Kenta Maeda
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 1" 185LBS | Age: 35

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 0 4 9.00 4 4 0 16.0 14 1.63
7 Seasons 59 45 3.98 173 139 6 778.0 848 1.15
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 4 0-4 9.00 16.0 14 1.63
7 Seasons 173 59-45 3.98 778.0 848 1.15

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2016 28 2930 479 26 5.4 3.6 85.7 110.9 12.7 34.9 .224 .358 .281 .281 .342 25.5 25.0 7.0 3.48 3.28
2017 29 2181 378 18 4.8 3.2 86.2 111.7 15.0 34.9 .230 .377 .303 .287 .353 28.4 25.1 6.1 4.22 3.50
2018 30 2051 331 19 5.7 3.6 87.3 114.1 13.4 36.3 .223 .358 .304 .287 .370 32.3 28.8 8.1 3.81 3.45
2019 31 2433 400 22 5.5 3.5 86.1 112.0 15.4 35.5 .214 .342 .274 .274 .333 28.7 27.1 8.2 4.04 3.26
2020 32 986 158 11 7.0 4.4 85.3 113.9 10.8 31.0 .208 .351 .219 .257 .361 24.7 32.3 4.0 2.70 2.75
2021 33 1775 300 19 6.3 4.2 87.7 113.3 15.0 36.0 .232 .382 .325 .298 .359 36.3 24.9 7.1 4.66 3.73
2023 35 262 56 5 8.9 6.8 92.8 111.6 18.4 42.9 .275 .468 .390 .332 .395 51.8 19.2 4.1 9.00 4.57
Player 12618 2102 120 5.7 3.7 86.6 114.1 14.1 35.3 .224 .364 .291 .283 .352 29.9 26.5 7.0
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Maeda relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(31.3%) ,
Split Finger
(31.3%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(23.3%) ,
Sinker
(9.2%) ,
Curveball
(5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 44.9 20.0 27.1 7.9 33.2 41.8 25.1 2.9 35.7 25.7 25.3 3.5 5.4 3.6
2017 40.2 22.5 28.3 9.0 34.1 37.6 28.3 3.7 29.6 28.0 25.4 5.6 4.8 3.2
2018 42.0 21.8 28.7 7.6 39.9 35.6 24.2 4.5 26.6 23.6 29.0 4.8 5.7 3.6
2019 41.0 24.5 25.0 9.5 38.0 35.0 27.0 5.3 30.0 30.3 24.8 4.0 5.5 3.5
2020 49.4 18.4 22.2 10.1 34.2 44.9 20.9 5.1 39.9 25.3 19.0 2.5 7.0 4.4
2021 40.0 25.3 25.7 9.0 41.0 32.7 26.3 6.3 28.3 28.0 23.0 8.0 6.3 4.2
2023 32.1 33.9 28.6 5.4 41.1 37.5 21.4 5.4 17.9 28.6 28.6 10.7 8.9 6.8
Player 42.2 22.6 26.6 8.6 36.7 37.6 25.6 4.5 30.9 27.0 25.1 4.9 5.7 3.7
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2023 Slider MIN R 82 81.9 37.3 -2.5 -6 5.4 -2.9 -35
2023 Sinker MIN R 24 89.3 25.0 -0.6 -3 14.6 -0.6 -4
2023 Splitter MIN R 82 84.1 36.6 0.9 3 12.7 1.0 9
2023 Curveball MIN R 13 76.2 61.2 3.4 6 12.3 2.5 25
2023 4-Seamer MIN R 61 89.5 18.6 -1.0 -6 7.6 0.1 1
2021 Sinker MIN R 94 89.9 25.2 0.3 1 15.7 1.0 7
2021 Slider MIN R 652 82.1 35.5 -4.3 -11 5.2 -1.5 -23
2021 4-Seamer MIN R 460 90.6 17.5 -0.9 -5 7.8 0.5 7
2021 Curveball MIN R 64 75.2 60.9 1.2 2 11.0 2.0 22
2021 Splitter MIN R 505 84.2 37.0 2.5 7 12.4 1.6 14
2020 4-Seamer MIN R 184 91.6 17.1 -0.7 -4 7.8 0.5 6
2020 Splitter MIN R 289 84.5 35.9 1.9 6 12.6 1.0 8
2020 Sinker MIN R 70 90.8 24.3 0.6 2 15.8 0.9 6
2020 Curveball MIN R 34 78.5 52.9 -1.5 -3 6.7 -2.3 -26
2020 Slider MIN R 382 82.9 33.4 -5.6 -14 3.2 -2.6 -44
2020 Cutter MIN R 27 87.2 27.9 -0.2 -1 1.4 -1.0 -42
2019 Curveball LAD R 178 77.1 59.3 1.7 3 11.2 1.6 17
2019 4-Seamer LAD R 832 92.1 17.1 -0.3 -2 6.9 -0.7 -9
2019 Splitter LAD R 587 84.9 34.4 0.5 1 12.4 1.4 13
2019 Sinker LAD R 79 91.9 23.2 -0.1 0 15.0 0.1 1
2019 Slider LAD R 757 83.5 33.9 -4.9 -13 4.7 -0.9 -17
2018 Cutter LAD R 1 91.4 19.9 4.7 19 0.8 -1.0 -57
2018 Slider LAD R 579 84.1 34.1 -3.9 -10 3.9 -1.1 -22
2018 4-Seamer LAD R 822 91.9 16.1 0.6 4 7.1 -0.4 -5
2018 Splitter LAD R 299 84.4 34.1 -0.4 -1 12.7 1.7 16
2018 Sinker LAD R 45 91.2 22.5 -0.8 -4 15.4 0.9 6
2018 Curveball LAD R 219 77.3 60.1 2.4 4 9.3 0.1 1
2017 Curveball LAD R 305 75.1 60.0 1.3 2 8.8 -1.2 -12
2017 Changeup LAD R 220 83.8 28.0 -2.3 -7 12.4 -1.1 -8
2017 4-Seamer LAD R 744 92.0 13.1 2.3 15 7.0 -1.1 -14
2017 Cutter LAD R 186 87.9 22.6 4.0 15 0.8 -1.2 -59
2017 Slider LAD R 532 83.9 28.7 -7.8 -21 4.2 -0.3 -7
2017 Sinker LAD R 187 90.4 21.5 -1.2 -5 15.4 0.7 5
2016 Slider LAD R 853 82.0 31.7 -6.5 -17 6.1 -0.1 -2
2016 Changeup LAD R 278 83.1 27.7 -2.6 -9 13.4 0.9 7
2016 Sinker LAD R 391 90.2 19.1 -2.1 -10 13.3 -0.5 -4
2016 4-Seamer LAD R 850 90.7 14.2 1.7 11 6.4 -0.8 -11
2016 Curveball LAD R 519 73.0 63.3 1.6 3 11.2 -0.9 -8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 Splitter 0.9 1 82 31.3 20 .211 .263 .233 16.7 15.0 11.5 .258 .377 .296 50.0
2023 Slider 4.0 3 82 31.3 30 .367 .800 .487 35.3 23.3 25.9 .278 .511 .333 47.8
2023 4-Seamer 3.9 2 61 23.3 14 .462 .615 .486 26.1 28.6 25.0 .292 .440 .340 55.6
2023 Sinker -4.3 -1 24 9.2 5 .200 .200 .180 9.1 0.0 -- .323 .719 .438 60.0
2023 Curveball 5.2 1 13 5.0 4 .333 .333 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 .209 .325 .342 66.7
2021 Slider -0.6 -4 652 36.7 173 .232 .424 .337 32.4 23.1 18.9 .195 .327 .282 27.9
2021 Splitter 0.8 4 505 28.5 149 .229 .340 .274 33.0 30.2 22.4 .223 .318 .245 39.0
2021 4-Seamer 0.2 1 460 25.9 103 .297 .549 .396 23.2 27.2 23.3 .270 .539 .377 48.4
2021 Sinker 6.5 6 94 5.3 22 .524 .714 .548 12.5 0.0 0.0 .386 .562 .421 33.3
2021 Curveball -0.6 0 64 3.6 5 .000 .000 .140 14.3 0.0 0.0 .264 .297 .337 25.0
2020 Slider -0.8 -3 382 38.7 93 .216 .466 .321 33.2 25.8 22.0 .224 .458 .309 23.4
2020 Splitter -2.4 -7 289 29.3 93 .122 .156 .152 45.6 40.9 27.5 .197 .260 .216 25.0
2020 4-Seamer -2.7 -5 184 18.7 36 .086 .114 .104 25.7 44.4 27.6 .138 .171 .151 10.5
2020 Sinker -1.4 -1 70 7.1 12 .182 .455 .300 21.4 8.3 12.5 .225 .412 .308 30.0
2020 Curveball 6.0 2 34 3.4 6 .333 .833 .483 20.0 0.0 0.0 .431 1.061 .614 66.7
2020 Cutter -0.5 0 27 2.7 8 .375 .500 .381 12.5 12.5 12.5 .285 .356 .288 28.6
2019 4-Seamer 0.0 0 832 34.2 175 .278 .514 .393 20.7 19.4 18.9 .254 .459 .359 36.3
2019 Slider -2.1 -16 757 31.1 231 .157 .290 .226 40.0 34.2 27.5 .171 .271 .215 20.1
2019 Splitter 0.3 2 587 24.1 181 .183 .314 .259 35.9 27.1 19.8 .220 .304 .256 29.2
2019 Curveball 0.4 1 178 7.3 18 .294 .588 .350 26.8 16.7 27.3 .322 .582 .378 46.7
2019 Sinker -0.4 0 79 3.2 18 .235 .529 .339 21.6 22.2 30.8 .263 .402 .301 30.8
2018 4-Seamer 0.4 3 822 40.1 200 .297 .506 .395 16.0 18.0 15.3 .265 .498 .373 42.8
2018 Slider -0.8 -5 579 28.2 166 .211 .355 .278 44.0 35.5 25.9 .195 .278 .242 21.1
2018 Splitter -1.6 -5 299 14.6 94 .143 .209 .181 46.8 44.7 30.7 .161 .204 .178 24.5
2018 Curveball 1.6 4 219 10.7 29 .357 .571 .438 28.0 20.7 26.1 .307 .493 .353 36.4
2018 Sinker 1.7 1 45 2.2 18 .294 .294 .289 17.4 11.1 66.7 .344 .458 .369 26.7
2018 Cutter -6.5 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer 0.0 0 744 34.1 185 .237 .405 .299 20.8 27.0 18.9 .241 .402 .293 30.4
2017 Slider -1.3 -7 532 24.4 150 .197 .348 .280 38.9 34.0 25.5 .185 .291 .244 20.7
2017 Curveball 0.0 0 305 14.0 52 .255 .447 .337 24.7 9.6 13.2 .262 .450 .330 41.9
2017 Changeup 3.1 7 220 10.1 59 .316 .526 .386 29.2 20.3 14.1 .306 .507 .355 31.1
2017 Sinker 0.2 0 187 8.6 49 .238 .452 .350 20.8 20.4 22.2 .207 .343 .299 34.4
2017 Cutter -2.8 -5 186 8.5 59 .236 .455 .313 20.6 18.6 21.2 .220 .345 .263 17.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Curveball 33 78.3 60 13.4 7:30 7:00 30
2020 Cutter 21 87.4 39 7.7 12:45 11:45 60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 176 91.6 89 16.8 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Splitter 260 84.4 87 13.4 2:00 3:00 -60
2020 Sinker 61 90.8 82 18.4 1:15 2:15 -60
2020 Slider 363 82.9 19 7.6 10:30 11:00 -30
2021 Curveball 64 75.2 74 19.2 7:15 7:15 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 460 90.6 87 17.2 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Splitter 478 84.2 85 13.2 2:00 3:00 -60
2021 Sinker 94 89.9 80 18.2 1:15 2:15 -60
2021 Slider 646 82.1 21 8.0 10:00 10:15 -15
2023 Curveball 13 76.2 82 21.1 7:15 7:15 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 60 89.5 80 16.8 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Splitter 74 84.1 86 13.7 2:00 3:00 -60
2023 Sinker 24 89.3 73 17.5 1:15 2:00 -45
2023 Slider 81 82.0 19 6.7 9:15 9:45 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 763 3,116 -12 -19 9 10 -12
2017 592 2,325 -5 -25 12 9 -9
2018 537 2,100 3 -13 4 5 -1
2019 638 2,491 -9 -25 9 8 -17
2020 268 1,077 -4 -18 4 2 -17
2021 452 1,775 -7 -3 7 10 6
2023 73 262 4 0 2 1 6
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2016 2,930 44.4 63.5 79.9 31.7 58.7 41.9 61.7 45.8 27.4 7.2 71.6
2017 2,181 48.4 68.3 79.8 29.0 53.1 43.3 64.2 48.1 27.0 7.3 78.6
2018 2,051 48.1 69.7 78.9 31.7 44.9 41.4 63.2 49.9 31.3 7.2 76.8
2019 2,433 45.7 67.1 76.4 33.6 50.0 42.0 64.8 48.9 32.1 6.3 74.7
2020 986 43.6 69.5 80.3 39.6 44.1 41.4 64.5 52.6 34.7 7.3 72.2
2021 1,775 45.2 70.7 80.1 32.2 52.4 39.5 59.8 49.6 29.3 6.9 75.6
2023 262 45.4 63.9 84.2 34.3 59.2 44.7 57.5 47.7 24.8 9.2 83.3
Player 12,618 46.0 67.6 79.2 32.4 51.7 41.8 62.9 48.6 29.7 7.1 75.1
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.3 76.1
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Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2016 81 77 74 71 81 27 63 96 98 76 64 80 80 20 67 63 52
2017 77 72 68 63 85 39 72 76 85 70 85 71 66 26 66 47 39
2018 73 70 73 67 68 41 65 77 73 84 50 84 88 38 65 67 44
2019 86 81 88 87 83 39 79 97 96 73 48 87 89 37 56 73 37
2020 92 80 71 63 97 19 52 93 98 88 95 89 100 23 50 26
2021 67 59 59 59 69 45 72 74 67 60 69 73 89 15 53 72 17
2023 36 19 21 25 60 57 36 2 3 27 93 45 91 8 64 23
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.8 21 18.3 3 8 14 8 38.1
2017 21.7 23 17.0 6 9 19 2 8.7
2018 22.5 13 11.3 2 9 10 4 30.8
2019 22.9 22 18.8 3 10 18 6 27.3
2020 24.9 9 9.1 0 1 5 5 55.6
2021 23.9 16 16.8 -1 3 8 10 62.5
2023 24.2 3 3.0 0 1 2 1 33.3
Player 23.0 107 94.4 13 41 76 36 33.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 21 20 12 21 19 16 20 18 16 13 17 20 18 16 18 19 11 15 20 20 20 16 26 23 18 18 18 26 22 18 15
2017 23 18 16 15 20 17 20 17 13 12 16 25 17 17 17 18 12 14 18 17 18 13 24 18 13 13 18 24 20 21 10
2018 13 16 12 12 13 7 12 11 8 7 8 14 13 9 8 14 9 9 10 17 10 13 19 15 9 7 10 17 12 11 8
2019 22 25 17 17 21 20 23 16 16 9 14 23 21 20 20 17 16 16 18 21 21 22 26 20 15 16 14 23 23 20 13
2020 9 10 10 9 9 9 10 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 9 8 8 9 9 10 9 8
2021 16 17 15 19 17 18 18 17 14 14 15 18 17 16 17 18 17 17 18 17 17 15 19 19 17 15 20 18 16 15 14
2023 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
Player 107 107 85 96 102 90 106 91 78 66 82 113 98 90 93 98 77 83 97 106 98 92 127 107 83 80 92 121 106 97 71
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.6 91.0 0.4 ↑ 91.9 0.9 ↑ 92.1 0.2 ↑ 91.0 -1.1 ↓ 90.5 -0.5 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.1 83.8 0.7 ↑ 84.4 0.6 ↑ 84.9 0.5 ↑ 84.5 -0.4 ↓ 84.2 -0.3 ↓
Breaking Velocity 78.6 80.7 2.1 ↑ 82.2 1.5 ↑ 82.3 0.1 ↑ 82.6 0.3 ↑ 81.5 -1.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 85.7 86.2 0.5 ↑ 87.3 1.1 ↑ 86.1 -1.2 ↓ 85.3 -0.8 ↓ 87.7 2.4 ↑
Launch Angle 12.7 15.0 2.3 ↑ 13.4 -1.6 ↓ 15.4 2.0 ↑ 10.8 -4.6 ↓ 15.0 4.2 ↑
Barrel % 5.4 4.8 -0.6 ↓ 5.7 0.9 ↑ 5.5 -0.2 ↓ 7.0 1.5 ↑ 6.3 -0.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 25.5 28.4 2.9 ↑ 32.3 3.9 ↑ 28.7 -3.6 ↓ 24.7 -4.0 ↓ 36.3 11.6 ↑
Sweet Spot % 34.9 34.9 0.0 36.3 1.4 ↑ 35.5 -0.8 ↓ 31.0 -4.5 ↓ 36.0 5.0 ↑
xBA .224 .230 0.006 ↑ .223 -0.007 ↓ .214 -0.009 ↓ .208 -0.006 ↓ .232 0.024 ↑
BA .229 .238 0.009 ↑ .240 0.002 ↑ .202 -0.038 ↓ .168 -0.034 ↓ .258 0.090 ↑
xwOBA .281 .287 0.006 ↑ .287 0.000 .274 -0.013 ↓ .257 -0.017 ↓ .298 0.041 ↑
wOBA .281 .303 0.022 ↑ .304 0.001 ↑ .274 -0.030 ↓ .219 -0.055 ↓ .325 0.106 ↑
xSLG .358 .377 0.019 ↑ .358 -0.019 ↓ .342 -0.016 ↓ .351 0.009 ↑ .382 0.031 ↑
SLG .359 .423 0.064 ↑ .399 -0.024 ↓ .371 -0.028 ↓ .307 -0.064 ↓ .433 0.126 ↑
K% 25.0 25.1 0.1 ↑ 28.8 3.7 ↑ 27.1 -1.7 ↓ 32.3 5.2 ↑ 24.9 -7.4 ↓
BB% 7.0 6.1 -0.9 ↓ 8.1 2.0 ↑ 8.2 0.1 ↑ 4.0 -4.2 ↓ 7.1 3.1 ↑
Swing % 45.8 48.1 2.3 ↑ 49.9 1.8 ↑ 48.9 -1.0 ↓ 52.6 3.7 ↑ 49.6 -3.0 ↓
Whiff% 27.4 27.0 -0.4 ↓ 31.3 4.3 ↑ 32.1 0.8 ↑ 34.7 2.6 ↑ 29.3 -5.4 ↓
In Zone % 44.4 48.4 4.0 ↑ 48.1 -0.3 ↓ 45.7 -2.4 ↓ 43.6 -2.1 ↓ 45.2 1.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.6 51.6 -4.0 ↓ 51.9 0.3 ↑ 54.3 2.4 ↑ 56.4 2.1 ↑ 54.8 -1.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.7 29.0 -2.7 ↓ 31.7 2.7 ↑ 33.6 1.9 ↑ 39.6 6.0 ↑ 32.2 -7.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.7 29.7 3.0 ↑ 34.0 4.3 ↑ 34.2 0.2 ↑ 33.1 -1.1 ↓ 32.7 -0.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 64.2 2.5 ↑ 63.2 -1.0 ↓ 64.8 1.6 ↑ 64.5 -0.3 ↓ 59.8 -4.7 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 705 .282 375 31 8.3 330 62 18.8
2017 553 .301 278 12 4.3 275 56 20.4
2018 508 .304 277 30 10.8 231 115 49.8
2019 623 .274 312 151 48.4 311 248 79.7
2020 248 .219 102 22 21.6 146 89 61.0
2021 451 .326 220 29 13.2 231 176 76.2
2023 73 .390 45 0 0.0 28 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

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