Asa Brainard vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Asa Brainard
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore CanariesUnknownStarting Pitcher
Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Asa Brainard and Chris Sale are fairly close on the surface numbers. Chris Sale posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.01 vs 4.4) and WHIP (1.053 vs 1.697). Asa Brainard had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.08 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 Asa Brainard and Chris Sale

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.09
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.68
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.17
31.17
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.47
96.47
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.99
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
4.4
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2099
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
699.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1109
14.27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.27
14.27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
2.1
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.53
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3625
46.63
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
917
11.8
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.8
11.8
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.697
1.697
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3547
45.63
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.79
10.79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.63
46.63
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Asa Brainard and Chris Sale

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.93
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2658
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.63
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.41
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.58
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
2.62
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
2.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.91
77.91
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.733
1.733
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.31
79.31
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Asa Brainard and Chris Sale

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
108
135.85
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
477
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
587.42
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
26
577.78
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
132.08
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
13.84
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
13.84
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.07
39.08
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
159.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
158.49
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
89.31
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
56.6
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.43
47.08
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.58
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.14
68.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.03
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.03
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.14
57.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA