Ryan Cook vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Ryan Cook
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Chris Sale built a career as a starting pitcher and Ryan Cook as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ryan Cook led in home run suppression (HR9+ 235 vs 113), run prevention (ERA+ 146 vs 122), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 129 vs 128). Chris Sale held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 92). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ryan Cook.

Pitching Stats for Ryan Cook and Chris Sale

Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9.48
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.52
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.57
53.57
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.68
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
3.58
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.219
0.219
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.219
0.219
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
7.31
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1692
7.31
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.31
7.31
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.31
7.31
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.68
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
3.86
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.28
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9.36
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.36
9.36
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.72
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.52
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
955
38.37
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.49
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
3.78
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.32
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.15
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.52
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.241
1.241
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
33.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.37
38.37
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Ryan Cook and Chris Sale

Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9.48
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.69
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.65
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.62
97.62
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.174
0.174
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ryan Cook and Chris Sale

Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
236
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA