Bruce Chen Stats

Bruce Chen was born on Sunday, June 19, 1977, in Panama City, Panama. Chen was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 7, 1998, with the Atlanta Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bruce Chen baseball stats page.

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Bruce Chen

Bruce Chen Autograph on a 1999 Fleer Ultra (#050)

Bruce Chen Autograph on a 1999 Fleer Ultra (#050)
 

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Birth Name:   Bruce Kastulo Chen (Twitter: @ChenMusic)
Nickname:   None
Born On:   06-19-1977  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Panama City, Panama
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Panama City High School (Panama, PA)
College:   Institute of Panama
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   215
First Game:   09-07-1998 (Age 21)
Last Game:   Still Active
Draft:   Undrafted Free Agent
Bruce Chen

Bruce Chen Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1998 21 Braves 4 4 0 2 0 1.000 3.98 0 0 0 20.1 91 23 9 9 3 9 1 17 0 1 0 -
1999 22 Braves 16 7 3 2 2 .500 5.47 0 0 0 51.0 214 38 31 32 11 27 3 45 0 2 0 1
2000 23 Braves 22 0 4 4 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 0 39.2 176 35 11 15 4 19 2 32 0 1 1 0
2000 23 Phillies 15 15 0 3 4 .429 3.63 0 0 0 94.1 383 81 38 39 14 27 2 80 4 1 0 0
2001 24 Phillies 16 16 0 4 5 .444 5.00 0 0 0 86.1 381 90 48 53 19 31 4 79 2 1 0 0
2001 24 Mets 11 11 0 3 2 .600 4.68 0 0 0 59.2 253 56 31 37 10 28 0 47 3 0 0 0
2002 25 Mets 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 0.2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 25 Expos 15 5 4 2 3 .400 6.99 0 0 0 37.1 179 47 29 29 9 23 3 43 3 1 0 0
2002 25 Reds 39 1 9 0 2 .000 4.31 0 0 0 39.2 360 37 19 24 7 20 5 37 4 1 0 4
2003 26 Astros 11 0 2 0 0 .000 6.00 0 0 0 12.0 60 14 8 8 2 8 1 8 0 2 0 1
2003 26 Red Sox 5 2 2 0 1 .000 5.11 0 0 0 12.1 50 12 7 8 4 2 0 12 0 0 0 0
2004 27 Orioles 8 7 0 2 1 .667 3.02 1 0 0 47.2 196 39 16 19 7 16 0 32 0 0 0 0
2005 28 Orioles 34 32 0 13 10 .565 3.83 1 0 0 197.1 832 187 84 94 33 63 0 133 2 9 1 0
2006 29 Orioles 40 12 16 0 7 .000 6.93 0 0 0 98.2 453 137 76 81 28 35 3 70 1 0 0 1
2007 30 Rangers 5 0 3 0 0 .000 7.20 0 0 0 10.0 46 11 8 11 3 6 1 7 0 0 0 0
2009 32 Royals 17 9 4 1 6 .143 5.78 0 0 0 62.1 279 74 40 42 12 25 3 45 4 4 0 0
2010 33 Royals 33 23 4 12 7 .632 4.17 1 1 1 140.1 608 136 65 68 17 57 4 98 3 3 0 0
2011 34 Royals 25 25 0 12 8 .600 3.77 1 0 0 155.0 654 152 65 71 18 50 2 97 2 7 0 0
2012 35 Royals 34 34 0 11 14 .440 5.07 1 1 0 191.2 827 215 108 114 33 47 3 140 5 8 0 0
2013 36 Royals 8 0 1 2 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 0 14.1 61 13 3 5 0 1 0 12 0 2 0 2
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
15 Years 359 203 52 73 72 .503 4.57 5 2 1 1,370.1 6,106 1,398 696 759 234 494 37 1,034 33 43 2 9
Bruce Chen

Bruce Chen Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1998 21 Braves 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143
1999 22 Braves 16 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2000 23 Braves 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2000 23 Phillies 15 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 5 0 0 0 .040 .077 .040
2001 24 Phillies 16 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 0 0 .107 .107 .107
2001 24 Mets 11 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 1 .158 .158 .158
2002 25 Mets 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2002 25 Expos 15 12 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .417 .417 .500
2002 25 Reds 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2003 26 Astros 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2003 26 Red Sox 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2004 27 Orioles 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2005 28 Orioles 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333
2006 29 Orioles 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000
2007 30 Rangers 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2009 32 Royals 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000
2010 33 Royals 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000
2011 34 Royals 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2012 35 Royals 35 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200
2013 36 Royals 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
15 Years 266 123 4 18 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 57 19 0 0 1 .146 .167 .154
Bruce Chen

Bruce Chen Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1998 Braves P 4 4 61 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.44
1999 Braves P 16 7 153 4 0.3 3 0 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.53
2000 Braves P 22 0 119 3 0.1 3 0 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.68
2000 Phillies P 15 15 283 12 0.8 12 1 11 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.14
2001 Phillies P 16 16 259 12 0.8 12 2 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.25
2001 Mets P 11 11 179 14 1.3 13 2 11 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.96
2002 Mets P 1 0 2 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 13.50
2002 Expos P 15 5 112 3 0.2 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.72
2002 Reds P 39 1 119 8 0.2 8 4 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.82
2003 Astros P 11 0 36 1 0.1 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.75
2003 Red Sox P 5 2 37 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2004 Orioles P 8 7 143 11 1.4 11 4 7 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08
2005 Orioles P 34 32 591 37 1.1 35 10 25 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .946 1.60
2006 Orioles P 40 12 297 18 0.5 18 6 12 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.64
2007 Rangers P 5 0 30 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2009 Royals P 17 9 186 13 0.8 12 3 9 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.74
2010 Royals P 33 23 420 29 0.9 28 4 24 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 1.80
2011 Royals P 25 25 465 32 1.3 32 8 24 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.86
2012 Royals P 34 34 575 36 1.1 35 7 28 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .972 1.64
2013 Royals P 8 7 - 2 0.3 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 359 210 4,067 237 0.7 230 53 177 7 5 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.53
15 Years 359 210 4,067 237 0.7 230 53 177 7 5 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.53
Bruce Chen

Bruce Chen Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1998 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1.8 7.0 1.89 7.52 3.98
1999 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1.8 0.0 1.67 7.94 4.76
2000 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1.7 0.0 1.68 7.26 4.31
2000 Phillies 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 25.0 2.96 7.63 2.58
2001 Phillies 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2.8 0.0 2.55 8.24 3.23
2001 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2.1 0.0 1.68 7.09 4.22
2002 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
2002 Expos 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 4.0 12.0 1.87 10.37 5.54
2002 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 0.0 1.85 8.39 4.54
2003 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 6.00 6.00
2003 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.00 8.76 1.46
2004 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 6.04 3.02
2005 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.11 6.07 2.87
2006 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 6.39 3.19
2007 Rangers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.17 6.30 5.40
2009 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.80 6.50 3.61
2010 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.72 6.29 3.66
2011 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.94 5.63 2.90
2012 Royals 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.0 1.7 0.0 2.98 6.57 2.21
2013 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.00 7.66 0.64
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
15 Years 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.0 2.2 41.0 2.09 6.79 3.24
Bruce Chen

Bruce Chen Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1998 Atlanta Braves 48 $170,000.00 - -
1999 Atlanta Braves 48 $200,000.00 - -
2000 Atlanta Braves 48 $207,500.00 - -
2000 Philadelphia Phillies 39 "     "     - -
2001 Philadelphia Phillies 39 $300,000.00 - -
2001 New York Mets 32 "     "     - -
2002 New York Mets 32 $300,000.00 - -
2002 Montreal Expos 32 $300,000.00 - -
2002 Cincinnati Reds 52 "     "     - -
2003 Houston Astros 31 $500,000.00 - -
2003 Boston Red Sox 52 "     "     - -
2004 Baltimore Orioles 64 $550,000.00 - -
2005 Baltimore Orioles 27 $550,000.00 - -
2006 Baltimore Orioles 27 $3,800,000.00 - -
2007 Texas Rangers 46 $1,100,000.00 - -
2009 Kansas City Royals 52 $600,000.00 - -
2010 Kansas City Royals 52 $600,000.00 - -
2011 Kansas City Royals 52 $2,000,000.00 - -
2012 Kansas City Royals 52 $450,000.00 - -
2013 Kansas City Royals 52 $4,500,000.00 - -


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