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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

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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
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 2 188 139 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 110 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 3 855 110 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 gmLI 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 4.56 0.28 0.18 98.4 4.39 6 0.7 -0.1 1.1 12 .585 .504 $3,572,000
2 Seasons 240.0 40 40 113 4.24 4.54 -0.04 0.18 100.7 4.80 14 1.5 -0.2 3.7 39 .538 .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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
2012 26 BAL AL 32 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 RoY-4
2013 27 BAL AL 8 0 /1
2 Yrs 40 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
2012 26 BAL AL 32 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $3,072,000 1 RoY-4
1 Season 32 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $3,072,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2012 26 BAL AL ALDS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

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
2012 BAL AL 26 P 32 32 0 192.2 39 7 31 1 2 .974 3 3 1.78 1.19 .954 1.57 1.56 11 3 21% 25% 2 RoY-4
2013 BAL AL 27 P 8 8 0 47.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.76 0.50 .970 1.54 1.52 2 2 50% 24% 0
2 Seasons P 40 40 0 240.0 43 7 35 1 2 .977 3 2 1.58 1.05 .956 1.56 1.55 13 5 28% 25% 2
2 Seasons TOT 40 40 0 240.0 43 7 35 1 2 .977 3 15 1.58 1.05 .956 1.56 1.55 13 5 28% 25% 2
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
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
2012 AL  32 (10th)
2013 AL  8 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  29 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2013 AL  0.570 (9th)

Assists as P s c a p y
2012 AL  31 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2488), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1436th), 2.8 career WAR/2.8 7yr-peak WAR/2.8 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
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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
201226Baltimore Orioles$3,072,000contracts
201327Baltimore Orioles$3,572,000
201428Baltimore Orioles$4,072,000
201529Baltimore Orioles*$4,750,000$4.75M Team Option, $372k Buyout
Earliest Arb Eligible: 2015, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,644,000Does not include future salaries
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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