Clay Rapada vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Clay Rapada
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican 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 Clay Rapada 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 4.06 and 1.409 for Clay Rapada. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clay Rapada and Chris Sale

Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
14.71
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.77
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
0.63
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.23
62.23
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
4.06
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.35
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.35
7.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.97
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
4.94
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
7.94
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.94
7.94
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
38.23
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.03
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.35
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.15
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.68
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.57
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
32.71
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7713
33.31
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.23
38.23
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Clay Rapada and Chris Sale

Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
14.71
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.68
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.65
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.81
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.32
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.76
82.76
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.158
0.158
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Rapada and Chris Sale

Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
152
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Rapada
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA