How Chris Sale's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players
Chris Sale has posted a career Games Started % of 79.39, well above the starting pitcher average of .674 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Games Started % season came in 2013, posting 100.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .776 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at .000, well below the starting pitcher average of .732 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 100.0 in 2023 to 100.0 in 2024 and 95.24 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Started % profile — ranging from .000 to 100.0 — though the career average has remained well above league norms.
Chris Sale Lifetime Games Started %
Stats similar to Games Started % for Chris Sale
| Chris Sale
Games Started % |
|---|
| Career | 79.39 |
| Season Avg. | 79.39 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 79.39 |
| More Info | See More |
Chris Sale Games Started % Per Season
Chris Sale's Games Started % 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 Started % by Team
Chris Sale's career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Chris Sale Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Chris Sale's career Games Started % 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 Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Chris Sale's seasonal Games Started % 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 Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Chris Sale's MLB career with Games Started % 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.
