What years did Kenta Maeda play?

Kenta Maeda played in Major League Baseball from 2016 to 2025.

Was Kenta Maeda a pitcher?

Yes. Kenta Maeda pitched in the major leagues, recording 68 wins and 1055 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Kenta Maeda hit?

Kenta Maeda hit 1 career home runs with 28 hits.

What was Kenta Maeda's career batting average?

Kenta Maeda batted .156 over his career, with 28 hits in 179 at bats.

How many RBI did Kenta Maeda have?

Kenta Maeda drove in 14 runs in his career.

What was Kenta Maeda's career ERA?

Kenta Maeda finished with a 4.20 career ERA, going 68-56 with 1,055 strikeouts.

Kenta Maeda

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2016-2025)

Kenta Maeda is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2016 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Minnesota Twins, and the Detroit Tigers, a span of 10 seasons. Across 226 career appearances, he has gone 68-56 with a 4.20 ERA and 1,055 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 10204.2.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

Active Player

W–L 68–56

ERA 4.20

WHIP 1.17

SO 1,055

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 10204.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 185 lb
Born: 4/11/1988 in Osaka, Osaka, Japan
MLB Debut: 2016-04-06

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Career Pitching Statistics

Kenta Maeda — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
68	56	226	172	0	0	6	986.2	873	460	142	285	1,055	4.20	10204.2

Career ERA 4.20 vs. league average 4.26 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Kenta Maeda Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2016	LAN	NL	16	11	32	32	0	175.2	150	68	50	179	3.48	4.19 (+17%)	2778.9
2017	LAN	NL	13	6	29	25	1	134.1	121	63	34	140	4.22	4.36 (+3%)	982.6
2018	LAN	NL	8	10	39	20	2	125.1	115	53	43	153	3.81	4.15 (+8%)	2996.8
2019	LAN	NL	10	8	37	26	3	153.2	114	69	51	169	4.04	4.51 (+10%)	2201.9
2020	MIN	AL	6	1	11	11	0	66.2	40	20	10	80	2.70	4.45 (+39%)	2461.4
2021	MIN	AL	6	5	21	21	0	106.1	106	55	32	113	4.66	4.27 (-9%)	446.8
2023	MIN	AL	6	8	21	20	0	104.1	94	49	28	117	4.23	4.33 (+2%)	825.7
2024	DET	AL	3	7	29	17	0	112.1	124	76	31	96	6.09	4.08 (-49%)	-2489.9
2025	DET	AL	0	0	7	0	0	8.0	9	7	6	8	7.88	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			68	56	226	172	6	986.2	873	460	285	1,055	4.20	—	10,204

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Kenta Maeda — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
238	179	12	28	4	0	1	14	0	1	42	.156	.161	.196	.357	-513

Career AVG .156 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — 37.1% below league average.

Career OBP .161 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 49.5% below league average.

Career SLG .196 vs. league average .415 across their career seasons — 52.8% below league average.

Career OPS .357 vs. league average .734 across their career seasons — 51.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Kenta Maeda Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2016	LAN	NL	35	57	5	7	1	1	4	1	16	.123	.255 (-52%)	.321 (-57%)	.417 (-54%)	.738 (-55%)	-513.4
2017	LAN	NL	30	39	2	5	1	0	4	0	3	.128	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	LAN	NL	41	32	0	3	0	0	0	0	9	.094	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	LAN	NL	41	48	3	12	2	0	6	0	13	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	MIN	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	MIN	AL	23	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	MIN	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	DET	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	DET	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			238	179	12	28	4	1	14	1	42	.156	—	—	—	—	-513

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Kenta Maeda — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
26	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333

Playoff Batting by Year

Kenta Maeda — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	AVG
2023	ALDS2	MIN	1	0	0	.000
2020	ALWC3	MIN	1	0	0	.000
2019	NLDS1	LAN	4	0	0	.000
2018	NLCS	LAN	4	0	0	.000
2018	NLDS2	LAN	1	0	0	.000
2018	WS	LAN	3	0	0	.000
2017	NLCS	LAN	3	0	0	.000
2017	NLDS1	LAN	2	1	0	.000
2017	WS	LAN	4	0	0	.000
2016	NLCS	LAN	2	2	1	.500
2016	NLDS2	LAN	1	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Kenta Maeda — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	1	26	4	0	39.2	33	14	17	46	3.18

Playoff Pitching by Year

Kenta Maeda — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2023	ALDS2	MIN	0	0	1	0	2.0	4	2	2	2	9.00
2020	ALWC3	MIN	0	0	1	1	5.0	2	0	3	5	0.00
2019	NLDS1	LAN	0	0	4	0	4.2	1	0	0	7	0.00
2018	NLCS	LAN	0	0	4	0	2.2	3	2	1	3	6.75
2018	NLDS2	LAN	0	0	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	1	0.00
2018	WS	LAN	0	0	3	0	3.0	4	1	2	6	3.00
2017	NLCS	LAN	1	0	3	0	3.0	0	0	0	3	0.00
2017	NLDS1	LAN	1	0	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	4	0.00
2017	WS	LAN	0	0	4	0	5.2	5	1	2	3	1.59
2016	NLCS	LAN	0	0	2	2	7.2	7	4	5	8	4.70
2016	NLDS2	LAN	0	1	1	1	3.0	5	4	2	4	12.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Kenta Maeda — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	114	87	7	14	0	7	.161
Away	123	92	5	14	1	7	.152

Pitching — Home / Away

Kenta Maeda — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	105	486.2	407	190	126	519	3.51
Away	120	499.1	466	270	159	535	4.87

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Kenta Maeda — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-04-29	DET	HOU	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2025-04-27	DET	BAL	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2025-04-18	DET	KCR	—	0.1	2	2	1	1	0	0
2025-04-14	DET	MIL	—	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	0
2025-04-13	DET	MIN	—	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0
2025-04-04	DET	CHW	—	1.0	4	3	3	1	1	0
2025-03-29	DET	LAD	—	2.0	2	2	2	1	3	1
2024-09-29	DET	CHW	L	4.2	5	5	5	1	5	1
2024-09-20	DET	BAL	—	2.1	0	0	0	0	5	0
2024-09-14	DET	BAL	—	2.0	2	3	3	1	2	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Kenta Maeda — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	226	172	66	108	13	16

Season-by-Season Fielding

Kenta Maeda — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2016	LAN	P	32	32	17	24	3	4
2017	LAN	P	29	25	11	15	3	3
2018	LAN	P	39	20	4	18	1	1
2019	LAN	P	37	26	11	18	1	3
2020	MIN	P	11	11	1	11	1	0
2021	MIN	P	21	21	6	10	1	2
2023	MIN	P	21	20	2	2	1	0
2024	DET	P	29	17	13	10	2	3
2025	DET	P	7	0	1	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Kenta Maeda Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	226
Designated Hitter	1

Awards & Honors

Kenta Maeda — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2020	All-MLB Team - Second Team	SP

Salary History

Kenta Maeda — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	LAN	NL	$3,125,000
Total Career Earnings			$3,125,000

Award Voting History

Kenta Maeda — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2020	Cy Young Award	AL	2nd	92.0	210	0
2016	Rookie of the Year	NL	3rd	37.0	150	0

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Kenta Maeda: the record in brief

Kenta Maeda's major league record starts with the debut on April 6, 2016 and remains open, because the career is ongoing. Club by club, the record runs the Los Angeles Dodgers (2016 to 2019), the Minnesota Twins (2020 through 2023), and the Detroit Tigers (2024 through 2025). Maeda played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on April 11, 1988, in Osaka, Osaka, Japan and a listed size of 6 feet, 1 inch and 185 pounds.

Across 226 games (172 starts), Maeda has recorded 68 wins against 56 losses with a 4.20 ERA. Also on Maeda's record: 1,055 strikeouts. Maeda's 4.20 ERA was close to the 4.26 league figure for those seasons. Maeda won 16 games in 2016, the most of any season listed. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.48 in 2016, when the league's was 4.19. Maeda's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 10,204.2.

Frequently Asked Questions about Kenta Maeda

What years did Kenta Maeda play?: Kenta Maeda played in Major League Baseball from 2016 to 2025.
Was Kenta Maeda a pitcher?: Yes. Kenta Maeda pitched in the major leagues, recording 68 wins and 1055 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Kenta Maeda hit?: Kenta Maeda hit 1 career home runs with 28 hits.
What was Kenta Maeda's career batting average?: Kenta Maeda batted .156 over his career, with 28 hits in 179 at bats.
How many RBI did Kenta Maeda have?: Kenta Maeda drove in 14 runs in his career.
What was Kenta Maeda's career ERA?: Kenta Maeda finished with a 4.20 career ERA, going 68-56 with 1,055 strikeouts.