| Chris Sale | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Sale with the Boston Red Sox in 2017 | |
| Atlanta Braves – No. 51 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: March 30, 1989 Lakeland, Florida, U.S. | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 6, 2010, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| MLB statistics (through July 14, 2024) | |
| Win–loss record | 133–83 |
| Earned run average | 3.08 |
| Strikeouts | 2,329 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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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). After injuries derailed his final few years in Boston, Sale was traded to the Braves following the 2023 season and was later named to his eighth All-Star Game in 2024.