Lefty Bowers vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Lefty Bowers
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Lefty Bowers and Chris Sale are fairly close on the surface numbers. Chris Sale posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.01 vs 11.81) and WHIP (1.053 vs 2.625). Lefty Bowers had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.56 per nine innings vs 0.92). By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Bowers and Chris Sale

Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.81
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
17.44
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.44
17.44
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.19
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.81
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.56
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
50.06
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
14.06
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.06
14.06
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.57
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.625
2.625
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
41.06
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.448
0.448
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.06
50.06
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Lefty Bowers and Chris Sale

Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.81
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.39
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Bowers and Chris Sale

Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
79.46
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
95.86
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA