Chris Sale
P | B/T: L/L | 6' 6" 183LBS | Age: 34

Draft: 2010 | Rd: 1, #13, Chicago White Sox | Florida Gulf Coast

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 5 2 4.72 10 10 0 55.1 65 1.16
13 Seasons 119 77 3.08 333 253 12 1733.1 2129 1.05
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 10 5-2 4.72 55.1 65 1.16
13 Seasons 333 119-77 3.08 1733.1 2129 1.05

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 26 3323 525 21 4.0 2.5 85.9 111.0 12.9 32.6 .209 .321 .285 .260 .354 26.7 32.1 4.9 3.41 2.74
2016 27 3431 612 35 5.7 3.9 88.7 116.4 14.6 33.5 .235 .382 .282 .294 .368 33.3 25.7 5.0 3.33 3.61
2017 28 3428 492 30 6.1 3.5 86.8 112.7 15.0 35.8 .194 .337 .260 .252 .366 30.5 36.2 5.1 2.90 2.68
2018 29 2525 332 25 7.5 4.1 85.6 116.4 12.4 31.9 .166 .285 .237 .233 .332 26.8 38.4 5.5 2.11 2.26
2019 30 2466 344 28 8.1 4.6 88.5 111.4 12.9 34.9 .213 .380 .294 .284 .404 36.3 35.6 6.0 4.40 3.51
2021 32 736 115 4 3.5 2.2 84.6 109.3 5.7 32.2 .232 .347 .326 .287 .363 32.2 28.4 6.6 3.16 3.45
2022 33 102 18 1 5.6 4.0 84.0 109.0 4.1 44.4 .278 .361 .263 .313 .356 38.9 20.0 4.0 3.18 4.08
2023 34 896 148 11 7.4 4.7 88.4 113.9 13.9 31.1 .214 .376 .313 .298 .373 33.8 27.9 6.0 4.72 3.59
Player 16907 2586 155 6.0 3.6 87.1 116.4 13.3 33.6 .208 .345 .277 .269 .365 31.0 32.5 5.3
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sale relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(46%) ,
Slider
(32.1%) ,
Changeup
(11%) ,
Sinker
(10.8%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 42.9 22.5 27.8 6.9 35.2 39.6 25.0 3.6 33.9 23.8 25.0 6.3 4.0 2.5
2016 42.2 24.3 25.5 8.0 37.1 36.3 26.3 2.0 30.2 27.9 26.0 5.4 5.7 3.9
2017 39.8 26.2 25.2 8.7 35.2 38.0 26.8 3.7 29.9 29.5 23.2 6.7 6.1 3.5
2018 44.9 22.3 22.3 10.5 33.7 35.8 29.2 6.6 37.3 26.2 19.3 2.7 7.5 4.1
2019 43.9 24.7 25.0 6.4 39.0 34.9 26.2 3.2 32.3 22.4 25.6 7.6 8.1 4.6
2021 47.0 25.2 22.6 5.2 38.3 39.1 22.6 8.7 31.3 21.7 29.6 5.2 3.5 2.2
2022 50.0 11.1 38.9 0.0 38.9 33.3 27.8 11.1 33.3 11.1 33.3 5.6 5.6 4.0
2023 40.5 27.0 24.3 8.1 37.2 33.1 29.7 2.7 36.5 25.7 18.9 8.1 7.4 4.7
Player 42.6 24.2 25.3 7.8 36.2 37.0 26.5 3.8 32.5 25.9 24.1 5.9 6.0 3.6
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2023 Slider BOS L 288 79.0 48.3 4.5 10 11.0 0.0 0
2023 Changeup BOS L 99 86.6 32.4 -1.0 -3 17.9 2.7 18
2023 4-Seamer BOS L 412 94.6 19.2 -4.0 -26 14.3 5.6 65
2023 Sinker BOS L 97 93.3 28.2 3.9 16 19.8 3.9 25
2022 Changeup BOS L 22 88.2 33.7 1.9 6 18.6 3.7 25
2022 Slider BOS L 33 79.2 48.4 6.3 15 14.6 4.1 39
2022 Sinker BOS L 11 93.3 27.7 3.8 16 18.2 2.6 17
2022 4-Seamer BOS L 36 94.9 18.3 -3.3 -22 14.1 5.6 66
2021 Sinker BOS L 10 92.6 28.8 5.1 21 18.2 3.1 20
2021 Changeup BOS L 144 86.5 35.0 2.4 7 18.4 3.4 22
2021 Slider BOS L 232 78.0 49.6 5.3 12 11.0 -0.3 -3
2021 4-Seamer BOS L 349 93.6 19.2 -3.4 -21 13.2 4.9 59
2019 Sinker BOS L 251 92.2 28.3 4.0 16 19.6 4.1 27
2019 Changeup BOS L 384 85.2 38.7 5.3 16 19.0 3.9 26
2019 4-Seamer BOS L 883 93.4 19.7 -3.2 -19 14.8 6.5 79
2019 Slider BOS L 947 79.0 49.8 5.0 11 14.0 4.0 40
2018 Slider BOS L 871 79.7 49.0 5.0 11 14.5 5.1 55
2018 4-Seamer BOS L 984 95.2 19.0 -3.2 -20 14.5 5.9 68
2018 Sinker BOS L 240 93.2 28.0 4.2 18 19.4 4.0 26
2018 Changeup BOS L 428 87.0 36.8 3.3 10 19.3 4.0 26
2017 4-Seamer BOS L 1,262 94.8 17.8 -3.3 -23 14.8 5.8 64
2017 Changeup BOS L 644 86.8 31.0 0.8 2 18.5 3.9 26
2017 Slider BOS L 1,127 79.8 47.8 4.0 9 13.1 4.7 57
2017 Sinker BOS L 390 93.6 26.1 4.2 19 18.6 3.2 21
2016 Slider CWS L 834 79.1 49.6 5.4 12 11.4 2.0 21
2016 Sinker CWS L 1,829 93.7 20.3 0.1 0 17.7 3.4 23
2016 Changeup CWS L 646 86.8 29.5 -0.4 -1 19.8 6.1 45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seamer -0.5 -2 412 46.0 98 .244 .422 .322 21.3 21.4 17.1 .215 .402 .297 37.7
2023 Slider -0.1 0 288 32.1 65 .167 .367 .248 37.5 52.3 29.3 .167 .315 .258 29.6
2023 Changeup -1.8 -2 99 11.0 37 .286 .400 .349 31.3 13.5 41.7 .279 .398 .307 25.8
2023 Sinker 3.5 3 97 10.8 32 .308 .577 .464 16.3 15.6 20.0 .232 .401 .352 38.1
2022 4-Seamer -1.5 -1 36 35.3 3 .333 .333 .300 16.7 33.3 11.1 .292 .343 .282 50.0
2022 Slider -2.6 -1 33 32.4 10 .125 .250 .265 18.2 40.0 30.8 .184 .254 .293 50.0
2022 Changeup 7.3 2 22 21.6 8 .375 .500 .494 8.3 0.0 0.0 .337 .473 .353 37.5
2022 Sinker -8.9 -1 11 10.8 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .334 .365 .303 25.0
2021 4-Seamer -0.2 -1 350 47.6 78 .257 .443 .340 28.0 33.3 22.2 .207 .348 .283 45.5
2021 Slider -0.7 -2 232 31.5 63 .158 .228 .233 32.0 36.5 20.9 .190 .266 .247 20.6
2021 Changeup 3.4 5 144 19.6 38 .432 .649 .521 23.5 7.9 10.7 .330 .466 .357 26.5
2021 Sinker 1.0 0 10 1.4 3 .667 .667 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 .385 .422 .358 33.3
2019 Slider 0.0 0 947 38.4 249 .197 .318 .276 35.7 42.2 28.3 .169 .279 .239 26.9
2019 4-Seamer -0.1 -1 883 35.8 223 .217 .444 .307 28.5 46.2 27.4 .213 .415 .288 50.9
2019 Changeup 0.3 1 384 15.6 93 .279 .523 .390 33.0 7.5 14.6 .297 .517 .356 33.3
2019 Sinker -0.9 -2 251 10.2 47 .250 .525 .393 25.3 6.4 23.1 .285 .475 .363 31.6
2018 4-Seamer -1.9 -19 984 39.0 262 .179 .321 .253 29.6 42.0 24.8 .184 .359 .264 37.6
2018 Slider -2.0 -17 872 34.5 223 .113 .152 .166 44.4 52.5 31.7 .102 .154 .158 20.5
2018 Changeup -1.8 -8 428 17.0 86 .228 .329 .289 38.5 10.5 16.4 .204 .262 .246 17.1
2018 Sinker 0.6 2 240 9.5 46 .429 .690 .499 22.4 2.2 5.9 .308 .546 .394 22.0
2017 4-Seamer -1.7 -22 1,262 36.8 336 .180 .287 .225 27.3 42.3 23.9 .190 .338 .245 35.6
2017 Slider -1.2 -13 1,127 32.9 286 .179 .346 .266 39.9 46.9 30.2 .141 .235 .202 23.1
2017 Changeup -0.2 -1 644 18.8 136 .286 .444 .355 37.2 14.0 18.6 .262 .456 .328 25.7
2017 Sinker -0.5 -2 390 11.4 93 .284 .443 .339 18.3 14.0 27.7 .269 .462 .325 38.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 133 86.5 99 19.2 9:15 9:00 15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 341 93.6 92 17.9 10:00 10:15 -15
2021 Sinker 10 92.6 93 19.2 9:45 9:15 30
2021 Slider 228 78.1 62 13.5 4:30 4:00 30
2022 Changeup 22 88.2 99 19.6 9:15 9:00 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 28 94.9 90 18.8 10:00 10:15 -15
2022 Sinker 11 93.3 92 19.3 10:00 9:15 45
2022 Slider 33 79.2 59 16.8 4:15 3:45 30
2023 Changeup 97 86.6 99 19.0 9:15 9:15 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 396 94.6 94 18.4 10:00 10:15 -15
2023 Sinker 94 93.2 92 20.9 10:00 9:15 45
2023 Slider 284 79.0 58 13.3 4:30 4:00 30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 88 372 -3 -4 2 1 -4
2011 285 1,093 -4 -13 2 5 -10
2012 766 2,999 -21 -27 16 8 -25
2013 864 3,243 -13 -28 8 13 -19
2014 683 2,748 -10 -34 8 8 -28
2015 854 3,320 -8 -29 15 10 -12
2016 905 3,423 -27 -19 10 14 -23
2017 894 3,600 -6 -45 6 9 -36
2018 681 2,822 -29 -34 6 12 -45
2019 612 2,465 1 -24 9 11 -2
2021 227 914 5 -9 8 3 7
2022 25 102 -3 1 1 1 -1
2023 232 896 0 -6 2 3 -1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 3,323 48.7 67.3 73.4 32.5 54.9 43.3 67.4 49.4 32.7 7.5 73.6
2016 3,431 52.8 65.5 80.3 31.3 61.8 43.6 62.2 49.3 24.6 8.7 71.2
2017 3,428 52.6 65.6 74.8 33.0 52.8 44.8 66.7 50.1 31.7 8.3 73.0
2018 2,525 50.2 63.3 72.6 33.0 49.4 44.1 67.6 48.2 34.9 7.1 69.1
2019 2,466 50.1 61.6 74.7 33.2 54.5 41.8 66.0 47.4 31.8 7.5 67.7
2021 736 49.2 67.4 77.5 30.2 61.1 44.8 68.1 48.5 27.7 6.5 72.9
2022 102 53.9 54.5 93.3 21.3 70.0 47.1 60.0 39.2 12.5 4.9 20.0
2023 896 50.2 65.6 80.7 33.2 56.1 43.6 65.7 49.4 26.9 7.8 75.7
Player 16,907 50.9 65.0 75.9 32.4 55.2 43.7 65.9 49.0 30.4 7.8 71.4
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 90 87 87 80 93 29 77 93 94 96 90 96 80 85 70 60
2016 69 68 60 59 79 10 56 44 60 80 90 61 77 65 51 39
2017 94 92 86 67 99 13 47 59 70 98 94 90 93 76 70 42
2018 98 99 95 84 99 28 28 97 97 98 89 97 93 80 73 48
2019 78 81 66 54 88 26 28 53 52 96 80 87 86 52 72 43
2021 57 61 55
2023 67 79 63 47 79 26 57 61 78 76 78 57 87 66 23 55
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.0 27 23.4 4 13 20 9 33.3
2017 22.6 28 27.6 0 11 14 17 60.7
2018 22.7 12 17.7 -6 5 12 9 75.0
2019 21.8 24 20.0 4 13 17 8 33.3
2021 24.5 8 6.2 2 1 4 4 50.0
2023 22.7 8 8.9 -1 3 5 5 62.5
Player 22.4 107 103.9 3 46 72 52 48.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 27 27 18 26 26 22 28 22 20 16 24 26 23 20 23 24 12 18 26 26 22 17 33 32 21 19 24 34 27 26 19
2017 28 28 29 28 31 26 31 27 24 22 30 35 26 27 26 28 25 23 28 29 30 27 32 28 28 23 26 33 29 29 21
2018 12 23 11 18 18 18 19 17 18 11 17 21 21 14 19 19 17 17 17 20 18 16 24 18 14 13 19 19 22 19 15
2019 24 24 15 25 23 20 21 21 13 15 14 23 25 18 18 20 17 16 18 21 23 20 27 25 22 17 13 24 26 21 16
2021 8 6 7 5 8 6 9 7 5 4 5 8 5 5 6 7 6 6 5 8 6 5 8 6 5 6 8 8 6 5 6
2023 8 9 8 11 10 8 8 8 7 7 8 12 8 8 10 10 9 8 10 12 7 8 12 9 8 7 9 8 8 10 9
Player 107 117 88 113 116 100 116 102 87 75 98 125 108 92 102 108 86 88 104 116 106 93 136 118 98 85 99 126 118 110 86
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.2 93.7 -1.5 ↓ 94.5 0.8 ↑ 94.8 0.3 ↑ -- -1.7 ↓ -- -- 93.6 -- 94.5 0.9 ↑ 94.4 -0.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 86.3 86.8 0.5 ↑ 86.8 0.0 87.0 0.2 ↑ -- -1.8 ↓ -- -- 86.5 -- 88.2 1.7 ↑ 86.6 -1.6 ↓
Breaking Velocity 79.4 79.1 -0.3 ↓ 79.8 0.7 ↑ 79.7 -0.1 ↓ -- -0.7 ↓ -- -- 78.0 -- 79.2 1.2 ↑ 79.0 -0.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 85.9 88.7 2.8 ↑ 86.8 -1.9 ↓ 85.6 -1.2 ↓ -- 2.9 ↑ -- -- 84.6 -- 84.0 -0.6 ↓ 88.4 4.4 ↑
Launch Angle 12.9 14.6 1.7 ↑ 15.0 0.4 ↑ 12.4 -2.6 ↓ -- 0.5 ↑ -- -- 5.7 -- 4.1 -1.6 ↓ 13.9 9.8 ↑
Barrel % 4.0 5.7 1.7 ↑ 6.1 0.4 ↑ 7.5 1.4 ↑ -- 0.6 ↑ -- -- 3.5 -- 5.6 2.1 ↑ 7.4 1.8 ↑
Hard Hit % 26.7 33.3 6.6 ↑ 30.5 -2.8 ↓ 26.8 -3.7 ↓ -- 9.5 ↑ -- -- 32.2 -- 38.9 6.7 ↑ 33.8 -5.1 ↓
Sweet Spot % 32.6 33.5 0.9 ↑ 35.8 2.3 ↑ 31.9 -3.9 ↓ -- 3.0 ↑ -- -- 32.2 -- 44.4 12.2 ↑ 31.1 -13.3 ↓
xBA .209 .235 0.026 ↑ .194 -0.041 ↓ .166 -0.028 ↓ -- 0.047 ↑ -- -- .232 -- .278 0.046 ↑ .214 -0.064 ↓
BA .233 .227 -0.006 ↓ .208 -0.019 ↓ .181 -0.027 ↓ -- 0.040 ↑ -- -- .269 -- .217 -0.052 ↓ .237 0.020 ↑
xwOBA .260 .294 0.034 ↑ .252 -0.042 ↓ .233 -0.019 ↓ -- 0.051 ↑ -- -- .287 -- .313 0.026 ↑ .298 -0.015 ↓
wOBA .285 .282 -0.003 ↓ .260 -0.022 ↓ .237 -0.023 ↓ -- 0.057 ↑ -- -- .326 -- .263 -0.063 ↓ .313 0.050 ↑
xSLG .321 .382 0.061 ↑ .337 -0.045 ↓ .285 -0.052 ↓ -- 0.095 ↑ -- -- .347 -- .361 0.014 ↑ .376 0.015 ↑
SLG .368 .372 0.004 ↑ .349 -0.023 ↓ .288 -0.061 ↓ -- 0.124 ↑ -- -- .419 -- .304 -0.115 ↓ .422 0.118 ↑
K% 32.1 25.7 -6.4 ↓ 36.2 10.5 ↑ 38.4 2.2 ↑ -- -2.8 ↓ -- -- 28.4 -- 20.0 -8.4 ↓ 27.9 7.9 ↑
BB% 4.9 5.0 0.1 ↑ 5.1 0.1 ↑ 5.5 0.4 ↑ -- 0.5 ↑ -- -- 6.6 -- 4.0 -2.6 ↓ 6.0 2.0 ↑
Swing % 49.4 49.3 -0.1 ↓ 50.1 0.8 ↑ 48.2 -1.9 ↓ -- -0.8 ↓ -- -- 48.5 -- 39.2 -9.3 ↓ 49.4 10.2 ↑
Whiff% 32.7 24.6 -8.1 ↓ 31.7 7.1 ↑ 34.9 3.2 ↑ -- -3.1 ↓ -- -- 27.7 -- 12.5 -15.2 ↓ 26.9 14.4 ↑
In Zone % 48.7 52.8 4.1 ↑ 52.6 -0.2 ↓ 50.2 -2.4 ↓ -- -0.1 ↓ -- -- 49.2 -- 53.9 4.7 ↑ 50.2 -3.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.3 47.2 -4.1 ↓ 47.4 0.2 ↑ 49.8 2.4 ↑ -- 0.1 ↑ -- -- 50.8 -- 46.1 -4.7 ↓ 49.8 3.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 32.5 31.3 -1.2 ↓ 33.0 1.7 ↑ 33.0 0.0 -- 0.2 ↑ -- -- 30.2 -- 21.3 -8.9 ↓ 33.2 11.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 30.9 29.4 -1.5 ↓ 33.8 4.4 ↑ 28.0 -5.8 ↓ -- 2.1 ↑ -- -- 31.3 -- 28.0 -3.3 ↓ 30.9 2.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 67.4 62.2 -5.2 ↓ 66.7 4.5 ↑ 67.6 0.9 ↑ -- -1.6 ↓ -- -- 68.1 -- 60.0 -8.1 ↓ 65.7 5.7 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 889 .283 758 18 2.4 131 14 10.7
2017 849 .261 717 7 1.0 132 42 31.8
2018 617 .237 510 10 2.0 107 32 29.9
2019 612 .294 517 0 0.0 95 22 23.2
2021 159 .309 135 5 3.7 24 9 37.5
2022 25 .263 19 0 0.0 6 5 83.3
2023 232 .311 195 0 0.0 37 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 150 14.0 64.0% 1.3% 61 20.0 6.6% 6.6%
2011 324 14.3 60.8% 1.2% 204 20.6 2.5% 3.9%
2012 936 13.1 74.9% 0.2% 472 20.6 3.0% 3.8%
2013 1001 14.5 57.1% 0.2% 545 21.5 3.7% 5.9%
2014 848 14.8 53.1% 0.4% 386 20.8 2.6% 5.7%
2015 960 14.1 58.9% 0.6% 520 20.3 12.1% 9.2%
2016 1059 14.5 55.1% 1.0% 463 22.8 3.7% 14.0%
2017 1063 14.0 61.6% 0.1% 462 21.9 3.0% 5.2%
2018 769 15.4 42.9% 0.1% 400 24.0 1.0% 12.3%
2019 769 15.5 42.9% 0.3% 371 24.3 0.5% 13.2%
2021 223 16.8 30.9% 0.4% 120 24.2 0.8% 13.3%
2022 33 16.7 15.2%