Jim Manning vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Jim Manning
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican 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 Jim Manning 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 5.14 and 2.143 for Jim Manning. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Manning and Chris Sale

Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.378
0.378
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
2.1
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.56
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
50.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
12.86
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.86
12.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.143
2.143
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
47.57
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
0.412
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Jim Manning and Chris Sale

Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.93
97.93
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Manning and Chris Sale

Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
5
3000
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
577.78
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA