Benito Baez vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Benito Baez
Gen XD.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanFlorida MarlinsNational 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 Benito Baez 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 13.5 and 3.000 for Benito Baez. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Benito Baez and Chris Sale

Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.71
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
13.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.75
16.75
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.449
0.449
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
21.21
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.21
21.21
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.89
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.79
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
13.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2579
11.14
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.5
13.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.14
11.14
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
53.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.89
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
13.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.96
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.57
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
47.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.594
0.594
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.04
53.04
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Benito Baez and Chris Sale

Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.71
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.39
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.96
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.96
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.25
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.96
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.23
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.93
97.93
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.125
0.125
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Benito Baez and Chris Sale

Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4800
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
577.78
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benito Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA