Kenley Jansen

Relief pitcher for Detroit

Age: 38, 265 lbs, 6'5"

Born: 9/30/1987, Willemstad, Curacao

Sal: N/A

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Named favorite to close by manager.

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch indicated Wednesday on the Tiger Territory podcast that Jansen will open the season as the team's favorite to serve as closer.

Seasons	City	GP	CG	IP	ERA	W	L	ShO	Sv	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	HB	BB	WP	Bk	R	ER	NH	WHIP	K/9	PPts	PPts/GP
2025	DET	62	0	59.0	2.59	5	4	0	29	37	5	1	8	57	1	19	0	3	18	17	0	0.95	8.69	112.0	1.8
2024	BOS	54	0	54.7	3.29	4	2	0	27	38	9	0	4	62	1	20	2	2	20	20	0	1.06	10.21	101.0	1.9
2023	BOS	51	0	44.7	3.63	3	6	0	29	40	9	0	5	52	2	17	1	2	21	18	0	1.28	10.48	102.0	2.0
2022	BOS	65	0	64.0	3.38	5	2	0	41	45	6	3	8	85	2	22	1	1	25	24	0	1.05	11.95	148.0	2.3
2021	LAD	69	0	69.0	2.22	4	4	0	38	36	7	0	4	86	2	36	4	2	21	17	0	1.04	11.22	134.0	1.9
2020	LAD	27	0	24.3	3.33	3	1	0	11	19	0	0	2	33	3	9	0	0	11	9	0	1.15	12.21	48.0	1.8
2019	LAD	62	0	63.0	3.71	5	3	0	33	51	0	0	9	80	4	16	2	0	28	26	0	1.06	11.43	124.0	2.0
2018	LAD	69	0	71.7	3.01	1	5	0	38	54	0	0	13	82	2	17	0	0	28	24	0	0.99	10.30	119.0	1.7
2017	LAD	65	0	68.3	1.32	5	0	0	41	44	0	0	5	109	2	7	2	0	11	10	0	0.75	14.36	148.0	2.3
2016	LAD	72	0	68.7	1.83	3	2	0	47	35	0	0	4	104	2	11	1	0	14	14	0	0.67	13.63	156.0	2.2
2015	LAD	54	0	52.3	2.41	2	1	0	36	33	0	0	6	80	2	8	0	0	14	14	0	0.78	13.76	118.0	2.2
2014	LAD	68	0	65.3	2.76	2	3	0	44	55	0	0	5	101	0	19	2	0	20	20	0	1.13	13.91	142.0	2.1
2013	LAD	75	0	76.7	1.88	4	3	0	28	48	0	0	6	111	3	18	2	0	16	16	0	0.86	13.03	104.0	1.4
2012	LAD	65	0	65.0	2.35	5	3	0	25	33	0	0	6	0	3	22	3	0	18	17	0	0.85	0.00	100.0	1.5
2011	LAD	51	0	53.7	2.85	2	1	0	5	30	0	0	3	96	2	26	0	0	17	17	0	1.04	16.10	25.0	0.5
2010	LAD	26	0	27.0	0.67	1	0	0	4	12	0	0	0	41	1	15	1	0	2	2	0	1.00	13.67	17.0	0.7

		935	0	927.3	2.58	54	40	0	476	610	36	4	88	1179	32	282	21	10	284	265	0	0.98	11.56	1698.0	1.8

Date	Res	CG	IP	ERA	W	L	ShO	Sv	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	HB	BB	WP	Bk	R	ER	NH	WHIP	K/9	PPts
9/26/2025	L3 - 4	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	27.00	3.0
9/24/2025	L2 - 3	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.00	3.0
9/18/2025	L2 - 5	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
9/11/2025	L6 - 7	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.00	0.0
9/10/2025	L3 - 4	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.00	3.0
9/7/2025	L3 - 4	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3.0
9/2/2025	W5 - 1	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	18.00	0.0
8/31/2025	W3 - 0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3.0
8/30/2025	W4 - 1	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.00	3.0
8/25/2025	W4 - 0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0

		0	10.0	0.00	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	8.10	18.0

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Player	Pos	City	Injured date	Type	Description	+

Player	Pos	City	Transaction date	Description
K. Jansen	RP	DET	12/13/2025	Joins Tigers on one-year deal.
K. Jansen	RP	DET	2/11/2025	Receives one-year deal.
K. Jansen	RP	DET	9/23/2024	IL move made official.
K. Jansen	RP	DET	9/23/2023	Returns from COVID IL.
K. Jansen	RP	DET	12/13/2022	Contract with Boston official.
K. Jansen	RP	DET	12/7/2022	Catches on with Boston.
K. Jansen	RP	DET	7/13/2022	Makes return from IL.
K. Jansen	RP	DET	6/28/2022	Sidelined with cardiac issue.
K. Jansen	RP	DET	3/18/2022	Signs with Atlanta.
K. Jansen	RP	DET	9/14/2021	Reinstated.

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Player	Pos	City	Game Date	Corr. Date	Corr.	Description	Game log
K. Jansen	RP	DET	6/29/2025	7/2/2025	-1	Hits allowed	Game log
K. Jansen	RP	DET	6/29/2025	7/2/2025	-1	Earned runs allowed	Game log
K. Jansen	RP	DET	6/29/2025	7/2/2025	-1	Doubles allowed	Game log
K. Jansen	RP	DET	9/20/2022	10/3/2022	+1	Hits allowed	Game log
K. Jansen	RP	DET	9/20/2022	10/3/2022	+1	Earned runs allowed	Game log
K. Jansen	RP	DET	4/16/2021	4/17/2021	+6	Batters Faced	Game log
K. Jansen	RP	DET	4/16/2021	4/17/2021	+1	Hits allowed	Game log
K. Jansen	RP	DET	4/16/2021	4/17/2021	+1	Wild pitches	Game log
K. Jansen	RP	DET	4/16/2021	4/17/2021	+1	Games played	Game log
K. Jansen	RP	DET	4/16/2021	4/17/2021	+1	Walks allowed	Game log

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