Bruce Chen  
Starting Pitcher | Seattle Mariners

Pitching
Chen can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Chen does an average job of holding runners. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Chen is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Chen has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1999 OAK 81 78 47 68 52 45 53 51 47 63 0 53 44 57 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 5 16 61 39 320
2000 OAK 66 78 67 71 52 45 53 51 47 63 0 53 44 57 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 7 42 327
2001 OAK 67 78 79 73 52 45 53 51 47 63 0 53 44 57 0 0 24 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 45 343
2002 NYY 76 78 85 77 52 45 53 51 47 65 0 53 44 57 0 0 25 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 366
2003 NYY 78 78 86 78 52 45 53 51 47 65 0 57 44 57 0 0 26 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 372
2004 NYY 78 78 86 78 52 45 53 51 47 66 0 57 44 57 0 0 27 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 372
2005 NYY 77 78 86 78 52 45 53 51 47 66 0 57 46 57 0 0 28 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 372
2006 NYY 81 78 86 78 52 45 53 51 47 66 0 57 46 57 0 0 29 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 376
2007 SEA 81 78 86 78 52 45 53 51 47 67 0 57 46 57 0 0 30 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 376
2008 SEA 81 78 86 62 52 45 53 51 47 67 0 60 44 57 0 0 31 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 359
2009 SEA 81 77 86 65 52 45 53 51 47 67 0 62 41 59 0 0 32 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 361
2010 SEA 82 77 86 66 52 45 53 51 47 67 0 63 38 60 0 0 33 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 361
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Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.