Head to head · Career pitching
Dan Haren vs Chris Sale
In 2015 Chris Sale has been worth 4.7 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 | Dan Haren | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 363 | 420 |
| GS | 361 | 339 |
| IP | 2,301.0 | 2,246.2 |
| W | 147 | 159 |
| L | 121 | 97 |
| SV | 1 | 12 |
| SO | 1,938 | 2,779 |
| BB | 461 | 518 |
| ERA | 3.70 | 2.95 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.04 |
| K/9 | 7.6 | 11.1 |
| BB/9 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| HR/9 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 36.8 | 60.0 |
2015 season
| Statistic | Dan Haren | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 31 |
| GS | 32 | 31 |
| IP | 187.1 | 208.2 |
| W | 11 | 13 |
| SO | 132 | 274 |
| ERA | 3.60 | 3.41 |
| FIP | 4.61 | 2.73 |
| WHIP | 1.13 | 1.09 |
| K/9 | 6.3 | 11.8 |
| BB/9 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| FIP− | 116 | 69 |
| WAR | 0.7 | 5.4 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Dan Haren | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 2 | 13 |
| GS | 2 | 9 |
| IP | 11.0 | 46.2 |
| W | 1 | 1 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 9 | 66 |
| BB | 3 | 14 |
| ERA | 4.09 | 5.79 |
| WHIP | 1.73 | 1.33 |
| K/9 | 7.4 | 12.7 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 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.