Chris Sale

#41 - Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	3/30/1989 (34)
Height, Weight	6'6", 183 lb
Hometown	Lakeland, FL

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	5-2	59.0	4.58	1.19	28.5%	6.0%	30.7%

	20^th 3 W	65^th 44 IP	112^th 4.86 ERA	62^nd 1.38 WHIP	22^nd 21.4% K%	44^th 8.2% BB%	26^th 28.2% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	94.5	14.0%	21.9%	43.2%	5.11	3.56

	58^th 93.4 FB MPH	32^nd 11.7% SwStr%	22^nd 27.9% HC%	99^th 43.5% GB%	76^th 5.06 PLV	42^nd 4.71 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	BOS	27	27	158.0	12	4	2.11	-	1.98	-	0.86	5.8	38.4%	5.5%	.283	-	-	0.63	-	82.5%	16.9%	36.5%	-
2019	BOS	25	25	147.1	6	11	4.40	-	3.40	-	1.09	7.5	35.6%	6.0%	.311	-	-	1.47	-	66.7%	15.2%	34.3%	-
2021	BOS	9	9	42.2	5	1	3.16	3.05	3.70	3.59	1.34	9.5	28.4%	6.6%	.358	20.2%	48.7%	1.27	15.8%	79.8%	13.5%	31.1%	5.22
2022	BOS	2	2	5.2	0	1	3.18	4.47	2.35	2.98	1.06	7.9	20.0%	4.0%	.278	28.0%	55.6%	0.00	0.0%	57.1%	4.9%	32.4%	5.06
2023	BOS	11	11	59.0	5	2	4.58	3.49	3.71	3.60	1.19	8.4	28.5%	6.0%	.315	21.9%	43.2%	1.22	14.5%	69.4%	14.0%	30.7%	5.11
SP MLB Percentile		60	60	67	82	49	43	79	77	85	68	59	89	75	36	88	49	52	46	41	83	86	60
SP MLB AVG		8	8	44.0	3	3	4.86	4.71	4.69	4.63	1.38	9.2	21.4%	8.2%	.301	27.9%	43.5%	-	14.7%	71.3%	11.7%	28.2%	5.06
5 Years		74	74	412.2	28	19	3.40	-	-	-	1.04	7.2	34.6%	5.9%	.307	9.7%	46.2%	1.07	51.6%	74.0%	15.3%	34.2%	5.16

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 46%
Slider | 33%
Changeup | 11%
Sinker | 10%
All Pitches

2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	96.7	10.0%	-	-	17.8%	16.6%	34.4%	73.9%	70.4%	-	-	.141	.178	.308	-	-	-	-	-
2019	93.4	11.1%	-	-	9.2%	13.9%	23.1%	59.3%	53.5%	-	-	.308	.441	.370	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	93.7	41.2%	32.9%	47.9%	12.2%	17.5%	29.7%	66.3%	61.1%	31.0%	45.2%	.254	.328	.350	10.5%	.215	.286	28.2%	2,300
2022	94.8	38.2%	11.8%	56.4%	5.1%	33.3%	38.5%	66.7%	64.1%	0.0%	50.0%	.333	.295	.500	0.0%	.333	.295	33.3%	2,341
2023	94.5	46.3%	32.6%	46.6%	11.3%	15.8%	27.1%	64.9%	59.5%	34.3%	48.6%	.250	.320	.294	11.8%	.235	.312	26.5%	2,195
SP MLB Percentile	69	70	76	25	69	30	46	42	46	52	73	63	73	55	57	73	75	73	35
SP MLB AVG	93.4	37.5%	26.6%	50.4%	9.4%	18.2%	27.6%	65.4%	59.3%	34.2%	41.8%	.286	.373	.321	15.0%	.274	.371	31.9%	2,248

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	.215	.286	.302	.352	28.2%	2.4%	45.2%	26.8%	89.5	84.6	18.5	8.5	6.9	2.7	5.3	6.4	2,300
2022	.333	.295	.500	.442	33.3%	0.0%	50.0%	33.3%	89.1	95.8	29.0	9.2	6.9	2.8	5.3	6.6	2,341
2023	.235	.312	.270	.375	26.5%	5.7%	33.3%	23.1%	90.8	91.4	22.2	9.1	6.6	2.8	5.3	6.6	2,195
SP MLB Percentile	73	75	65	69	73	79	85	81	59	29	36	99	3	99	8	56	35
SP MLB AVG	.274	.371	.299	.420	31.9%	11.1%	44.7%	30.7%	91.3	89.1	18.9	4.9	9.3	-0.7	5.8	6.5	2,248

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	253	65	4	3	1	1	37	1	0	0	187	66	.141	.266	.178
2019	273	57	5	4	1	6	20	4	0	0	162	111	.308	.769	.441
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	303	71	11	2	1	2	21	8	0	0	201	102	.254	.413	.328
2022	39	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	26	13	.333	.333	.295
2023	442	104	15	5	0	4	24	7	1	1	287	155	.250	.427	.320
SP MLB Percentile	85	82	17	17	26	15	83	33	11	2	85	12	63	65	73
SP MLB AVG	251	61	9	3	0	2	13	7	0	0	166	85	.286	.496	.373

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	31.0%	23.8%	45.2%	9.5%	10.5%	23.8%	38.1%	38.1%	22.8%	2.4%	19.0%	33.3%	33.3%	9.5%	40.5%
2022	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	23.1%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%
2023	34.3%	17.1%	48.6%	14.3%	11.8%	27.8%	26.4%	45.8%	21.5%	2.9%	25.7%	37.1%	20.0%	8.6%	30.0%
SP MLB Percentile	52	80	73	64	57	35	17	92	54	57	70	71	71	40	86
SP MLB AVG	34.2%	24.0%	41.8%	11.9%	15.0%	31.8%	35.7%	32.5%	21.1%	3.3%	21.1%	31.1%	25.4%	8.1%	39.7%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.141	.178	.308	.333	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.308	.441	.370	.485	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	28.2%	2.4%	45.2%	26.8%	.254	.328	.350	.381	.215	.286	.302	.352	89.5	84.6	18.5
2022	33.3%	0.0%	50.0%	33.3%	.333	.295	.500	.500	.333	.295	.500	.442	89.1	95.8	29.0
2023	26.5%	5.7%	33.3%	23.1%	.250	.320	.294	.333	.235	.312	.270	.375	90.8	91.4	22.2
SP MLB Percentile	73	79	85	81	63	73	55	63	73	75	65	69	59	29	36
SP MLB AVG	31.9%	11.1%	44.7%	30.7%	.286	.373	.321	.364	.274	.371	.299	.420	91.3	89.1	18.9

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	17.8%	16.6%	34.4%	73.9%	70.4%	31.0%	57.3%	69.0%	-	-	22.8%	-	74.2%	71.0%
2019	-	-	9.2%	13.9%	23.1%	59.3%	53.5%	20.2%	45.4%	79.8%	-	-	15.0%	-	62.9%	45.7%
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	32.9%	47.9%	12.2%	17.5%	29.7%	66.3%	61.1%	25.0%	48.8%	75.0%	67.3%	79.2%	22.4%	27.3%	67.1%	56.2%
2022	11.8%	56.4%	5.1%	33.3%	38.5%	66.7%	64.1%	15.4%	33.3%	84.6%	50.0%	90.9%	42.9%	-	55.6%	55.6%
2023	32.6%	46.6%	11.3%	15.8%	27.1%	64.9%	59.5%	23.0%	49.1%	77.0%	63.6%	84.3%	20.4%	30.5%	62.7%	52.7%
SP MLB Percentile	76	25	69	30	46	42	46	67	56	67	68	51	31	86	48	50
SP MLB AVG	26.6%	50.4%	9.4%	18.2%	27.6%	65.4%	59.3%	19.7%	47.1%	80.3%	70.0%	84.4%	23.4%	22.4%	62.5%	52.0%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45.1%	8.7%	46.2%	-	8.8%	31.6%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48.7%	10.3%	41.0%	-	14.3%	17.9%
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	44.9%	26.1%	29.0%	57.8%	25.1%	17.2%	7.6%	29.7%	44.2%	57.4%	9.9%	32.7%	47.9%	11.5%	21.2%
2022	35.9%	28.2%	35.9%	48.7%	28.2%	23.1%	7.7%	43.6%	28.2%	53.8%	23.1%	23.1%	56.4%	0.0%	11.1%
2023	42.8%	29.9%	27.4%	55.0%	25.8%	19.2%	7.2%	27.1%	43.0%	62.0%	8.4%	29.6%	46.6%	13.5%	18.3%
SP MLB Percentile	83	59	14	62	45	40	40	40	54	73	88	58	25	48	61
SP MLB AVG	34.1%	28.8%	37.1%	52.2%	26.3%	21.5%	7.4%	29.7%	41.6%	57.5%	13.9%	28.6%	50.4%	13.8%	15.9%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	253	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	273	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	303	5.18	1,571	46.5%	20.1%	33.3%	13.2%	0.4	3.98	+0
2022	39	4.62	32	57.1%	0.0%	42.9%	14.3%	-0.1	0.99	0
2023	442	5.12	2,265	43.7%	21.9%	34.4%	9.3%	0.7	3.27	+0
SP MLB Percentile	85	72	86	53	70	63	63	63	-	62
SP MLB AVG	251	4.92	1,252	43.1%	20.0%	36.8%	6.3%	-	-	+2

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	80.1	10.6%	-	-	17.5%	23.9%	41.4%	64.6%	61.2%	-	-	.127	.153	.321	-	-	-	-	-
2019	78.9	10.3%	-	-	21.3%	17.4%	38.7%	70.4%	66.4%	-	-	.159	.223	.360	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	78.0	31.5%	34.3%	42.2%	14.2%	20.3%	34.5%	64.7%	60.8%	52.9%	35.3%	.158	.217	.242	8.3%	.161	.222	11.1%	2,215
2022	79.2	32.4%	28.6%	36.4%	6.1%	33.3%	39.4%	66.7%	63.6%	50.0%	0.0%	.125	.267	.250	-	.189	.303	20.0%	2,391
2023	78.9	32.8%	37.6%	42.2%	17.6%	20.4%	38.0%	65.5%	61.7%	31.3%