Chris Sale vs. Warren Spahn — Career Comparison

Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Warren Spahn
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Chris Sale a clear advantage over Warren Spahn across the core pitching metrics. Chris Sale led in strikeout rate (K%+ 139 vs 82), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 128 vs 92), and home run suppression (HR9+ 113 vs 81). Chris Sale was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Chris Sale and Warren Spahn

Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750
1.29
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
665
1.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
0.62
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
0.42
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.7
59.7
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.67
88.67
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
0.66
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.11
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1798
3.09
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15731
27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5243.2
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4830
8.29
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
0.74
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1434
2.46
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2583
4.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.766
0.766
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.07
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21547
36.98
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.12
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2016
3.46
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.195
1.195
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20071
34.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.98
36.98

Fielding Stats for Chris Sale and Warren Spahn

Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.15
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9282
27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3094
9
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.65
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
999
2.91
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.17
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1279
3.72
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221
3.55
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.47
95.47
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.628
1.628
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.93
52.93
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.24
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Sale and Warren Spahn

Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
783
228.61
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2055
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1872
546.57
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.553
0.553
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
363
105.99
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
77.37
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
16.64
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
10.22
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.61
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134.33
39.22
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
537
156.79
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
135.47
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
41.17
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
55.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
86.13
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123.31
36
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.04
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
27.45
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
487
142.19
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.22
4.22
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
19.85
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
4.09
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
23
6.72
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.17
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.58
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67