Bill McCaffrey vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Bill McCaffrey
Pre-GenerationalMarylandNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican 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 Bill McCaffrey 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 6 and 1.667 for Bill McCaffrey. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill McCaffrey and Chris Sale

Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
0.63
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.23
62.23
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.21
7.21
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
2.1
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.56
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Bill McCaffrey and Chris Sale

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

Hitting Stats for Bill McCaffrey and Chris Sale

Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
577.78
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-60
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA