How Bruce Chen's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players
Bruce Chen posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .291, near the starting pitcher average of .288 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season came in 1999, posting .213, well below the starting pitcher average of .305 that year. The highest point came in 2015 at .519, well above the starting pitcher average of .302 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .260 in 2013 to .392 in 2014 and .519 in 2015. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 17 seasons.
Bruce Chen Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play for Bruce Chen
| Bruce Chen
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.291 |
| Season Avg. | 0.291 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.291 |
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Bruce Chen Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season
Bruce Chen's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, Central America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bruce Chen Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team
Bruce Chen's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bruce Chen Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bruce Chen's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Bruce Chen Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bruce Chen's seasonal Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Bruce Chen Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bruce Chen's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
