page_title: Wei-Yin Chen
section_title: 2012 season
hierarchical_section_title: Wei-Yin Chen / Professional career / Baltimore Orioles / 2012 season
caption_attribution_description: English: Taken at Orioles-Yankees ALDS Game 2 (10/8/12) Starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen
context_page_description: Wei-Yin Chen is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He previously played in the Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles and Miami Marlins, and in the Nippon Professional Baseball for the Chunichi Dragons. Chen was the highest-paid baseball player of the 2020 MLB season at $22 million.
context_section_description: After the 2011 season, Chen signed as an international free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. Chen was the first Taiwanese player ever signed by the Orioles. He made his MLB debut on April 10, 2012 against the New York Yankees in Baltimore. The game was broadcast live on national television in native Taiwan, and Chen totaled 5​²⁄₃ innings and gave up two earned runs striking out six in a no-decision that the Orioles would later go on to lose in extra innings. In total, Chen finished the season leading the team with 32 starts during which he totaled 12 wins and 11 losses and posted an ERA of 4.02 in 192.2 innings pitched. In 2012, Chen was "the only constant in the (Orioles) rotation" and was consistent throughout the year.
  Chen finished fourth in the AL for Rookie of the Year voting.
caption: Chen pitching in 2012 American League Division Series Game 2
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