How Bruce Chen's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Bruce Chen posted a career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings of 38.88 over 17 seasons, against a starting pitcher average of 38.21 — a measure of his rotation workload across the career. His best Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season came in 2015, posting 49.74, well above the starting pitcher average of 37.98 that year. The lowest point came in 2004 at 37.01, near the starting pitcher average of 38.99 that year. The per-game workload has grown over recent seasons. The figure moved from 37.04 in 2013 to 41.52 in 2014 and 49.74 in 2015. The workload profile has been consistent across 17 seasons, reflecting sustained availability at the top of the rotation.
Bruce Chen Lifetime Batters Faced Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Batters Faced Per 9 Innings for Bruce Chen
| Bruce Chen
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 38.88 |
| Season Avg. | 38.88 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 38.88 |
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Bruce Chen Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Per Season
Bruce Chen's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings 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 Per 9 Innings by Team
Bruce Chen's career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bruce Chen Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bruce Chen's career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings 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 Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bruce Chen's seasonal Batters Faced Per 9 Innings 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 Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bruce Chen's MLB career with Batters Faced Per 9 Innings 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.
