Born: (1989-03-30) March 30, 1989 (age 35) Lakeland, Florida, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
August 6, 2010, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics (through June 21, 2024)
Win–loss record
130–82
Earned run average
3.09
Strikeouts
2,296
Teams
Chicago White Sox (2010–2016)
Boston Red Sox (2017–2019, 2021–2023)
Atlanta Braves (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards
7× All-Star (2012–2018)
World Series champion (2018)
2× AL strikeout leader (2015, 2017)
MLB records
Fastest to 2,000 strikeouts (1,626 innings)
Most immaculate innings pitched (3, tied with Sandy Koufax and Max Scherzer)
Christopher Allen Sale (born March 30, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox. He bats and throws left-handed and is 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall.
A native of Lakeland, Florida, located within the Tampa Bay area, Sale played college baseball for Florida Gulf Coast University. The Chicago White Sox selected him 13th overall in the 2010 MLB draft and he made his MLB debut on August 6, 2010. He was traded to the Boston Red Sox prior to the 2017 season and was a key member of their pitching rotation that helped the team win the 2018 World Series.
Sale was an MLB All-Star for seven consecutive seasons from 2012 to 2018, and led the American League (AL) in strikeouts in 2015 and 2017. After reaching 300 strikeouts in a single season for the first time in 2017, he was selected as the AL Sporting News Starting Pitcher of the Year. Sale was the quickest to reach 2,000 career strikeouts in the fewest innings pitched (1,626).
12, 2022 – via MSN.com. "Sale has surgery after comebacker breaks pinkie". MLB.com. Cotillo, Chris (July 18, 2022). "ChrisSale undergoes surgery on broken...
at Tropicana Field. Manager Alex Cora named ChrisSale as the Red Sox opening day starter opposite Chris Archer. The Red Sox built a 4–0 lead through...
National League Cy Young Award winner, and American League runner-up ChrisSale faced each other as the starting pitchers in the 2017 and 2018 Major League...
Sandy Koufax, and Nolan Ryan, and active pitchers ChrisSale, Max Scherzer, and Kevin Gausman. Koufax, Sale, and Scherzer are the only pitchers to achieve...
2023, the Braves traded Grissom to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for ChrisSale and cash considerations. During 2024 spring training, Grissom suffered...
" A week later, on May 2, Machado dodged a pitch from Red Sox pitcher ChrisSale that ended up missing behind him. Machado expressed his displeasure with...
first career complete game and shutout in a three-hit, 4–0 win versus ChrisSale and the Chicago White Sox. Scherzer struck out eight batters and expended...
2020. Fegan, James (June 10, 2020). "Could Garrett Crochet be the next ChrisSale for the White Sox?". The Athletic. Retrieved June 24, 2020. "Chicago White...
Young Award voting, behind Dallas Keuchel, David Price, Sonny Gray, and ChrisSale. Archer also provided guest color commentary for ESPN in their coverage...
(Tweet). Retrieved July 30, 2019 – via Twitter. Cotillo, Chris (August 3, 2019). "Alex Cora, ChrisSale ejected: Boston Red Sox manager, pitcher tossed in fourth...
Alexander Basabe and RHP Víctor Díaz to the Chicago White Sox for starter LHP ChrisSale. On December 8, the Red Sox acquired Josh Rutledge in the Rule 5 draft...
393 Max Scherzer – 3,371 Zack Greinke – 2,979 Clayton Kershaw – 2,944 ChrisSale – 2,296 Gerrit Cole - 2,152 The top 10 Major League Baseball career strikeout-per-nine...
Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, and Christine. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however...
2021). "Boston Red Sox prospect Kutter Crawford, like fellow FGCU alum ChrisSale, returning from Tommy John surgery in 2021; 'It hasn't been a smooth-sailing...
Turner". San Francisco Chronicle. Isidore, Chris (December 14, 2005). "Time Warner considers Braves sale". CNNMoney.com. Archived from the original on...
player contracts for 2021, totaling slightly more than $115 million: ChrisSale ($25.60 million), Xander Bogaerts ($20 million), J. D. Martinez ($19.375...
save". MLB.com. Retrieved May 10, 2023. Anderson, R. J. (June 1, 2023). "ChrisSale injury update: Red Sox ace leaves game early with left shoulder soreness"...
them being strikes. This was the sixth no-hitter in franchise history. ChrisSale (BOS): Tied a Major League record by striking out ten or more batters...
Baird. Prior to the 2017 season, Dombrowski acquired starting pitcher ChrisSale from the White Sox, in exchange for four prospects including Yoan Moncada...
league debut the same day. He got his first hit, a solo home run against ChrisSale, that same night. He was optioned back to Durham three days later to make...
Conference Pitcher of the Year and First Team All Sun Conference, and all-star ChrisSale and Kutter Crawford, both of whom played for the 2021 Boston Red Sox....
Luis Alexander Basabe, and Victor Diaz to the Chicago White Sox for ChrisSale. In 2017, Kopech was named the starter for the North Division in the Southern...
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