Kenley Jansen
Detroit Tigers · No. 74 · P

Kenley Jansen

6' 5", 265 lbs·Age 38·Bats S / Throws R
↑ HotL3 games
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2015–2026 · 10,331 pitches · 92.9 mph fastball
2026 · 26 G
4.63
ERA
1-4
W-L
23.3
IP
1.20
WHIP
24
SO
12
BB
9.3
K/9
11
SV
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Career Highs
1.32
Best ERA · 2017
5
Most W · 2025
111
Most K · 2013
0.67
Best WHIP · 2016
Career Arc · ERA
17 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 11110010
Jul 9110110S
Jul 5100000S
Jul 20.33300100
Jun 281.33323111L
Jun 25121000
Jun 20110100S
Jun 19100010S
Jun 13100020
May 270.66700100

Career · Hitting

15 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2010261001.0002.000
201151000
201265000
201375100
201468100
201554000
201672000
2017654011.250
201869000
201962100
202169100
202351000
202454000
202562000
202628000
Career8719011.000

Career · Pitching

17 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20102527.0100.67411.00
20115153.2212.85961.04
20126565.0532.35990.85
20137576.2431.881110.86
20146865.1232.761011.13
20155452.1212.41800.78
20167168.2321.831040.67
20176568.1501.321090.75
20186971.2153.01820.99
20196263.0533.71801.06
20202724.1313.33331.15
20216969.0442.22861.04
20226564.0523.38851.05
20235144.2363.63521.28
20245454.2423.29621.06
20256259.0542.59570.95
20262824.2144.38271.22
Career961947.855441305
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 10,235 pitches · 2015–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FCSISLFF
FC · Cutter76.5% · 92.7 mph
SI · Sinker11.7% · 93.6 mph
SL · Slider9.6% · 82.6 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball1.8% · 94.6 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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