Bruce Chen vs. Rick Langford — Career Comparison

Bruce Chen
Gen XPanamaThrows LeftBats LeftCentral AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Rick Langford a clear advantage over Bruce Chen across the core pitching metrics. Rick Langford led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 99), home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 90). Bruce Chen held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 98 vs 86). Rick Langford was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Chen and Rick Langford

Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
2.35
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.33
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
1.18
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.48
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.44
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.48
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.31
50.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.75
56.75
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
786
4.62
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
4.01
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4596
27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1532
9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1578
9.27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1570
9.48
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
1.51
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.97
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
3.21
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.23
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1140
6.7
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.7
6.7
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.23
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.26
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6619
38.88
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6329
38.2
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.33
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
849
4.99
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.5
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.26
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.54
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.67
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.386
1.386
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5930
34.84
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5796
34.99
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2

Fielding Stats for Bruce Chen and Rick Langford

Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
2.35
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.57
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.33
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
1.18
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4596
27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1532
9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.36
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.14
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.27
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.55
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.19
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
1.5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
2.15
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.97
96.97
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.75
56.75
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Chen and Rick Langford

Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
401
1636.73
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
510.2
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
77.55
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
73.47
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.11
12.68
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
81.63
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
89.8
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
32.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.37
5.58
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
58
236.73
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
77.55
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA