Bob Adams vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Bob Adams
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican 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 Bob Adams 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 7.94 and 2.294 for Bob Adams. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Adams and Chris Sale

Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
7.94
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.94
7.94
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.72
10.72
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
15.88
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.88
15.88
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.59
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.76
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.706
0.706
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
44.47
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
7.94
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.94
7.94
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.294
2.294
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
39.71
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.47
44.47
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Bob Adams and Chris Sale

Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6252
27
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2084
9
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.39
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.84
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.25
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.23
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Adams and Chris Sale

Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
577.78
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA