Chris Sale strikeout-to-walk ratio in 2025
5.202025 Regular Season
Chris Sale posted a 5.20 strikeout-to-walk ratio in the 2025 regular season.
- 8th-best of Chris Sale's 16 seasons on file; the high is 7.20 in 2017.
- Down 0.60 from 5.80 in 2024.
Average of 16 regular seasons, 2010 through 2026. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | K/BB: Strikeouts for every walk — the usual read on a pitcher's control. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 |  CHW | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1.93 | 23.1 | 32 | 10 | 1.07 | 4 | 3.20 |
| 2011 | CHW | 58 | 2 | 2 | 2.79 | 71.0 | 79 | 27 | 1.11 | 8 | 2.90 |
| 2012 | CHW | 30 | 17 | 8 | 3.05 | 192.0 | 192 | 51 | 1.14 | 0 | 3.80 |
| 2013 | CHW | 30 | 11 | 14 | 3.07 | 214.1 | 226 | 46 | 1.07 | 0 | 4.90 |
| 2014 | CHW | 26 | 12 | 4 | 2.17 | 174.0 | 208 | 39 | 0.97 | 0 | 5.30 |
| 2015 | CHW | 31 | 13 | 11 | 3.41 | 208.2 | 274 | 42 | 1.09 | 0 | 6.50 |
| 2016 | CHW | 32 | 17 | 10 | 3.34 | 226.2 | 233 | 45 | 1.04 | 0 | 5.20 |
| 2017 |  BOS | 32 | 17 | 8 | 2.90 | 214.1 | 308 | 43 | 0.97 | 0 | 7.20 |
| 2018 | BOS | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2.11 | 158.0 | 237 | 34 | 0.86 | 0 | 7.00 |
| 2019 | BOS | 25 | 6 | 11 | 4.40 | 147.1 | 218 | 37 | 1.09 | 0 | 5.90 |
| 2021 | BOS | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3.16 | 42.2 | 52 | 12 | 1.34 | 0 | 4.30 |
| 2022 | BOS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.18 | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1.06 | 0 | 5.00 |
| 2023 | BOS | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4.30 | 102.2 | 125 | 29 | 1.13 | 0 | 4.30 |
| 2024 |  ATL | 29 | 18, led the MLB | 3 | 2.38 | 177.2 | 225 | 39 | 1.01 | 0 | 5.80 |
| 2025 | ATL | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2.58 | 125.2 | 165 | 32 | 1.07 | 0 | 5.20 |
| 2026 | ATL | 26 | 14 | 9 | 2.18 | 157.0 | 190 | 31 | 0.99 | 0 | 6.10 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV · K/BB
Bold marks the best figure in the MLB that season, among players with at least 30 games.
vs PIT
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