Henry Clarke vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Henry Clarke
Pre-GenerationalNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational 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 Henry Clarke 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 4.99 and 1.437 for Henry Clarke. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Henry Clarke and Chris Sale

Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.36
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.13
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.91
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.91
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.99
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
9.08
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.08
9.08
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.91
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.86
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.91
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.529
0.529
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.91
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.56
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
39.71
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
7.49
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.49
7.49
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
34.94
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Henry Clarke and Chris Sale

Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.83
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.23
69.23
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Henry Clarke and Chris Sale

Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
9
168.75
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
543.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
150
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
150
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
53.58
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
150
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
206.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.78
70.88
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA