Philip Abner vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Philip Abner
Gen ZNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Chris Sale built a career as a starting pitcher and Philip Abner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chris Sale posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.01 and WHIP 1.053 compared to 4.91 and 2.182 for Philip Abner. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Abner and Chris Sale

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.37
7.37
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2579
11.14
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.27
12.27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.14
11.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
44.18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.57
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.182
2.182
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Philip Abner and Chris Sale

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.39
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.84
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.25
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.23
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Abner and Chris Sale

Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA