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)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Bruce Kastulo Chen
Nickname:   None
Born On:   06-19-1977
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Panama City, Panama
Zodiac:   Gemini
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   Institute of Panama
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02
Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Orioles 40 12 0 0 7 .000 6.93 0 0 0 98.2 453 137 76 81 28 35 3 70 1 0 0 1
2007 Rangers 5 0 0 0 0 .000 7.20 0 0 0 10.0 46 11 8 11 3 6 1 7 0 0 0 0
2009 Royals 17 9 0 1 6 .143 5.78 0 0 0 62.1 279 74 40 42 12 25 3 45 4 4 0 0
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
11 Years 259 121 24 36 43 .456 4.71 2 0 0 869.1 3,956 882 455 501 166 339 28 687 23 23 2 7
Bruce Chen

Bruce Chen Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1998 Braves 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143
1999 Braves 16 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2000 Braves 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2000 Phillies 15 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 5 0 0 0 .040 .077 .040
2001 Phillies 16 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 0 0 .107 .107 .107
2001 Mets 11 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 1 .158 .158 .158
2002 Mets 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2002 Expos 15 12 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .417 .417 .500
2002 Reds 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2003 Astros 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2003 Red Sox 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2004 Orioles 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2005 Orioles 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333
2006 Orioles 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000
2007 Rangers 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2009 Royals 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
11 Years 189 116 4 16 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 53 17 0 0 1 .138 .160 .147
Bruce Chen

Bruce Chen Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1998 Braves P 4 4 61 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.44 1.000
1999 Braves P 16 7 153 4 0.3 3 0 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.53 1.000
2000 Braves P 22 0 119 3 0.1 3 0 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.68 1.000
2000 Phillies P 15 15 283 12 0.8 12 1 11 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.14 1.000
2001 Phillies P 16 16 259 12 0.8 12 2 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.25 1.000
2001 Mets P 11 11 179 14 1.3 13 2 11 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.96 1.000
2002 Mets P 1 0 2 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 13.50 0.000
2002 Expos P 15 5 112 3 0.2 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.72 1.000
2002 Reds P 39 1 119 8 0.2 8 4 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.82 1.000
2003 Astros P 11 0 36 1 0.1 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.75 1.000
2003 Red Sox P 5 2 37 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 0.000
2004 Orioles P 8 7 143 11 1.4 11 4 7 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08 1.000
2005 Orioles P 34 32 591 37 1.1 35 10 25 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .946 1.60 1.000
2006 Orioles P 40 12 297 18 0.5 18 6 12 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.64 1.000
2007 Rangers P 5 0 30 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 0.000
2009 Royals P 17 9 186 13 0.8 12 3 9 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.74 13.231
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 259 121 2,607 138 0.5 133 34 99 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .964 1.38 --
11 Years 259 121 2,607 138 0.5 133 34 99 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .964 1.38 --
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 1.8 7.0 1.89 7.52 3.98
1999 Braves 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 1.8 0.0 1.67 7.94 4.76
2000 Braves 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 1.7 0.0 1.68 7.26 4.31
2000 Phillies 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 1.5 25.0 2.96 7.63 2.58
2001 Phillies 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 2.8 0.0 2.55 8.24 3.23
2001 Mets 0 0 .000 - - 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 0.00 0.00 0.00
2002 Expos 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 4.0 12.0 1.87 10.37 5.54
2002 Reds 0 0 .000 - - 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 1.00 6.00 6.00
2003 Red Sox 0 0 .000 - - 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 2.00 6.04 3.02
2005 Orioles 0 0 .000 - - 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 2.00 6.39 3.19
2007 Rangers 0 0 .000 - - 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 1.80 6.50 3.61
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
11 Years 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 2.2 38.7 2.03 7.11 3.51
Bruce Chen

Bruce Chen Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1998 Atlanta Braves 48 Undetermined - -
1999 Atlanta Braves 48 $200,000.00 - -
2000 Atlanta Braves 48 $207,500.00 - -
2000 Philadelphia Phillies 39 Undetermined - -
2001 Philadelphia Phillies 39 $300,000.00 - -
2001 New York Mets 32 Undetermined - -
2002 New York Mets 32 $300,000.00 - -
2002 Montreal Expos 32 Undetermined - -
2002 Cincinnati Reds 52 Undetermined - -
2003 Houston Astros 31 Undetermined - -
2003 Boston Red Sox 52 Undetermined - -
2004 Baltimore Orioles 64 Undetermined - -
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 - -


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