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%

	23^rd 3 W	76^th 47 IP	113^th 4.87 ERA	66^th 1.38 WHIP	16^th 21.3% K%	44^th 8.2% BB%	24^th 28.1% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	94.5	14.0%	21.9%	43.2%	5.11	3.54

	60^th 93.4 FB MPH	32^nd 11.6% SwStr%	21^st 28.0% HC%	103^rd 43.6% GB%	78^th 5.06 PLV	45^th 4.69 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	3.47	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		55	55	62	79	52	44	78	75	85	67	58	92	76	38	90	49	50	47	41	83	87	59
SP MLB AVG		9	9	47.0	3	3	4.87	4.69	4.66	4.59	1.38	9.1	21.3%	8.2%	.301	28.0%	43.6%	-	14.8%	71.0%	11.6%	28.1%	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	75	26	69	30	46	42	48	54	72	58	71	57	59	71	75	72	33
SP MLB AVG	93.4	37.5%	26.8%	50.0%	9.5%	18.0%	27.6%	65.1%	59.3%	34.3%	41.9%	.279	.371	.313	15.7%	.269	.369	31.3%	2,253

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	71	75	65	67	72	78	84	79	57	30	35	99	4	99	7	56	33
SP MLB AVG	.269	.369	.294	.416	31.3%	11.0%	44.0%	29.9%	91.1	89.2	18.9	4.9	9.2	-0.7	5.7	6.5	2,253

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	82	81	18	18	27	17	81	39	11	1	80	14	58	65	71
SP MLB AVG	265	65	9	3	0	3	13	7	1	0	175	90	.279	.494	.371

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	54	80	72	64	59	34	15	92	54	56	68	72	69	41	84
SP MLB AVG	34.3%	23.8%	41.9%	11.9%	15.7%	31.5%	35.9%	32.6%	21.1%	3.4%	21.8%	30.9%	24.7%	8.2%	39.4%

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	72	78	84	79	58	71	57	60	71	75	65	67	57	30	35
SP MLB AVG	31.3%	11.0%	44.0%	29.9%	.279	.371	.313	.357	.269	.369	.294	.416	91.1	89.2	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	75	26	69	30	46	42	48	67	58	67	72	50	30	86	48	49
SP MLB AVG	26.8%	50.0%	9.5%	18.0%	27.6%	65.1%	59.3%	19.9%	47.1%	80.1%	70.0%	84.1%	23.2%	22.5%	62.2%	52.1%

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	60	15	59	42	42	41	40	53	73	89	59	26	51	59
SP MLB AVG	34.3%	28.8%	36.9%	52.8%	26.1%	21.2%	7.4%	29.6%	41.6%	57.2%	14.0%	28.8%	50.0%	13.6%	16.3%

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	5.13	2,266	43.9%	21.0%	35.1%	8.8%	0.7	3.26	+0
SP MLB Percentile	82	75	84	54	62	58	58	64	-	62
SP MLB AVG	265	4.92	1,325	43.0%	19.9%	37.1%	5.9%	-	-	+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%	40.6%	.176	.262	.333	15.4%	.136