Kenta Maeda
| Kenta Maeda | |
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 Maeda with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |
| Hiroshima Toyo Carp – No. 18 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: April 11, 1988 Osaka, Japan | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| debut | |
| April 5, 2008, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |
| NPB statistics (through 2015) | |
| Win-Loss | 97-67 |
| Earned run average | 2.39 |
| Strikeouts | 1233 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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Kenta Maeda (前田 健太, Maeda Kenta, born April 11, 1988) is a Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Central League. He won the 2010 Sawamura Award with a record of 15-8 and a 2.21 ERA, with 174 strikeouts in 215 and 2/3 innings, and six complete games with two shutouts. He also became the youngest pitcher in Japanese baseball history to achieve the pitching Triple Crown[1] and won a Gold Glove in the same year. He is nicknamed "Maeken" by fans and teammates (from MAEda KENta).
Born in Osaka, Maeda is a 6 ft 0 in (183 cm), 178 lb (81 kg) right-handed pitcher. With a three-quarters delivery Maeda throws two fastballs (four-seam, two-seam) that sit in 88-92 mph (tops out at 95 mph), an average change-up, an occasional curveball, and a solid-average slider in low-80s, which is his best pitch. He also has excellent command, posting a walks per nine innings rate of 1.9 in his career (through 2015 season).
2013 World Baseball Classic
Maeda competed for the Japanese national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, and said he would use the tournament to assess his desire to compete in Major League Baseball, based on how he fares against their hitters.[2] Maeda started 2 games in the pool rounds, against China and Netherlands, amassing a 2-0 record with 0.00 ERA, 0.30 WHIP, allowing just 2 hits, 1 walk striking out 15 in 10 innings. He was selected in the tournament's Best-9 lineup.
References
External links
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
2013 World Baseball Classic All WBC Team | |
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