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Bruce Chen

Bruce Kastulo Chen (twitter: @ChenMusic)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Royals/Orioles/Braves/Reds/Phillies/... 1998-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$9M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 9.171, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 4:17AM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #1055. Cal McLish… #1056. Elmer Dessens… #1057. Brandon McCarthy… #1058. BRUCE CHEN… #1059. Bill Wight… #1060. Tony Cloninger… #1061. Matt Thornton… 

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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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 AL 12 8 .600 3.77 25 25 0 1 0 0 155.0 152 71 65 18 50 2 97 7 0 2 654 108 1.303 8.8 1.0 2.9 5.6 1.94
2012 35 KCR AL 11 14 .440 5.07 34 34 0 0 0 0 191.2 215 114 108 33 47 3 140 8 0 5 827 82 1.367 10.1 1.5 2.2 6.6 2.98
2013 36 KCR AL 2 0 1.000 2.03 7 0 1 0 0 0 13.1 13 5 3 0 1 0 12 2 0 0 58 209 1.050 8.8 0.0 0.7 8.1 12.00
15 Yrs 73 72 .503 4.57 358 203 48 4 1 1 1369.2 1398 759 696 234 494 34 1034 43 2 30 5921 95 1.381 9.2 1.5 3.2 6.8 2.09
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .503 4.57 43 25 6 0 0 0 166 169 92 84 28 60 4 125 5 0 4 718 95 1.381 9.2 1.5 3.2 6.8 2.09
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 (5 yrs) 38 35 .521 4.49 116 91 9 2 1 1 562.2 590 300 281 80 180 12 392 24 0 14 2426 93 1.368 9.4 1.3 2.9 6.3 2.18
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
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
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
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 (10 yrs) 53 54 .495 4.57 208 144 30 4 1 1 928.2 976 513 472 155 302 16 646 33 1 17 4003 94 1.376 9.5 1.5 2.9 6.3 2.14

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 5.03 0.24 0.06 100.4 4.88 -5 -0.4 .4 -0.0 -0.0 0 .473 .497 $200,000
2000 23 ATL NL 39.2 22 0 15 3.40 4.95 0.22 -0.38 96.3 4.19 3 0.3 .6 -0.2 0.5 7 .515 .502 $207,500
2000 23 PHI NL 94.1 15 15 39 3.72 5.15 0.08 0.19 101.7 5.35 17 1.7 -0.1 2.5 26 .615 .511
2001 24 PHI NL 86.1 16 16 53 5.53 4.70 0.26 0.18 96.5 4.46 -11 -1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -3 .437 .494 $300,000
2001 24 NYM NL 59.2 11 11 37 5.58 4.81 -0.01 0.18 94.1 4.70 -6 -0.6 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .447 .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 4.56 -0.08 -0.08 100.8 4.60 -10 -1.0 .5 0.1 -0.6 -7 .434 .494
2002 25 CIN NL 39.2 39 1 24 5.45 4.69 0.00 -0.29 108.0 4.74 -3 -0.3 .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 4.90 -0.18 0.15 99.4 5.20 8 0.8 1.2 -0.0 1.3 14 .601 .505
2005 28 BAL AL 197.1 34 32 94 4.29 4.92 0.17 0.17 98.9 4.86 11 1.1 .5 -0.1 3.0 34 .533 .507 $550,000
2006 29 BAL AL 98.2 40 12 81 7.39 5.09 -0.05 -0.04 100.1 5.12 -26 -2.4 .4 0.2 -1.2 -14 .439 .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 4.72 -0.70 0.06 99.5 5.45 -5 -0.5 .1 -0.0 0.2 3 .472 .497
2010 33 KCR AL 140.1 33 23 68 4.36 4.51 -0.63 0.13 100.6 5.30 14 1.5 1.4 -0.1 2.9 29 .544 .509
2011 34 KCR AL 155.0 25 25 71 4.12 4.30 0.12 0.16 99.7 4.32 3 0.3 -0.1 1.8 19 .513 .502 $2,000,000
2012 35 KCR AL 191.2 34 34 114 5.35 4.50 0.07 0.17 101.1 4.65 -15 -1.5 -0.1 0.3 5 .455 .491 $4,500,000
2013 36 KCR AL 13.1 7 0 5 3.38 4.69 0.13 -0.34 103.2 4.35 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .518 .501 $4,500,000
15 Seasons 1369.2 358 203 759 4.99 4.73 -0.01 0.09 99.8 4.82 -33 -2.7 .7 -0.5 10.2 114 .492 .499 $17,507,500
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
KCR (5 yrs) 562.2 116 91 300 4.80 4.48 -0.17 0.13 100.5 4.80 -2 -0.1 .9 -0.4 5.3 58 .499 .500 $11,000,000
ATL (3 yrs) 111.0 42 11 56 4.54 4.86 0.29 -0.08 98.3 4.42 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.2 0.6 9 .496 .500 $407,500
BAL (3 yrs) 343.2 82 51 194 5.08 4.97 0.06 0.11 99.3 4.98 -7 -0.5 .4 0.0 3.1 34 .494 .499 $4,350,000
NYM (2 yrs) 60.1 12 11 37 5.52 4.80 -0.01 0.18 94.1 4.69 -6 -0.5 .9 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .454 .498 $300,000
PHI (2 yrs) 180.2 31 31 92 4.58 4.94 0.16 0.18 99.2 4.92 6 0.7 -0.1 2.2 24 .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
MON (1 yr) 37.1 15 5 29 6.99 4.56 -0.08 -0.08 100.8 4.60 -10 -1.0 .5 0.1 -0.6 -7 .434 .494
CIN (1 yr) 39.2 39 1 24 5.45 4.69 0.00 -0.29 108.0 4.74 -3 -0.3 .9 -0.1 -0.1 0 .491 .498
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
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 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 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
2012 35 KCR AL 35 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2013 36 KCR AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Yrs 359 145 123 4 18 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 57 .146 .167 .154 .321 -15 19 1 0 19 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 65 56 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 26 .146 .167 .154 .321 -15 9 0 0 9 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 (5 yrs) 117 11 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .375 .444 .375 .819 128 3 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
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
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
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 (10 yrs) 209 16 12 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .417 .500 .417 .917 153 5 0 0 2 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 .491 .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 .482 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 1
2001 24 PHI NL 16 31 -6 0 0 0 5 -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 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 1
2003 26 HOU NL 11 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .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 .501 .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 .507 .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 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 1 1
2011 34 KCR AL 25 2 -1 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 35 5 -1 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $4,500,000 1
2013 36 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $4,500,000 /1
15 Seasons 353 145 -24 -0 1 0 23 -1 -0.1 5 3 -0.1 .500 .500 -0.1 0.2 3 $17,507,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
KCR (5 yrs) 111 11 1 -0 0 0 2 3 0.3 0 3 0.3 .502 .500 0.3 0.1 3 $11,000,000
ATL (3 yrs) 42 28 -7 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .494 .500 -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 .494 .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
MON (1 yr) 15 13 1 -0 0 0 2 3 0.3 0 3 0.3 .518 .502 0.3 0.0 3
CIN (1 yr) 39 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0
HOU (1 yr) 11 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $550,000

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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 34 34 0 191.2 36 7 28 1 0 .972 0 0 1.64 1.03 .954 1.57 1.56 18 8 31% 25% 4
2013 KCR AL 36 P 7 0 0 13.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.35 0.29 .970 1.55 1.53 2 0 0% 24% 0
15 Seasons P 358 203 4 1369.2 237 53 177 7 5 .970 15 3 1.51 0.64 .955 1.66 1.66 95 59 38% 29% 39
15 Seasons TOT 358 203 4 1369.2 237 53 177 7 5 .970 15 18 1.51 0.64 .955 1.66 1.66 95 59 38% 29% 39
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.
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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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  9.186 (43rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 AL  2.207 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  6.794 (43rd)
Career  6.794 (132nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
Active  1,369.7 (44th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Active  1,034 (48th)

Games Started s c a p y
2012 AL  34 (1st)
Active  203 (48th)

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)
2012 AL  33 (4th)
Active  234 (15th)
Career  234 (137th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  494 (36th)

Hits s c a p y
2012 AL  215 (4th)
Active  1,398 (42nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career  2.093 (241st)

Losses s c a p y
2012 AL  14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  108 (5th)
Active  696 (37th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
Active  5,921 (44th)

Youngest s c a p y
1998 NL  born 1977-06-19 (4th)
1998 NL  born 1977-06-19 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (856), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 6 (1797), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1565), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (815th), 9.9 career WAR/12.1 7yr-peak WAR/11.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Sterling Hitchcock (970)
  2. Edwin Jackson (960)
  3. Joey Hamilton (958)
  4. Pete Schourek (951)
  5. Odalis Perez (951)
  6. Bill Krueger (950)
  7. Len Barker (949)
  8. Ed Wells (949)
  9. Mike Bielecki (948)
  10. Dontrelle Willis (945)
Similar Pitchers through 35 
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  1. Kris Benson (943)
  2. Cal Eldred (932)
  3. Mark Gardner (931)
  4. Woody Williams (931)
  5. Ramon Ortiz (929)
  6. Rodrigo Lopez (925)
  7. Kip Wells (925)
  8. Mike Bielecki (920)
  9. Fritz Ostermueller (920)
  10. Bill Krueger (920)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Mike Caldwell (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Minor (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pete Schourek (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sean Marshall (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Bayne (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ted Lilly (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kevin Correia (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Brian Bohanon (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike Kekich (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. John Halama (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Woody Williams (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Kris Benson (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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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 Notes/Other Sources
199922Atlanta Braves$200,00011/19/99 USA Today
200023Atlanta Braves$207,5004/5/00 AP
200124Philadelphia Phillies$300,0004/6/01 USA Today
200225New York Mets$300,0004/3/02 AP
200326Houston Astros$550,0004/3/03 AP
200528Baltimore Orioles$550,000
200629Baltimore Orioles$3,800,000
200730Texas Rangers$600,000
201134Kansas City Royals$2,000,000
201235Kansas City Royals$4,500,000contracts
201336Kansas City Royals$4,500,000
2013 StatusSigned thru 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$17,507,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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