Jeremy Affeldt vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Jeremy Affeldt
Gen XArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational 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 Jeremy Affeldt as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chris Sale led in strikeout rate (K%+ 139 vs 81), walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 87), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 128 vs 89). Jeremy Affeldt held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 118 vs 113). Role difference aside, Chris Sale holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jeremy Affeldt and Chris Sale

Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
7.52
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.41
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.42
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.45
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.31
48.31
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
3.97
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2778
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
926
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904
8.79
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.74
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
3.85
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
720
7
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.205
1.205
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.53
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.41
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4034
39.21
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.57
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
4.42
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.41
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.24
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.15
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.99
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.57
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.404
1.404
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3529
34.3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.21
39.21
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Jeremy Affeldt and Chris Sale

Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
7.52
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.41
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2778
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
926
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.44
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.13
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
2.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.23
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.63
94.63
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.13
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jeremy Affeldt and Chris Sale

Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
774
24442.11
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
393
8733.33
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
17
536.84
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
26.78
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
157.89
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
30.85
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
189.47
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA