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Chris Sale

Christopher Sale

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 30, 1989 in Lakeland, FL
High School: Lakeland Senior HS (Lakeland, FL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2010 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2010. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 2010
Team: WhiteSox 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$500k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.061, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2010	21	CHW-min	AAA,A+	0	0		2.61	11	0	1	0	10.1	6	4	3	2	6	0	19	0	0	43		1.161	5.2	1.7	5.2	16.5	3.17	CHR,WSM · IL,CARL
2010	21	CHW	AL	2	1	.667	1.93	21	0	8	4	23.1	15	5	5	2	10	0	32	0	1	92	225	1.071	5.8	0.8	3.9	12.3	3.20
2011	22	CHW	AL	2	2	.500	2.79	58	0	17	8	71.0	52	22	22	6	27	3	79	2	2	288	155	1.113	6.6	0.8	3.4	10.0	2.93
2012	23	CHW	AL	6	2	.750	2.34	10	9	0	0	57.2	42	16	15	3	16	0	61	1	2	229	183	1.006	6.6	0.5	2.5	9.5	3.81
3 Yrs				10	5	.667	2.49	89	9	25	12	152.0	109	43	42	11	53	3	172	3	5	609	173	1.066	6.5	0.7	3.1	10.2	3.25
162 Game Avg.				7	3	.667	2.49	62	6	17	8	105	76	30	29	8	37	2	119	2	3	423	173	1.066	6.5	0.7	3.1	10.2	3.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2010	21	CHW	AL	23.1	21	0	5	1.93	4.57	-0.27	-0.35	102.8	4.61	7	0.7	1.6	0.2	1.1	10	.535	.505	$
2011	22	CHW	AL	71.0	58	0	22	2.79	4.52	-0.07	-0.35	104.9	4.45	13	1.4	1.5	0.2	2.2	21	.524	.509	$425,000
2012	23	CHW	AL	57.2	10	9	16	2.50	4.58	-0.19	0.17	97.2	4.80	15	1.7	3.2	-0.0	2.2	21	.673	.511	$
3 Seasons				152.0	89	9	43	2.55	4.55	-0.14	-0.15	101.7	4.61	34	3.8	1.6	0.3	5.5	52	.543	.508	$425,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2010	21	CHW	AL	21	92	81	5	15	1	0	2	0	0	10	32	.185	.275	.272	.546	.277	22	3	0	1	0	0	0
2011	22	CHW	AL	58	288	256	22	52	14	0	6	3	4	27	79	.203	.284	.328	.612	.269	84	5	2	3	0	3	2
2012	23	CHW	AL	10	229	212	16	42	12	0	3	4	2	16	61	.198	.258	.297	.555	.264	63	4	1	0	0	0	2
3 Yrs				89	609	549	43	109	27	0	11	7	6	53	172	.199	.273	.308	.581	.268	169	12	3	4	0	3	4
162 Game Avg.				62	423	381	30	76	19	0	8	5	4	37	119	.199	.273	.308	.581	.268	117	8	2	3	0	2	3
MLB Averages																.256	.322	.401	.724	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2010	21	CHW	AL	6.2	0.6	94	1.1	2.3	-1.2	1.27	0.7	0.1	5.5	0.6	1.27	6.0	8	7	6
2011	22	CHW	AL	11.9	1.2	299	3.6	8.9	-5.3	1.56	1.6	0.8	16.0	1.6	1.56	13.5	28	12	18
2012	23	CHW	AL	12.0	1.3	236	1.0	4.1	-3.1	.96	1.3	-0.2	12.1	1.3	0.96	13.3	1	0	0
3 Yrs				30.1	3.2	629	5.7	15.3	-9.6	1.29	3.6	0.8	33.6	3.4	1.29	32.7	37	19	24

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2012	23	CHW	AL	10	9	6	2	1	1	0	6	3	.667	0	1	0	0	6	67%	62.3	81	42	3	2	1	4	4.1	4.7	6.3	102	0	2	7	0	115
1 Yr				10	9	6	2	1	1	0	6	3	.667	0	1	0	0	6	67%	62	81	42	3	2	1	4	4.1	4.7	6.3	102	0	2	7	0	115
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	100	-13					4.4	4.3	6.0	97

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2010	21	CHW	AL	21	21	8	2	1	4	4	0	100%	6	2	13	3	23%	7	1.266	8	7	6	9	4	8	8	13	7	5	11	2	3.3	19
2011	22	CHW	AL	58	58	17	2	2	10	8	2	80%	27	16	38	7	18%	8	1.561	28	12	18	35	9	14	26	32	28	14	33	10	3.7	19
2012	23	CHW	AL	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	2	2	100%	8	.964	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	26
3 Yrs				89	80	25	4	3	15	12	3	80%	34	18	53	12	23%		1.292	37	19	24	45	13	22	35	45	35	19	44	12	3.6	19

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2010	21	CHW	AL	92	39%	2.2%	34.8%	10.9%	3.3%	20%	1.04	1.38	51%	18%	10.0%	17%	16	3	19%
2011	22	CHW	AL	288	46%	2.1%	27.4%	9.4%	6.9%	39%	0.99	1.67	59%	18%	8.1%	14%	41	5	12%
2012	23	CHW	AL	229	27%	1.3%	26.6%	7.0%	6.6%	36%	0.91	1.22	65%	19%	4.9%	22%	36	4	11%
3 Yrs				609	38%	1.8%	28.2%	8.7%	6.2%	35%	0.96	1.43	60%	18%	7.1%	18%	93	12	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2010	21	CHW	AL	92	392	4.26	237	60%	38%	19%	22%	21%	62%	0%	38%	69%	55%	8%	7	4	25%	23	10	2	22%	3	3	0	0	0
2011	22	CHW	AL	289	1105	3.82	704	64%	36%	19%	19%	26%	64%	3%	41%	70%	60%	6%	16	9	27%	77	47	3	24%	21	4	-1	0	0
2012	23	CHW	AL	229	945	4.13	622	66%	30%	17%	29%	24%	70%	0%	46%	76%	52%	3%	6	5	26%	60	41	5	15%	12	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				610	2442	4.00	1563	64%	34%	18%	24%	24%	66%	1%	42%	72%	56%	5%	29	18	26%	160	98	10	20%	36	8	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				24%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2010	21	CHW	AL	92	15	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	100%	0	1	0	33	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2011	22	CHW	AL	288	52	9	2	6	0	9	5	1	4	2	12	3	2	25%	2	2	2	101	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0
2012	23	CHW	AL	229	42	4	0	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	11	5	2	45%	2	2	1	72	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
3 Yrs				609	109	15	2	11	0	15	10	1	7	4	24	9	4	38%	4	5	3	206	7	6	54%	7	6	0	0	0	0	4	4	7	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2010	21	2	1	.667	1.93	21	0	8	4	23.1	15	5	5	2	10	0	32	0	1	92	225	1.071	5.8	0.8	3.9	12.3	3.20	225
2011	22	4	3	.571	2.58	79	0	25	12	94.1	67	27	27	8	37	3	111	2	3	380	167	1.102	6.4	0.8	3.5	10.6	3.00	167
2012	23	10	5	.667	2.49	89	9	25	12	152.0	109	43	42	11	53	3	172	3	5	609	173	1.066	6.5	0.7	3.1	10.2	3.25	173

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2010	21	2	0	1.000	2.05	22.0	15	6	5	2	10	31	0	1.136	6.1	4.1	12.7	3.10	0.8	21
2011	22	5	2	.714	2.87	69.0	52	24	22	6	27	77	2	1.145	6.8	3.5	10.0	2.85	0.8	58
2012	23	4	2	.667	2.37	57.0	42	17	15	3	16	60	1	1.018	6.6	2.5	9.5	3.75	0.5	10
3 Yrs		11	4	.733	2.55	148.0	109	47	42	11	53	168	3	1.095	6.6		10.2	3.17	0.7	89

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2012 AL 2.2 (8th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2012 AL 2.2 (3rd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2012 AL 2.34 (1st)	Wins s c a p y 2012 AL 6 (2nd)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 2012 AL .750 (9th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2012 AL 1.006 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2012 AL 6.555 (4th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2012 AL 9.520 (3rd)
Strikeouts s c a p y 2012 AL 61 (10th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2012 AL 3.813 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2012 AL 0.468 (4th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2012 AL 183 (1st)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2012 AL 12 (2nd)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2012 AL 1.3 (2nd)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2012 AL 12.12 (3rd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2011 AL 3.6 (7th)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2012 AL 1.3 (4th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2012 AL 1.3 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 2010 AL born 1989-03-30 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 17 (1179), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1556), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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