Head to head · 2026 pitching

Sonny Gray vs Chris Sale

In 2026 Chris Sale has been worth 2.1 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.

Both among the 25 most valuable pitchers of 2026 by dbWAR.
Two of the 25 most valuable pitching careers on this site, 2005–2026, by dbWAR.

Sonny Gray BOS

Chris Sale ATL

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Sonny Gray	Chris Sale
G	29	27
GS	29	27
IP	169.0	162.2
W	18	14
SO	149	200
ERA	2.72	2.16
FIP	3.48	2.29
WHIP	1.15	0.98
K/9	7.9	11.1
BB/9	2.4	1.7
FIP−	83	55
WAR	3.5	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.

Every published postseason, pitching, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Sonny Gray	Chris Sale
G	7	13
GS	7	9
IP	35.0	46.2
W	1	1
SV	0	0
SO	35	66
BB	15	14
ERA	3.34	5.79
WHIP	1.37	1.33
K/9	9.0	12.7
BB/9	3.9	2.7

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.

Career pitching totals. ERA, WHIP and the per-nine rates are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; FIP needs each season’s own constant and is left to the season table.
Statistic	Sonny Gray	Chris Sale
G	368	420
GS	359	339
IP	2,087.0	2,246.2
W	143	159
L	107	97
SV	0	12
SO	2,074	2,779
BB	667	518
ERA	3.51	2.95
WHIP	1.19	1.04
K/9	8.9	11.1
BB/9	2.9	2.1
HR/9	0.9	0.9
WAR	40.4	60.0

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More head to heads

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How these are computed

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.