Chris Sale, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Chris Sale

American baseball pitcher

Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1989

Place of Birth: Lakeland, Florida, United States

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Chris Sale

  • Christopher Allen Sale (born March 30, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).
  • He previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, with whom he made his major league debut on August 6, 2010.
  • As a power pitcher, Sale excels at achieving high numbers of strikeouts, and has set a number of strikeout-related records.
  • He bats and throws left-handed, stands 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m), and weighs 180 pounds (82 kg).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.
  • He is under contract with Boston through 2024.

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