Kenta Maeda

Kenta Maeda
Kenta Maeda
	Maeda with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017
Detroit Tigers – No. 18
	Pitcher
	Born: April 11, 1988 (age 36); Tadaoka, Osaka, Japan
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
Professional debut
	NPB: April 5, 2008, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
	MLB: April 6, 2016, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
NPB statistics
Win–loss record	97–67
Earned run average	2.39
Strikeouts	1,233
MLB statistics ; (through September 14, 2024)
Win–loss record	68–55
Earned run average	4.15
Strikeouts	1,037
Teams
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2008–2015); Los Angeles Dodgers (2016–2019); Minnesota Twins (2020–2021, 2023); Detroit Tigers (2024–present);
Career highlights and awards
	NPB Japanese Triple Crown (2010); 5× NPB All-Star (2010, 2012–2015); 3× Best Nine Award (2010, 2013, 2015); 5× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2010, 2012–2015); 2× Eiji Sawamura Award (2010, 2015); 2× Central League wins champion (2010, 2015); 3× Central League ERA champion (2010, 2012, 2013); 2× Central League strikeout champion (2010, 2011); NPB All-Star Game MVP (2012 Game 2); MLB All-MLB Second Team (2020);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
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Kenta Maeda (前田健太, Maeda Kenta, born April 11, 1988) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Maeda debuted with the Carp in 2008. He won the Eiji Sawamura Award in 2010 and 2015. After the 2015 season, the Carp posted Maeda to MLB and he signed an eight-year contract with the Dodgers. The Dodgers traded Maeda to the Twins before the 2020 season and he signed a two-year contract with the Tigers before the 2024 season.