How Chris Sale's Innings Pitched Compares to Similar Players
Chris Sale has totaled 2,084 career Innings Pitched, well above the starting pitcher average of 772.4 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Innings Pitched season came in 2016, posting 226, well above the starting pitcher average of 97.2 that year. The lowest point came in 2022 at 5, well below the starting pitcher average of 86.7 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Innings Pitched total has gone from 102 in 2023 to 177 in 2024 and 125 in 2025, rising over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Innings Pitched profile — ranging from 5 to 226 — though the career average has remained well above league norms.
Chris Sale Lifetime Innings Pitched and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Innings Pitched for Chris Sale
| Chris Sale
Innings Pitched | Chris Sale
Pitched Outs |
|---|
| Career | 2084 | 6252 |
| Season Avg. | 138.9 | 416.8 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 859.1 | 2577.16 |
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Chris Sale Innings Pitched Per Season
Chris Sale's Innings Pitched 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 Innings Pitched by Team
Chris Sale's career Innings Pitched totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Chris Sale Cumulative Innings Pitched — Career Progression
A running total of Chris Sale's career Innings Pitched, 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 Innings Pitched Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Chris Sale's seasonal Innings Pitched 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 Innings Pitched — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Chris Sale's MLB career with Innings Pitched 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.
