How Chris Sale's Walks Compares to Similar Players
Chris Sale has totaled 487 career Walks, well above the starting pitcher average of 265.9 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Walks season came in 2022, posting 1, well below the starting pitcher average of 27.3 that year. The highest point came in 2012 at 51, well above the starting pitcher average of 34.2 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Walks total has gone from 29 in 2023 to 39 in 2024 and 32 in 2025, rising over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Walks profile — ranging from 1 to 51 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.
Chris Sale Lifetime Walks and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Walks for Chris Sale
| Chris Sale
Walks | Chris Sale
Intentional Walks | Chris Sale
Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 487 | 15 | 2.1 |
| Season Avg. | 32.47 | 1 | 2.1 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 200.75 | 6.18 | 2.1 |
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Chris Sale Walks Per Season
Chris Sale's Walks 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 Walks by Team
Chris Sale's career Walks totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Chris Sale Cumulative Walks — Career Progression
A running total of Chris Sale's career Walks, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Chris Sale Walks Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Chris Sale's seasonal Walks 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 Walks — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Chris Sale's MLB career with Walks 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.
