Bruce Chen
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 19, 1977 in Panama City, Panama
High School: Panama City (Panama, PA)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1998
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 ATL NL 21 P 4 4 20.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.44 0.25 1.000 1.86 0.55
1999 ATL NL 22 P 16 7 51.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.53 0.19 .950 1.71 0.48
2000 TOT NL 23 P 37 15 134.0 15 1 14 0 1 1.000 1.01 0.41 .960 1.74 0.48
2000 ATL NL 23 P 22 0 39.2 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.68 0.14 .967 1.75 0.48
2000 PHI NL 23 P 15 15 94.1 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.14 0.80 .958 1.74 0.48
2001 TOT NL 24 P 27 27 146.0 26 4 21 1 1 .962 1.54 0.93 .958 1.75 0.46
2001 PHI NL 24 P 16 16 86.1 12 2 10 0 1 1.000 1.25 0.75 .958 1.75 0.46
2001 NYM NL 24 P 11 11 59.2 14 2 11 1 0 .929 1.96 1.18 .957 1.75 0.46
2002 TOT NL 25 P 55 6 77.2 12 6 6 0 0 1.000 1.39 0.22 .967 1.83 0.48
2002 NYM NL 25 P 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 1.00 1.000 1.35 0.50
2002 MON NL 25 P 15 5 37.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.72 0.20 .967 1.83 0.48
2002 CIN NL 25 P 39 1 39.2 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.82 0.21 .962 1.84 0.48
2003 TOT MLB 26 P 16 2 24.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.37 0.06 1.000 1.81 0.48
2003 HOU NL 26 P 11 0 12.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.09 1.000 1.88 0.48
2003 BOS AL 26 P 5 2 12.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.75 0.48
2004 BAL AL 27 P 8 7 47.2 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 2.08 1.38 .945 1.66 0.45
2005 BAL AL 28 P 34 32 197.1 37 10 25 2 1 .946 1.60 1.03 .954 1.69 0.46
2006 BAL AL 29 P 40 12 98.2 18 6 12 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.45 .956 1.56 0.41
2007 TEX AL 30 P 5 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.62 0.42
2009 KCR AL 32 P 17 9 62.1 13 3 9 1 0 .923 1.73 0.71 .954 1.53 0.40
11 Seasons P 259 121 869.1 138 34 99 5 4 .964 1.38 0.51 .957 1.70 0.46
11 Seasons TOT 259 121 869.1 138 34 99 5 4 .964 1.38 0.51 .920 1.70 0.46
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1998 ATL NL 21 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 ATL NL 22 16 6 15 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 ATL NL 23 22 0 21 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 PHI NL 23 15 14 14 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 PHI NL 24 16 15 15 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 NYM NL 24 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 CIN NL 25 39 1 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 MON NL 25 15 5 14 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 NYM NL 25 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 HOU NL 26 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 BOS AL 26 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 BAL AL 27 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 BAL AL 28 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 BAL AL 29 40 1 2 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 TEX AL 30 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 KCR AL 32 17 9 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 259 68 150 259 259 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1998 ATL NL 21 92 71% 22% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1999 ATL NL 22 222 67% 17% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 ATL NL 23 178 71% 22% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
2000 PHI NL 23 394 73% 19% 10 90% 0 1 1 0 11 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
2001 PHI NL 24 391 72% 18% 10 100% 0 2 1 1 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
2001 NYM NL 24 265 72% 23% 5 100% 0 2 0 2 11 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2002 CIN NL 25 184 68% 17% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2002 MON NL 25 183 63% 17% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 NYM NL 25 3 100% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 HOU NL 26 60 70% 40% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2003 BOS AL 26 52 73% 31% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 BAL AL 27 200 76% 28% 6 100% 0 4 1 3 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
2005 BAL AL 28 858 76% 27% 25 92% 0 10 2 6 25 16 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 100%
2006 BAL AL 29 471 78% 24% 10 90% 1 6 0 4 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
2007 TEX AL 30 47 72% 23% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 KCR AL 32 290 74% 22% 8 75% 1 3 1 2 9 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
11 Seasons 3890 73% 23% 90 91% 2 29 6 19 99 59 10 5 2 0 3 1 4 3 4 0 22 82%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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