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2010 Baseball Roster

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41 Chris Sale

  • Position P
  • Height 6-6
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Lakeland, Fla.

Biography

As a Junior (2010):
2010 Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year
No. 13 Overall Pick of Chicago White Sox in MLB Draft
ABCA/Rawlings NCAA All-American - 1st Team
CBF National Pitcher of the Year Finalist
Baseball American All-American - 1st Team
Yahoo! Sports All-American
2010 Golden Spikes Award Runner-Up
Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Year
Altantic Sun First Team


Led the A-Sun in all three of the pitching Triple-Crown categories with an unblemished 11-0 record to go with a 2.01 ERA and a nation leading 146 strikeouts ... Struck out 10 or more batters nine times and earned a pair of saves ... Picked up a win over Stetson (May 25) in the Eagles' first appearance in the A-Sun Tournament, striking out 11 ... Struck out 14 over seven innings opposite Jacksonville (May 14) ... Earned his second save of the season working a clean ninth at FAU (May 11) ... Stuck out 11 over seven scoreless at home against ETSU (May 8) ... Struck out 10 and allowed just two runs over 8.0 innings at ACC power Clemson (May 1), earning his seventh victory of the season ... Struck out 15 batters in a complete-game shutout of Belmont (Apr. 23) at home, allowing just one hit ... fanned 14 over eight innings at home opposite Mercer (Apr. 2) ... earned his first win of the season at Stetson (Mar. 19) where he struck out 14 over eight innings and allowed just one run.

Earned BFC Outstanding Pitcher Award for the 2009 Cape Cod Baseball League Season after leading the league in strikeouts and innings pitched... Named top prospect in Cape Cod League by Baseball America... Earned Louisville Slugger Preseason Second Team All-American honors selected by Collegiate Baseball newspaper...

As a Sophomore (2009): Appeared in 14 games, making 12 starts… Went 7-4 with 104 strikeouts… Threw 89.1 innings with a 2.72 ERA… Recorded at least seven strike outs per start… Struck out 10 or more in three starts… Went six or more innings in all but one start… Had 12 strikeouts in eight innings and gave up only one earned run to earn his third win of the season against Belmont on Mar. 28… Threw a complete game, recording 12 strike outs against Stetson on May 15… Led the Eagles in ERA (2.72), opposing batting average (.246), innings pitched (89.1), and strike outs (104)… Second in the A-Sun in ERA and strike outs… Tied for second in the A-Sun in wins, and third in innings pitched… Earned A-Sun player of the week on Mar. 30 after a 12 strikeout performance against Belmont… Tied for 22nd in the NCAA in strikeouts… 32nd in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings… Earned All-Atlantic First Team honors.  

As a Freshman (2008): Second on the team with 21 appearances, all but one in relief… Finished the year with a 2-0 record with two saves… Threw 36.1 innings with 46 strikeouts and only nine walks… Had a 3.47 ERA and held opponents to a .250 batting average… Chosen to the Freshman All A-Sun team.

High School: 2007 graduate of Lakeland High School where he played under Coach Mike Campbell…21st round draft selection by the Colorado Rockies.

Personal: Criminal Justice major... Son of Marla and Allen Sale.

FGCU Career Stats

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha
2008.... 3.47 2-0 21 1 0 0/1 2 36.1 36 15 14 10 43 4 1 2 157 .254 1 4 0 1 0
2009.... 2.72 7-4 14 12 1 0/0 1 89.1 83 43 27 27 104 16 1 7 378 .246 4 5 0 3 6
2010....   2.01 11-0 17 15  2 2/1 2 103.0 83 28 23 14 146 10 0 6 407 .218 6 7 1 1 4
TOTAL... 2.52 20-4 52 28 3 2/2 5 228.2 202 86 64 51 293 30 2 15 942 .235 11 16 1 5 10

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Historical Player Information

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    2008Freshman

    P
    6'6" 172 lbs
    41
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    2009Sophomore

    P
    6'6" 172 lbs
    41
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    2010Junior

    P
    6'6" 183 lbs
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