While White Sox fans can generally agree that trading Sale was the correct move, he was arguably the most dominant pitcher in franchise history. Let’s take a look back at his White Sox career with five statsistics:
Since they moved the mound to 60’6” in 1893, Sale has the best career strikeout-to-walk ratio of any pitcher with at least 1,000 innings pitched:
1. Chris Sale: 4.78
2. Curt Schilling: 4.38
3. Madison Bumgarner: 4.29
4. Pedro Martinez: 4.15
5. Mariano Rivera: 4.10
Despite having made only 148 starts, he has more than twice as many double-digit strikeout games as anyone in franchise history:
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