Head to head · Career pitching
Cliff Lee vs Chris Sale
In 2014 Chris Sale has been worth 2.9 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.
- Two of the 25 most valuable pitching careers on this site, 2005–2026, by dbWAR.
Career
Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.
| Statistic | Cliff Lee | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 284 | 420 |
| GS | 280 | 339 |
| IP | 1,915.0 | 2,246.2 |
| W | 126 | 159 |
| L | 79 | 97 |
| SV | 0 | 12 |
| SO | 1,613 | 2,779 |
| BB | 355 | 518 |
| ERA | 3.35 | 2.95 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.04 |
| K/9 | 7.6 | 11.1 |
| BB/9 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 41.7 | 60.0 |
2014 season
| Statistic | Cliff Lee | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 13 | 26 |
| GS | 13 | 26 |
| IP | 81.1 | 174.0 |
| W | 4 | 12 |
| SO | 72 | 208 |
| ERA | 3.65 | 2.17 |
| FIP | 2.96 | 2.57 |
| WHIP | 1.38 | 0.97 |
| K/9 | 8.0 | 10.8 |
| BB/9 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| FIP− | 79 | 69 |
| WAR | 1.7 | 4.6 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Cliff Lee | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 11 | 13 |
| GS | 11 | 9 |
| IP | 82.0 | 46.2 |
| W | 7 | 1 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 89 | 66 |
| BB | 10 | 14 |
| ERA | 2.52 | 5.79 |
| WHIP | 0.93 | 1.33 |
| K/9 | 9.8 | 12.7 |
| BB/9 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
More head to heads
The same seasons, measured against somebody else.
FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.