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Bruce Chen

Q: When was Bruce Chen born?

Bruce Chen was born on June 19, 1977.

Q: Where was Bruce Chen born?

Bruce Chen was born in Panama, Panama.

Q: How tall is Bruce Chen?

Bruce Chen is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Bruce Chen weigh when playing?

Bruce Chen weighed 215 lbs (97 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Bruce Chen in the Hall of Fame?

Bruce Chen has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Bruce Chen have?

Bruce Chen had 1,140 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Bruce Chen played for?

Bruce Chen played for 11 teams; the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians.

Q: When did Bruce Chen retire?

Bruce Chen last played in 2015.

Q: What is Bruce Chen's Twitter account?

Bruce Chen is on Twitter at ChenMusic .

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: June 19, 1977 in Panama, Panama pa

High School: Instituto Panamericano (Panama, Panama)

Debut: September 7, 1998 (Age 21-080d, 17,346th in major league history)
vs. NYM 3.0 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: May 15, 2015 (Age 37-330d)
vs. TEX 2.1 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Bruce Kastulo Chen

Twitter: @ChenMusic

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

ERA

4.62

400

227

1532.0

1140

WHIP

1.386

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	4.86	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	5.88	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	4.28	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	4.34	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	4.26	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	5.14	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	5.19	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	5.06	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	5.32	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		2.96	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	5.72	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	4.98	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	6.07	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	6.36	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	5.79	1.135	8.8	2.9	1.5	8.8	6.00
2004	27	BAL-TOR-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	OTT,SYR 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	4.62	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	4.94	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	6.48	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	7.54	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	5.55	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	4.54	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	108	4.39	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	4.73	1.367	10.1	1.5	2.2	6.6	2.98
2013	36	KCR	AL	9	4	.692	3.27	34	15	3	0	0	0	121.0	107	46	44	13	36	4	78	3	1	0	498	126	4.12	1.182	8.0	1.0	2.7	5.8	2.17
2014	37	KCR-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	8.22	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.1	29	14	14	3	3	0	16	0	0	0	73			2.087	17.0	1.8	1.8	9.4	5.33	OMA,NTA PCL,TL
2014	37	KCR	AL	2	4	.333	7.45	13	7	6	0	0	0	48.1	69	40	40	7	16	1	36	1	0	0	223	53	4.58	1.759	12.8	1.3	3.0	6.7	2.25
2015	38	CLE-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.74	5	5	0	2	0	0	31.0	19	6	6	4	3	0	23	1	0	0	111			0.710	5.5	1.2	0.9	6.7	7.67	CLB IL
2015	38	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	12.79	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.1	17	9	9	3	1	1	4	0	0	0	35	35	8.50	2.842	24.2	4.3	1.4	5.7	4.00
17 Yrs				82	81	.503	4.62	400	227	56	4	1	1	1532.0	1578	849	786	257	546	40	1140	45	3	30	6619	93	4.92	1.386	9.3	1.5	3.2	6.7	2.09
162 Game Avg.				9	9	.503	4.62	43	25	6	0	0	0	166	171	92	85	28	59	4	124	5	0	3	718	93	4.92	1.386	9.3	1.5	3.2	6.7	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
KCR (6 yrs)				47	43	.522	4.53	156	113	17	2	1	1	718.2	753	381	362	100	231	17	494	26	1	14	3089	92	4.58	1.369	9.4	1.3	2.9	6.2	2.14
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	5.14	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	5.34	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	5.04	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	4.70	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	5.79	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	7.54	1.700	9.9	2.7	5.4	6.3	1.17
CLE (1 yr)				0	1	.000	12.79	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.1	17	9	9	3	1	1	4	0	0	0	35	35	8.50	2.842	24.2	4.3	1.4	5.7	4.00
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	4.98	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	5.72	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	6.36	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	5.02	1.392	8.6	1.6	3.9	7.9	2.02
AL (12 yrs)				62	63	.496	4.64	250	168	38	4	1	1	1091.0	1156	603	562	178	354	22	752	35	2	17	4701	92	4.88	1.384	9.5	1.5	2.9	6.2	2.12

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Bruce Chen?

Bruce Chen is 47 years old.

When was Bruce Chen born?

Bruce Chen was born on June 19, 1977.

Where was Bruce Chen born?

Bruce Chen was born in Panama, Panama.

How tall is Bruce Chen?

Bruce Chen is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Bruce Chen weigh when playing?

Bruce Chen weighed 215 lbs (97 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Bruce Chen play?

Bruce Chen played 17 seasons.

Is Bruce Chen in the Hall of Fame?

Bruce Chen has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Bruce Chen play?

Bruce Chen was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Bruce Chen have?

Bruce Chen had 1,140 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Bruce Chen played for?

Bruce Chen played for 11 teams; the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians.

When did Bruce Chen retire?

Bruce Chen last played in 2015.

What is Bruce Chen's Twitter account?

Bruce Chen is on Twitter at ChenMusic.

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