How Chris Sale's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Chris Sale has posted a career Range Factor of .723, well below the league average of 3.19 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 2012, posting 1.1, well below the league average of 2.9 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at .048, well below the league average of 2.79 that year. The Range Factor has trended upward over recent seasons. The figure has moved from .500 in 2023 to 1.07 in 2024 and .952 in 2025. The upward arc suggests continued forward momentum heading into 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .048 to 1.1 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.
Chris Sale Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Chris Sale
| Chris Sale
Range Factor |
|---|
| Career | 0.723 |
| Season Avg. | 0.723 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.723 |
| More Info | See More |
Chris Sale Range Factor Per Season
Chris Sale's Range Factor 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 Range Factor by Team
Chris Sale's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Chris Sale Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Chris Sale's career Range Factor 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 Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Chris Sale's seasonal Range Factor 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 Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Chris Sale's MLB career with Range Factor 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.
