How Bruce Chen's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Bruce Chen posted a career Component ERA of 4.64, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.83 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Component ERA season came in 2004, posting 3.13, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.45 that year. The highest point came in 2015 at 18.67, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.88 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.17 in 2013 to 6.85 in 2014 and 18.67 in 2015. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Component ERA profile — ranging from 3.13 to 18.67 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Bruce Chen Lifetime Component ERA

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Bruce Chen Component ERA Per Season

Bruce Chen's Component ERA 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 Component ERA per season line chart

Bruce Chen Component ERA by Team

Bruce Chen's career Component ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bruce Chen career Component ERA by team bar chart

Bruce Chen Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bruce Chen's career Component ERA 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 Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Bruce Chen Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bruce Chen's seasonal Component ERA 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 Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bruce Chen Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bruce Chen's MLB career with Component ERA 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.
Bruce Chen Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table