Chris Sale vs. Albert Youngblood — Career Comparison

Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Albert Youngblood
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chris Sale built a career as a starting pitcher and Albert Youngblood 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 14.54 and 3.692 for Albert Youngblood. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Sale and Albert Youngblood

Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.15
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.38
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
14.54
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.54
14.54
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.07
17.07
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.23
9.23
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
18.69
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.69
18.69
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
14.54
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.54
14.54
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.615
1.615
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.21
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.56
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.15
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
66.46
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.08
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
18.69
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.69
18.69
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.692
3.692
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
47.77
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.46
66.46

Fielding Stats for Chris Sale and Albert Youngblood

Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6252
27
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2084
9
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.39
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.84
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.25
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.23
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Sale and Albert Youngblood

Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
577.78
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
10.25
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-12.22
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Albert Youngblood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Youngblood
Career
Per 600 PA