Wei-Yin Chen Pitching Statistics and History

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Wei-Yin Chen \Way-In\

Wei-Yin Chen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 21, 1985 in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 2012. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 2012 (Age 26) vs. NYY 5.2 IP, 7 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER
Team: Orioles 2012-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 3 yrs/$11.09M (12-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.000, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Octagon [*]
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Standard Pitching

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
2005	19	CNI	Fgn	0	0		6.05	10	1	2	0	0	1	19.1	29	17	13	3	6	0	20	0	0	2	92		1.810	13.5	1.4	2.8	9.3	3.33	CNI · JPCL
2008	22	CNI	Fgn	7	6	.538	2.90	39	14		1	1	0	114.2	101	40	37	7	33	0	107	5	0	5	474		1.169	7.9	0.5	2.6	8.4	3.24	CNI · JPCL
2009	23	CNI	Fgn	8	4	.667	1.54	24	23		5	4	0	164.0	113	32	28	10	40	0	146	3	0	2	644		0.933	6.2	0.5	2.2	8.0	3.65	CNI · JPCL
2010	24	CNI	Fgn	13	10	.565	2.87	29	27	0	3	2	0	188.0	166	63	60	21	49	2	153	8	0	5	773		1.144	7.9	1.0	2.3	7.3	3.12	CNI · JPCL
2011	25	CNI	Fgn	8	10	.444	2.68	25	24	1	4	1	0	164.2	138	57	49	9	31	2	94	5	0	2	659		1.026	7.5	0.5	1.7	5.1	3.03	CNI · JPCL
2012	26	BAL	AL	12	11	.522	4.02	32	32	0	0	0	0	192.2	186	97	86	29	57	0	154	5	1	2	818	104	1.261	8.7	1.4	2.7	7.2	2.70	RoY-4
2013	27	BAL	AL	3	3	.500	3.04	8	8	0	0	0	0	47.1	45	16	16	3	12	0	27	1	0	2	188	137	1.204	8.6	0.6	2.3	5.1	2.25
2 Yrs				15	14	.517	3.83	40	40	0	0	0	0	240.0	231	113	102	32	69	0	181	6	1	4	1006	109	1.250	8.7	1.2	2.6	6.8	2.62
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.517	3.83	34	34	0	0	0	0	204	196	96	87	27	59	0	154	5	1	3	855	109	1.250	8.7	1.2	2.6	6.8	2.62

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2012	26	BAL	AL	192.2	32	32	97	4.53	4.54	-0.12	0.17	101.3	4.90	8	0.8	-0.1	2.6	27	.526	.505	$3,072,000	RoY-4
2013	27	BAL	AL	47.1	8	8	16	3.04	4.53	0.18	0.17	98.7	4.46	6	0.7	-0.0	1.1	12	.590	.504	$3,572,000
2 Seasons				240.0	40	40	113	4.24	4.53	-0.06	0.17	100.8	4.81	14	1.5	-0.2	3.8	39	.539	.505	$6,644,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2012	26	BAL	AL	ALDS	L	NYY	1	0	1.000	1.42	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	8	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	29	1.421	11.4	0.0	1.4	4.3	3.00
1 ALDS							1	0	1.000	1.42	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	8	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	29	1.421	11.4	0.0	1.4	4.3	3.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2012	26	BAL	AL	32	818	743	97	186	34	4	29	11	3	57	154	.250	.305	.424	.729	.276	315	10	5	5	8	0	7
2013	27	BAL	AL	8	188	173	16	45	6	1	3	2	2	12	27	.260	.309	.358	.667	.290	62	10	1	0	2	0	1
2 Yrs				40	1006	916	113	231	40	5	32	13	5	69	181	.252	.306	.412	.717	.279	377	20	6	5	10	0	8
162 Game Avg.				34	855	779	96	196	34	4	27	11	4	59	154	.252	.306	.412	.717	.279	320	17	5	4	9	0	7
MLB Averages																.254	.318	.404	.722	.296

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2012	26	BAL	AL	2.5	0.2	835	-0.1	13.3	-13.4	.93	-0.2	0.1	-2.6	-0.3	0.94	-3.1
2013	27	BAL	AL	6.2	0.7	193	1.1	3.8	-2.7	1.00	0.6	0.5	8.7	0.9	1.00	6.8
2 Yrs				8.7	0.9	1028	1.0	17.1	-16.2	.95	0.4	0.6	6.1	0.7	0.95	3.7

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2012	26	BAL	AL	32	32	12	11	9	4	3	19	13	.594	4	5	0	0	17	53%	51.5	75	22	28	7	0	16	3.8	4.5	6.0	98	2	11	19	0	109
2013	27	BAL	AL	8	8	3	3	2	1	2	4	4	.500	2	0	0	0	5	63%	53.9	81	29	2	2	0	5	3.9	3.1	5.9	91	2	4	2	0	107
2 Yrs				40	40	15	14	11	5	5	23	17	.575	6	5	0	0	22	55%	52	81	22	30	9	0	21	3.8	4.2	6.0	97	4	15	21	0	109
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	101	-13					4.3	4.4	5.9	95

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2012	26	BAL	AL	818	27%	3.6%	18.8%	7.0%	8.2%	36%	0.59	0.76	69%	18%	9.3%	16%	148	10	7%
2013	27	BAL	AL	188	26%	1.6%	14.4%	6.4%	5.3%	22%	0.47	0.64	77%	25%	3.7%	18%	35	10	29%
2 Yrs				1006	27%	3.2%	18.0%	6.9%	7.7%	33%	0.57	0.73	71%	19%	8.1%	16%	183	20	11%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	19.8%	8.0%	7.6%	34%	0.83	1.12	68%	20%	8.1%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	S/SO	L/SO%	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2012	26	BAL	AL	819	3137	3.83	2078	66%	25%	16%	30%	29%	75%	0%	50%	79%	60%	5%	44	27	30%	243	160	15	43	111	28%	28	17	-1	0	0
2013	27	BAL	AL	188	727	3.87	473	65%	27%	11%	30%	31%	73%	0%	47%	84%	56%	4%	7	5	22%	42	25	4	11	16	41%	9	2	0	0	0
2 Yrs				1007	3864	3.84	2551	66%	26%	15%	30%	29%	74%	0%	49%	80%	59%	5%	51	32	28%	285	185	19	54	127	30%	37	19	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.83		63%	28%	16%	27%	29%	72%	1%	46%	78%	60%	5%			24%						24%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2012	26	BAL	AL	818	186	15	4	29	0	7	22	7	17	12	35	21	7	60%	7	2	2	287	11	3	79%	8	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	18	0
2013	27	BAL	AL	188	45	8	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	3	8	4	2	50%	1	2	0	73	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2 Yrs				1006	231	23	5	32	0	8	24	8	17	15	43	25	9	58%	8	4	2	360	13	5	72%	10	4	3	1	0	0	2	2	22	0
MLB Averages																		52%							74%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
2012	26	12	11	.522	4.02	32	32	0	0	0	0	192.2	186	97	86	29	57	0	154	5	1	2	818	104	1.261	8.7	1.4	2.7	7.2	2.70	104
2013	27	15	14	.517	3.83	40	40	0	0	0	0	240.0	231	113	102	32	69	0	181	6	1	4	1006	109	1.250	8.7	1.2	2.6	6.8	2.62	109

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2012	26	9	11	.450	4.24	189.0	189	99	89	29	58	151	5	1.307	9.0	2.8	7.2	2.60	1.4	32
2013	27	2	2	.500	3.56	43.0	46	19	17	3	12	25	1	1.349	9.6	2.5	5.2	2.08	0.6	8
2 Yrs		11	13	.458	4.11	232.0	235	118	106	32	70	176	6	1.315	9.1		6.8	2.51	1.2	40

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2639), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1325th), 3.7 career WAR/3.7 7yr-peak WAR/3.7 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

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