On February 14, 2019, Kepler signed a five-year, $35 million contract. A .571/.600/1.190 batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage earned him his second American League Player of the Week honor for that week.
On June 6, he hit three home runs against Trevor Bauer, the Cleveland Indians’ starting pitcher, for the second time in his career.
It was July 13 when Kepler smashed a pair of home runs against starting pitcher Trevor Bauer, the fourth and fifth consecutive home runs he’d hit in successive at-bats against the Indians’ starter, respectively.
Batters have never hit a home run in five straight at-bats against the same pitcher in the history of the Major League Baseball (MLB).
During the month of August 2019, German-born outfielder Max Kepler hit his 33rd home run of the season, breaking the MLB record for home runs in a season by a European-born player.
It was his best season in terms of home runs, runs, and hits; he finished 20th in MVP voting, and he batted .252/.336/.519 with a career-high 53.4 percent pull percentage.
In his first at-bat against the Chicago White Sox in 2020, Kepler hit a home run, which he followed up with another in his second at-bat.
Since then, there has been just one other player in MLB history to have hit a two-inning home run, and that was Ted Kluszewski of the Angels (April 11, 1961).
In 48 games over the course of a 60-game season, Kepler batted.228 with nine home runs and 23 RBI.
Is Max Kepler Married?
Max Kepler is not married. On his social networking sites, he is frequently photographed with female pals, but he never refers to them as his wife or girlfriend.