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Wei-Yin Chen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: July 21, 1985 in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan tw

Debut: April 10, 2012 (Age 26-264d, 20,142nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 5.2 IP, 7 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 28, 2019 (Age 34-069d)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

Agents: Boras Corporation • Previously: Octagon

Full Name: Wei-Yin Chen

Nicknames: Weigh-In

Pronunciation: \WAY-in\

Twitter: @WeiYinChen16

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.3

ERA

4.18

219

170

1064.2

846

WHIP

1.277

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-9 / in Starts: 13-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2016 Pitching Game Log

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2016 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	118	1	Apr 5	MIA		DET	L,7-8	GS-5		99	5.0	9	5	5	0	3	1	0	9.00	4.55	24	76	51	14	8	7	14	8	0	0	32			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.280	.61	-0.16%	-2.70	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
2	119	8	Apr 15	MIA		ATL	L,3-6	GS-7		9	6.1	4	2	2	1	6	0	0	5.56	2.97	22	83	54	14	7	10	5	4	0	0	62			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	.87	0.094	.84	0.05%	0.87	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a2
3	120	13	Apr 20	MIA		WSN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	7.0	6	3	3	2	7	1	0	4.91	3.31	27	100	64	21	9	7	11	5	2	0	58			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.048	.66	-0.03%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
4	121	18	Apr 25	MIA	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	6.2	6	2	2	1	4	2	0	4.32	4.11	27	96	62	16	5	11	11	7	0	0	57			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.091	.74	0.04%	0.94	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
5	122	23	Apr 30	MIA	@	MIL	W,7-5	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	6.2	4	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.26	3.84	25	105	66	21	7	11	8	6	0	0	56			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.130	.55	0.07%	1.93	1b start a 1	7b -23 2 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	123	28	May 6	MIA		PHI	W,6-4	GS-5		5	5.0	11	4	4	1	0	1	0	4.66	4.18	25	70	43	6	2	11	13	6	4	0	28			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	-0.150	1.34	-0.10%	-1.70	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
7	124	33	May 11	MIA		MIL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	6.1	6	2	2	2	12	0	0	4.40	3.61	27	98	69	25	12	4	9	4	0	0	63			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.267	1.02	0.16%	2.36	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a3
8	125	39	May 17	MIA	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-6	L(3-2)	5	6.0	6	3	2	0	6	1	0	4.22	3.57	24	85	61	16	11	7	11	7	0	0	56			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.049	.95	-0.04%	-0.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
9	126	44	May 23	MIA		TBR	W,7-6	GS-6		5	5.2	9	5	5	3	3	2	0	4.61	4.06	28	87	53	14	7	2	20	9	2	0	31			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.153	1.11	-0.08%	-1.54	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a1
10	127	49	May 28	MIA	@	ATL	L,2-7	GS-5		4	5.0	2	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.37	3.87	19	90	64	11	7	10	3	2	0	0	63			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.06	0.173	1.03	0.10%	1.43	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	128	54	Jun 2	MIA		PIT	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.0	1	2	2	3	5	0	1	4.25	3.83	23	100	64	15	11	2	12	5	1	0	64			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.168	.97	0.11%	1.79	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a3
12	129	59	Jun 8	MIA	@	MIN	L,5-7	GS-6		5	5.1	9	5	5	0	2	3	0	4.56	4.27	25	85	59	13	7	12	11	4	1	0	32			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.354	.80	-0.22%	-2.64	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out tie
13	130	64	Jun 13	MIA	@	SDP	W,13-4	GS-6	W(4-2)	4	6.0	7	4	4	1	7	4	0	4.68	4.72	26	104	65	16	13	4	14	5	1	0	48			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.004	.38	0.00%	-1.18	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a8
14	131	68	Jun 18	MIA		COL	W,9-6	GS-3		4	2.1	7	6	6	2	1	0	1	5.22	4.76	17	77	50	14	2	3	10	6	0	0	18			0	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.535	1.66	-0.34%	-5.27	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d3
15	132	73	Jun 23	MIA		CHC	W,4-2	GS-8		4	7.0	5	2	2	0	7	1	0	5.00	4.62	26	94	67	21	10	7	12	4	2	0	66			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	0.034	1.16	0.02%	1.23	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out tie
16	133	79	Jun 30	MIA	@	ATL	L,5-8	GS-6	L(4-3)	6	5.1	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	5.11	4.55	25	82	53	9	12	10	11	6	1	0	36			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.072	1.48	-0.05%	-0.48	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	134	84	Jul 5	MIA	@	NYM	W,5-2	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	7.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	0	4.83	4.51	25	87	63	20	7	6	13	3	3	0	71			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.260	1.34	0.20%	2.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
18	135	89	Jul 15	MIA	@	STL	W,7-6	GS-6		9	6.0	6	4	4	1	5	2	0	4.90	4.62	25	97	60	15	11	7	12	4	2	0	48			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.224	1.09	-0.17%	-1.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
19	136	94	Jul 20	MIA	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-6	L(5-4)	4	5.1	11	4	4	0	5	1	0	4.99	4.57	27	94	66	13	9	12	10	5	2	0	35			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.175	.94	-0.14%	-1.45	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	137	150	Sep 19	MIA		WSN	W,4-3	GS-5		60	4.1	4	3	3	0	3	1	0	5.04	4.58	16	66	44	13	8	7	6	4	2	0	46			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.189	.14	-0.02%	-0.94	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d1
21	138	155	Sep 24	MIA		ATL	W,6-4	GS-4		4	4.0	4	2	2	0	3	0	1	5.02	4.51	16	62	42	12	4	7	5	1	0	0	49			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.08	-0.010	.01	0.00%	-0.16	1t start tie	4t 3 out a1
22	139	160	Oct 1	MIA	@	WSN	L,1-2	GS-5	L(5-5)	6	5.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.96	4.50	21	80	54	17	8	7	8	4	1	0	51			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.55	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
							13-9		W-L:5-5	4.9	123.1	134	69	68	24	100	22	3	4.96	4.50	520	1918	66%	18%	9%	0.72		28%	6%	0	49		---%	2	0	0	486	26	3	0	10	4	2	.93	-1.008	.87	-0.58%	-5.52

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