Pitcher · 2015

Bruce Chen

Cleveland Indians American League Central

Age: 38
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #52

Born: June 19, 1977 in Panama City, Panama
MLB debut: September 7, 1998

dbWAR: -.3
IP: 6.1
ERA: 12.79
FIP: 8.50
K/9: 5.7
FIP−: 215

Bruce Chen is a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. In 2015 he struck out 4 batters over 6.1 innings across 2 appearances, 2 of them starts, going 0-1. His ERA of 12.79 was 222.8% higher than the league average of 3.96. Stripping out defence, his 8.50 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 16.1% of swings (8.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 2.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.4%. His -0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2015.

FIP8.50

K/95.7

WHIP2.84

WAR-.3

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																			Trend
2015	2	2	6.1	0	1	0	17	9	4	1	12.79	8.50	2.84	5.7	1.4	323	215	-0.3	—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2015. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	12	12	4	1	0	2	.333	.333	.667	.427	16.7%
vs RHB	23	22	13	2	1	2	.591	.609	.955	.666	8.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Bruce Chen throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2015.


Sinker	43.1%	53	83.7	2,415	52.8%	17.9%
Slider	30.1%	37	81.1	790	43.2%	20.0%
Changeup	13.0%	16	75.6	1,831	31.3%	14.3%
Curveball	8.9%	11	72.7	1,453	27.3%	0.0%

Bruce Chen's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.