C.C. Sabathia
Carsten Charles Sabathia
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 250 lb.

Born: July 21, 1980 in Vallejo, CA
Drafted
by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 29, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 2001
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2001 20 CLE AL 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 RoY-2
2002 21 CLE AL 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 22 CLE AL 3 6 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 171 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2004 23 CLE AL 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2005 24 CLE AL 2 6 6 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 242 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 25 CLE AL 3 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .222 .444 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 26 CLE AL 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 253 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-14
2008 27 TOT MLB 18 53 51 4 12 2 0 2 7 0 0 0 12 .235 .235 .392 .627 63 20 4 0 2 0 0 1 CYA-5,MVP-6
2008 27 CLE AL 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 319 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 27 MIL NL 17 50 48 3 11 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 10 .229 .229 .333 .562 47 16 4 0 2 0 0 1
2009 28 NYY AL 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 34 96 92 7 24 3 0 3 14 0 0 1 23 .261 .269 .391 .660 73 36 5 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 457 438 33 114 14 0 14 67 0 0 5 110 .261 .269 .391 .660 73 172 24 0 14 0 0
CLE (8 yrs) 15 42 40 3 12 1 0 2 7 0 0 1 12 .300 .317 .475 .792 107 19 1 0 1 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 1 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 17 50 48 3 11 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 10 .229 .229 .333 .562 47 16 4 0 2 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 17 46 44 4 13 1 0 2 8 0 0 1 13 .295 .311 .455 .766 101 20 1 0 1 0 0
NL (1 yr) 17 50 48 3 11 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 10 .229 .229 .333 .562 47 16 4 0 2 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2001 20 CLE AL 5 6 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .267 .000 .334 .000 .429 .000 .763 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2002 21 CLE AL 6 4 0 0.0 103 .250 .200 .261 .333 .328 .200 .420 .533 .747 49 .000 -0.3 0.0 .500 .200 .000
2003 22 CLE AL 6 3 2 17.8 103 .600 .500 .263 .500 .328 .500 .421 1.000 .749 171 .910 0.6 0.1 1.000 .000 .000
2004 23 CLE AL 4 3 0 0.0 104 .500 .250 .263 .250 .330 .250 .423 .500 .753 35 .000 -0.4 0.0 .333 .000 .000
2005 24 CLE AL 6 4 2 13.4 102 .250 .333 .263 .333 .326 1.000 .418 1.333 .743 242 .862 1.1 0.1 1.500 .667 .667 .0
2006 25 CLE AL 9 7 0 0.0 110 .500 .222 .274 .222 .339 .222 .436 .444 .775 17 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .286 .000 .000
2007 26 CLE AL 3 1 1 26.7 108 .667 .667 .272 .667 .340 .667 .425 1.333 .765 253 .955 0.6 0.1 2.000 .000 .000
2008 27 TOT MLB 53 45 3 1.8 106 .270 .235 .265 .235 .336 .392 .422 .627 .759 63 .137 -3.1 -0.3 .465 .157 .157 .0
2008 27 CLE AL 3 2 1 13.4 104 .333 .266 .333 .333 1.333 .417 1.667 .751 319 .860 0.8 0.1 2.000 1.000 1.000 .0
2008 27 MIL NL 50 43 2 1.2 106 .270 .229 .265 .229 .336 .333 .423 .562 .759 47 .076 -3.9 -0.4 .390 .104 .104 .0
2009 28 NYY AL 4 3 0 0.0 105 .333 .250 .264 .250 .332 .250 .424 .500 .756 34 .000 -0.4 0.0 .333 .000 .000
9 Seasons 96 76 8 2.8 106 .318 .261 .266 .269 .334 .391 .424 .660 .758 73 .262 -4.1 -0.2 .507 .141 .130 .0
162 Game Avg. 457 362 38 2.8 106 .318 .261 .266 .269 .334 .391 .424 .660 .758 73 .262 -4.1 -0.2 .507 .141 .130
CLE (8 yrs) 42 30 6 5.3 105 .385 .300 .267 .317 .332 .475 .425 .792 .757 107 .525 0.1 0.2 .690 .200 .175 .0
NYY (1 yr) 4 3 0 0.0 105 .333 .250 .264 .250 .332 .250 .424 .500 .756 34 .000 -0.4 0.0 .333 .000 .000
MIL (1 yr) 50 43 2 1.2 106 .270 .229 .265 .229 .336 .333 .423 .562 .759 47 .076 -3.9 -0.4 .390 .104 .104 .0
AL (9 yrs) 46 33 6 4.9 105 .379 .295 .266 .311 .332 .455 .425 .766 .757 101 .482 -0.3 0.2 .656 .182 .159 .0
NL (1 yr) 50 43 2 1.2 106 .270 .229 .265 .229 .336 .333 .423 .562 .759 47 .076 -3.9 -0.4 .390 .104 .104 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 27 MIL NL NLDS PHI L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 NYY AL WS PHI W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 CLE AL 22 DNP
2004 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2001 20 CLE AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 2.00 80% 0% 100%
2002 21 CLE AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 5.0 0.33 0.50 67% 25% 0.0% 33%
2003 22 CLE AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 3.00 1.00 83% 0% 0.0% 0%
2004 23 CLE AL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 1.00 50% 0%
2005 24 CLE AL 6 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 6.0 6.0 1.5 0.67 1.00 67% 20% 33.3% 0%
2006 25 CLE AL 9 0.0% 55.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.8 4.5 0.33 1.00 44% 50% 0.0% 0%
2007 26 CLE AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100% 0%
2008 27 TOT MLB 53 3.8% 22.6% 0.0% 7.6% 33% 4.3 25.5 7.3 2.45 7.00 70% 12% 20.0% 9%
2008 27 CLE AL 3 33.3% 66.7% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 1.5 3.0 3.0 0.00 0% 0% 100.0% 0%
2008 27 MIL NL 50 2.0% 20.0% 0.0% 6.0% 27% 4.8 48.0 8.0 2.70 7.00 74% 13% 11.1% 10%
2009 28 NYY AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 4.0 75% 0%
9 Seasons 96 3.1% 24.0% 1.0% 6.3% 25% 23.00 4.0 30.7 6.6 1.91 3.15 69% 13% 15.8% 17%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 20 CLE AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 21 CLE AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 22 CLE AL 0 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2004 23 CLE AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 24 CLE AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 25 CLE AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 26 CLE AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2008 27 TOT MLB 1 0 20% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2008 27 CLE AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 MIL NL 1 0 20% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2009 28 NYY AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1 0 18% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 5 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2001 20 CLE AL 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2002 21 CLE AL 6 83% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 22 CLE AL 6 100% 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1.40 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2004 23 CLE AL 4 75% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2005 24 CLE AL 6 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 25 CLE AL 9 44% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 2 40% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2007 26 CLE AL 3 67% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 TOT MLB 53 77% 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 67% 12 4 33% 11 4 36% 41 5 12% 4 2 50% 2 2 100% 0
2008 27 CLE AL 3 67% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 MIL NL 50 78% 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 67% 12 4 33% 11 4 36% 41 5 12% 4 2 50% 2 2 100% 0
2009 28 NYY AL 4 75% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
9 Seasons 96 78% 24 3 1 1 1 0 0 1.40 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 0 6 3 50% 18 5 28% 19 4 21% 69 11 16% 7 2 29% 7 4 57% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 20 CLE AL 5 16 3.20 10 63% 10% 40% 0% 50% 90% 0% 56% 56% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 20% 1 1 0 0 0
2002 21 CLE AL 6 20 3.33 11 55% 36% 9% 18% 36% 64% 0% 35% 86% 17% 0% 0 0 33% 2 2 17% 1 0 100% 0 0 0
2003 22 CLE AL 6 16 2.67 12 75% 8% 25% 25% 42% 92% 0% 69% 73% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2004 23 CLE AL 4 12 3.00 10 83% 10% 60% 10% 20% 90% 0% 75% 33% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2005 24 CLE AL 6 21 3.50 13 62% 8% 46% 8% 38% 92% 0% 57% 50% 67% 0% 0 0 17% 1 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2006 25 CLE AL 9 30 3.33 24 80% 17% 46% 21% 17% 83% 0% 67% 45% 44% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 20% 0 0 0
2007 26 CLE AL 3 8 2.67 5 63% 20% 0% 20% 60% 80% 0% 50% 100% 33% 0% 0 0 33% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 TOT MLB 53 153 2.89 116 76% 12% 28% 25% 35% 88% 0% 67% 69% 62% 0% 0 0 9% 5 5 2% 1 1 33% 0 0 0
2008 27 CLE AL 3 10 3.33 8 80% 38% 13% 38% 13% 63% 0% 50% 80% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2008 27 MIL NL 50 143 2.86 108 76% 10% 29% 24% 37% 90% 0% 68% 68% 64% 0% 0 0 10% 5 5 2% 1 1 30% 0 0 0
2009 28 NYY AL 4 15 3.75 11 73% 36% 18% 18% 27% 64% 0% 47% 71% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 96 291 3.03 212 73% 15% 31% 21% 34% 85% 0% 62% 64% 57% 0% 0 0 9% 9 8 3% 3 2 26% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 20 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
2002 21 4 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 -13 1 1 0 1 0 0
2003 22 7 17 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .267 .313 .267 .579 58 4 1 0 1 0 0
2004 23 8 21 19 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .263 .300 .263 .563 53 5 1 0 1 0 0
2005 24 10 27 25 2 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .280 .308 .440 .748 98 11 1 0 1 0 0
2006 25 13 36 34 2 9 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 10 .265 .286 .382 .668 76 13 1 0 1 0 0
2007 26 14 39 37 2 11 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 10 .297 .316 .405 .721 90 15 1 0 1 0 0
2008 27 32 92 88 6 23 3 0 3 13 0 0 1 22 .261 .270 .398 .667 75 35 5 0 3 0 0
2009 28 34 96 92 7 24 3 0 3 14 0 0 1 23 .261 .269 .391 .660 73 36 5 0 3 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 20 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
2002 21 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 2
2003 22 3 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 3
2004 23 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
2005 24 2 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 2
2006 25 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
2007 26 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1
2008 27 18 51 51 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 18
2009 28 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
9 Seasons 34 93 92 6 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 23 .000 .011 .000 .011 9 34
162 Game Avg. 162 443 438 29 0 0 0 0 57 0 5 110 .000 .011 .000 .011 43 34

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2003
2004 *
2007 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2007-AL-Cy Young
2007-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
2009-AL-ALCS MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2007-AL-14-3%
2008-NL-6-27%
0.30 Career Shares (587th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2007-AL--1--85%
2008-NL--5--6%
1 Cy Young
0.91 Career Shares (54th)

Salary s c a p y
2009 AL--$15,285,714--8th

Youngest s c a p y
2001 AL--born 1980-07-21--1st
2002 AL--born 1980-07-21--9th

                           

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