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Birth Date6-19-1977
Height6' 2"
Weight215 lbs
Age35 years, 11 months, 7 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
0.02009
1.72010
1.32011
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YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
1998 ATL 21 4 4 20.3 20.3 0.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 91 23 9 9 3 38 9 8 1 17 3.98 4.79 4.65 2.0 0.2
1999 ATL 22 16 7 51.0 40.0 11.0 2 2 0 0 3 0 214 38 32 31 11 75 27 24 2 45 5.47 5.82 7.43 -6.9 -0.7
2000 ATL 23 22 0 39.7 0.0 39.7 4 0 0 0 0 0 176 35 15 11 4 60 19 17 1 32 2.50 4.27 4.58 4.5 0.4
2000 PHI 23 15 15 94.3 94.3 0.0 3 4 0 0 6 1 383 81 39 38 14 139 27 25 1 80 3.63 4.18 5.09 9.3 0.8
2001 NYN 24 11 11 59.7 59.7 0.0 3 2 0 0 5 3 253 56 37 31 10 102 28 28 0 47 4.68 5.02 5.99 -3.6 -0.4
2001 PHI 24 16 16 86.3 86.3 0.0 4 5 0 0 4 1 381 90 53 48 19 182 31 27 1 79 5.00 5.15 5.04 4.1 0.4
2002 CIN 25 39 1 39.7 4.0 35.7 0 2 0 3 0 0 178 37 24 19 7 70 20 18 1 37 4.31 4.89 5.18 1.5 0.1
2002 MON 25 15 5 37.3 19.0 18.3 2 3 0 1 0 0 179 47 29 29 9 82 23 20 1 43 6.99 5.64 5.80 3.8 0.4
2002 NYN 25 1 0 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.88 3.74 0.1 0.0
2003 BOS 26 5 2 12.3 9.0 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 50 12 8 7 4 25 2 2 0 12 5.11 5.85 6.36 0.3 0.0
2003 HOU 26 11 0 12.0 0.0 12.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 14 8 8 2 26 8 7 2 8 6.00 6.31 5.76 -0.5 -0.1
2004 BAL 27 8 7 47.7 44.7 3.0 2 1 0 0 3 1 196 39 19 16 7 69 16 16 0 32 3.02 4.73 4.63 5.6 0.5
2005 BAL 28 34 32 197.3 192.3 5.0 13 10 0 1 21 1 832 187 94 84 33 322 63 63 9 133 3.83 4.97 5.02 19.0 1.9
2006 BAL 29 40 12 98.7 58.3 40.3 0 7 0 0 1 0 453 137 81 76 28 243 35 32 0 70 6.93 6.52 7.10 -5.8 -0.6
2007 TEX 30 5 0 10.0 0.0 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 11 11 8 3 24 6 5 0 7 7.20 7.61 10.61 -4.3 -0.4
2009 KCA 32 17 9 62.3 48.0 14.3 1 6 0 0 3 1 279 74 42 40 12 126 25 22 4 45 5.78 5.60 6.10 0.3 0.0
2010 KCA 33 33 23 140.3 131.0 9.3 12 7 1 0 8 1 608 136 68 65 17 219 57 53 3 98 4.17 4.51 4.27 16.2 1.7
2011 KCA 34 25 25 155.0 155.0 0.0 12 8 0 0 14 1 654 152 71 65 18 239 50 48 7 97 3.77 4.42 4.88 10.8 1.3
2012 KCA 35 34 34 191.7 191.7 0.0 11 14 0 0 15 1 827 215 114 108 33 371 47 44 8 140 5.07 4.68 4.70 18.1 2.1
2013 KCA 36 9 0 15.3 0.0 15.3 3 0 0 1 0 0 66 14 5 3 0 19 2 2 2 12 1.76 2.36 2.10 5.6 0.6
Career3602031371.71153.7218.074721685115929139975969623424324954614310344.574.955.2380.28.3

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
1995 DNV Rk 14 13 70.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 EUG A- 11 8 35.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 MCN A 28 28 146.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .289 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 ATL MLB 4 4 20.3 4.65 94 .286 .269 .342 .421 .269 .328 95 1.9 0.2 2.0 0.2
1998 GRN AA 24 23 139.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.420 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 GWN AAA 4 4 24.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.327 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 ATL MLB 16 7 51.0 7.43 43 .246 .283 .359 .452 .271 .209 95 -6.4 -0.6 -6.9 -0.7
1999 GWN AAA 14 14 78.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 ATL MLB 22 0 39.7 4.58 103 .260 .276 .351 .452 .269 .258 93 4.2 0.4 4.5 0.4
2000 PHI MLB 15 15 94.3 5.09 98 .225 .284 .358 .472 .276 .257 99 9.9 0.9 9.3 0.8
2000 GWN AAA 1 1 6.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.714 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 NYN MLB 11 11 59.7 5.99 61 .287 .273 .342 .452 .275 .274 91 -3.4 -0.3 -3.6 -0.4
2001 PHI MLB 16 16 86.3 5.04 87 .293 .272 .342 .454 .273 .283 94 4.3 0.4 4.1 0.4
2001 REA AA 1 1 6.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.429 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 SWB AAA 3 3 18.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.571 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 CIN MLB 39 1 39.7 5.18 92 .278 .272 .346 .440 .272 .265 106 1.7 0.2 1.5 0.1
2002 MON MLB 15 5 37.3 5.80 73 .315 .271 .343 .436 .269 .369 102 1.1 0.1 3.8 0.4
2002 NYN MLB 1 0 0.7 3.74 107 .241 .260 .316 .365 .240 .333 89 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
2003 BOS MLB 5 2 12.3 6.36 75 .276 .281 .359 .467 .285 .250 104 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
2003 HOU MLB 11 0 12.0 5.76 80 .322 .283 .356 .463 .278 .300 104 -0.3 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1
2003 PAW AAA 16 15 85.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .278 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 BAL MLB 8 7 47.7 4.63 105 .238 .272 .342 .441 .270 .227 97 5.6 0.5 5.6 0.5
2004 OTT AAA 22 17 95.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SYR AAA 3 3 10.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .351 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 BAL MLB 34 32 197.3 5.02 94 .261 .276 .341 .443 .273 .259 100 17.8 1.8 19.0 1.9
2006 BAL MLB 40 12 98.7 7.10 59 .318 .280 .351 .456 .276 .341 102 -6.9 -0.7 -5.8 -0.6
2006 PAN wor 1 1 5.1 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .267 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 TEX MLB 5 0 10.0 10.61 -15 .319 .276 .341 .429 .271 .267 101 -4.3 -0.4 -4.3 -0.4
2007 OKL AAA 4 4 16.0 6.30 56 .261 .295 .357 .465 .273 .286 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 KCA MLB 17 9 62.3 6.10 72 .302 .273 .341 .429 .271 .321 99 -1.3 -0.1 0.3 0.0
2009 OMA AAA 14 13 82.0 4.53 95 .225 .278 .346 .421 .273 .224 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 KCA MLB 33 23 140.3 4.27 106 .269 .267 .336 .416 .272 .275 102 16.0 1.7 16.2 1.7
2010 OMA AAA 3 3 20.7 3.02 139 .177 .274 .344 .416 .262 .255 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 KCA MLB 25 25 155.0 4.88 94 .262 .262 .325 .408 .266 .278 103 10.3 1.1 10.8 1.3
2011 NWA AA 1 1 2.0 4.19 92 .509 .274 .341 .410 .287 .556 78 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 OMA AAA 2 2 9.0 6.17 71 .360 .290 .369 .496 .290 .312 85 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 KCA MLB 34 34 191.7 4.70 96 .286 .268 .330 .435 .274 .304 102 18.6 2.0 18.1 2.1
2013 KCA MLB 9 0 15.3 2.10 155 .240 .268 .336 .447 .282 .280 102 5.6 0.6 5.6 0.6
CareerMLB2031371.75.3287.275.272.341.439.272.2838656.35.862.16.2

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
1995 DNV Rk 4 4 0 14 13 70.3 78 19 56 3 0% .000 10.0 2.4 0.4 7.2 1.38 3.97 0.0 0.0
1996 EUG A- 4 1 0 11 8 35.7 23 14 55 1 0% .000 5.8 3.5 0.3 13.9 1.04 2.27 0.0 0.0
1997 MCN A 12 7 0 28 28 146.3 120 44 182 19 0% .289 7.4 2.7 1.2 11.2 1.12 3.51 0.0 0.0
1998 GWN AAA 2 1 0 4 4 24.0 17 19 29 1 0% -.327 6.4 7.1 0.4 10.9 1.50 1.88 0.0 0.0
1998 GRN AA 13 7 0 24 23 139.3 106 48 164 12 0% -.420 6.8 3.1 0.8 10.6 1.11 3.30 0.0 0.0
1998 ATL MLB 2 0 0 4 4 20.3 23 9 17 3 34% .328 10.2 4.0 1.3 7.5 1.57 3.98 2.0 0.2
1999 GWN AAA 6 3 0 14 14 78.0 73 26 90 10 0% -.500 8.4 3.0 1.2 10.4 1.27 3.81 0.0 0.0
1999 ATL MLB 2 2 0 16 7 51.0 38 27 45 11 29% .209 6.7 4.8 1.9 7.9 1.27 5.47 -6.9 -0.7
2000 GWN AAA 1 0 0 1 1 6.0 5 1 6 0 0% -.714 7.5 1.5 0.0 9.0 1.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
2000 ATL MLB 4 0 0 22 0 39.7 35 19 32 4 40% .258 7.9 4.3 0.9 7.3 1.36 2.50 4.5 0.4
2000 PHI MLB 3 4 0 15 15 94.3 81 27 80 14 35% .257 7.7 2.6 1.3 7.6 1.14 3.63 9.3 0.8
2001 SWB AAA 1 0 0 3 3 18.7 14 5 14 2 0% -.571 6.7 2.4 1.0 6.7 1.02 3.85 0.0 0.0
2001 REA AA 1 0 0 1 1 6.0 3 0 7 0 0% -.429 4.5 0.0 0.0 10.5 0.50 0.00 0.0 0.0
2001 PHI MLB 4 5 0 16 16 86.3 90 31 79 19 32% .283 9.4 3.2 2.0 8.2 1.40 5.00 4.1 0.4
2001 NYN MLB 3 2 0 11 11 59.7 56 28 47 10 38% .274 8.4 4.2 1.5 7.1 1.41 4.68 -3.6 -0.4
2002 NYN MLB 0 0 0 1 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 50% .333 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.50 0.00 0.1 0.0
2002 MON MLB 2 3 0 15 5 37.3 47 23 43 9 38% .369 11.3 5.5 2.2 10.4 1.88 6.99 3.8 0.4
2002 CIN MLB 0 2 0 39 1 39.7 37 20 37 7 39% .265 8.4 4.5 1.6 8.4 1.44 4.31 1.5 0.1
2003 PAW AAA 5 5 1 16 15 85.0 80 15 73 12 0% .278 8.5 1.6 1.3 7.7 1.12 4.24 0.0 0.0
2003 HOU MLB 0 0 0 11 0 12.0 14 8 8 2 67% .300 10.5 6.0 1.5 6.0 1.83 6.00 -0.5 -0.1
2003 BOS MLB 0 1 0 5 2 12.3 12 2 12 4 44% .250 8.8 1.5 2.9 8.8 1.14 5.11 0.3 0.0
2004 OTT AAA 4 3 0 22 17 95.0 85 30 108 12 0% .297 8.1 2.8 1.1 10.2 1.21 3.22 0.0 0.0
2004 SYR AAA 0 1 0 3 3 10.3 17 5 8 4 0% .351 14.9 4.4 3.5 7.0 2.14 8.74 0.0 0.0
2004 BAL MLB 2 1 0 8 7 47.7 39 16 32 7 39% .227 7.4 3.0 1.3 6.0 1.15 3.02 5.6 0.5
2005 BAL MLB 13 10 0 34 32 197.3 187 63 133 33 39% .259 8.5 2.9 1.5 6.1 1.27 3.83 19.0 1.9
2006 PAN wor 0 0 0 1 1 5.1 4 1 3 0 0% .267 7.1 1.8 0.0 5.3 0.98 3.53 0.0 0.0
2006 BAL MLB 0 7 0 40 12 98.7 137 35 70 28 34% .341 12.5 3.2 2.6 6.4 1.74 6.93 -5.8 -0.6
2007 OKL AAA 1 1 0 4 4 16.0 17 3 12 3 46% .286 9.6 1.7 1.7 6.8 1.25 5.62 0.0 0.0
2007 TEX MLB 0 0 0 5 0 10.0 11 6 7 3 33% .267 9.9 5.4 2.7 6.3 1.70 7.20 -4.3 -0.4
2009 OMA AAA 4 2 0 14 13 82.0 57 23 69 8 37% .224 6.3 2.5 0.9 7.6 0.98 3.40 0.0 0.0
2009 KCA MLB 1 6 0 17 9 62.3 74 25 45 12 32% .321 10.7 3.6 1.7 6.5 1.59 5.78 0.3 0.0
2010 OMA AAA 0 1 0 3 3 20.7 13 5 20 0 45% .255 5.7 2.2 0.0 8.7 0.87 1.30 0.0 0.0
2010 KCA MLB 12 7 1 33 23 140.3 136 57 98 17 35% .275 8.7 3.7 1.1 6.3 1.38 4.17 16.2 1.7
2011 NWA AA 0 1 0 1 1 2.0 5 0 2 0 22% .556 22.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 2.50 18.00 0.0 0.0
2011 KCA MLB 12 8 0 25 25 155.0 152 50 97 18 37% .278 8.8 2.9 1.0 5.6 1.30 3.77 10.8 1.3
2011 OMA AAA 0 0 0 2 2 9.0 11 1 8 3 29% .312 11.0 1.0 3.0 8.0 1.33 6.00 0.0 0.0
2012 KCA MLB 11 14 0 34 34 191.7 215 47 140 33 34% .304 10.1 2.2 1.5 6.6 1.37 5.07 18.1 2.1
2013 KCA MLB 3 0 0 9 0 15.3 14 2 12 0 34% .280 8.2 1.2 0.0 7.0 1.04 1.76 5.6 0.6

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-05-06 2011-06-24 15-DL 49 44 Left Shoulder Strain Latissimus Dorsi -
2009-09-18 2009-10-05 60-DL 17 16 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2008-01-01 2008-12-31 FA 365 0 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery -
2005-06-26 2005-07-04 DTD 8 7 Left Sprain Big Toe -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 KCA $4,500,000
2012 KCA $4,500,000
2011 KCA $2,000,000
2006 BAL $3,800,000
2005 BAL $550,000
2003 HOU $700,000
2002 NYN $300,000
2001 PHI $300,000
2000 ATL $207,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$12,357,500
2011Current$4,500,000
9 yrPvs + Cur$16,857,500
9 yrTotal$16,857,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
9 y 171 dScott Boras2 years/$9M (2012-13)

Details
  • 2 years/$9M (2012-13). Re-signed by Kansas City as a free agent 11/23/11. 12:$4.5M, 13:$4.5M. May earn additional $1M annually in performance bonuses. May earn additional $0.5M annually in roster bonuses.
  • 1 year/$2M (2011). Re-signed by Kansas City as a free agent 1/15/11. Performance bonuses to $1.5M.
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by Kansas City as a free agent 12/11/09 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Kansas City 4/23/10.
  • 1 year/$0.6M (2009). Signed as a free agent 2/28/09 (minor-league contract, $0.6M in majors). Contract purchased 6/27/09.
  • 1 year (2007). Signed as a free agent 2/07 (minor-league contract). DFA 4/07. Contract purchased 4/07.
  • 1 year/$3.8M (2006). Re-signed 1/06 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $0.2M each for 200 IP, 33 starts.
  • 1 year/$0.55M (2005). Re-signed 12/04 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year (2004). Contract purchased 8/04.
  • 1 year/$0.7M (2003). Re-signed 1/03 (lost arbitration, $0.83M-$0.7M). DFA 3/03. Released 3/03. Signed as a free agent 3/03 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased 3/03.
  • 1 year (2002). Acquired in trade from NY Mets 4/02. Acquired in trade from Montreal 7/02.
  • 1 year/$0.3M (2001). Acquired by NY Mets in trade from Philadelphia 7/01.
  • 1 year/$0.2075M (2000). Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Atlanta 7/00.
  • Signed by Atlanta 1993 as an amateur free agent from Panama.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .293 .354 .438 .277
11 vs R (Multi) .267 .317 .467 .281
18 Split (Multi) .026 .037 -.029 -.004
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.029 -.032 -.065 -.030
30 vs L (2012) .314 .365 .487 .294
31 vs R (2012) .271 .315 .485 .283
38 Split (2012) .044 .050 .002 .012
39 LgAvg (2012) -.031 -.033 -.073 -.033

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2011-05-23 13:00:00How dare you, sir, to refer to the Royals rotation as a "cast of clowns". Speaking for clowns everywhere I am offended.
(kcboomer from kc)
I'll ask Matt Klaassen to MSPaint me a photo of Bruce Chen in clown garb, tout de suite. (Mike Fast)
2011-03-09 13:00:00Jeremy, welcome aboard, and thanks a ton for stepping up and doing your first BP chat on such short notice. Here in Mesa, it's Matt Garza vs. Bruce Chen, an interesting pair of decisions as far as acquisition vs. retention. What are you thoughts on this odd couple?
(Christina Kahrl from HoHoKam Stadium)
I watched Bruce Chen at a Yankee game last year, and I did not understand why he was pitching in the Major Leagues. (Jeremy Greenhouse)
2010-10-05 19:23:33Where does the Phillies "Big Three" rank in terms of the best top 3 pitchers in one rotation in the last two decades or so?
(Ryan from Springfield, PA)
Towards the top, but slightly behind the 2005 Orioles C-Squared-L trio of Daniel Cabrera, Bruce Chen, and Rodrigo Lopez. (Roundtable Administrator)
2004-05-03 13:00:00Bruce Chen just got traded to the O's for a PBTNL. The O's are the 10th organization he's played for. PECOTA still thinks he has some value, despite his prodigious ability to serve up taters. Is he AAA filler at this point, or is there still a chance he'll succeed?
(DK from NYC)
Home run rate is huge when evaluating young pitchers. Lots of guys can put together reasonably good K/BB numbers in the minor leagues simply by challenging hitters; it seems that HR rate is a truer test of how likely that strategy is to hold up in the big leagues. I'd be surprised if Chen puts together much of a career. (Nate Silver)


BP Roundtables

DateRoundtable NameComment
2010-10-06 10:00:002010 Playoffs Day OneRyan (Springfield, PA): Where does the Phillies "Big Three" rank in terms of the best top 3 pitchers in one rotation in the last two decades or so?

Towards the top, but slightly behind the 2005 Orioles C-Squared-L trio of Daniel Cabrera, Bruce Chen, and Rodrigo Lopez.
(Eric Seidman)
 

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