How Bruce Chen's Hit By Pitch Compares to Similar Players

Bruce Chen totaled 45 career Hit By Pitch, well above the starting pitcher average of 21.2 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Hit By Pitch season came in 2004, posting 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.4 that year. The highest point came in 2005 at 9, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.4 that year. The Hit By Pitch trended upward through the final seasons. The Hit By Pitch total went from 3 in 2013 to 1 in 2014 and 0 in 2015, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Hit By Pitch profile — ranging from 0 to 9 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Bruce Chen Lifetime Hit By Pitch

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Bruce Chen
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Season Avg.2.65
162 Game Avg.18.23
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Bruce Chen Hit By Pitch Per Season

Bruce Chen's Hit By Pitch 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 Hit By Pitch per season line chart

Bruce Chen Hit By Pitch by Team

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

Bruce Chen Cumulative Hit By Pitch — Career Progression

A running total of Bruce Chen's career Hit By Pitch, 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 Hit By Pitch year-over-year waterfall chart

Bruce Chen Hit By Pitch Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bruce Chen's seasonal Hit By Pitch 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 Hit By Pitch distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bruce Chen Hit By Pitch — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bruce Chen's MLB career with Hit By Pitch 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 Hit By Pitch season-by-season breakdown table