Charlie Gettig vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Charlie Gettig
Pre-GenerationalMarylandBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational 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 Charlie Gettig 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 4.5 and 1.649 for Charlie Gettig. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Gettig and Chris Sale

Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.37
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.85
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.56
55.56
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.9
61.9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.72
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
4.5
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
828
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
11.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
3.59
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.66
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.583
0.583
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.52
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1260
41.09
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.49
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
6.98
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.649
1.649
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1134
36.98
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.09
41.09
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Charlie Gettig and Chris Sale

Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.38
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
2451
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
817
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.28
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.13
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.58
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.99
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
3.4
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.36
85.36
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.472
2.472
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Gettig and Chris Sale

Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 600 PA
126
182.61
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
414
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
377
546.38
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
131.88
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
105.8
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.19
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.9
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
26.09
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
55.08
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
160.87
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
179.71
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
69.57
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
68.12
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
137.68
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.04
60.92
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
40.58
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
50.72
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.83
11.83
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.8
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.39
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.39
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gettig
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA