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Bruce Chen

Columbus Clippers • Pitcher

Age 48 • 6' 2" • 215 lb

Bats: L • Throws: L

MLB Debut: 1998-09-07

Born: Panama City • Panama

2015 Stats

ERA

12.79

WHIP

2.84

6.1

HLD

Career Stats

ERA

4.62

WHIP

1.39

1532.0

1140

HLD

400

227

Year-by-Year Pitching

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WHIP
1998	ATL	4	4	20.1	2	—	—	17	3.98	1.57
1999	ATL	16	7	51.0	2	2	—	45	5.47	1.27
2000	Total	37	15	134.0	7	4	—	112	3.29	1.21
2000	ATL	22	—	39.2	4	—	—	32	2.50	1.36
2000	PHI	15	15	94.1	3	4	—	80	3.63	1.14
2001	Total	27	27	146.0	7	7	—	126	4.87	1.40
2001	PHI	16	16	86.1	4	5	—	79	5.00	1.40
2001	NYM	11	11	59.2	3	2	—	47	4.68	1.41
2002	Total	55	6	77.2	2	5	—	80	5.56	1.65
2002	NYM	1	—	0.2	—	—	—	—	0.00	1.50
2002	WSH	15	5	37.1	2	3	—	43	6.99	1.88
2002	CIN	39	1	39.2	—	2	—	37	4.31	1.44
2003	Total	16	2	24.1	—	1	—	20	5.55	1.48
2003	HOU	11	—	12.0	—	—	—	8	6.00	1.83
2003	BOS	5	2	12.1	—	1	—	12	5.11	1.14
2004	BAL	8	7	47.2	2	1	—	32	3.02	1.15
2005	BAL	34	32	197.1	13	10	—	133	3.83	1.27
2006	BAL	40	12	98.2	—	7	—	70	6.93	1.74
2007	TEX	5	—	10.0	—	—	—	7	7.20	1.70
2009	KC	17	9	62.1	1	6	—	45	5.78	1.59
2010	KC	33	23	140.1	12	7	1	98	4.17	1.38
2011	KC	25	25	155.0	12	8	—	97	3.77	1.30
2012	KC	34	34	191.2	11	14	—	140	5.07	1.37
2013	KC	34	15	121.0	9	4	—	78	3.27	1.18
2014	KC	13	7	48.1	2	4	—	36	7.45	1.76
2015	CLE	2	2	6.1	—	1	—	4	12.79	2.84

Spring Training

Pitching

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WHIP
2006	BAL	6	5	23.0	2	2	—	17	3.52	0.91
2007	TEX	5	1	15.1	1	—	—	11	3.52	1.57
2010	KC	3	—	5.0	—	—	—	5	3.60	1.60
2011	KC	6	5	25.0	3	1	—	13	3.96	1.16
2012	KC	6	6	22.0	1	1	—	18	9.41	1.82
2013	KC	6	2	16.2	1	1	—	15	6.48	1.38
2014	KC	5	4	17.1	—	4	—	9	7.27	1.62
2015	CLE	4	2	13.1	2	1	—	12	6.08	1.50

Game Logs

Season selector loads one year at a time.

Pitching

Date	Opponent	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2015-05-15	@ TEX	2.1	7	3	3	0	1	2
2015-05-09	vs MIN	4.0	10	6	6	1	3	1

Transactions

Entire history • newest first.

2015-05-18

Cleveland Indians sent LHP Bruce Chen outright to Columbus Clippers.

2015-05-18

LHP Bruce Chen elected free agency.

2015-05-16

Cleveland Indians designated LHP Bruce Chen for assignment.

2015-05-09

Cleveland Indians selected the contract of LHP Bruce Chen from Columbus Clippers.

2015-02-18

Cleveland Indians signed free agent LHP Bruce Chen to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

2014-09-05

Kansas City Royals released LHP Bruce Chen.

2014-08-29

Kansas City Royals designated LHP Bruce Chen for assignment.

2014-06-24

Kansas City Royals activated LHP Bruce Chen from the 60-day disabled list.

2014-06-21

Kansas City Royals transferred LHP Bruce Chen from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Bulging disc in his back

2014-06-08

Kansas City Royals sent LHP Bruce Chen on a rehab assignment to Omaha Storm Chasers.

2014-06-03

Kansas City Royals sent LHP Bruce Chen on a rehab assignment to Northwest Arkansas Naturals.

2014-05-02

Kansas City Royals placed LHP Bruce Chen on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 25, 2014. Bulging disc in his back

2014-02-01

Kansas City Royals signed free agent LHP Bruce Chen.

2011-11-23

Kansas City Royals signed free agent LHP Bruce Chen.

2011-10-30

LHP Bruce Chen elected free agency.

2011-06-24

Kansas City Royals activated LHP Bruce Chen from the 15-day disabled list.

2011-05-11

Kansas City Royals placed LHP Bruce Chen on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 6, 2011. Left lat strain.

2011-01-15

Kansas City Royals signed free agent LHP Bruce Chen.

2010-11-07

LHP Bruce Chen elected free agency.

2010-04-23

Kansas City Royals selected the contract of LHP Bruce Chen from Omaha Royals.

2009-12-11

Kansas City Royals signed free agent LHP Bruce Chen to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

2009-11-06

LHP Bruce Chen elected free agency.

2009-09-23

Kansas City Royals placed LHP Bruce Chen on the 60-day disabled list. torn left oblique muscle

2009-06-27

Kansas City Royals selected the contract of LHP Bruce Chen from Omaha Royals.

Scouting Report

Statcast-style percentiles • Basenerd theme

Season 2015

Pitch	#	Usage%	Zone%	Whiff%	AVG	HardHit%
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Category	#	Usage%	Zone%	Whiff%	AVG	HardHit%
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Basic Line

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Pitch Arsenal

Usage • Velo • Break • Spin • xwOBA

Pitch	N	Use%	Velo	HB	IVB	Spin	xwOBA	Whiff%	Zone%	Chase%	BNStuff+	BNCtrl+
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Notes

Primary pitch summary

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Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Pitcher's View: HB vs Rise / Drop (in)

Circles: 12/18/24 in • Dots = pitch types (size ~ pitch count)

Pitch Location Heatmaps

KDE-style blur • fixed zone • catcher POV

Pitch

Metric

vs. LHH

vs. RHH

Zone: left -0.7083 / right 0.7083 • bot 1.595 / top 3.394 • Domain: X [-2,2], Z [0,5]

Statcast Game Log

Per-game pitch metrics from Statcast

Date	Pitches	Velo	BNStuff+	BNCtrl+	Whiff%	Zone%	Chase%	K%	BB%	xwOBA
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