Ed Green vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Ed Green
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican 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 Ed Green 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 5.8 and 1.890 for Ed Green. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Green and Chris Sale

Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.82
31.82
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.94
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
5.8
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
573
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
12.58
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.58
12.58
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.43
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.64
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.785
0.785
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.9
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
43.96
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
8.67
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
833
39.25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.96
43.96
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Ed Green and Chris Sale

Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.15
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
936
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.95
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.42
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
3.78
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
3.38
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.31
89.31
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.925
2.925
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Green and Chris Sale

Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
39
164.79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
532.39
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
63.38
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.93
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.23
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.45
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.98
25.25
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
76.06
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
130.99
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
63.38
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
21.13
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
84.51
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
19.36
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.68
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.93
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
29.58
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
29.58
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA