How Chris Sale's Hits Compares to Similar Players

Chris Sale has totaled 3 career Hits, well below the league average of 470.7 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Hits season came in 2015, posting 1, well below the league average of 53.9 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at 0, well below the league average of 55.4 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Hits 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 Hits profile — ranging from 0 to 1 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Chris Sale Lifetime Hits and Similar Stats

Stats similar to Hits for Chris Sale
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Hits
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Extra Base Hits
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Extra Base Hit Pct
Career310.333
Season Avg.0.20.070.333
162 Game Avg.1.240.410.333
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Chris Sale Hits Per Season

Chris Sale's Hits 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 Hits per season line chart

Chris Sale Hits by Team

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

Chris Sale Cumulative Hits — Career Progression

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

Chris Sale Hits Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Chris Sale Hits — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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