Bill Atkinson vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Bill Atkinson
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational 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 Bill Atkinson 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 home run suppression (HR9+ 113 vs 64), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 128 vs 86), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 90). Role difference aside, Chris Sale holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bill Atkinson and Chris Sale

Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.99
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.67
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
0.63
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.23
62.23
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.67
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
3.42
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.1
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
7.88
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
3.79
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
6.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.093
1.093
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
38.18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.99
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
3.67
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.55
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.15
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.296
1.296
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
33.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.18
38.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Bill Atkinson and Chris Sale

Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.99
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.1
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.55
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.71
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.44
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.26
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.5
92.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.378
0.378
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Atkinson and Chris Sale

Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
99
5400
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
44.81
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.15
62.61
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA