Head to head · 2026 pitching
Parker Messick vs Chris Sale
In 2026 Chris Sale has been worth 0.9 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.
2026 season
| Statistic | Parker Messick | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 27 |
| GS | 32 | 27 |
| IP | 186.1 | 162.2 |
| W | 12 | 14 |
| SO | 193 | 200 |
| ERA | 2.56 | 2.16 |
| FIP | 3.07 | 2.29 |
| WHIP | 1.06 | 0.98 |
| K/9 | 9.3 | 11.1 |
| BB/9 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| FIP− | 73 | 55 |
| WAR | 4.7 | 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 | Parker Messick | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 4 | 13 |
| GS | 4 | 9 |
| IP | 13.2 | 46.2 |
| W | 0 | 1 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 17 | 66 |
| BB | 10 | 14 |
| ERA | 3.95 | 5.79 |
| WHIP | 1.98 | 1.33 |
| K/9 | 11.2 | 12.7 |
| BB/9 | 6.6 | 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.
| Statistic | Parker Messick | Chris Sale |
|---|---|---|
| G | 39 | 420 |
| GS | 39 | 339 |
| IP | 226.0 | 2,246.2 |
| W | 15 | 159 |
| L | 10 | 97 |
| SV | 0 | 12 |
| SO | 231 | 2,779 |
| BB | 55 | 518 |
| ERA | 2.59 | 2.95 |
| WHIP | 1.11 | 1.04 |
| K/9 | 9.2 | 11.1 |
| BB/9 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| HR/9 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 5.8 | 60.0 |
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.