5	5.0%	0	0.0%
2019	LAD	.042	.343	0.0%	21.3%	0.00	3.50	1.93	.223	.255	.210	81.5	13.3%	0	0.0%
2021	MIN	.000	.500	0.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.33	3.00	.174	.187	.158	68.1	33.3%	0	0.0%
2026	Rakuten	.000	-	0.0%	100.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Career (5 yrs)		.039	.199	0.5%	19.5%	0.02	5.64	0.81	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NPB Career (1 yrs)		.000	-	0.0%	100.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Career		.039	.199	0.5%	19.9%	0.02	5.61	0.80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sabermetrics
Year	Round	Team	ISO	BABIP	BB%	K%	RC	RC27	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Exit velocity	HardHit%	Barrels	Barrel%
2016	NLDS2	LAD	-	-	-	-	-	-	.204	.216	.184	82.2	0.0%	0	0.0%
2016	NLCS	LAD	.000	.500	0.0%	0.0%	0.50	13.50
2017	NLDS1	LAD	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	.040	.059	.045	82.7	0.0%	0	0.0%
2017	NLCS	LAD	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	WS	LAD	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	NLDS2	LAD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	NLCS	LAD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	WS	LAD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	NLDS1	LAD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	ALWC3	MIN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	ALDS2	MIN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Team	G	GS	CG	SHO	NoBB	Wins	Losses	Saves	Holds	W%	BF	Innings	H	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	SO	WP	BK	R	ER	ERA	WHIP
2008	Hiroshima	19	18	1	1	1	9	2	0	0	.818	462	109.2	103	10	35	1	3	55	0	1	43	39	3.20	1.26
2009	Hiroshima	29	29	3	1	1	8	14	0	0	.364	795	193.0	194	22	29	1	3	147	2	0	82	72	3.36	1.16
2010	Hiroshima	28	28	6	2	1	15	8	0	0	.652	848	215.2	166	15	46	3	7	174	2	0	55	53	2.21	0.98
2011	Hiroshima	31	31	4	2	0	10	12	0	0	.455	864	216.0	178	14	43	0	6	192	4	0	61	59	2.46	1.02
2012	Hiroshima	29	29	5	2	0	14	7	0	0	.667	820	206.1	161	6	44	1	9	171	2	0	46	35	1.53	0.99
2013	Hiroshima	26	26	3	1	1	15	7	0	0	.682	690	175.2	129	13	40	1	2	158	1	0	46	41	2.10	0.96
2014	Hiroshima	27	27	1	1	0	11	9	0	0	.550	746	187.0	164	12	41	1	2	161	4	1	61	54	2.60	1.10
2015	Hiroshima	29	29	5	0	0	15	8	0	0	.652	821	206.1	168	5	41	0	6	175	3	0	49	48	2.09	1.01
2016	LAD	32	32	0	0	-	16	11	0	-	.593	-	175.2	150	20	50	6	8	179	6	0	72	68	3.48	1.14
2017	LAD	29	25	0	0	-	13	6	1	-	.684	-	134.1	121	22	34	1	5	140	4	0	68	63	4.22	1.15
2018	LAD	39	20	0	0	-	8	10	2	-	.444	-	125.1	115	13	43	4	5	153	2	2	58	53	3.81	1.26
2019	LAD	37	26	0	0	-	10	8	3	-	.556	-	153.2	114	22	51	1	4	169	3	0	70	69	4.04	1.07
2020	MIN	11	11	0	0	-	6	1	0	-	.857	-	66.2	40	9	10	0	0	80	0	0	20	20	2.70	0.75
2021	MIN	21	21	0	0	-	6	5	0	-	.545	-	106.1	106	16	32	1	7	113	3	0	60	55	4.66	1.30
2023	MIN	21	20	0	0	-	6	8	0	-	.429	-	104.1	94	17	28	0	3	117	2	0	50	49	4.23	1.17
2024	DET	29	17	0	0	-	3	7	0	-	.300	-	112.1	124	22	31	0	5	96	3	0	80	76	6.09	1.38
2025	DET	7	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	.000	-	8	9	1	6	0	3	8	2	0	8	7	7.88	1.88
2026	Rakuten	15	0	1	1	1	6	4	0	0	.600	341	86.1	71	5	19	0	1	74	2	0	24	21	2.19	1.04
MLB Career (9 yrs)		226	172	0	0	-	68	56	6	-	.548	-	986.2	873	142	285	13	40	1055	25	2	486	460	4.20	1.17
NPB Career (9 yrs)		233	217	29	11	5	103	71	0	0	.592	6387	1596.0	1334	102	338	8	39	1307	20	2	467	422	2.38	1.05
Career		459	389	29	11	-	171	127	6	-	.574	-	2582.2	2207	244	623	21	79	2362	45	4	953	882	3.07	1.10

Sabermetrics
Year	Team	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/BB	BB%	K%	K-BB%	RA9	LOB% (est.)	FIP	xBA against	xSLG against	xwOBA against	Exit velocity against	HardHit% against	Barrels against	Barrel% against
2008	Hiroshima	4.51	2.87	0.82	1.57	7.6%	11.9%	4.3%	3.53	77.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Hiroshima	6.85	1.35	1.03	5.07	3.6%	18.5%	14.8%	3.82	73.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Hiroshima	7.26	1.92	0.63	3.78	5.4%	20.5%	15.1%	2.30	82.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Hiroshima	8.00	1.79	0.58	4.47	5.0%	22.2%	17.2%	2.54	80.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Hiroshima	7.46	1.92	0.26	3.89	5.4%	20.9%	15.5%	2.01	81.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Hiroshima	8.09	2.05	0.67	3.95	5.8%	22.9%	17.1%	2.36	81.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Hiroshima	7.75	1.97	0.58	3.93	5.5%	21.6%	16.1%	2.94	76.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Hiroshima	7.63	1.79	0.22	4.27	5.0%	21.3%	16.3%	2.14	79.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	LAD	9.17	2.56	1.02	3.58	7.0%	25.0%	18.0%	3.69	75.6%	-	.225	.358	.281	85.7	28.7%	26	6.1%
2017	LAD	9.38	2.28	1.47	4.12	6.1%	25.1%	19.0%	4.56	71.2%	-	.230	.378	.287	86.2	31.8%	16	4.7%
2018	LAD	10.99	3.09	0.93	3.56	8.1%	28.8%	20.7%	4.16	72.5%	-	.227	.364	.290	87.3	35.2%	19	6.5%
2019	LAD	9.90	2.99	1.29	3.31	8.2%	27.1%	18.9%	4.10	71.6%	-	.214	.342	.273	85.5	31.3%	22	6.0%
2020	MIN	10.80	1.35	1.22	8.00	4.0%	32.3%	28.2%	2.70	80.2%	-	.208	.350	.257	84.4	25.0%	11	7.1%
2021	MIN	9.56	2.71	1.35	3.53	7.1%	24.9%	17.9%	5.08	69.3%	-	.229	.384	.297	87.2	36.3%	19	6.3%
2023	MIN	10.09	2.42	1.47	4.18	6.5%	27.3%	20.8%	4.31	74.1%	-	.228	.411	.300	89.7	42.1%	23	8.2%
2024	DET	7.69	2.48	1.76	3.10	6.4%	19.8%	13.4%	6.41	61.9%	4.96	.254	.431	.325	88.4	36.0%	29	8.2%
2025	DET	9.00	6.75	1.13	1.33	14.0%	18.6%	4.7%	9.00	60.2%	6.13	.253	.390	.366	91.2	36.0%	2	8.0%
2026	Rakuten	7.71	1.98	0.52	3.89	5.6%	21.7%	16.1%	2.50	79.8%	2.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLB Career (9 yrs)		9.62	2.60	1.30	3.70	7.0%	25.8%	18.8%	4.43	71.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NPB Career (9 yrs)		7.37	1.91	0.58	3.87	5.3%	20.5%	15.2%	2.63	79.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Career		8.23	2.17	0.85	3.79	5.9%	22.6%	16.6%	3.32	76.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Postseason Pitching

Year	Round	Team	G	GS	Wins	Losses	W%	Innings	H	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	SO	WP	R	ER	ERA	WHIP
2016	MLB NLDS2	LAD	1	1	0	1	.000	3	5	1	2	0	1	4	0	4	4	12.00	2.33
2016	MLB NLCS	LAD	2	2	0	0	.000	7.2	7	0	5	0	1	8	1	4	4	4.70	1.57
2017	MLB NLDS1	LAD	2	0	1	0	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	-	-
2017	MLB NLCS	LAD	3	0	1	0	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	-	-
2017	MLB WS	LAD	4	0	0	0	.000	5.2	5	1	2	0	0	3	0	1	1	1.59	1.24
2018	MLB NLDS2	LAD	1	0	0	0	.000	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	2.00
2018	MLB NLCS	LAD	4	0	0	0	.000	2.2	3	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	2	6.75	1.50
2018	MLB WS	LAD	3	0	0	0	.000	3	4	0	2	1	0	6	0	1	1	3.00	2.00
2019	MLB NLDS1	LAD	4	0	0	0	.000	4.2	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	-	0.21
2020	MLB ALWC3	MIN	1	1	0	0	.000	5	2	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	-	1.00
2023	MLB ALDS2	MIN	1	0	0	0	.000	2	4	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	2	9.00	3.00

Sabermetrics
Year	Round	Team	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/BB	BB%	K%	K-BB%	RA9	LOB% (est.)	xBA against	xSLG against	xwOBA against	Exit velocity against	HardHit% against	Barrels against	Barrel% against
2016	NLDS2	LAD	12.00	6.00	3.00	2.00	11.8%	23.5%	11.8%	12.00	60.6%	.242	.416	.350	87.8	32.1%	3	10.7%
2016	NLCS	LAD	9.39	5.87	0.00	1.60	13.9%	22.2%	8.3%	4.70	69.2%	.242	.416	.350	87.8	32.1%	3	10.7%
2017	NLDS1	LAD	18.00	0.00	0.00	-	0.0%	66.7%	66.7%	0.00	-	.156	.282	.210	82.8	16.0%	1	4.0%
2017	NLCS	LAD	9.00	0.00	0.00	-	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.00	-
2017	WS	LAD	4.76	3.18	1.59	1.50	8.3%	12.5%	4.2%	1.59	107.1%
2018	NLDS2	LAD	9.00	0.00	0.00	-	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.00	100.0%	.234	.388	.285	91.2	53.3%	0	0.0%
2018	NLCS	LAD	10.13	3.38	0.00	3.00	8.3%	25.0%	16.7%	6.75	50.0%
2018	WS	LAD	18.00	6.00	0.00	3.00	13.3%	40.0%	26.7%	3.00	83.3%
2019	NLDS1	LAD	13.50	0.00	0.00	-	0.0%	46.7%	46.7%	0.00	100.0%	.072	.091	.070	78.3	0.0%	0	0.0%
2020	ALWC3	MIN	9.00	5.40	0.00	1.67	15.0%	25.0%	10.0%	0.00	100.0%	.183	.296	.277	86.8	33.3%	0	0.0%
2023	ALDS2	MIN	9.00	9.00	0.00	1.00	18.2%	18.2%	0.0%	9.00	66.7%	.395	.490	.431	93.4	69.2%	0	0.0%

Kenta Maeda

Kenta Maeda

Postseason Batting

Postseason Pitching