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Bruce Chen

Royals Career team 2009–2014
Number #52
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 49
Height 6' 2"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Panama City, Panama
Born Jun 19, 1977

Key Insights

2015
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Chen has struck Sammy Sosa out 7 times in 13 plate appearances, 53.8% of everything between them.

7 strikeouts in 13 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

The DET lineup has hit .417 and slugged .771 against Chen across 58 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

20 hits, 4 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .489 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Chen has walked Brian Giles 6 times in 13 plate appearances, 46.2% of them.

6 walks in 13 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Brandon Inge is 0 for 14 against Chen, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

15 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Mark Teixeira has taken Chen deep 6 times, once every 2.0 plate appearances between them.

12 career plate appearances against him.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Chen has faced Gary Sheffield more than any other hitter: 31 plate appearances, and Gary Sheffield has hit .481/.516/1.074 in them.

13 hits, 5 home runs and 4 strikeouts across 31 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jun 19, 1977
Birth Place Panama City, Panama
Height 6' 2"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left