Bruce Chen

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, 14,961st in MLB 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: Scott Boras

Full Name: Bruce Kastulo Chen

Twitter: @ChenMusic

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.0

W

L

ERA

4.62

G

400

GS

227

SV

IP

1532.0

SO

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

2008	31	MGZ	FgW	1	1	.500	2.45	6	6	0	0	0	0	25.2	25	7	7	3	9	0	18	0	0	0	107			1.325	8.8	1.1	3.2	6.3	2.00	MGZ PRWL
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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SUMMARY

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W

L

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GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

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