How Chris Sale's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Chris Sale has posted a career OPS of .269, well below the league average of .719 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 2017, posting 1.0, well above the league average of .757 that year. The lowest point came in 2012 at .000, well below the league average of .727 that year. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .000 to 1.0 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Chris Sale Lifetime OPS

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Chris Sale
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Career0.269
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Chris Sale OPS Per Season

Chris Sale's OPS 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 OPS per season line chart

Chris Sale OPS by Team

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

Chris Sale OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Chris Sale's career OPS 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 OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Chris Sale OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Chris Sale OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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