Travis Bowyer vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Travis Bowyer
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican 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 Travis Bowyer 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 5.59 and 1.345 for Travis Bowyer. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Travis Bowyer and Chris Sale

Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.59
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
9.31
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.79
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.79
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
11.17
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2579
11.14
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.17
11.17
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.14
11.14
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.552
1.552
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.56
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
39.1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.66
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.59
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.15
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.57
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.345
1.345
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
34.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.1
39.1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Travis Bowyer and Chris Sale

Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.93
97.93
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Travis Bowyer and Chris Sale

Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA