Chris Sale
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 6" 180LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 1, #13, Chicago White Sox | Florida Gulf Coast
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 1 3.18 2 2 0 5.2 5 1.06
2023 6 5 4.30 20 20 0 102.2 125 1.13
2024 18 3 2.38 29 29 0 177.2 225 1.01
14 Seasons 138 83 3.04 372 292 12 1,958.1 2,414 1.04
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 2 0-1 3.18 5.2 5 1.06
2023 20 6-5 4.30 102.2 125 1.13
2024 29 18-3 2.38 177.2 225 1.01
14 Seasons 372 138-83 3.04 1,958.1 2,414 1.04
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA 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 .353 26.7 32.1 4.9 3.41 2.76
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 .336 .260 .252 .365 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 .231 .347 .326 .287 .362 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 .277 .360 .263 .312 .355 38.9 20.0 4.0 3.18 4.05
2023 34 1670 263 22 8.4 5.2 87.9 113.9 15.6 33.5 .212 .384 .306 .295 .379 34.6 29.4 6.8 4.29 3.63
2024 35 2815 430 24 5.6 3.4 86.5 114.4 9.6 34.9 .213 .317 .260 .261 .351 31.2 32.1 5.6 2.38 2.80
Player 20496 3131 190 6.1 3.7 87.0 116.4 13.0 33.9 .208 .343 .275 .268 .363 31.2 32.4 5.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sale relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(40.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(37.8%) ,
Changeup
(14.7%) ,
Sinker
(7.2%) ,


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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 38.4 31.2 22.8 7.6 35.0 34.6 30.4 3.0 32.3 27.0 19.4 9.5 8.4 5.2
2024 46.0 24.0 25.8 4.2 39.8 36.7 23.5 5.8 32.1 22.8 28.1 4.9 5.6 3.4
Player 42.8 24.6 25.2 7.3 36.6 36.9 26.3 4.1 32.3 25.6 24.5 6.0 6.1 3.7
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 4-Seam Fastball ATL L 1063 94.8 20.4 -4.6 14.9ARM 5.9 10.2 -5.4 14.9ARM 6.7
2024 Slider ATL L 1135 78.6 49.3 4.0 11.0GLV 1.1 -4.7 6.2 11.0GLV 5.9
2024 Changeup ATL L 413 87.1 36.0 1.7 16.2ARM 1.1 0.3 5.6 16.2ARM 2.1
2024 Sinker ATL L 202 94.2 28.2 3.1 17.7ARM 1.9 2.8 5.3 17.7ARM 2.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball BOS L 720 93.9 20.2 -4.2 14.6ARM 6.0 11.0 -4.3 14.6ARM 6.7
2023 Slider BOS L 627 77.8 50.0 4.2 11.2GLV 0.3 -4.4 6.2 11.2GLV 6.0
2023 Changeup BOS L 219 86.1 33.5 -0.8 18.4ARM 3.5 3.6 2.7 18.4ARM 4.4
2023 Sinker BOS L 104 93.3 28.5 3.7 19.8ARM 4.2 3.2 5.1 19.8ARM 4.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2024 Slider 2.1 24 1,135 40.3 298 .171 .236 .210 42.7 41.6 29.0 .175 .245 .212 21.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 4 1,064 37.8 229 .281 .443 .340 24.1 33.2 22.1 .240 .387 .302 45.6
2024 Changeup 2.1 9 414 14.7 117 .159 .195 .170 23.6 17.1 14.6 .209 .298 .237 23.7
2024 Sinker -1.3 -3 202 7.2 58 .327 .551 .426 13.3 8.6 11.6 .318 .479 .400 36.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 4 720 43.1 168 .252 .437 .334 23.4 23.2 18.2 .237 .443 .326 39.8
2023 Slider 0.4 2 627 37.5 163 .162 .358 .257 38.9 45.4 29.1 .159 .310 .248 32.0
2023 Changeup -0.5 -1 219 13.1 57 .309 .473 .400 32.2 10.5 20.7 .288 .436 .316 24.0
2023 Sinker -1.7 -2 104 6.2 36 .267 .500 .393 16.7 16.7 22.2 .203 .360 .318 40.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 414 87.1 99 17.1 9:15 8:45 30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,042 94.9 97 18.1 9:45 10:00 -15
2024 Sinker 190 94.2 96 18.6 9:45 9:15 30
2024 Slider 1,134 78.6 62 13.6 4:15 4:00 15
2023 Changeup 215 86.1 99 19.5 9:15 9:15 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 693 93.9 95 18.3 9:45 10:00 -15
2023 Sinker 101 93.2 92 20.9 10:00 9:15 45
2023 Slider 619 77.8 62 13.7 4:30 4:00 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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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 -13 23
2017 894 3,600 6 45 -6 -9 37
2018 681 2,822 29 34 -6 -12 45
2019 612 2,465 -1 23 -9 -11 2
2021 227 914 -5 9 -8 -3 -7
2022 25 102 3 -1 -1 -1 1
2023 424 1,670 -1 14 -3 -6 3
2024 702 2,815 15 36 -9 -8 34
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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 24.8 8.8 71.3
2017 3,428 52.6 65.6 74.8 33.0 52.8 44.8 66.7 50.1 31.8 8.3 73.0
2018 2,525 50.2 63.3 72.6 33.0 49.4 44.1 67.6 48.2 35.0 7.1 69.1
2019 2,466 50.1 61.6 74.7 33.2 54.5 41.8 66.0 47.4 32.0 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 1,670 48.4 63.6 77.8 33.6 55.2 45.6 63.5 48.1 29.7 7.5 68.8
2024 2,815 50.8 63.9 78.1 33.5 50.6 42.9 69.1 49.0 31.0 7.3 65.4
Player 20,496 50.7 64.7 76.1 32.6 54.6 43.7 66.1 48.9 30.7 7.7 70.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 89 86 87 80 93 29 77 93 94 96 90 96 80 84 70 59
2016 69 68 60 59 80 10 56 44 60 80 90 62 77 64 53 38
2017 94 92 87 67 99 13 47 59 70 98 94 90 93 73 72 40
2018 98 99 95 84 99 28 28 97 97 98 89 96 93 78 75 48
2019 78 81 66 54 88 26 28 53 52 96 80 87 86 47 74 42
2021 50 65 55
2023 73 85 63 37 87 40 39 73 80 88 75 75 92 47 37 55
2024 92 83 91 91 92 34 84 92 95 94 87 86 93 61 41 57
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.0 27 23.3 4 12 20 9 33.3
2017 22.6 28 26.6 1 11 14 16 57.1
2018 22.7 12 17.6 -6 6 11 9 75.0
2019 21.8 24 18.8 5 15 15 8 33.3
2021 24.5 8 6.2 2 1 4 4 50.0
2023 23.2 15 16.4 -1 5 10 10 66.7
2024 22.7 9 12.6 -4 5 12 3 33.3
Player 22.5 123 121.5 2 55 86 59 48.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Adjusted
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 31 21 19 24 34 26 26 19
2017 28 27 29 27 30 25 30 26 23 21 29 34 25 26 25 27 24 22 27 28 28 26 31 26 27 22 25 32 28 28 19
2018 12 23 11 18 18 18 19 17 18 11 17 21 21 14 18 19 17 17 16 20 18 16 23 18 14 13 19 19 22 19 15
2019 24 22 14 23 22 19 18 20 13 14 13 21 23 16 17 19 16 15 17 20 22 20 26 24 20 16 11 23 24 19 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 15 14 14 16 18 15 17 16 15 13 18 20 13 14 20 19 19 14 17 20 14 15 23 19 14 13 17 16 15 17 16
2024 9 10 12 12 12 14 15 11 9 11 14 15 12 12 13 12 10 10 14 16 13 11 16 14 11 13 11 16 13 14 13
Player 123 129 105 127 134 119 136 119 103 90 120 145 122 107 122 127 104 102 122 138 123 110 160 138 112 102 115 148 134 128 104
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.2 93.7 -1.5 ↓ 94.5 0.8 ↑ 94.8 0.3 ↑ -- -1.7 ↓ -- -- 93.6 -- 94.5 0.9 ↑ 93.8 -0.7 ↓ 94.7 0.9 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 86.3 86.8 0.5 ↑ 86.8 0.0 87.0 0.2 ↑ -- -1.8 ↓ -- -- 86.5 -- 88.2 1.7 ↑ 86.1 -2.1 ↓ 87.1 1.0 ↑
Breaking Velocity 79.4 79.1 -0.3 ↓ 79.8 0.7 ↑ 79.7 -0.1 ↓ -- -0.7 ↓ -- -- 78.0 -- 79.2 1.2 ↑ 77.8 -1.4 ↓ 78.6 0.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 85.9 88.7 2.8 ↑ 86.8 -1.9 ↓ 85.6 -1.2 ↓ -- 2.9 ↑ -- -- 84.6 -- 84.0 -0.6 ↓ 87.9 3.9 ↑ 86.5 -1.4 ↓
Launch Angle 12.9 14.6 1.7 ↑ 15.0 0.4 ↑ 12.4 -2.6 ↓ -- 0.5 ↑ -- -- 5.7 -- 4.1 -1.6 ↓ 15.6 11.5 ↑ 9.6 -6.0 ↓
Barrel % 4.0 5.7 1.7 ↑ 6.1 0.4 ↑ 7.5 1.4 ↑ -- 0.6 ↑ -- -- 3.5 -- 5.6 2.1 ↑ 8.4 2.8 ↑ 5.6 -2.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 26.7 33.3 6.6 ↑ 30.5 -2.8 ↓ 26.8 -3.7 ↓ -- 9.5 ↑ -- -- 32.2 -- 38.9 6.7 ↑ 34.6 -4.3 ↓ 31.2 -3.4 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.6 33.5 0.9 ↑ 35.8 2.3 ↑ 31.9 -3.9 ↓ -- 3.0 ↑ -- -- 32.2 -- 44.4 12.2 ↑ 33.5 -10.9 ↓ 34.9 1.4 ↑
xBA .209 .235 0.026 ↑ .194 -0.041 ↓ .166 -0.028 ↓ -- 0.047 ↑ -- -- .231 -- .277 0.046 ↑ .212 -0.065 ↓ .213 0.001 ↑
BA .233 .227 -0.006 ↓ .208 -0.019 ↓ .181 -0.027 ↓ -- 0.040 ↑ -- -- .269 -- .217 -0.052 ↓ .227 0.010 ↑ .216 -0.011 ↓
xwOBA .260 .294 0.034 ↑ .252 -0.042 ↓ .233 -0.019 ↓ -- 0.051 ↑ -- -- .287 -- .312 0.025 ↑ .295 -0.017 ↓ .261 -0.034 ↓
wOBA .285 .282 -0.003 ↓ .260 -0.022 ↓ .237 -0.023 ↓ -- 0.057 ↑ -- -- .326 -- .263 -0.063 ↓ .306 0.043 ↑ .260 -0.046 ↓
xSLG .321 .382 0.061 ↑ .336 -0.046 ↓ .285 -0.051 ↓ -- 0.095 ↑ -- -- .347 -- .360 0.013 ↑ .384 0.024 ↑ .317 -0.067 ↓
SLG .368 .372 0.004 ↑ .349 -0.023 ↓ .288 -0.061 ↓ -- 0.124 ↑ -- -- .419 -- .304 -0.115 ↓ .417 0.113 ↑ .319 -0.098 ↓
K% 32.1 25.7 -6.4 ↓ 36.2 10.5 ↑ 38.4 2.2 ↑ -- -2.8 ↓ -- -- 28.4 -- 20.0 -8.4 ↓ 29.4 9.4 ↑ 32.1 2.7 ↑
BB% 4.9 5.0 0.1 ↑ 5.1 0.1 ↑ 5.5 0.4 ↑ -- 0.5 ↑ -- -- 6.6 -- 4.0 -2.6 ↓ 6.8 2.8 ↑ 5.6 -1.2 ↓
Swing % 49.4 49.3 -0.1 ↓ 50.1 0.8 ↑ 48.2 -1.9 ↓ -- -0.8 ↓ -- -- 48.5 -- 39.2 -9.3 ↓ 48.1 8.9 ↑ 49.0 0.9 ↑
Whiff% 32.7 24.8 -7.9 ↓ 31.8 7.0 ↑ 35.0 3.2 ↑ -- -3.0 ↓ -- -- 27.7 -- 12.5 -15.2 ↓ 29.7 17.2 ↑ 31.0 1.3 ↑
In Zone % 48.7 52.8 4.1 ↑ 52.6 -0.2 ↓ 50.2 -2.4 ↓ -- -0.1 ↓ -- -- 49.2 -- 53.9 4.7 ↑ 48.4 -5.5 ↓ 50.8 2.4 ↑
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 ↓ 51.6 5.5 ↑ 49.2 -2.4 ↓
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 ↓ 33.6 12.3 ↑ 33.5 -0.1 ↓
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 ↓ 27.5 -0.5 ↓ 31.6 4.1 ↑
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 ↓ 63.5 3.5 ↑ 69.1 5.6 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

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YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 889 .283 758 18 2.4 131 14 10.7
2017 Shifts 849 .261 717 7 1.0 132 42 31.8
2018 Shifts 617 .237 510 10 2.0 107 32 29.9
2019 Shifts 612 .294 517 0 0.0 95 22 23.2
2021 Shifts 182 .326 156 6 3.8 26 10 38.5
2022 Shifts 25 .263 19 0 0.0 6 5 83.3
2023 Shades 424 .305 370 8 2.2 54 19 35.2
2024 Shades 702 .260 591 81 13.7 111 53 47.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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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% 0.0% 22 23.3 0.0% 13.6%
2023 502 15.2 45.4% 0.2% 254 19.7 1.6% 0.0%
2024 826 16.4 21.5% 0.1% 430 20.3 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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