Head to head · Career pitching
Corey Kluber vs Chris Sale
In 2023 Chris Sale has been worth 3.1 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 | Corey Kluber | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 271 | 420 |
| GS | 260 | 339 |
| IP | 1,641.2 | 2,246.2 |
| W | 116 | 159 |
| L | 77 | 97 |
| SV | 1 | 12 |
| SO | 1,725 | 2,779 |
| BB | 368 | 518 |
| ERA | 3.44 | 2.95 |
| WHIP | 1.13 | 1.04 |
| K/9 | 9.5 | 11.1 |
| BB/9 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 36.1 | 60.0 |
2023 season
| Statistic | Corey Kluber | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 15 | 20 |
| GS | 9 | 20 |
| IP | 55.0 | 102.2 |
| W | 3 | 6 |
| SO | 42 | 125 |
| ERA | 7.04 | 4.30 |
| FIP | 7.11 | 3.80 |
| WHIP | 1.64 | 1.13 |
| K/9 | 6.9 | 11.0 |
| BB/9 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| FIP− | 164 | 88 |
| WAR | -1.1 | 2.0 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Corey Kluber | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 10 | 13 |
| GS | 9 | 9 |
| IP | 47.0 | 46.2 |
| W | 4 | 1 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 48 | 66 |
| BB | 13 | 14 |
| ERA | 4.02 | 5.79 |
| WHIP | 1.23 | 1.33 |
| K/9 | 9.2 | 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.