Ed Roebuck vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Ed Roebuck
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational 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 Ed Roebuck 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 3.35 and 1.398 for Ed Roebuck. 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 Roebuck and Chris Sale

Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
5.23
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.65
62.65
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.23
62.23
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.71
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.35
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2373
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
753
8.57
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.02
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
3.44
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.58
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
5.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.985
0.985
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.32
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3375
38.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
2.34
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
4.26
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.334
1.334
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3045
34.65
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.4
38.4
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Ed Roebuck and Chris Sale

Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
5.23
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2373
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.89
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.16
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
2.64
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
2.48
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.97
93.97
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.474
0.474
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Roebuck and Chris Sale

Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
460
1852.35
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
137
551.68
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
112.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
88.59
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
16.11
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.05
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.16
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.7
35.02
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
153.02
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
128.86
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
56.38
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
40.27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
88.59
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.18
32.94
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.11
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
157.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.82
3.82
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
32.21
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA