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Chris Sale played 15 major-league seasons (2010-2025) as a P (393). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 7 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 23 | CHA | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2014 | 25 | CHA | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2015 | 26 | CHA | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .222 | -38 |
| 2016 | 27 | CHA | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .333 | -9 |
| 2017 | 28 | BOS | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | 1.000 | 158 |
| 2018 | 29 | BOS | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2021 | 32 | BOS | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 | CHA | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 23.1 | 32 | 10 | 1.93 | 215 |
| 2011 | 22 | CHA | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 71 | 79 | 27 | 2.79 | 146 |
| 2012 | 23 | CHA | 30 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 192 | 192 | 51 | 3.05 | 134 |
| 2013 | 24 | CHA | 30 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 214.1 | 226 | 46 | 3.07 | 130 |
| 2014 | 25 | CHA | 26 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 174 | 208 | 39 | 2.17 | 176 |
| 2015 | 26 | CHA | 31 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 208.2 | 274 | 42 | 3.41 | 118 |
| 2016 | 27 | CHA | 32 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 226.2 | 233 | 45 | 3.34 | 126 |
| 2017 | 28 | BOS | 32 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 214.1 | 308 | 43 | 2.90 | 151 |
| 2018 | 29 | BOS | 27 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 158 | 237 | 34 | 2.11 | 202 |
| 2019 | 30 | BOS | 25 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 147.1 | 218 | 37 | 4.40 | 105 |
| 2021 | 32 | BOS | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 42.2 | 52 | 12 | 3.16 | 137 |
| 2022 | 33 | BOS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 3.18 | 122 |
| 2023 | 34 | BOS | 20 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 102.2 | 125 | 29 | 4.30 | 100 |
| 2024 | 35 | ATL | 29 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 177.2 | 225 | 39 | 2.38 | 174 |
| 2025 | 36 | ATL | 21 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 125.2 | 165 | 32 | 2.58 | 164 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | P | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | P | 58 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | P | 30 | 29 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | P | 30 | 30 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | P | 26 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | P | 31 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | P | 32 | 32 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | P | 32 | 32 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | P | 27 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | P | 25 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | P | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | P | 20 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | P | 29 | 29 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | P | 21 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Chris Sale won: TSN All-Star 2017 (AL), TSN All-Star 2018 (AL), Cy Young Award 2024 (NL), Gold Glove 2024 (NL), Triple Crown 2024 (AL), TSN All-Star 2024 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (13 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 2024, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and more.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Cy Young Award | AL | 6 | 17 / 196 | 0 |
| 2013 | Cy Young Award | AL | 5 | 44 / 210 | 1 |
| 2014 | Cy Young Award | AL | 3 | 78 / 210 | 0 |
| 2015 | Cy Young Award | AL | 4 | 30 / 210 | 0 |
| 2015 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 4 / 420 | 0 |
| 2016 | Cy Young Award | AL | 5 | 40 / 210 | 0 |
| 2016 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 3 / 420 | 0 |
| 2017 | Cy Young Award | AL | 2 | 126 / 210 | 2 |
| 2017 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 56 / 420 | 0 |
| 2018 | Cy Young Award | AL | 4 | 59 / 210 | 0 |
| 2018 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 24 | 1 / 420 | 0 |
| 2024 | Cy Young Award (winner) | NL | 1 | 198 / 210 | 26 |
| 2024 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 7 | 99 / 420 | 0 |
Chris Sale is a playable Legends Deck card, rated from real Statcast data and refreshed nightly: view the Chris Sale card.
Current-season Statcast leaderboard finishes: #21 chase rate.
Chris Sale appears in 1 archived official MLB transactions (1 trade), newest first.
| Date | Type | From | To | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2016 | Trade | Chicago White Sox | Boston Red Sox | Chicago White Sox traded LHP Chris Sale to Boston Red Sox for CF Luis Alexander Basabe, RHP Michael Kopech, RHP Victor Diaz and 3B Yoan Moncada. |
From MLB’s official StatsAPI transactions feed (2011 to the current season, trades/signings/releases involving major-league clubs). Browse the full archive.
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.