How Chris Sale's Games Finished Compares to Similar Players

Chris Sale has totaled 25 career Games Finished, near the starting pitcher average of 24.3 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His best Games Finished season came in 2011, posting 17, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.3 that year. The lowest point came in 2012 at 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.5 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Games Finished total has gone from 0 in 2023 to 0 in 2024 and 0 in 2025, holding steady over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Finished profile — ranging from 0 to 17 — though the career average has tracked near league norms.

Chris Sale Lifetime Games Finished

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Chris Sale Games Finished Per Season

Chris Sale's Games Finished 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 Games Finished per season line chart

Chris Sale Games Finished by Team

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

Chris Sale Cumulative Games Finished — Career Progression

A running total of Chris Sale's career Games Finished, 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 Games Finished year-over-year waterfall chart

Chris Sale Games Finished Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Chris Sale's seasonal Games Finished 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 Games Finished distribution box chart versus comparable players

Chris Sale Games Finished — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Chris Sale's MLB career with Games Finished 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 Games Finished season-by-season breakdown table