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Bruce Chen

Bruce Kastulo Chen (twitter: @ChenMusic)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 19, 1977 in Panama, Panama, 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
Teams (by GP): Royals/Orioles/Braves/Reds/Phillies/... 1998-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$9M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.171, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1031. Henry Porter… #1032. Jeff Francis… #1033. Johnny Klippstein… #1034. BRUCE CHEN… #1035. Bobby Jenks… #1036. Tim Leary… #1037. Clay Kirby…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1031. Henry Porter… #1032. Jeff Francis… #1033. Johnny Klippstein… #1034. BRUCE CHEN… #1035. Bobby Jenks… #1036. Tim Leary… #1037. Clay Kirby…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1994	17	ATL-min	Rk	1	4	.200	3.80	9	7	2	0	0	1	42.2	42	21	18	2	3	0	26	2	0	3	180		1.055	8.9	0.4	0.6	5.5	8.67	BVS · GULF
1995	18	ATL-min	Rk	4	4	.500	3.97	14	13	0	1	0	0	70.1	78	42	31	3	19	1	56	3	1	4	310		1.379	10.0	0.4	2.4	7.2	2.95	DAN · APPY
1996	19	ATL-min	A-	4	1	.800	2.27	11	8	0	0	0	0	35.2	23	13	9	1	14	0	55	3	1	2	151		1.037	5.8	0.3	3.5	13.9	3.93	EUG · NORW
1997	20	ATL-min	A	12	7	.632	3.51	28	28	0	1	1	0	146.1	120	67	57	19	44	0	182	7	1	5	602		1.121	7.4	1.2	2.7	11.2	4.14	MAC · SALL
1998	21	ATL-min	AA,AAA	15	8	.652	3.09	28	27	0	1	0	0	163.1	123	62	56	13	67	0	193	6	0	7	676		1.163	6.8	0.7	3.7	10.6	2.88	GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1998	21	ATL	NL	2	0	1.000	3.98	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.1	23	9	9	3	9	1	17	1	0	0	91	106	1.574	10.2	1.3	4.0	7.5	1.89
1999	22	ATL-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.81	14	14	0	0	0	0	78.0	73	36	33	10	26	0	90	0	2	2	324		1.269	8.4	1.2	3.0	10.4	3.46	RMD · IL
1999	22	ATL	NL	2	2	.500	5.47	16	7	3	0	0	0	51.0	38	32	31	11	27	3	45	2	0	0	214	82	1.275	6.7	1.9	4.8	7.9	1.67
2000	23	ATL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	22		1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	9.0	6.00	RMD · IL
2000	23	TOT	NL	7	4	.636	3.29	37	15	4	0	0	0	134.0	116	54	49	18	46	4	112	2	1	4	559	142	1.209	7.8	1.2	3.1	7.5	2.43
2000	23	ATL	NL	4	0	1.000	2.50	22	0	4	0	0	0	39.2	35	15	11	4	19	2	32	1	1	0	176	185	1.361	7.9	0.9	4.3	7.3	1.68
2000	23	PHI	NL	3	4	.429	3.63	15	15	0	0	0	0	94.1	81	39	38	14	27	2	80	1	0	4	383	130	1.145	7.7	1.3	2.6	7.6	2.96
2001	24	PHI-min	AAA,AA	2	0	1.000	2.92	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.2	17	8	8	2	5	0	21	1	0	3	96		0.892	6.2	0.7	1.8	7.7	4.20	SWB,REA · IL,EL
2001	24	TOT	NL	7	7	.500	4.87	27	27	0	0	0	0	146.0	146	90	79	29	59	4	126	1	0	5	634	87	1.404	9.0	1.8	3.6	7.8	2.14
2001	24	PHI	NL	4	5	.444	5.00	16	16	0	0	0	0	86.1	90	53	48	19	31	4	79	1	0	2	381	85	1.402	9.4	2.0	3.2	8.2	2.55
2001	24	NYM	NL	3	2	.600	4.68	11	11	0	0	0	0	59.2	56	37	31	10	28	0	47	0	0	3	253	89	1.408	8.4	1.5	4.2	7.1	1.68
2002	25	TOT	NL	2	5	.286	5.56	55	6	9	0	0	0	77.2	85	53	48	16	43	5	80	2	0	4	360	78	1.648	9.8	1.9	5.0	9.3	1.86
2002	25	NYM	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	25	MON	NL	2	3	.400	6.99	15	5	4	0	0	0	37.1	47	29	29	9	23	3	43	1	0	3	179	61	1.875	11.3	2.2	5.5	10.4	1.87
2002	25	CIN	NL	0	2	.000	4.31	39	1	5	0	0	0	39.2	37	24	19	7	20	2	37	1	0	1	178	100	1.437	8.4	1.6	4.5	8.4	1.85
2003	26	BOS-min	AAA	5	5	.500	4.24	16	15	1	1	1	1	85.0	80	44	40	12	15	1	73	2	0	2	347		1.118	8.5	1.3	1.6	7.7	4.87	PAW · IL
2003	26	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	5.55	16	2	4	0	0	0	24.1	26	16	15	6	10	1	20	2	0	0	110	84	1.479	9.6	2.2	3.7	7.4	2.00
2003	26	HOU	NL	0	0		6.00	11	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	14	8	8	2	8	1	8	2	0	0	60	75	1.833	10.5	1.5	6.0	6.0	1.00
2003	26	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	5.11	5	2	2	0	0	0	12.1	12	8	7	4	2	0	12	0	0	0	50	94	1.135	8.8	2.9	1.5	8.8	6.00
2004	27	TOR-BAL-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.76	25	20	0	1	1	0	105.1	102	53	44	16	35	2	116	2	2	2	448		1.301	8.7	1.4	3.0	9.9	3.31	SYR,OTT · IL
2004	27	BAL	AL	2	1	.667	3.02	8	7	0	1	0	0	47.2	39	19	16	7	16	0	32	0	0	0	196	151	1.154	7.4	1.3	3.0	6.0	2.00
2005	28	BAL	AL	13	10	.565	3.83	34	32	0	1	0	0	197.1	187	94	84	33	63	0	133	9	1	2	832	113	1.267	8.5	1.5	2.9	6.1	2.11
2006	29	BAL	AL	0	7	.000	6.93	40	12	16	0	0	0	98.2	137	81	76	28	35	3	70	0	0	1	453	65	1.743	12.5	2.6	3.2	6.4	2.00
2007	30	TEX-min	AAA	1	1	.500	5.62	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.0	17	11	10	3	3	0	12	1	0	0	68		1.250	9.6	1.7	1.7	6.8	4.00	OKC · PCL
2007	30	TEX	AL	0	0		7.20	5	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	11	11	8	3	6	1	7	0	0	0	46	65	1.700	9.9	2.7	5.4	6.3	1.17

2009	32	KCR-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.40	14	13	0	3	3	0	82.0	57	33	31	8	23	0	69	4	0	0	323		0.976	6.3	0.9	2.5	7.6	3.00	OMA · PCL
2009	32	KCR	AL	1	6	.143	5.78	17	9	4	0	0	0	62.1	74	42	40	12	25	3	45	4	0	4	279	77	1.588	10.7	1.7	3.6	6.5	1.80
2010	33	KCR-min	AAA	0	1	.000	1.31	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.2	13	3	3	0	5	1	20	0	0	0	76		0.871	5.7	0.0	2.2	8.7	4.00	OMA · PCL
2010	33	KCR	AL	12	7	.632	4.17	33	23	4	1	1	1	140.1	136	68	65	17	57	4	98	3	0	3	608	101	1.375	8.7	1.1	3.7	6.3	1.72
2011	34	KCR-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	8.18	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	16	10	10	3	1	0	10	1	0	0	51		1.545	13.1	2.5	0.8	8.2	10.00	OMA,NTA · PCL,TL
2011	34	KCR	AL	12	8	.600	3.77	25	25	0	1	0	0	155.0	152	71	65	18	50	2	97	7	0	2	654	110	1.303	8.8	1.0	2.9	5.6	1.94
2012	35	KCR	AL	2	4	.333	4.34	8	8	0	0	0	0	47.2	46	24	23	6	9	0	34	1	0	2	195	95	1.154	8.7	1.1	1.7	6.4	3.78
14 Yrs				62	62	.500	4.51	325	177	47	4	1	1	1212.1	1216	664	608	207	455	31	916	34	2	27	5231	96	1.378	9.0	1.5	3.4	6.8	2.01
162 Game Avg.				8	8	.500	4.51	44	24	6	1	0	0	164	165	90	82	28	62	4	124	5	0	4	709	96	1.378	9.0	1.5	3.4	6.8	2.01
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
KCR (4 yrs)				27	25	.519	4.29	83	65	8	2	1	1	405.1	408	205	193	53	141	9	274	15	0	11	1736	98	1.354	9.1	1.2	3.1	6.1	1.94
ATL (3 yrs)				8	2	.800	4.14	42	11	7	0	0	0	111.0	96	56	51	18	55	6	94	4	1	0	481	109	1.360	7.8	1.5	4.5	7.6	1.71
BAL (3 yrs)				15	18	.455	4.61	82	51	16	2	0	0	343.2	363	194	176	68	114	3	235	9	1	3	1481	96	1.388	9.5	1.8	3.0	6.2	2.06
NYM (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	4.62	12	11	0	0	0	0	60.1	57	37	31	10	28	0	47	0	0	3	256	91	1.409	8.5	1.5	4.2	7.0	1.68
PHI (2 yrs)				7	9	.438	4.28	31	31	0	0	0	0	180.2	171	92	86	33	58	6	159	2	0	6	764	105	1.268	8.5	1.6	2.9	7.9	2.74
BOS (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.11	5	2	2	0	0	0	12.1	12	8	7	4	2	0	12	0	0	0	50	94	1.135	8.8	2.9	1.5	8.8	6.00
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		7.20	5	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	11	11	8	3	6	1	7	0	0	0	46	65	1.700	9.9	2.7	5.4	6.3	1.17
CIN (1 yr)				0	2	.000	4.31	39	1	5	0	0	0	39.2	37	24	19	7	20	2	37	1	0	1	178	100	1.437	8.4	1.6	4.5	8.4	1.85
MON (1 yr)				2	3	.400	6.99	15	5	4	0	0	0	37.1	47	29	29	9	23	3	43	1	0	3	179	61	1.875	11.3	2.2	5.5	10.4	1.87
HOU (1 yr)				0	0		6.00	11	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	14	8	8	2	8	1	8	2	0	0	60	75	1.833	10.5	1.5	6.0	6.0	1.00

NL (6 yrs)				20	18	.526	4.57	150	59	18	0	0	0	441.0	422	246	224	79	192	18	388	10	1	13	1918	97	1.392	8.6	1.6	3.9	7.9	2.02
AL (9 yrs)				42	44	.488	4.48	175	118	29	4	1	1	771.1	794	418	384	128	263	13	528	24	1	14	3313	96	1.370	9.3	1.5	3.1	6.2	2.01

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1998	21	ATL	NL	20.1	4	4	9	3.98	4.28	0.56	0.15	96.9	3.75	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.1	1	.487	.500	$
1999	22	ATL	NL	51.0	16	7	32	5.65	5.06	0.24	0.06	100.1	4.89	-5	-0.4	.4	-0.0	-0.1	1	.473	.497	$200,000
2000	23	ATL	NL	39.2	22	0	15	3.40	4.95	0.22	-0.38	96.2	4.19	3	0.3	.6	-0.2	0.5	8	.515	.502	$207,500
2000	23	PHI	NL	94.1	15	15	39	3.72	5.16	0.08	0.19	101.5	5.35	17	1.7		-0.1	2.4	27	.615	.511	$
2001	24	PHI	NL	86.1	16	16	53	5.53	4.73	0.26	0.18	95.3	4.43	-11	-1.0		-0.1	-0.4	-2	.437	.494	$300,000
2001	24	NYM	NL	59.2	11	11	37	5.58	4.83	-0.01	0.18	92.7	4.65	-6	-0.6		-0.0	-0.2	-0	.446	.496	$
2002	25	NYM	NL	0.2	1	0	0	0.00	3.98	-0.22	-0.30	94.0	3.67	0	0.0	.9	-0.0	0.0	0	.529	.500	$300,000
2002	25	MON	NL	37.1	15	5	29	6.99	4.58	-0.08	-0.08	100.5	4.60	-10	-1.0	.5	0.1	-0.6	-6	.434	.494	$
2002	25	CIN	NL	39.2	39	1	24	5.45	4.69	0.00	-0.29	106.7	4.69	-3	-0.4	.9	-0.1	-0.1	0	.491	.498	$
2003	26	HOU	NL	12.0	11	0	8	6.00	5.07	0.46	-0.38	101.6	4.30	-2	-0.2	.7	0.0	-0.1	-1	.479	.499	$550,000
2003	26	BOS	AL	12.1	5	2	8	5.84	5.39	-0.13	0.04	100.0	5.56	-0	-0.0	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.493	.500	$
2004	27	BAL	AL	47.2	8	7	19	3.59	4.92	-0.18	0.15	98.5	5.17	8	0.8	1.2	-0.0	1.2	14	.602	.505	$
2005	28	BAL	AL	197.1	34	32	94	4.29	4.93	0.17	0.17	98.7	4.86	11	1.1	.5	-0.1	2.8	37	.533	.507	$550,000
2006	29	BAL	AL	98.2	40	12	81	7.39	5.09	-0.05	-0.04	98.8	5.05	-27	-2.5	.4	0.2	-1.4	-13	.438	.485	$3,800,000
2007	30	TEX	AL	10.0	5	0	11	9.90	5.01	-0.05	-0.37	100.1	4.69	-6	-0.5	.3	0.2	-0.3	-5	.395	.497	$600,000

2009	32	KCR	AL	62.1	17	9	42	6.06	4.73	-0.70	0.06	98.9	5.43	-5	-0.5	.1	-0.0	0.1	3	.472	.497	$
2010	33	KCR	AL	140.1	33	23	68	4.36	4.52	-0.63	0.13	100.5	5.31	14	1.5	1.4	-0.1	2.7	31	.545	.509	$
2011	34	KCR	AL	155.0	25	25	71	4.12	4.30	0.12	0.16	101.9	4.42	5	0.5		-0.1	1.8	23	.520	.503	$2,000,000
2012	35	KCR	AL	47.2	8	8	24	4.53	4.70	0.09	0.18	102.7	4.93	2	0.2		-0.1	0.5	7	.521	.501	$
14 Seasons				1212.1	325	177	664	4.93	4.78	-0.02	0.09	99.5	4.86	-16	-1.0	.6	-0.4	9.0	127	.497	.500	$8,507,500
			Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
KCR (4 yrs)				405.1	83	65	205	4.55	4.49	-0.27	0.13	101.1	4.94	15	1.7	.8	-0.3	5.1	64	.520	.503	$2,000,000
ATL (3 yrs)				111.0	42	11	56	4.54	4.88	0.29	-0.08	98.1	4.43	-2	-0.2	.5	-0.2	0.5	10	.496	.500	$407,500
BAL (3 yrs)				343.2	82	51	194	5.08	4.98	0.06	0.11	98.7	4.96	-8	-0.5	.4	0.0	2.6	38	.494	.499	$4,350,000
NYM (2 yrs)				60.1	12	11	37	5.52	4.82	-0.01	0.18	92.7	4.64	-6	-0.6	.9	-0.0	-0.2	0	.453	.498	$300,000
PHI (2 yrs)				180.2	31	31	92	4.58	4.95	0.16	0.18	98.5	4.91	6	0.7		-0.1	2.0	25	.523	.502	$300,000
BOS (1 yr)				12.1	5	2	8	5.84	5.39	-0.13	0.04	100.0	5.56	-0	-0.0	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.493	.500	$
TEX (1 yr)				10.0	5	0	11	9.90	5.01	-0.05	-0.37	100.1	4.69	-6	-0.5	.3	0.2	-0.3	-5	.395	.497	$600,000
CIN (1 yr)				39.2	39	1	24	5.45	4.69	0.00	-0.29	106.7	4.69	-3	-0.4	.9	-0.1	-0.1	0	.491	.498	$
MON (1 yr)				37.1	15	5	29	6.99	4.58	-0.08	-0.08	100.5	4.60	-10	-1.0	.5	0.1	-0.6	-6	.434	.494	$
HOU (1 yr)				12.0	11	0	8	6.00	5.07	0.46	-0.38	101.6	4.30	-2	-0.2	.7	0.0	-0.1	-1	.479	.499	$550,000

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1994	17	ATL-min	Rk	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BVS · GULF
1995	18	ATL-min	Rk	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DAN · APPY
1996	19	ATL-min	A-	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EUG · NORW
1997	20	ATL-min	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MAC · SALL
1998	21	ATL-min	AA,AAA	28	28	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.000	.160	.000	.160		0	0	0	3	0	0		GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1998	21	ATL	NL	4	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	1	0	0	2	0	0	/1
1999	22	ATL-min	AAA	14	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222		1	0	0	3	0	0		RMD · IL
1999	22	ATL	NL	16	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2000	23	ATL-min	AAA	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		RMD · IL
2000	23	TOT	NL	37	38	30	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	20	.033	.065	.033	.098	-74	1	0	0	7	0	0	1
2000	23	ATL	NL	22	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
2000	23	PHI	NL	15	31	25	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	17	.040	.077	.040	.117	-69	1	0	0	5	0	0	1
2001	24	PHI-min	AAA,AA	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	1	0	0	0	0		SWB,REA · IL,EL
2001	24	TOT	NL	27	52	47	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	.128	.128	.128	.255	-32	6	1	0	5	0	0	1
2001	24	PHI	NL	16	31	28	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.107	.107	.107	.214	-43	3	0	0	3	0	0	1
2001	24	NYM	NL	11	21	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.158	.158	.158	.316	-16	3	1	0	2	0	0	1
2002	25	TOT	NL	55	17	15	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.400	.733	90	6	0	0	2	0	0	1
2002	25	NYM	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2002	25	MON	NL	15	13	12	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.417	.417	.500	.917	138	6	0	0	1	0	0	1
2002	25	CIN	NL	39	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2003	26	BOS-min	AAA	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
2003	26	TOT	MLB	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	26	HOU	NL	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	26	BOS	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	27	TOR-BAL-min	AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SYR,OTT · IL
2004	27	BAL	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2005	28	BAL	AL	34	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	130	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	29	BAL	AL	40	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	424	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	30	TEX-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC · PCL
2007	30	TEX	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2009	32	KCR-min	AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · PCL
2009	32	KCR	AL	17	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	438	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	33	KCR-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · PCL
2010	33	KCR	AL	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	452	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2011	34	KCR-min	AA,AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NTA,OMA · TL,PCL
2011	34	KCR	AL	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
13 Yrs				317	140	118	4	17	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	54	.144	.165	.153	.318	-17	18	1	0	19	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	72	60	2	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	28	.144	.165	.153	.318	-17	9	1	0	10	0	0
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
KCR (3 yrs)				75	6	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.667	.750	.667	1.417	290	2	0	0	2	0	0
ATL (3 yrs)				42	28	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.043	.043	.043	.087	-78	1	0	0	5	0	0
BAL (3 yrs)				82	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	198	2	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (2 yrs)				12	21	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.158	.158	.158	.316	-16	3	1	0	2	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				31	62	53	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	27	.075	.093	.075	.168	-56	4	0	0	8	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				39	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
MON (1 yr)				15	13	12	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.417	.417	.500	.917	138	6	0	0	1	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				150	129	111	4	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	53	.117	.125	.126	.251	-35	14	1	0	17	0	0
AL (8 yrs)				167	11	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.571	.667	.571	1.238	238	4	0	0	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1998	21	ATL	NL	4	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.490	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1999	22	ATL	NL	16	12	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$200,000	1
2000	23	ATL	NL	22	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$207,500	1
2000	23	PHI	NL	15	31	-8	0	0	0	5	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.481	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
2001	24	PHI	NL	16	31	-6	0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$300,000	1
2001	24	NYM	NL	11	21	-4	-0	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
2002	25	NYM	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$300,000	/1
2002	25	MON	NL	15	13	1	0	0	0	2	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.518	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	1
2002	25	CIN	NL	39	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
2003	26	HOU	NL	11	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$550,000	1
2003	26	BOS	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2004	27	BAL	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2005	28	BAL	AL	34	4	0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$550,000	1
2006	29	BAL	AL	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$3,800,000	1
2007	30	TEX	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$600,000	/1

2009	32	KCR	AL	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
2010	33	KCR	AL	33	2	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
2011	34	KCR	AL	25	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$2,000,000	1
2012	35	KCR	AL	8		0	0	0	0	0	0					.500	.500		0.0		$
14 Seasons				325	140	-24	-0	1	0	20	-3	-0.2	4	1	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	0.1	1	$8,507,500
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
KCR (4 yrs)				83	6	1	-0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.502	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$2,000,000
ATL (3 yrs)				42	28	-7	0	0	0	4	-3	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$407,500
BAL (3 yrs)				82	5	1	-0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.502	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$4,350,000
NYM (2 yrs)				12	21	-4	-0	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$300,000
PHI (2 yrs)				31	62	-14	0	0	0	9	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.485	.499	-0.5	0.0	-3	$300,000
BOS (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
TEX (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$600,000
CIN (1 yr)				39	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
MON (1 yr)				15	13	1	0	0	0	2	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.518	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$
HOU (1 yr)				11	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$550,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1998	ATL	NL	21	P	4	4	0	20.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			0.44	0.25	.960	1.86	1.85	0	1	100%	32%	0
1999	ATL	NL	22	P	16	7	0	51.0	4	0	3	1	0	.750			0.53	0.19	.950	1.71	1.71	6	3	33%	29%	0
2000	TOT	NL	23	P	37	15	0	134.0	15	1	14	0	1	1.000			1.01	0.41	.962	1.74	1.72	6	5	45%	32%	3
2000	ATL	NL	23	P	22	0	0	39.2	3	0	3	0	1	1.000			0.68	0.14	.963	1.75	1.72	1	0	0%	32%	0
2000	PHI	NL	23	P	15	15	0	94.1	12	1	11	0	0	1.000			1.14	0.80	.962	1.74	1.72	5	5	50%	32%	3
2001	TOT	NL	24	P	27	27	0	146.0	26	4	21	1	1	.962			1.54	0.93	.959	1.75	1.73	10	7	41%	33%	7
2001	PHI	NL	24	P	16	16	0	86.1	12	2	10	0	1	1.000			1.25	0.75	.959	1.75	1.73	6	1	14%	33%	1
2001	NYM	NL	24	P	11	11	0	59.2	14	2	11	1	0	.929			1.96	1.18	.959	1.75	1.73	4	6	60%	33%	6
2002	TOT	NL	25	P	55	6	0	77.2	12	6	6	0	0	1.000			1.39	0.22	.962	1.83	1.81	3	2	40%	32%	0
2002	NYM	NL	25	P	1	0	0	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000			13.50	1.00	.960	1.35	1.80	0	0			0
2002	MON	NL	25	P	15	5	0	37.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000			0.72	0.20	.963	1.83	1.81	1	1	50%	32%	0
2002	CIN	NL	25	P	39	1	0	39.2	8	4	4	0	0	1.000			1.82	0.21	.962	1.84	1.81	2	1	33%	32%	0
2003	TOT	MLB	26	P	16	2	0	24.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.37	0.06	.960	1.81	1.79	2	0	0%	30%	0
2003	HOU	NL	26	P	11	0	0	12.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.75	0.09	.960	1.88	1.83	0	0			0
2003	BOS	AL	26	P	5	2	0	12.1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.75	1.72	2	0	0%	30%	0
2004	BAL	AL	27	P	8	7	1	47.2	11	4	7	0	1	1.000	1	4	2.08	1.38	.948	1.66	1.65	1	2	67%	32%	2
2005	BAL	AL	28	P	34	32	1	197.1	37	10	25	2	1	.946	3	3	1.60	1.03	.954	1.70	1.68	17	8	32%	30%	4
2006	BAL	AL	29	P	40	12	0	98.2	18	6	12	0	0	1.000	1	2	1.64	0.45	.958	1.56	1.54	9	6	40%	30%	3
2007	TEX	AL	30	P	5	0	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.62	1.60	0	0			0
2009	KCR	AL	32	P	17	9	0	62.1	13	3	9	1	0	.923	1	3	1.73	0.71	.953	1.53	1.51	4	4	50%	26%	4
2010	KCR	AL	33	P	33	23	1	140.1	29	4	24	1	0	.966	6	9	1.80	0.85	.953	1.63	1.61	5	7	58%	26%	8
2011	KCR	AL	34	P	25	25	1	155.0	32	8	24	0	1	1.000	3	4	1.86	1.28	.949	1.60	1.59	12	6	33%	28%	4
2012	KCR	AL	35	P	8	8	0	47.2	7	0	7	0	0	1.000	1	4	1.32	0.88	.954	1.66	1.66	2	2	50%	28%	1
	14 Seasons			P	325	177	4	1212.1	206	46	154	6	5	.971	16	4	1.48	0.62	.955	1.68	1.68	77	53	41%	30%	36
	14 Seasons			TOT	325	177	4	1212.1	206	46	154	6	5	.971	16	24	1.48	0.62	.955	1.68	1.68	77	53	41%	30%	36
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2005 AL 8.529 (9th) Active 9.027 (36th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2012 AL 1.699 (7th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y Active 6.800 (37th) Career 6.800 (122nd)	Games Started s c a p y 2012 AL 8 (4th)
Shutouts s c a p y 2010 AL 1 (3rd)	Home Runs s c a p y 2005 AL 33 (2nd) 2006 AL 28 (10th) Active 207 (23rd) Career 207 (190th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y Active 455 (43rd)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2012 AL 3.778 (8th) Active 2.013 (50th)
Losses s c a p y 2012 AL 4 (4th)	Earned Runs s c a p y Active 608 (47th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2012 AL 1.000 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 1998 NL born 1977-06-19 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1785), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1384), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July 1, 1993: Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.
July 12, 2000: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Jimmy Osting to the Philadelphia Phillies for Andy Ashby.
July 27, 2001: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Adam Walker (minors) to the New York Mets for Dennis Cook and Turk Wendell.
April 5, 2002: Traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later, Luis Figueroa and Dicky Gonzalez to the Montreal Expos for Phil Seibel, Scott Strickland and Matt Watson. The New York Mets sent Saul Rivera (July 16, 2002) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.
June 14, 2002: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Brower.
March 10, 2003: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
March 14, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
May 7, 2003: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Houston Astros.
October 3, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
November 26, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
May 1, 2004: Sent to the Baltimore Orioles by the Toronto Blue Jays as part of a conditional deal.
October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
April 1, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 15, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
March 1, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
November 6, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 13, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
January 15, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
November 23, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1999	22	Atlanta Braves	$200,000	11/19/99 USA Today
2000	23	Atlanta Braves	$207,500	4/5/00 AP
2001	24	Philadelphia Phillies	$300,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	25	New York Mets	$300,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	26	Houston Astros	$550,000	4/3/03 AP

2005	28	Baltimore Orioles	$550,000
2006	29	Baltimore Orioles	$3,800,000
2007	30	Texas Rangers	$600,000

2011	34	Kansas City Royals	$2,000,000

2012	35	Kansas City Royals	$4,500,000
2013	36	Kansas City Royals	$4,500,000
		Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$8,507,500	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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