Victor Martinez has the highest career batting average when making 50+ plate appearances against Chris Sale, with an average of .423.
| NAME | AVG | PA | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | V. Martinez | .423 | 58 | 22 | 52 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .466 | .712 | 1.177 |
| 2 | | B. Butler | .378 | 50 | 19 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .420 | .689 | 1.109 |
| 3 |  | E. Hosmer | .346 | 54 | 19 | 52 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .370 | .538 | .909 |
| 4 | | A. Escobar | .342 | 81 | 27 | 76 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .370 | .421 | .791 |
| 5 |  | L. Cain | .333 | 54 | 17 | 54 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .593 | .926 |
| 6 |  | M. Cabrera | .288 | 70 | 25 | 59 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .400 | .525 | .925 |
| 7 | | I. Kinsler | .286 | 57 | 18 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .386 | .510 | .896 |
| 8 | | T. Plouffe | .283 | 59 | 21 | 53 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .356 | .321 | .677 |
| 9 |  | C. Santana | .280 | 57 | 22 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .368 | .440 | .808 |
| 10 |  | S. Perez | .268 | 72 | 23 | 71 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .352 | .630 |
| 11 |  | B. Dozier | .255 | 50 | 16 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .532 | .832 |
| 12 |  | N. Castellanos | .235 | 54 | 18 | 51 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .259 | .353 | .612 |
| 13 | | A. Gordon | .224 | 75 | 28 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .269 | .556 |
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 Phillies - w | 88 | 74 | .543 | 6.0 |
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