Babe Doty vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Babe Doty
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Chris Sale built a career as a starting pitcher and Babe Doty as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Babe Doty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1 and WHIP 1.111 compared to 3.01 and 1.053 for Chris Sale. By the career numbers, Babe Doty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Doty and Chris Sale

Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
0.63
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.23
62.23
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
3.01
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
2.1
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
3.24
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
1.111
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
36
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Babe Doty and Chris Sale

Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.39
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.84
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.25
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.23
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Doty and Chris Sale

Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
2.81
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA