Victor Alcantara vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Victor Alcantara
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican 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 Victor Alcantara 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 4.28 and 1.338 for Victor Alcantara. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Victor Alcantara and Chris Sale

Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
8.89
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.28
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.23
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.23
9.23
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.58
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.81
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
5.63
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.938
0.938
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
38.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
4.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.15
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.01
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.57
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.338
1.338
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
34.54
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Victor Alcantara and Chris Sale

Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
8.89
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.39
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.139
0.139
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Victor Alcantara and Chris Sale

Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Alcantara
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA