Bruce Chen

Full Name: Bruce Kastulo Chen Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 2"/150 First Game: September 7, 1998 Birthdate: June 19, 1977 MLB Experience: 9 years Birthplace: Panama City, Panama Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography

Born on June 19, 1977 in Panama City, Panama, Bruce Chen (Bruce Kastulo Chen) played for the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 9 year career. Chen broke into the bigs on September 7, 1998 with the Atlanta Braves, and put up a 5.47 ERA in 51 innings pitched in 1999, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bruce Chen's best season was 2005, when he posted a 3.83 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 133 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1998	ATL	N	4	4	2	0	3.98	17	9	9	0	0	0	20.1	23	3	9	1	0	1
1999	ATL	N	16	7	2	2	5.47	45	32	31	0	0	0	51	38	11	27	3	0	2
2000	PHI	N	15	15	3	4	3.63	80	39	38	0	0	0	94.1	81	14	27	2	4	1
2000	ATL	N	22	0	4	0	2.50	32	15	11	0	0	0	39.2	35	4	19	2	0	1
2000	TOT	N	37	15	7	4	3.29	112	54	49	0	0	0	134	116	18	46	4	4	2
2001	PHI	N	16	16	4	5	5.00	79	53	48	0	0	0	86.1	90	19	31	4	2	1
2001	NY	N	11	11	3	2	4.68	47	37	31	0	0	0	59.2	56	10	28	0	3	0
2001	TOT	N	27	27	7	7	4.87	126	90	79	0	0	0	146	146	29	59	4	5	1
2002	NY	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2002	MON	N	15	5	2	3	6.99	43	29	29	0	0	0	37.1	47	9	23	3	3	1
2002	CIN	N	39	1	0	2	4.31	37	24	19	0	0	0	39.2	37	7	20	2	1	1
2002	TOT	N	55	6	2	5	5.56	80	53	48	0	0	0	77.2	85	16	43	5	4	2
2003	HOU	N	11	0	0	0	6.00	8	8	8	0	0	0	12	14	2	8	1	0	2
2003	BOS	A	5	2	0	1	5.11	12	8	7	0	0	0	12.1	12	4	2	0	0	0
2003	Total		16	2	0	1	5.55	20	16	15	0	0	0	24.1	26	6	10	1	0	2
2004	BAL	A	8	7	2	1	3.02	32	19	16	1	0	0	47.2	39	7	16	0	0	0
2005	BAL	A	34	32	13	10	3.83	133	94	84	1	0	0	197.1	187	33	63	0	2	9
2006	BAL	A	40	12	0	7	6.93	70	81	76	0	0	0	98.2	137	28	35	3	1	0
2007	TEX	A	5	0	0	0	7.20	7	11	8	0	0	0	10	11	3	6	1	0	0
Total	NL		150	59	20	18	4.57	388	246	224	0	0	0	441	422	79	192	18	13	10
Total	AL		92	53	15	19	4.70	254	213	191	2	0	0	366	386	75	122	4	3	9
Total			242	112	35	37	4.63	642	459	415	2	0	0	807	808	154	314	22	16	19

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1998	ATL	N	P	4	4	20.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1999	ATL	N	P	16	7	51	0	3	1	0	0	0	6	3	0	.750
2000	PHI	N	P	15	15	94.1	1	11	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	1.000
2000	ATL	N	P	22	0	39.2	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
2000	TOT	N	P	37	15	134	1	14	0	1	0	0	6	5	3	1.000
2001	PHI	N	P	16	16	86.1	2	10	0	1	0	0	6	1	1	1.000
2001	NY	N	P	11	11	59.2	2	11	1	0	0	0	4	6	6	.929
2001	TOT	N	P	27	27	146	4	21	1	1	0	0	10	7	7	.962
2002	NY	N	P	1	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	MON	N	P	15	5	37.1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
2002	CIN	N	P	39	1	39.2	4	4	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1.000
2002	TOT	N	P	55	6	77.2	6	6	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	1.000
2003	HOU	N	P	11	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2003	BOS	A	P	5	2	12.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000
2003	Total		P	16	2	24.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
2004	BAL	A	P	8	7	47.2	4	7	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1.000
2005	BAL	A	P	34	32	197.1	10	25	2	1	0	0	17	8	4	.946
2006	BAL	A	P	40	12	98.2	6	12	0	0	0	1	9	6	3	1.000
2007	BAL	A	P	5	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	242	112	807	31	90	4	4	0	4	54	34	18	.968

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1998	ATL	N	4	7	0	1	0	1	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
1999	ATL	N	16	11	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
2000	PHI	N	15	25	0	1	0	1	.040	.077	.040	0	0	1	17	0	5	0	0	0
2000	ATL	N	22	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
2000	TOT	N	37	30	0	1	0	1	.033	.065	.033	0	0	1	20	0	7	0	0	0
2001	PHI	N	16	28	1	3	0	0	.107	.107	.107	0	0	0	10	0	3	0	0	0
2001	NY	N	11	19	0	3	0	0	.158	.158	.158	0	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	1
2001	TOT	N	27	47	1	6	0	0	.128	.128	.128	0	0	0	19	0	5	0	0	1
2002	NY	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	MON	N	15	12	3	5	0	1	.417	.417	.500	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
2002	CIN	N	39	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2002	TOT	N	55	15	3	5	0	1	.333	.333	.400	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
2003	HOU	N	11	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	BOS	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	Total		16	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	BAL	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	BAL	A	34	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	BAL	A	40	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	TEX	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		150	111	4	13	0	3	.117	.125	.126	1	0	1	53	0	17	0	0	1
Total	AL		92	4	0	2	0	0	.500	.600	.500	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			242	115	4	15	0	3	.130	.145	.139	1	0	2	53	0	17	0	0	1

Transactions

• Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Atlanta Braves (July 1, 1993).
• Traded by Atlanta Braves with Jimmy Osting to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Andy Ashby (July 12, 2000).
• Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Adam Walker to New York Mets in exchange for Dennis Cook and Turk Wendell (July 27, 2001).
• Traded by New York Mets with Dicky Gonzalez, Luis Figueroa and a player to be named later to Montreal Expos in exchange for Scott Strickland, Phil Seibel and Matt Watson (April 5, 2002); Montreal Expos received Saul Rivera (July 16, 2002).
• Traded by Montreal Expos to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Jim Brower (June 14, 2002).
• Released by Cincinnati Reds (March 10, 2003).
• Signed by Houston Astros (March 14, 2003).
• Claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox from Houston Astros (May 7, 2003).
• Granted free agency (October 3, 2003).
• Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (November 26, 2003).
• Sent to Baltimore Orioles by Toronto Blue Jays for future considerations (May 1, 2004).
• Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).