Chris Sale

#51 - Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	3/30/1989 (35)
Height, Weight	6'6", 180 lb
Hometown	Lakeland, FL

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	18-3	177.2	2.38	1.01	32.1%	5.6%

	1^st 7 W	27^th 116 IP	4^th 4.33 ERA	13^th 1.29 WHIP	6^th 21.8% K%	30^th 7.7% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	94.8	15.2%	33.4%	55.7%	6.5%	5.23	2.80

	57^th 93.5 FB MPH	10^th 11.7% SwStr%	3^rd 28.0% CSW%	189^th - Str-ICR	112^th 6.4% MTK%	45^th 5.12 PLV	45^th - PLA

The List
Rank

x5

x2

x2

Articles

1/14/2025CT 34 - ADP Analysis with Jake CrumplerNate Kosher

1/6/2025Potential 2026 Keepers Based on ADPChad Young

12/12/20242024 FYPD Prospects Who Could Debut in 2025Trevor Powers

12/6/2024Pitching Prospects to Debut in 2025: National LeagueMatt Heckman

11/22/2024Grading My 2024 NL Preseason Rebound PicksPatrick Connors

See More Articles

Stats Glossary

Overview

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

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	3.59	3.22	28.4%	6.6%	9.5	1.27	.358	15.8%	79.8%	38.3%	48.7%	13.5%	31.1%	0.63	5.26
2022	BOS	2	2	5.2	0-1	0	3.18	1.06	4.47	2.34	2.98	2.70	20.0%	4.0%	7.9	0.00	.278	0.0%	57.1%	44.4%	55.6%	4.9%	32.4%	0.63	5.38
2023	BOS	20	20	102.2	6-5	6	4.30	1.13	3.38	3.80	3.67	3.80	29.4%	6.8%	7.6	1.31	.291	15.3%	69.9%	37.3%	40.6%	14.3%	31.5%	0.62	5.01
2024	ATL	29	29	177.2	18-3	18	2.38	1.01	2.77	2.08	2.65	2.80	32.1%	5.6%	7.1	0.46	.315	7.0%	79.8%	37.7%	46.7%	15.2%	33.4%	0.71	5.23
SP MLB Percentile		68	68	86	99-86	91	98	93	95	99	98	77	97	84	85	98	17	98	89	61	73	94	98	1	77
SP MLB AVG		22	22	116.0	7-7	9	4.33	1.29	4.27	4.28	4.23	3.15	21.8%	7.7%	8.6	1.26	.290	14.0%	72.3%	38.6%	43.3%	11.7%	28.0%	0.49	5.12
Career		372	292	1,958.1	138-83	187	3.04	1.04	-	-	-	0.18	30.6%	5.8%	7.3	0.93	.297	24.3%	77.2%	20.8%	45.2%	15.2%	33.9%	0.72	5.17

Repertoire

Slider | 40%
Four-Seamer | 38%
Changeup | 15%
Sinker | 7%
All

2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 All

Hide MLB Percentile | Hide MLB Average

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	9.0%	80.3	-	-	62.1%	19.8%	22.9%	42.7%	-	-	-	-	-	.103	.300	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	8.7%	84.0	-	-	61.5%	14.6%	14.6%	29.2%	-	-	-	-	-	.256	.319	-	-	-	-
2019	10.3%	78.9	-	-	70.4%	21.3%	17.4%	38.7%	-	-	-	-	-	.159	.360	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	14.5%	84.5	-	-	62.3%	15.8%	13.9%	29.7%	-	-	-	-	-	.247	.319	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	22.7%	84.2	39.9%	32.7%	61.4%	15.3%	14.8%	30.1%	48.5%	43.2%	36.0%	40.4%	19.8%	.235	.279	+0	0.2	8.0%	5.16
2021	31.5%	78.0	42.2%	34.3%	64.7%	14.2%	20.3%	34.5%	53.4%	52.9%	35.3%	38.2%	8.3%	.158	.242	0	-0.2	5.6%	5.37
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	23.4%	84.2	41.9%	33.7%	63.0%	16.1%	14.2%	30.3%	50.7%	42.9%	35.5%	35.9%	14.8%	.223	.281	+2	2.3	7.4%	5.19
2022	32.4%	79.2	36.4%	28.6%	66.7%	6.1%	33.3%	39.4%	54.5%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	-	.125	.250	-1	0.2	6.1%	5.71
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	23.5%	84.3	41.2%	33.6%	62.7%	15.4%	14.1%	29.5%	49.7%	41.9%	36.5%	37.5%	14.8%	.230	.283	+3	3.2	7.8%	5.16
2023	37.5%	77.8	39.4%	38.4%	64.3%	17.7%	18.8%	36.5%	55.0%	30.7%	44.0%	38.7%	18.2%	.162	.261	-9	-4.9	7.0%	4.94
SP MLB Percentile	89	0	43	79	59	72	85	93	79	16	76	42	39	86	57	98	97	-	21
SP MLB AVG	23.3%	84.6	40.8%	33.0%	62.2%	15.2%	14.0%	29.2%	49.4%	41.5%	36.7%	37.5%	17.5%	.236	.280	+1	-	8.1%	5.13
2024	40.3%	78.6	44.0%	42.8%	70.0%	21.4%	19.8%	41.2%	59.6%	41.4%	34.4%	37.6%	1.9%	.171	.303	-12	-20.4	5.2%	5.29
SP MLB Percentile	95	1	59	92	87	91	87	98	93	51	47	50	76	82	41	100	100	-	57
SP MLB AVG	20.8%	85.1	41.7%	32.5%	62.6%	15.0%	14.5%	29.4%	49.5%	42.5%	35.1%	37.9%	14.3%	.238	.293	+2	2.6	7.0%	5.24

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.229	.307	.275	.375	-	7.0%	40.4%	86.4	86.5	13.9	-2.3	1.7	-0.8	5.8	6.2	2,410
2021	.161	.222	.247	.285	20.6%	2.9%	38.2%	81.2	82.5	2.4	-5.3	-2.6	2.8	5.3	6.2	2,215
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.221	.291	.275	.367	-	7.7%	35.9%	86.7	86.7	13.4	-2.7	1.3	-0.7	5.8	6.3	2,373
2022	.189	.303	.366	.406	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	95.5	-	7.0	-7.3	-2.6	3.0	5.4	6.5	2,391
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.223	.288	.272	.367	-	7.7%	37.5%	86.8	86.1	14.7	-3.0	1.4	-0.9	5.7	6.3	2,378
2023	.142	.234	.212	.376	30.7%	12.0%	38.7%	85.8	87.6	21.3	-5.4	-2.6	3.0	5.3	6.2	2,240
SP MLB Percentile	94	81	81	47	73	19	42	75	47	19	81	2	100	10	25	29
SP MLB AVG	.231	.306	.270	.382	-	8.3%	37.5%	87.7	87.1	15.0	-2.6	1.3	-0.9	5.7	6.4	2,366
2024	.170	.217	.280	.334	21.7%	3.2%	37.6%	82.4	83.9	12.9	-5.3	-2.9	2.9	5.2	6.3	2,334
SP MLB Percentile	83	87	43	67	89	80	50	91	77	53	89	1	100	6	30	36
SP MLB AVG	.229	.300	.274	.372	-	7.2%	37.9%	87.5	86.9	14.1	-2.3	1.1	-0.9	5.8	6.5	2,390

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	227	61	141	86	5	1	0	0	6	6	0	38	0	3
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	102	27	65	37	3	1	0	1	5	7	0	9	1	0
2019	253	69	178	75	5	4	0	1	10	12	0	37	3	3
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	161	43	102	58	5	2	0	2	9	13	0	13	2	0
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	116	29	73	43	3	1	0	1	6	7	6	9	2	0
2021	232	63	150	82	7	1	0	1	9	11	13	23	2	4
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	329	88	210	119	11	4	0	3	17	24	20	27	5	1
2022	33	10	22	11	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	1
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	359	95	229	130	12	4	0	3	19	25	22	27	5	1
2023	627	163	403	224	8	9	1	6	24	37	29	74	9	5
SP MLB Percentile	84	86	85	15	46	8	7	9	27	-	-	94	15	1
SP MLB AVG	318	82	201	117	11	4	0	3	17	24	20	22	5	1
2024	1,135	298	794	341	34	11	2	1	48	52	59	124	11	6
SP MLB Percentile	99	99	99	2	2	3	1	52	3	-	-	99	10	1
SP MLB AVG	276	71	176	101	10	3	0	2	15	19	18	19	4	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	43.2%	21.1%	36.0%	10.2%	46.9%	34.0%	19.1%	25.4%	5.1%	7.0%	35.2%	-	62.7%	40.4%
2021	52.9%	11.8%	35.3%	2.9%	58.8%	26.5%	14.7%	32.4%	2.9%	2.9%	35.3%	20.6%	61.7%	38.2%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	42.9%	21.6%	35.5%	9.9%	44.9%	35.6%	19.5%	23.0%	5.4%	7.7%	34.9%	-	64.0%	35.9%
2022	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	75.0%	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	41.9%	21.6%	36.5%	10.2%	47.0%	32.3%	20.8%	24.7%	5.2%	7.7%	35.1%	-	62.4%	37.5%
2023	30.7%	25.3%	44.0%	13.3%	41.3%	41.3%	17.3%	20.0%	6.7%	12.0%	41.3%	30.7%	61.4%	38.7%
SP MLB Percentile	16	28	76	67	30	83	42	65	40	19	22	73	-	42
SP MLB AVG	41.5%	21.8%	36.7%	10.5%	47.5%	32.5%	20.0%	22.8%	6.4%	8.3%	34.5%	-	62.6%	37.5%
2024	41.4%	24.2%	34.4%	7.0%	54.8%	29.9%	15.3%	29.3%	5.1%	3.2%	36.3%	21.7%	62.4%	37.6%
SP MLB Percentile	51	39	47	32	75	40	25	20	56	80	48	89	-	50
SP MLB AVG	42.5%	22.5%	35.1%	10.2%	47.4%	32.6%	20.0%	23.8%	6.9%	7.2%	35.5%	-	62.1%	37.9%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.103	.128	.300	.300	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.256	.309	.319	.347	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.159	.223	.360	.385	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.247	.307	.319	.359	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.235	.313	.279	.327	+0	.229	.307	.275	.375	86.4	86.5	13.9	19.8
2021	.158	.217	.242	.265	0	.161	.222	.247	.285	81.2	82.5	2.4	8.3
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.223	.289	.281	.318	+2	.221	.291	.275	.367	86.7	86.7	13.4	14.8
2022	.125	.267	.250	.250	-1	.189	.303	.366	.406	95.5	-	7.0	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.230	.289	.283	.321	+3	.223	.288	.272	.367	86.8	86.1	14.7	14.8
2023	.162	.256	.261	.320	-9	.142	.234	.212	.376	85.8	87.6	21.3	18.2
SP MLB Percentile	86	69	57	51	98	94	81	81	47	75	47	19	39
SP MLB AVG	.236	.306	.280	.325	+1	.231	.306	.270	.382	87.7	87.1	15.0	17.5
2024	.171	.205	.303	.308	-12	.170	.217	.280	.334	82.4	83.9	12.9	1.9
SP MLB Percentile	82	90	41	54	100	83	87	43	67	91	77	53	76
SP MLB AVG	.238	.301	.293	.327	+2	.229	.300	.274	.372	87.5	86.9	14.1	14.3

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	62.1%	39.2%	-	50.6%	10.6%	49.4%	-	-	22.9%	19.8%	42.7%	14.2%	8.8%	59.5%	0.92	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	61.5%	46.9%	-	30.7%	14.9%	69.3%	-	-	14.6%	14.6%	29.2%	-	17.4%	55.5%	0.47	-
2019	-	70.4%	53.0%	-	40.3%	21.3%	59.7%	-	-	17.4%	21.3%	38.7%	14.6%	10.3%	66.4%	0.98	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	62.3%	48.4%	-	32.4%	15.7%	67.6%	-	-	13.9%	15.8%	29.7%	-	17.0%	56.3%	0.50	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	39.9%	61.4%	46.6%	32.7%	32.7%	15.4%	67.3%	82.1%	48.3%	14.8%	15.3%	30.1%	-	15.9%	56.0%	0.51	48.5%
2021	42.2%	64.7%	44.4%	34.3%	32.0%	15.5%	68.0%	80.7%	52.2%	20.3%	14.2%	34.5%	22.7%	14.7%	60.8%	0.69	53.4%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	41.9%	63.0%	48.9%	33.7%	33.1%	15.7%	66.9%	81.4%	45.8%	14.2%	16.1%	30.3%	-	17.1%	57.6%	0.52	50.7%
2022	36.4%	66.7%	33.3%	28.6%	18.2%	15.2%	81.8%	100.0%	66.7%	33.3%	6.1%	39.4%	18.2%	12.1%	63.6%	0.88	54.5%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	41.2%	62.7%	48.6%	33.6%	31.6%	15.9%	68.4%	82.6%	48.5%	14.1%	15.4%	29.5%	-	17.3%	57.1%	0.50	49.7%
2023	39.4%	64.3%	45.5%	38.4%	38.9%	15.8%	61.1%	74.1%	48.6%	18.8%	17.7%	36.5%	18.6%	12.0%	60.4%	0.78	55.0%
SP MLB Percentile	43	59	30	79	80	50	80	87	50	85	72	93	96	90	74	5	79
SP MLB AVG	40.8%	62.2%	48.2%	33.0%	31.5%	15.9%	68.5%	82.4%	49.4%	14.0%	15.2%	29.2%	-	17.1%	56.7%	0.49	49.4%
2024	44.0%	70.0%	50.1%	42.8%	42.7%	14.9%	57.3%	71.4%	41.9%	19.8%	21.4%	41.2%	19.8%	13.8%	65.7%	0.95	59.6%
SP MLB Percentile	59	87	59	92	89	39	89	94	64	87	91	98	90	79	94	2	93
SP MLB AVG	41.7%	62.6%	48.1%	32.5%	31.0%	16.0%	69.0%	83.7%	47.3%	14.5%	15.0%	29.4%	-	17.2%	57.0%	0.50	49.5%

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	39.9%	16.7%	21.4%	61.9%	16.2%	20.5%	63.3%	27.3%	51.3%	5.8%
2021	42.2%	30.2%	19.4%	50.4%	8.6%	21.6%	69.8%	43.1%	37.5%	4.3%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	41.9%	18.3%	21.5%	60.2%	16.2%	21.7%	62.1%	25.9%	52.6%	5.8%
2022	36.4%	24.2%	24.2%	51.5%