Red Adams vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Red Adams
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational 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 Red 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 8.25 and 2.083 for Red 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 Red Adams and Chris Sale

Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.25
8.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
13.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
44.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.083
2.083
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
39
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.395
0.395
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.25
44.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Red Adams and Chris Sale

Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6252
27
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2084
9
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.39
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.84
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.25
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.23
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Red Adams and Chris Sale

Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4800
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
577.78
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA