Chris Sale

2010–2026 · 16 seasons · Bats left, throws left · Born 1989

JavaScript is switched off, so the extra columns cannot be unfolded. Every season below is already on the page and every number in it is real.

Pitching: 14 of 18 columns. Folded away: HR, BFP, CG, SHO. Hitting: 17 of 26 columns. Folded away: CS, TB, HBP, wOBA, wRAA, WAR: Bat, WAR: Field, WAR: Run, WAR: Pos.

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Pitching

SeasonTeamLgGGSIPWLSVSOBBHERERAWHIPWARFIP
2010Chicago White SoxAL21023.321432101551.931.070.42.74
2011Chicago White SoxAL58071.0228792752222.791.110.73.12
2012Chicago White SoxAL3029192.0178019251167653.051.143.53.27
2013Chicago White SoxAL3030214.31114022646184733.061.073.93.17
2014Chicago White SoxAL2626174.0124020839129422.170.974.02.58
2015Chicago White SoxAL3131208.71311027442185793.411.094.62.73
2016Chicago White SoxAL3232226.71710023345190843.331.043.83.46
2017Boston Red SoxAL3232214.3178030843165692.900.976.62.45
2018Boston Red SoxAL2727158.0124023734102372.110.865.41.98
2019Boston Red SoxAL2525147.3611021837123724.401.093.33.39
2021Boston Red SoxAL9942.7510521245153.161.340.83.69
2022Boston Red SoxAL225.701051523.181.060.22.41
2023Boston Red SoxAL2020102.76501252987494.291.131.73.80
2024CYGGAtlanta BravesNL2929177.7183022539141472.381.015.82.09
2025Atlanta BravesNL2120125.775016532102362.581.073.22.67
2026liveAtlanta BravesNL2424144.0139017728116332.061.004.72.18
Career16 seasons · 2026 in progress4173362228.01589712275651518087302.951.0452.6

Hitting

SeasonTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPSWAR
2010Chicago White SoxAL2100000000000
2011Chicago White SoxAL5800000000000
2012Chicago White SoxAL3032000000020.000.000.000.000-0.1
2013Chicago White SoxAL3000000000000
2014Chicago White SoxAL2633000000020.000.000.000.000-0.1
2015Chicago White SoxAL3199110000040.111.111.111.222-0.1
2016Chicago White SoxAL3266010000020.167.167.167.333-0.1
2017Boston Red SoxAL3233011000010.333.333.6671.0000.0
2018Boston Red SoxAL2722000000020.000.000.000.000-0.1
2019Boston Red SoxAL2500000000000
2021Boston Red SoxAL911000000010.000.000.000.0000.0
2022Boston Red SoxAL200000000000
2023Boston Red SoxAL2000000000000
2024Atlanta BravesNL2900000000000
2025Atlanta BravesNL2100000000000
Career15 seasons39327261310000140.115.115.154.269-0.4

Gold shading marks a top-five finish in that league that season. Filled for first, shaded for second and third, faint for fourth and fifth, with the exact place in the corner of the cell. These rankings are ours, not part of the source data: we work them out from the season lines on this site and count each league on its own, so a first in the American League is not a first across baseball. Rate statistics use the same qualifying line as the season tool, which is why a relief pitcher can have the lowest ERA in his league and still have no shading on it — he did not pitch enough innings to qualify. A ranking is only drawn when its column is on screen; press Show all columns for the rest. On a season where this player both batted and pitched, the WAR column is left unshaded either way: the data keeps one WAR ranking for the year and does not say which of the two it belongs to, and a guess here would put a league lead on the wrong line.

The dark chips beside a season are awards. Those are records rather than our arithmetic: MVP (Most Valuable Player), CY (Cy Young Award), ROY (Rookie of the Year), GG (Gold Glove), SS (Silver Slugger). Two of them are lettered in the metal they are named after — Gold Glove in gold, Silver Slugger in silver — but the letters say which is which, so nothing here depends on telling the two apart by colour.

Any shaded cell or chip will explain itself. Point at one, or tab to it and it opens on focus, and it names the league, the season and the statistic in full. On a touchscreen, tap it once to open and once more to close.

The 2026 season is still being played. Its line was last updated on 1 September 2026, about 138 games into the schedule, and it is not a finished record. Both it and the career total below will keep changing until the season ends. A gold cell on that row means the player is leading or near the top right now, not that he finished there. Park factors for 2026 are estimated from the previous three seasons, because the source database publishes them only once a season is complete, so the WAR that uses them will move again when the real figures arrive.

The WAR columns are worked out on this site — they are not part of the source data, and they will not match Baseball-Reference exactly.

Everything else on this page comes straight from the Lahman database. WAR is our own calculation from those same season lines: fielding is estimated from putouts and assists rather than measured, fielding innings are missing before 1954, and the fielding component is capped. Treat it as a reasonable estimate of value, not as a record. The season tool explains the method in full.

means the value is not in the source for that season, which is not the same as zero. In the Career and Subtotal rows it marks a statistic that cannot be added up across seasons — wOBA and FIP both need league constants that change every year, so we leave them blank rather than invent one. Leagues on this page: AL (American League), NL (National League).

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