Travis Adams vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Travis Adams
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican 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 Travis 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 7.49 and 1.663 for Travis 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 Travis Adams and Chris Sale

Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.81
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.07
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
7.49
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.49
7.49
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
10.43
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.43
10.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.6
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.54
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
8.29
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.34
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.8
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.56
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
42.24
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.8
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
7.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.75
7.75
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.34
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.15
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.663
1.663
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
35.55
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.24
42.24
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Travis Adams and Chris Sale

Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.81
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.34
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.87
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.87
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.93
97.93
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
0.389
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Travis Adams and Chris Sale

Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA