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Kenley Jansen

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PITCHER · B/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 2010–PRESENT BORN: WILLEMSTAD, CURAÇAO
Detroit Tigers
All-Star ×4 All-MLB 2021 WBC 2026
Career
55 W · 2.61 ERA · 1297 K
942.1 IP · 0.97 WHIP · 951 G
2026 Season
1-3 · 4.80 ERA
15.0 IP · 19 K · 1.20 WHIP
Last 30 Days
1-2 · 5.87 ERA
7.7 IP · 10 K · 1.04 WHIP
Salary / Contract
2026: $9M
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2026 Salary Note Kenley Jansen's 2026 salary is $9M. Salary History →
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Kenley Jansen is a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. Across 951 MLB appearances, with a 2.61 ERA and 1297 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and related info.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching
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Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP
2010 LAD 1 0 0.67 25 0 4 27.0 12 2 15 41 1.00
2011 LAD 2 1 2.85 51 0 5 53.2 30 17 26 96 1.04
2012 LAD 5 3 2.35 65 0 25 65.0 33 17 22 99 0.85
2013 LAD 4 3 1.88 75 0 28 76.2 48 16 18 111 0.86
2014 LAD 2 3 2.76 68 0 44 65.1 55 20 19 101 1.13
2015 LAD 2 1 2.41 54 0 36 52.1 33 14 8 80 0.78
2016 LAD 3 2 1.83 71 0 47 68.2 35 14 11 104 0.67
2017 LAD 5 0 1.32 65 0 41 68.1 44 10 7 109 0.75
2018 LAD 1 5 3.01 69 0 38 71.2 54 24 17 82 0.99
2019 LAD 5 3 3.71 62 0 33 63.0 51 26 16 80 1.06
2020 LAD 3 1 3.33 27 0 11 24.1 19 9 9 33 1.15
2021 LAD 4 4 2.22 69 0 38 69.0 36 17 36 86 1.04
2022 ATL 5 2 3.38 65 0 41 64.0 45 24 22 85 1.05
2023 BOS 3 6 3.63 51 0 29 44.2 40 18 17 52 1.28
2024 BOS 4 2 3.29 54 0 27 54.2 38 20 20 62 1.06
2025 LAA 5 4 2.59 62 0 29 59.0 37 17 19 57 0.95
2026 DET 1 3 4.80 18 0 7 15.0 9 8 9 19 1.20
Career Totals — 55 43 2.61 951 0 483 942.1 619 273 291 1297 0.97
Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2010 LAD 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
2011 LAD 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 LAD 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 LAD 75 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2014 LAD 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2015 LAD 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 LAD 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 LAD 65 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
2018 LAD 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 LAD 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2020 LAD 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 LAD 69 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2022 ATL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 BOS 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 BOS 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 LAA 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Totals — 935 9 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 .333 .400 .444 .844
Awards & Achievements
  • All-MLB Team - Second Team (1): 2021
  • Reliever of the Month (3): 2017, 2020, 2025
  • Reliever of the Year Award (2): 2016, 2017
  • TSN All-Star (2): 2016, 2017
  • TSN Reliever of the Year (2): 2016, 2017
All-Star Selections

2016, 2017, 2018, 2023

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
2011$416,000
2012$491,000
2013$512,000
2014$4,300,000
2015$7,425,000
2016$10,650,000
2017$11,333,333
2018$11,333,333
2019$19,333,333
2020$18,000,000
2021$20,000,000
2022$16,000,000
2023$16,000,000
2024$16,000,000
2025$10,000,000
2026$9,000,000

Career Total: $170,793,999 (16 seasons)

Average: $10,674,625

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

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Salary Note

Kenley Jansen's 2026 Opening Day salary with DET is $9,000,000 on a nominal basis (no deferred component recorded).

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Game Log — Recent
Date Opp Result IPHERBBKHR
May 27 vs LAA 4-0 W 0.2 0 0 1 0 0
May 24 @ BAL 3-5 L 1.0 1 3 2 0 1
May 20 vs CLE 2-3 L 1.0 0 0 1 1 0
May 16 vs TOR 1-2 L 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
May 15 vs TOR 3-2 W 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
May 13 @ NYM 2-3 L 1.0 0 0 0 3 0
May 10 @ KC 6-3 W 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
May 4 vs BOS 4-5 L 1.0 0 0 1 1 0
Apr 29 @ ATL 3-4 L 0.0 1 2 1 0 1
Apr 24 @ CIN 8-9 L 0.2 2 2 0 1 1
Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.