Head to head · Career pitching
Gerrit Cole vs Chris Sale
In 2026 Chris Sale has been worth 3.6 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 | Gerrit Cole | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 339 | 420 |
| GS | 339 | 339 |
| IP | 2,081.0 | 2,246.2 |
| W | 163 | 159 |
| L | 89 | 97 |
| SV | 0 | 12 |
| SO | 2,382 | 2,779 |
| BB | 525 | 518 |
| ERA | 3.20 | 2.95 |
| WHIP | 1.09 | 1.04 |
| K/9 | 10.3 | 11.1 |
| BB/9 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 48.1 | 60.0 |
2026 season
| Statistic | Gerrit Cole | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 22 | 27 |
| GS | 22 | 27 |
| IP | 127.0 | 162.2 |
| W | 10 | 14 |
| SO | 131 | 200 |
| ERA | 3.61 | 2.16 |
| FIP | 3.93 | 2.29 |
| WHIP | 1.10 | 0.98 |
| K/9 | 9.3 | 11.1 |
| BB/9 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| FIP− | 94 | 55 |
| WAR | 2.0 | 5.6 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Gerrit Cole | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 23 | 13 |
| GS | 23 | 9 |
| IP | 138.1 | 46.2 |
| W | 11 | 1 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 161 | 66 |
| BB | 37 | 14 |
| ERA | 2.73 | 5.79 |
| WHIP | 1.03 | 1.33 |
| K/9 | 10.5 | 12.7 |
| BB/9 | 2.4 | 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.