Bryan Baker vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Bryan Baker
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican 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 Bryan Baker 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 116), walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 110), and run prevention (ERA+ 122 vs 107). Bryan Baker held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 147 vs 113). Role difference aside, Chris Sale holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bryan Baker and Chris Sale

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
8.88
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.56
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.48
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.17
54.17
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
3.86
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.227
0.227
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
7.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
3.21
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
10.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.483
1.483
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
36.75
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.26
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
4.12
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.15
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.74
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.57
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.189
1.189
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
762
33.02
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7713
33.31
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.75
36.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Bryan Baker and Chris Sale

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
8.88
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.52
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.84
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.95
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.25
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.95
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.23
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.93
97.93
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.107
0.107
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bryan Baker and Chris Sale

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
205
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA