How Chris Sale's Runs Compares to Similar Players
Chris Sale has totaled 750 career Runs, well above the starting pitcher average of 382.3 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Runs season came in 2022, posting 3, well below the starting pitcher average of 41.4 that year. The highest point came in 2015 at 88, well above the starting pitcher average of 49.0 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Runs total has gone from 52 in 2023 to 48 in 2024 and 38 in 2025, falling over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Runs profile — ranging from 3 to 88 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.
Chris Sale Lifetime Runs and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Runs for Chris Sale
| Chris Sale
Runs | Chris Sale
Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings | Chris Sale
Runs Allowed Per Game |
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| Career | 750 | 3.24 | 1.91 |
| Season Avg. | 50 | 3.24 | 1.91 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 309.16 | 3.24 | 1.91 |
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Chris Sale Runs Per Season
Chris Sale's Runs 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 Runs by Team
Chris Sale's career Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Chris Sale Cumulative Runs — Career Progression
A running total of Chris Sale's career Runs, 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 Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Chris Sale's seasonal Runs 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 Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Chris Sale's MLB career with Runs 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.
