How Kenta Maeda's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Kenta Maeda has posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .234, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2019, posting .202, well below the starting pitcher average of .256 that year. The highest point came in 2024 at .280, above the starting pitcher average of .247 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from .239 in 2023 to .280 in 2024 and .265 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. One of the more consistent Opposing Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 8 seasons.

Kenta Maeda Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Kenta Maeda Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Kenta Maeda's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Kenta Maeda Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Kenta Maeda Opposing Batting Average by Team

Kenta Maeda's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Kenta Maeda Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Kenta Maeda's career Opposing Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Kenta Maeda Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Kenta Maeda Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Kenta Maeda's seasonal Opposing Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Kenta Maeda Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Kenta Maeda Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Kenta Maeda's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Kenta Maeda Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table