How Chris Sale's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Chris Sale has posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .219, below the starting pitcher average of .260 — production that has kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2018, posting .181, well below the starting pitcher average of .249 that year. The highest point came in 2021 at .270, near the starting pitcher average of .246 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The figure has moved from .227 in 2023 to .216 in 2024 and .220 in 2025. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. One of the more consistent Opposing Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 15 seasons.
Chris Sale Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Chris Sale
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Opposing Batting Average | Chris Sale
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.219 | 0.301 |
| Season Avg. | 0.219 | 0.301 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.219 | 0.301 |
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Chris Sale Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Chris Sale's Opposing Batting Average 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 Opposing Batting Average by Team
Chris Sale's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Chris Sale Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Chris Sale's career Opposing Batting Average 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 Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Chris Sale's seasonal Opposing Batting Average 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 Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Chris Sale's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average 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.
