Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Chris Sale was born March 30, 1989, in Lakeland, Florida. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

A seven-time MLB All-Star from 2012 to 2018, Sale is a two-time American League (AL) leader in strikeouts, including in 2015 and 2017. As of 2017, he is MLB's career leader in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.32), and reached 1,500 strikeouts in the second fewest innings pitched (1,290). 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. Although he has yet to win a Cy Young Award, in each of his All-Star seasons, he has placed in the top six.

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 amateur draft. He was a key member of the Red Sox pitching rotation that helped the team win the 2018 World Series over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

On August 26, 2021, against Minnesota, Sale recorded the third immaculate inning of his career. He tied a record set by Sandy Koufax for the most major-league immaculate innings thrown.

In two starts for the 2022 Red Sox, Sale posted an 0–1 record with 3.18 ERA while striking out five batters in 5+2⁄3 innings.

Sale was traded to the Atlanta Braves during the 2023 offseason.