Denny Driscoll vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Denny Driscoll
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican 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 Denny Driscoll 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 3.08 and 1.195 for Denny Driscoll. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Denny Driscoll and Chris Sale

Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.06
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.52
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.35
49.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.39
96.39
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.95
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
3.08
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2043
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
747
9.87
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.89
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
2.1
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
2.26
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.36
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2942
38.88
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
5.47
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.195
1.195
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2873
37.97
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Denny Driscoll and Chris Sale

Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.22
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2301
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
767
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.46
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
2.3
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
3.16
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.76
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.36
87.36
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Denny Driscoll and Chris Sale

Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
95
162.39
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
351
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
582.91
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
26
577.78
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
97.44
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
83.76
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.26
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
13.68
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.28
22.7
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
116.24
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
114.53
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
63.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.55
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
70.09
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.48
17.92
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.09
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.97
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.14
50.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Denny Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA