Rick Adams vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Rick Adams
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Rick Adams and Chris Sale are fairly close on the surface numbers. Chris Sale posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.01 vs 3.59) and WHIP (1.053 vs 1.388). Rick Adams had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.14 per nine innings vs 0.92). By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Rick Adams and Chris Sale

Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.58
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.72
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.55
54.55
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
3.59
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.05
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.45
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
3.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.15
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.56
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
38.92
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.72
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.31
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
34.32
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.92
38.92
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Rick Adams and Chris Sale

Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.57
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.71
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.55
54.55
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Adams and Chris Sale

Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
244.44
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
23
511.11
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
30.66
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
177.78
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
38.94
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
5.4
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA