Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale

Regular Season: 38 PA , .286/.316/.714, 5 HR, 10 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Batter vs. Pitcher

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Year-by-Year Totals

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2013	6	5	1	0	0	1	5	0	1	.200	.167	.800	.967	0	1	0	0	0
2	2014	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	2015	4	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	.667	.750	1.667	2.417	0	0	0	1	1
4	2016	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	0	0	0	0	1
5	2017	9	9	2	0	0	2	2	0	4	.222	.222	.889	1.111	0	0	0	0	0
6	2018	6	6	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
7	2021	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0
	Totals	38	35	10	0	0	5	10	0	10	.286	.316	.714	1.030	0	1	0	2	2

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Plate Appearances

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Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2013	2013-06-02	OAK	CHW	tied 0-0	b2	---	0	5 (2-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
2	2013	2013-06-02	OAK	CHW	tied 0-0	b4	1--	0	6 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2013	2013-06-02	OAK	CHW	tied 0-0	b6	1-3	1	7 (2-2)	Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (CF-RF); C. Crisp Scores; J. Lowrie to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm
4	2013	2013-06-07	OAK	CHW	tied 0-0	t2	---	0	1 (0-0)	Flyball: LF
5	2013	2013-06-07	OAK	CHW	down 1-0	t4	---	2	5 (2-2)	Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
6	2013	2013-06-07	OAK	CHW	down 3-0	t6	123	1	3 (1-1)	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Rosales Scores; J. Lowrie Scores; Y. Céspedes Scores
7	2014	2014-09-11	OAK	CHW	tied 0-0	t1	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Lineout: CF (Deep CF)
8	2014	2014-09-11	OAK	CHW	tied 0-0	t4	---	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
9	2014	2014-09-11	OAK	CHW	down 1-0	t7	---	0	3 (1-1)	Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line)
10	2015	2015-07-06	TOR	CHW	tied 0-0	t1	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
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Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Batting Comparison

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Totals

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Josh Donaldson	24-37	2010	2023	1383	5856	5022	816	1310	287	12	279	816	40	10	725	1221	.261	.358	.489	.847	129	2458	135	58	5	46	22
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	14	27	26	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.115	.115	.154	.269	-26	4	0	0	1	0	0

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Josh Donaldson	26-37	2012	2023	50	211	186	21	46	12	0	5	16	1	0	22	55	.247	.336	.392	.729	73	4	3	0	0	2
2	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Value

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Josh Donaldson	24-37	2010	2023	1383	5856	46.7	27.2	42.8	6.2	208	-10	4	36
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	14	27	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-5	0	0	0

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Sabermetric

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Josh Donaldson	24-37	2010	2023	1383	5856	578	2093	2132	3908	908	.289	1353	223	21.8	.229	4.1	80.00	50
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	14	27	1	3	3	24	1	.250	1	-6	-0.6	.038	1.9		0

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Josh Donaldson	26-37	2012	2023	50	211	17	71	71	144		.325	32			.145	3.4	100.00	1
2	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Win Probability

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Josh Donaldson	24-37	2010	2023	1383	5856	24.3	23.4	1.7	245.03	-1.1	258.97	0.97
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	14	27	-0.4	-0.4	0.1	-4.61		-4.70	1.04

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Pitching Comparison

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Totals

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Josh Donaldson	24-37	2010	2023	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		3.26	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	122	81	.601	3.12	347	267	25	16	3	12	1805.1	1469	676	626	196	422	15	2216	112	2	42	7275	2052	137	2.98	1.047	7.3	1.0	2.1	11.0

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	1	3	.250	6.35	10	7	1	0	0	0	34.0	36	26	24	7	13	0	47	2	0	1	152	51		3.96	1.441	9.5	1.9	3.4	12.4

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Value

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Josh Donaldson	24-37	2010	2023	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.1
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	347	267	1805.1	47.5	30.7

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Totals Against

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Josh Donaldson	24-37	2010	2023	1	0	1.0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	347	267	1805.1	2052	6688	966	287	20	83	35	70.34	15	124	22	31	.220	.276	.356	.633	71	.137	.296	665	2384	503	2003	2052

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	7	34.0	51	136											.265	.338					.354				51	51

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Starting & Relieving

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Josh Donaldson	37	2023	2023	0			0	0		0		1	1
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	170	64	60.6	53	12	23	3	80.0	25	80

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021									1	3

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Ratios

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Josh Donaldson	24-37	2010	2023	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	347	267	1805.1	30.5	5.8	24.7

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Josh Donaldson	26-37	2012	2023
2	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	7	34.0	30.9	8.6	22.4

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Pitch Summary

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Josh Donaldson	24-37	2010	2023	1	0	1.0	11		7	63.64
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	347	267	1805.1	26642	101	17783	66.75

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	7	34.0

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Head-to-Head Batting

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Totals

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Chris Sale	13
2	Josh Donaldson	13	52	48	5	11	0	0	5	10	0	0	1	14	.229	.269	.542	.811	26	3	2	0	1	0

Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Game Logs

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Josh Donaldson vs. Chris Sale: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Josh Donaldson	MIN	2021-08-26	*	8	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.72	0.002	0.00	0.00%	0.02			DH
2	Chris Sale	BOS	2021-08-26																																	P
3	Josh Donaldson	CLE	2018-09-21	*	9	5	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.033	0.13	0.00%	0.37			DH
4	Chris Sale	BOS	2018-09-21																																	P
5	Josh Donaldson	TOR	2018-05-11	*	12	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.126	1.84	-0.08%	-0.38			3B
6	Chris Sale	BOS	2018-05-11																																	P
7	Josh Donaldson	TOR	2017-09-26	*	9	2	5	5	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	1.800	2.400	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	0.173	0.00	0.00%	1.77			3B
8	Chris Sale	BOS	2017-09-26																																	P
9	Josh Donaldson	TOR	2017-08-29	*	9	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.110	0.06	0.00%	-0.92			3B
10	Chris Sale	BOS	2017-08-29																																	P
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