Dick Bates vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Dick Bates
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle PilotsAmerican 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 Dick Bates 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 27 and 3.600 for Dick Bates. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Bates and Chris Sale

Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.45
21.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.6
12.6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
16.2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
16.2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
16.2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
16.2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
16.2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2579
11.14
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.2
16.2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.14
11.14
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
59.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.4
59.4
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Dick Bates and Chris Sale

Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.84
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.93
97.93
Dick Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Bates and Chris Sale

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