Anthony Bender vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Anthony Bender
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMiami 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 Anthony Bender 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 106), walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 110), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 128 vs 128). Anthony Bender held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 184 vs 113). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Chris Sale.

Pitching Stats for Anthony Bender and Chris Sale

Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
9.41
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.59
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
3.04
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.219
0.219
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
183.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
7.06
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1692
7.31
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.06
7.06
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.31
7.31
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
3.28
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9.26
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.394
1.394
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.64
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.56
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
37.09
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
3.28
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.15
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.08
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.57
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.149
1.149
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
32.83
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7713
33.31
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.09
37.09
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Anthony Bender and Chris Sale

Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
9.41
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
183.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.98
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.57
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.47
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.156
0.156
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Anthony Bender and Chris Sale

Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PAverified
193
57900
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
8733.33
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
577.78
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Anthony Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA