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Chris Sale
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About Chris Sale
Christopher Allen Sale (born March 30, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox. He throws left-handed and is 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall. A native of Lakeland, Florida, located within the Tampa Bay area, Sale played college baseball for Florida Gulf Coast University. The Chicago White Sox selected him 13th overall in the 2010 MLB draft and he made his MLB debut on August 6, 2010.
Bio summary from Wikipedia.
Player Stats
| W | 14 | L | 9 | ERA | 2.16 | G | 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | 27 | SV | 0 | IP | 162.2 | H | 129 |
| R | 44 | ER | 39 | BB | 31 | SO | 200 |
| WHIP | 0.984 | H/9 | 7.1 | HR/9 | 0.6 | BB/9 | 1.7 |
| K/9 | 11.1 | FIP | 2.29 | WAR | 5.5 |
2026 pitching — Baseball-Reference
Career — Lahman, through 2025
Batting
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | CHA | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| 2014 | CHA | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| 2015 | CHA | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 |
| 2016 | CHA | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 |
| 2017 | BOS | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| 2018 | BOS | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| 2021 | BOS | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | CHA | 2 | 1 | 1.93 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23.1 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 32 |
| 2011 | CHA | 2 | 2 | 2.79 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 71.0 | 52 | 6 | 27 | 79 |
| 2012 | CHA | 17 | 8 | 3.05 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 192.0 | 167 | 19 | 51 | 192 |
| 2013 | CHA | 11 | 14 | 3.07 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 214.1 | 184 | 23 | 46 | 226 |
| 2014 | CHA | 12 | 4 | 2.17 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.0 | 129 | 13 | 39 | 208 |
| 2015 | CHA | 13 | 11 | 3.41 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 208.2 | 185 | 23 | 42 | 274 |
| 2016 | CHA | 17 | 10 | 3.34 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 226.2 | 190 | 27 | 45 | 233 |
| 2017 | BOS | 17 | 8 | 2.90 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 214.1 | 165 | 24 | 43 | 308 |
| 2018 | BOS | 12 | 4 | 2.11 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.0 | 102 | 11 | 34 | 237 |
| 2019 | BOS | 6 | 11 | 4.40 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 147.1 | 123 | 24 | 37 | 218 |
| 2021 | BOS | 5 | 1 | 3.16 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.2 | 45 | 6 | 12 | 52 |
| 2022 | BOS | 0 | 1 | 3.18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | BOS | 6 | 5 | 4.30 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102.2 | 87 | 15 | 29 | 125 |
| 2024 | ATL | 18 | 3 | 2.38 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.2 | 141 | 9 | 39 | 225 |
| 2025 | ATL | 7 | 5 | 2.58 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125.2 | 102 | 11 | 32 | 165 |
Season lines from the Lahman Baseball Database (Version 2025, via SABR), joined through the Chadwick Register ID crosswalk. The databank runs through the 2025 season — the current season is the 2026 line below, from the MLB Stats API.
2026 Season — MLB Stats API
Pitching
| W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 9 | 2.16 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 162.2 | 129 | 44 | 39 | 10 | 31 | 200 | 0.98 |
2026 regular-season line from the MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com), pulled when this page was built. Multi-team stints are combined; rate stats are recomputed from the combined totals.
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