Fred Anderson vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Fred Anderson and Chris Sale are fairly close on the surface numbers. Fred Anderson posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.86 vs 3.01) and home runs allowed (0.2 per nine innings vs 0.92). Chris Sale had the advantage in WHIP (1.053 vs 1.175). By the career numbers, Fred Anderson 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 Fred Anderson and Chris Sale

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.04
64.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
3.01
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
912
8.32
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
2.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
4.69
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3978
36.3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.39
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
415
3.79
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.175
1.175
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3716
33.91
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.3
36.3
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Chris Sale

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.99
96.99
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Chris Sale

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
557.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.21
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.71
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.71
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.05
14.37
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
87.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.43
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.79
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.14
2.04
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.21
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA