Bruce Chen ERA in 2012
5.072012 Regular Season
Bruce Chen posted a 5.07 ERA in the 2012 regular season.
| ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |||
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| Oct 1, 2012 |  vs DET | L 6-3 | 5.07 | 5.2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Sep 25, 2012 | @ DET | L 2-0 | 5.13 | 6.2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Sep 19, 2012 |  vs CHW | W 3-0 | 5.22 | 6.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Sep 14, 2012 |  vs LAA | L 9-7 | 5.42 | 6.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Sep 8, 2012 | @ CHW | L 5-4 | 5.36 | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Sep 3, 2012 |  vs TEX | L 8-4 | 5.28 | 6.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Aug 29, 2012 | vs DET | W 1-0 | 5.13 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Aug 24, 2012 |  @ BOS | L 4-3 | 5.41 | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Aug 18, 2012 | vs CHW | W 9-4 | 5.45 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Aug 12, 2012 |  @ BAL | L 5-3 | 5.56 | 5.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Aug 7, 2012 | @ CHW | W 5-2 | 5.51 | 6.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Aug 2, 2012 |  vs CLE | W 7-6 F/11 | 5.66 | 2.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 28, 2012 |  @ SEA | L 4-3 | 5.49 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Jul 23, 2012 | @ LAA | L 6-3 | 5.54 | 5.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jul 18, 2012 | vs SEA | W 8-7 | 5.57 | 5.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Jul 13, 2012 | vs CHW | L 9-8 F/14 | 5.50 | 4.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Jul 7, 2012 | @ DET | L 8-7 | 5.22 | 3.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Jul 1, 2012 |  @ MIN | L 10-8 | 4.83 | 5.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Jun 26, 2012 |  vs TB | W 8-2 | 4.53 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Jun 20, 2012 |  @ HOU | W 2-1 | 4.81 | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Jun 16, 2012 |  @ STL | L 10-7 | 5.05 | 1.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jun 10, 2012 |  @ PIT | L 3-2 | 4.44 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Jun 5, 2012 | vs MIN | W 1-0 | 4.37 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| May 30, 2012 | @ CLE | W 6-3 | 4.86 | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| May 25, 2012 | @ BAL | L 8-2 | 4.81 | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| May 19, 2012 |  vs ARI | W 7-3 | 4.17 | 6.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| May 14, 2012 | @ TEX | W 3-1 | 4.34 | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| May 9, 2012 | vs BOS | W 4-3 | 4.83 | 6.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| May 4, 2012 |  vs NYY | L 6-2 | 4.98 | 6.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Apr 29, 2012 | @ MIN | L 7-4 | 4.23 | 2.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 23, 2012 |  vs TOR | L 4-1 | 2.52 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Apr 17, 2012 | vs DET | L 3-1 | 2.00 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Apr 11, 2012 |  @ ATH | L 5-4 F/12 | 1.64 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Apr 6, 2012 | @ LAA | L 5-0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
- 9th-best of Bruce Chen's 17 seasons on file; the best is 3.02 in 2004.
- Up 1.30 from 3.77 in 2011.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on October 30, 2026.