How Chris Sale's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Chris Sale has posted a career Batting Average of .115, well below the league average of .263 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 2017, posting .333, well above the league average of .258 that year. The lowest point came in 2012 at .000, well below the league average of .255 that year. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .333 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Chris Sale Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Career0.11527260.25
Season Avg.0.1151.81.730.25
162 Game Avg.0.11511.1310.720.25
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Chris Sale Batting Average Per Season

Chris Sale's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Chris Sale Batting Average per season line chart

Chris Sale Batting Average by Team

Chris Sale's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Chris Sale career Batting Average by team bar chart

Chris Sale Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Chris Sale's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Chris Sale Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Chris Sale Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Chris Sale's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Chris Sale Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Chris Sale Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Chris Sale's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Chris Sale Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table