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Chris Sale

#51 - Starting Pitcher

Atlanta Braves

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 3/30/1989 (36)
Height, Weight 6'6", 180 lb
Hometown Lakeland, FL

2025 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
0-2 23.1 6.17 1.63 29.1% 6.4%
130th 1
W
92nd 21
IP
151st 4.41
ERA
149th 1.36
WHIP
24th 21.5%
K%
53rd 8.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
94.2 15.7% 31.6% 53.9% 7.5% 4.94 4.03
70th 93.6
FB MPH
13th 11.4%
SwStr%
23rd 27.8%
CSW%
26th 49.2%
Str-ICR
158th 5.6%
MTK%
127th 5.02
PLV
148th -
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Chris Sale Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2010 CWS 21 0 23.1 2-1 0 1.93 1.07 - 2.73 - - 34.8% 10.9% 5.8 0.77 .277 - 90.1% - - - - - -
2011 CWS 58 0 71.0 2-2 0 2.79 1.11 - 3.12 - - 27.4% 9.4% 6.6 0.76 .269 - 81.3% - - - - - -
2012 CWS 30 29 192.0 17-8 19 3.05 1.14 - 3.27 - - 24.9% 6.6% 7.8 0.89 .294 - 80.0% - - - - - -
2013 CWS 30 30 214.1 11-14 23 3.07 1.07 - 3.17 - - 26.1% 5.3% 7.7 0.97 .290 - 77.0% - - - - - -
2014 CWS 26 26 174.0 12-4 21 2.17 0.97 - 2.58 - - 30.4% 5.7% 6.7 0.67 .282 - 81.5% - - - - - -
2015 CWS 31 31 208.2 13-11 23 3.41 1.09 - 2.73 - - 32.1% 4.9% 8.0 0.99 .324 - 73.1% - - - - - -
2016 CWS 32 32 226.2 17-10 23 3.34 1.04 - 3.46 - - 25.7% 5.0% 7.5 1.07 .281 - 76.6% - - - - - -
2017 BOS 32 32 214.1 17-8 23 2.90 0.97 - 2.45 - - 36.2% 5.1% 6.9 1.01 .303 - 78.4% - - - - - -
2018 BOS 27 27 158.0 12-4 17 2.11 0.86 - 1.98 - - 38.4% 5.5% 5.8 0.63 .283 - 82.5% - - 16.9% 36.5% 0.82 -
2019 BOS 25 25 147.1 6-11 13 4.40 1.09 - 3.39 - - 35.6% 6.0% 7.5 1.47 .311 - 66.7% - - 15.2% 34.3% 0.74 -
2021 BOS 9 9 42.2 5-1 1 3.16 1.34 3.05 3.69 3.88 3.09 28.4% 6.6% 9.5 1.27 .358 18.8% 79.8% 38.3% 48.7% 13.5% 31.1% 0.63 5.23
2022 BOS 2 2 5.2 0-1 0 3.18 1.06 4.47 2.34 3.22 2.49 20.0% 4.0% 7.9 0.00 .278 0.0% 57.1% 44.4% 55.6% 4.9% 32.4% 0.63 5.36
2023 BOS 20 20 102.2 6-5 6 4.30 1.13 3.38 3.80 3.65 3.10 29.4% 6.8% 7.6 1.31 .291 21.4% 69.9% 37.3% 40.6% 14.3% 31.5% 0.62 5.12
2024 ATL 29 29 177.2 18-3 18 2.38 1.01 2.77 2.08 2.86 2.49 32.1% 5.6% 7.1 0.46 .315 8.4% 79.8% 37.7% 46.7% 15.2% 33.4% 0.71 5.24
2025 ATL 5 5 23.1 0-2 0 6.17 1.63 4.73 3.80 3.33 4.03 29.1% 6.4% 12.0 1.54 .429 22.2% 67.8% 44.1% 44.1% 15.7% 31.6% 0.67 4.94
SP MLB Percentile 45 45 48 0-15 0 17 17 37 60 73 19 87 70 12 30 4 33 29 24 53 92 87 95 30
SP MLB AVG 4 4 21.0 1-1 1 4.41 1.36 4.43 4.31 4.17 3.20 21.5% 8.8% 8.8 1.31 .286 20.4% 74.0% 40.0% 43.1% 11.4% 27.8% 0.47 5.02
Career 377 297 1,981.2 138-85 187 3.07 1.05 - - - 0.17 30.6% 5.8% 7.4 0.94 .299 30.1% 77.0% 21.8% 45.2% 15.3% 33.8% 0.72 5.18

Chris Sale Repertoire

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Chris Sale Game Log

Chris Sale Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2010 CWS 21 0 23.1 2-1 0 4 - 390 236 154 92 15 12 1 0 2 32 10 0 1
2011 CWS 58 0 71.0 2-2 0 8 - 1,105 704 401 288 52 32 14 0 6 79 27 2 2
2012 CWS 30 29 192.0 17-8 19 0 - 3,019 1,968 1,051 772 167 110 37 1 19 192 51 6 6
2013 CWS 30 30 214.1 11-14 23 0 - 3,248 2,172 1,076 866 184 132 28 1 23 226 46 14 8
2014 CWS 26 26 174.0 12-4 21 0 - 2,757 1,834 923 685 129 93 22 1 13 208 39 11 3
2015 CWS 31 31 208.2 13-11 23 0 - 3,321 2,253 1,068 854 185 127 32 3 23 274 42 13 7
2016 CWS 32 32 226.2 17-10 23 0 - 3,435 2,291 1,144 907 190 126 34 3 27 233 45 17 2
2017 BOS 32 32 214.1 17-8 23 0 - 3,433 2,346 1,087 851 165 104 34 3 24 308 43 8 3
2018 BOS 27 27 158.0 12-4 17 0 0 2,525 1,714 811 617 102 66 22 3 11 237 34 14 4
2019 BOS 25 25 147.1 6-11 13 0 0 2,466 1,643 823 612 123 67 30 2 24 218 37 13 2
2021 BOS 9 9 42.2 5-1 1 0 0 736 487 249 183 45 33 5 1 6 52 12 4 0
2022 BOS 2 2 5.2 0-1 0 0 0 102 68 34 25 5 3 2 0 0 5 1 1 0
2023 BOS 20 20 102.2 6-5 6 0 0 1,670 1,092 578 425 87 46 24 2 15 125 29 8 3
2024 ATL 29 29 177.2 18-3 18 0 0 2,815 1,891 924 702 141 96 32 4 9 225 39 8 4
2025 ATL 5 5 23.1 0-2 0 0 0 453 304 149 110 31 21 4 2 4 32 7 3 1
SP MLB Percentile 45 45 48 0-15 0 0 0 78 84 43 61 3 7 34 0 18 90 50 2 14
SP MLB AVG 4 4 21.0 1-1 1 0 0 348 221 126 89 19 13 4 0 3 20 8 1 1
Career 377 297 1,981.2 138-85 187 12 0 31,475 21,003 10,472 7,989 1,621 1,068 321 26 206 2,446 462 122 46

Chris Sale Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2010 CWS 34.8% 10.9% .185 .272 .547 .255 .277 .306 - - - - - - - -
2011 CWS 27.4% 9.4% .203 .328 .612 .273 .269 .294 - - - - - - - -
2012 CWS 24.9% 6.6% .235 .370 .661 .288 .294 .320 - - - - - - - -
2013 CWS 26.1% 5.3% .230 .354 .636 .282 .290 .318 - - - - - - - -
2014 CWS 30.4% 5.7% .205 .305 .567 .256 .282 .304 - - - - - - - -
2015 CWS 32.1% 4.9% .233 .368 .650 .285 .324 .354 - - - - - - - -
2016 CWS 25.7% 5.0% .227 .372 .651 .282 .281 .313 - - - - - - - -
2017 BOS 36.2% 5.1% .208 .349 .603 .260 .303 .337 - - - - - - - -
2018 BOS 38.4% 5.5% .181 .288 .531 .237 .283 .307 - - - - - - - -
2019 BOS 35.6% 6.0% .221 .412 .696 .294 .311 .360 - - - - - - - -
2021 BOS 28.4% 6.6% .269 .419 .752 .326 .358 .391 .209 .264 .280 .327 84.3 85.8 5.9 3.05
2022 BOS 20.0% 4.0% .217 .304 .584 .263 .278 .278 .299 .331 .379 .382 84.0 97.2 4.1 4.47
2023 BOS 29.4% 6.8% .227 .417 .709 .305 .291 .332 .201 .280 .252 .355 87.3 92.6 15.1 3.38
2024 ATL 32.1% 5.6% .216 .319 .588 .260 .315 .329 .207 .259 .290 .347 86.0 87.5 9.1 2.77
2025 ATL 29.1% 6.4% .313 .515 .891 .390 .429 .463 .256 .347 .329 .453 88.3 81.8 14.8 4.73
SP MLB Percentile 87 70 13 21 17 16 4 5 40 37 16 14 68 97 40 37
SP MLB AVG 21.5% 8.8% .247 .414 .732 .324 .286 .321 .249 .332 .286 .383 89.2 90.7 13.6 4.43
Career 30.6% 5.8% .221 .355 .632 .283 .299 .328 .157 .236 .280 .365 86.3 88.5 10.8 -

Chris Sale Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 BOS 8.5% (96.8) 2.0% (94.1) - 9.0% (80.3) - - 3.9% (87.7) - - 10.5% 12.9%
2019 BOS 11.1% (93.4) 2.9% (92.4) - 10.3% (78.9) - - 3.5% (85.1) - - 14.0% 13.8%
2021 BOS 41.2% (93.7) 6.8% (93.3) - 31.5% (78.0) - - 20.5% (86.7) - - 48.0% 52.0%
2022 BOS 38.2% (94.8) 5.9% (93.4) - 32.4% (79.2) - - 23.5% (88.6) - - 44.1% 55.9%
2023 BOS 42.5% (93.9) 7.0% (93.6) - 37.5% (77.8) - - 13.0% (86.1) - - 49.5% 50.5%
2024 ATL 37.8% (94.8) 7.2% (94.2) - 40.3% (78.6) - - 14.7% (87.1) - - 45.0% 55.0%
2025 ATL 37.5% (94.2) 4.6% (94.4) - 44.4% (78.7) - - 13.5% (86.1) - - 42.2% 57.8%
SP MLB Percentile 51 (59) 7 (72) - 99 (2) - - 45 (45) - - 26.2% 72.1%
SP MLB AVG 35.5% (93.6) 20.1% (93.0) 17.8% (88.8) 19.5% (85.3) 16.8% (81.7) 14.9% (79.6) 15.8% (86.0) 20.6% (86.2) - (-) 47.1% 52.9%
Career 25.7% (94.4) 4.8% (93.7) - 25.2% (78.6) - - 9.8% (86.7) - - 30.6% 34.9%

Chris Sale Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 BOS 34.6% (39) 43.1% (8) - 42.7% (45) - - 41.4% (16) - - 36.2% 253.1%
2019 BOS 23.1% (25) 34.7% (5) - 38.7% (54) - - 46.0% (19) - - 25.5% 223.2%
2021 BOS 29.7% (37) 44.0% (10) - 34.5% (33) - - 24.5% (19) - - 31.7% 30.5%
2022 BOS 38.5% (2) 16.7% (0) - 39.4% (2) - - 16.7% (1) - - 35.6% 29.8%
2023 BOS 28.8% (82) 23.9% (11) - 36.5% (111) - - 30.0% (35) - - 28.1% 34.8%
2024 ATL 28.5% (124) 34.2% (11) - 41.2% (243) - - 24.2% (50) - - 29.4% 36.7%
2025 ATL 28.8% (18) 38.1% (2) - 36.3% (42) - - 21.3% (9) - - 29.8% 32.8%
SP MLB Percentile 61 (75) 94 (28) - 84 (98) - - 42 (61) - - 70.5% 83.6%
SP MLB AVG 27.0% (13) 26.4% (4) 26.7% (6) 29.3% (10) 28.2% (9) 30.9% (8) 23.2% (9) 24.2% (13) - (-) 27.3% 28.1%
Career 28.8% (327) 33.7% (47) - 39.1% (530) - - 28.5% (149) - - 29.6% 70.9%

Chris Sale Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 BOS - - - - - - - - 18.3% - - - - -
2019 BOS - - - - - - - - 18.3% - - - - -
2021 BOS 48.7% 18.3% 27.8% 5.2% 34.8% 45.2% 30.4% 24.3% 19.4% 61.7% 29.6% 5.2% 3.5% 38.3%
2022 BOS 55.6% 33.3% 11.1% 0.0% 44.4% 38.9% 27.8% 33.3% 16.7% 55.5% 33.3% 11.1% 0.0% 44.4%
2023 BOS 40.6% 21.8% 26.8% 10.7% 34.9% 36.9% 31.2% 31.9% 18.1% 62.4% 19.5% 9.6% 8.4% 37.3%
2024 ATL 46.7% 23.0% 25.1% 5.2% 35.9% 41.9% 33.0% 25.1% 18.5% 62.0% 29.1% 4.0% 4.9% 37.7%
2025 ATL 44.1% 22.1% 26.5% 7.4% 41.2% 35.3% 36.8% 27.9% 20.5% 55.8% 30.9% 4.4% 8.8% 44.1%
SP MLB Percentile 53 43 60 31 17 16 77 66 81 23 14 71 42 24
SP MLB AVG 43.1% 21.6% 25.1% 10.2% 35.4% 42.4% 32.2% 25.3% 17.8% 60.0% 24.7% 6.9% 8.5% 40.0%
Career 45.2% 22.2% 25.8% 6.9% 36.0% 40.3% 32.3% 27.4% 18.5% 61.4% 26.6% 6.0% 6.0% 21.8%

Chris Sale Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 BOS .181 .237 .283 .307 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 BOS .221 .294 .311 .360 - - - - - - - - - -
2021 BOS .269 .326 .358 .391 .209 .264 .280 .327 84.3 85.8 5.9 18.8% 38.3% 24.0%
2022 BOS .217 .263 .278 .278 .299 .331 .379 .382 84.0 97.2 4.1 0.0% 44.4% 32.0%
2023 BOS .227 .305 .291 .332 .201 .280 .252 .355 87.3 92.6 15.1 21.4% 37.3% 23.1%
2024 ATL .216 .260 .315 .329 .207 .259 .290 .347 86.0 87.5 9.1 8.4% 37.7% 23.1%
2025 ATL .313 .390 .429 .463 .256 .347 .329 .453 88.3 81.8 14.8 22.2% 44.1% 27.3%
SP MLB Percentile 13 16 4 5 40 37 16 14 68 97 40 33 24 50
SP MLB AVG .247 .324 .286 .321 .249 .332 .286 .383 89.2 90.7 13.6 20.4% 40.0% 27.5%
Career .221 .283 .299 .328 .157 .236 .280 .365 86.3 88.5 10.8 30.1% 21.8% 12.8%

Chris Sale Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 BOS - 67.9% 48.3% - 34.9% 18.3% 65.1% - - 19.6% 16.9% 36.5% 13.1% 63.8% 0.82 -
2019 BOS - 66.6% 47.4% - 32.0% 18.3% 68.0% - - 19.2% 15.2% 34.3% 13.9% 61.6% 0.74 -
2021 BOS 47.0% 66.2% 48.5% 33.3% 27.7% 19.4% 72.3% 78.9% 60.8% 17.7% 13.5% 31.1% 15.6% 60.1% 0.63 54.2%
2022 BOS 49.0% 66.7% 39.2% 21.2% 12.5% 16.7% 87.5% 93.1% 72.7% 27.5% 4.9% 32.4% 17.6% 61.8% 0.63 51.0%
2023 BOS 43.8% 65.4% 48.2% 35.9% 29.7% 18.1% 70.3% 79.9% 57.0% 17.2% 14.3% 31.5% 15.7% 60.2% 0.62 53.7%
2024 ATL 46.8% 67.2% 49.0% 35.7% 31.0% 18.5% 69.0% 79.0% 53.1% 18.2% 15.2% 33.4% 15.3% 62.2% 0.71 55.7%
2025 ATL 46.6% 67.1% 51.2% 39.3% 30.6% 20.5% 69.4% 83.2% 49.5% 15.9% 15.7% 31.6% 15.0% 60.3% 0.67 53.9%
SP MLB Percentile 48 88 87 97 87 81 87 62 79 41 92 87 14 76 95 86
SP MLB AVG 46.4% 63.3% 46.9% 29.7% 24.2% 17.8% 75.8% 84.8% 58.5% 16.4% 11.4% 27.8% 17.7% 57.6% 0.47 49.2%
Career 24.7% 66.7% 48.3% 35.5% 31.6% 18.5% 68.4% 79.8% 55.1% 18.5% 15.3% 33.8% 14.6% 61.9% 0.72 60.5%

Chris Sale Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 BOS - - - - - - - - - -
2019 BOS - - - - - - - - - -
2021 BOS 47.0% 41.3% 23.5% 35.2% 32.7% 24.3% 42.9% 32.9% 43.6% 6.3%
2022 BOS 49.0% 38.2% 24.5% 37.3% 28.4% 25.5% 46.1% 39.2% 36.3% 3.9%
2023 BOS 43.8% 43.1% 25.3% 31.6% 30.0% 24.7% 45.3% 31.6% 43.2% 6.5%
2024 ATL 46.8% 39.8% 26.1% 34.1% 28.3% 24.9% 46.7% 31.0% 42.9% 6.3%
2025 ATL 46.6% 38.9% 24.9% 36.2% 24.9% 23.6% 51.4% 32.5% 42.6% 6.6%
SP MLB Percentile 48 69 67 38 22 62 77 73 34 51
SP MLB AVG 46.4% 35.8% 26.2% 38.0% 31.0% 24.5% 44.5% 28.7% 45.1% 6.5%
Career 24.7% 40.9% 25.4% 33.7% 29.1% 24.7% 46.2% 31.6% 42.9% 6.3%

Chris Sale Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 BOS 56.4% 8.6% 35.0% 11.0% 67.1% 58.5% 27.7% - 26.8%
2019 BOS 57.3% 9.9% 32.8% 12.0% 65.8% 55.7% 25.1% - 26.9%
2021 BOS 58.0% 7.7% 34.8% 14.1% 67.8% 58.5% 24.8% 26.2% 20.3%
2022 BOS 55.9% 16.7% 27.5% 14.0% 60.0% 48.0% 29.8% 25.0% 17.9%
2023 BOS 59.0% 9.6% 31.4% 14.1% 63.6% 53.5% 22.5% 34.5% 23.8%
2024 ATL 58.6% 7.7% 33.8% 13.5% 68.9% 58.8% 25.3% 28.7% 23.6%
2025 ATL 57.4% 7.9% 34.7% 11.2% 62.7% 58.2% 23.5% 31.8% 20.4%
SP MLB Percentile 38 95 90 9 55 92 73 90 61
SP MLB AVG 58.4% 12.1% 29.5% 15.1% 61.2% 49.8% 21.3% 24.6% 18.7%
Career 57.7% 8.8% 33.5% 12.6% 66.5% 57.0% 25.3% 16.0% 24.8%

Chris Sale PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 BOS 2,525 - - - - - - - - -
2019 BOS 2,466 - - - - - - - - -
2021 BOS 736 5.23 51.2% 18.2% 30.6% 20.7% 3.8% 8.8 +7 3.09
2022 BOS 102 5.36 51.0% 16.7% 32.4% 18.6% 4.9% 0.8 0 2.49
2023 BOS 1,670 5.12 51.4% 15.6% 33.1% 18.3% 4.9% 7.4 +3 3.10
2024 ATL 2,815 5.24 50.5% 19.1% 30.4% 20.1% 4.8% -7.3 -9 2.49
2025 ATL 453 4.94 44.2% 20.1% 35.8% 8.4% 7.5% 7.7 +6 4.03
SP MLB Percentile 78 30 28 72 48 48 13 14 20 19
SP MLB AVG 348 5.02 46.2% 18.5% 35.3% 10.9% 5.6% - +2 3.20
Career 31,475 5.18 50.4% 18.0% 31.6% 18.7% 4.9% 17.3 +7 0.17
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