Kenta Maeda
2016–2025 · P

Kenta Maeda

6' 1", 185 lbs·Lived to 38·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2016–2025 · 16,212 pitches · 91.1 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.70
Best ERA · 2020
16
Most W · 2016
179
Most K · 2016
0.750
Best WHIP · 2020
Career Arc · OPS
5 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
9 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

9 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2016LAD355714.123.33145
2017LAD303904.128.28238
2018LAD413200.094.18826
2019LAD414806.250.54272
2020MIN11000
2021MIN23300.333.66792
2023MIN21000
2024DET29000
2025DET7000
Career238179114.156

Career · Pitching

9 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2016LAD32175.716113.481201791.139
2017LAD29134.31364.221031401.154
2018LAD39125.38103.811091531.261
2019LAD37153.71084.041111691.074
2020MIN1166.7612.70164800.750
2021MIN21106.3654.66911131.298
2023MIN21104.3684.231021171.169
2024DET29112.3376.0967961.380
2025DET78.0007.885381.875
Career226986.668561055
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 · 16,065 pitches · 2016–2025
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSLFSCUSICHSTFC
FF · 4-Seam Fastball30.1% · 91.4 mph
SL · Slider28.6% · 82.8 mph
FS · Split-Finger18.0% · 84.3 mph
CU · Curveball8.8% · 75.1 mph
SI · Sinker7.1% · 90.4 mph
CH · Changeup3.1% · 83.4 mph
ST · Sweeper2.8% · 80.3 mph
FC · Cutter1.5% · 87.4 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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