Juan Abreu vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Juan Abreu
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican 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 Juan Abreu as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Juan Abreu posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 3.01 and 1.053 for Chris Sale. By the career numbers, Juan Abreu had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Juan Abreu and Chris Sale

Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
3.01
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
8.1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.05
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
16.2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2579
11.14
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.2
16.2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.14
11.14
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
6.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.56
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
45.9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
3.24
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
35.1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.9
45.9
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Juan Abreu and Chris Sale

Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.84
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.93
97.93
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Juan Abreu and Chris Sale

Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA