Players · M · Pitcher · 2025
Kenta Maeda
- Age
- 37
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Born
- April 11, 1988 in Osaka, Japan
- MLB debut
- April 6, 2016
- High school
- PL Gakuen
- Salary, 2025
- $10M
- dbWAR
- 14.7 14 season(s)
- IP
- 8.0
- ERA
- 7.88
- FIP
- 6.14
- K/9
- 9.0
- FIP−
- 148 100 = avg
Kenta Maeda was a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2025 he struck out 8 batters over 8.0 innings across 7 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 7.88 was 89.4% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 6.14 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 28.2% of swings (12.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.6%. His -0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | DET | 7 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7.88 | 6.14 | 1.88 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 189 | 148 | -0.1 | |
| 2024 | DET | 29 | 17 | 112.1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 124 | 76 | 96 | 31 | 6.09 | 4.96 | 1.38 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 149 | 122 | -0.1 | |
| 2023 | MIN | 21 | 20 | 104.1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 94 | 49 | 117 | 28 | 4.23 | 4.02 | 1.17 | 10.1 | 2.4 | 98 | 93 | 1.6 | |
| 2021 | MIN | 21 | 21 | 106.1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 106 | 55 | 113 | 32 | 4.66 | 4.10 | 1.30 | 9.6 | 2.7 | 109 | 96 | 1.5 | |
| 2020 | MIN | 11 | 11 | 66.2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 20 | 80 | 10 | 2.70 | 3.00 | 0.75 | 10.8 | 1.3 | 61 | 67 | 1.9 | |
| 2019 | LAD | 37 | 26 | 153.2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 114 | 69 | 169 | 51 | 4.04 | 3.95 | 1.07 | 9.9 | 3.0 | 90 | 88 | 2.4 | |
| 2018 | LAD | 39 | 20 | 125.1 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 115 | 53 | 153 | 43 | 3.81 | 3.22 | 1.26 | 11.0 | 3.1 | 92 | 78 | 2.4 | |
| 2017 | LAD | 29 | 25 | 134.1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 121 | 63 | 140 | 34 | 4.22 | 4.07 | 1.15 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 97 | 93 | 1.9 | |
| 2016 | LAD | 32 | 32 | 175.2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 150 | 68 | 179 | 50 | 3.48 | 3.58 | 1.14 | 9.2 | 2.6 | 83 | 85 | 3.1 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | MIN | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .000 | .500 | 0.0% | 25.0% | .292 | -0.1 | 83 | 0.1 | |
| 2019 | LAD | 30 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .250 | .250 | .292 | .042 | .343 | 0.0% | 21.3% | .232 | -4.7 | 40 | 0.4 | |
| 2018 | LAD | 20 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .094 | .094 | .094 | .000 | .130 | 0.0% | 22.5% | .082 | -7.6 | -66 | -0.2 | |
| 2017 | LAD | 26 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .128 | .128 | .154 | .026 | .139 | 0.0% | 6.8% | .122 | -7.4 | -39 | -0.1 | |
| 2016 | LAD | 33 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .123 | .138 | .193 | .070 | .150 | 1.5% | 24.2% | .145 | -9.3 | -20 | -0.1 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .375 | .571 | .405 | 25.0% |
| vs RHB | 27 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .263 | .462 | .368 | .395 | 14.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Kenta Maeda throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Splitter | 62 | 84.5 | 1,429 | 32.3% | 21.7% | 10 | — | — | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 31 | 90.2 | 2,216 | 45.2% | 17.6% | 6 | — | — | |
| Sweeper | 30 | 80.1 | 2,598 | 60.0% | 44.4% | 10 | — | — | |
| Slider | 30 | 81.4 | 2,561 | 53.3% | 41.7% | 1 | — | — | |
| Sinker | 14 | 90.0 | 2,250 | 50.0% | 20.0% | 3 | — | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.