Brian Bannister vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Brian Bannister
MillenialArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Chris Sale a clear advantage over Brian Bannister across the core pitching metrics. Chris Sale led in strikeout rate (K%+ 139 vs 80), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 128 vs 93), and run prevention (ERA+ 122 vs 90). Chris Sale was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brian Bannister and Chris Sale

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.58
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
1.35
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.67
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.53
42.53
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
5.08
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
9.76
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.16
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
3.02
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
5.18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.911
0.911
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.3
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2914
39.3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
5.49
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.4
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.15
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.63
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.57
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2627
35.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Brian Bannister and Chris Sale

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.58
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
1.35
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.69
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.29
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.02
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.98
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
98
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.93
97.93
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Bannister and Chris Sale

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
117
2127.27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
527.27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.74
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
218.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.77
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA