How Bruce Chen's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Bruce Chen totaled 6,619 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 2005, posting 832, well above the starting pitcher average of 489.9 that year. The lowest point came in 2015 at 35, well below the starting pitcher average of 429.7 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 498 in 2013 to 223 in 2014 and 35 in 2015, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 35 to 832 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Bruce Chen Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Bruce Chen
| Bruce Chen
Batters Faced | Bruce Chen
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 6619 | 38.88 |
| Season Avg. | 389.35 | 38.88 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 2680.7 | 38.88 |
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Bruce Chen Batters Faced Per Season
Bruce Chen's Batters Faced 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 Batters Faced by Team
Bruce Chen's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bruce Chen Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Bruce Chen's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Bruce Chen Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bruce Chen's seasonal Batters Faced 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 Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bruce Chen's MLB career with Batters Faced 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.
