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C.C. Sabathia
Carsten Charles Sabathia

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 7", Weight 250 lb.

Debut April 8, 2001

Born July 21, 1980 in Vallejo, CA

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 1998. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2001 20 CLE AL  17   5  33  33   0   0   0  0  180.3  149   93   88  19   95  171   7   7   763   1   3  4.39  4.48  102 1.353 RoY-2
 2002 21 CLE AL  13  11  33  33   2   0   0  0  210.0  198  109  102  17   88  149   1   6   891   2   3  4.37  4.38  100 1.362
 2003 22 CLE AL  13   9  30  30   2   1   0  0  197.7  190   85   79  19   66  141   6   4   832   3   2  3.60  4.39  122 1.295 AS
 2004 23 CLE AL  11  10  30  30   1   1   0  0  188.0  176   90   86  20   72  139   7   1   787   3   1  4.12  4.36  106 1.319 AS
 2005 24 CLE AL  15  10  31  31   1   0   0  0  196.7  185   92   88  19   62  161   7   7   823   1   0  4.03  4.19  104 1.256
 2006 25 CLE AL  12  11  28  28   6   2   0  0  192.7  182   83   69  17   44  172   7   3   802   3   0  3.22  4.52  140 1.173
 2007 26 CLE AL  19   7  34  34   4   1   0  0  241.0  238   94   86  20   37  209   8   1   975   1   0  3.21  4.61  143 1.141 MVP-14,CYA-1,AS
 2008 27 CLE AL   1   5   7   7   0   0   0  0   38.3   50   32   32   6   18   37   1   0   181   1   2  7.51  4.20   56 1.774
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .598 101  68 226 226  16   5   0  0 1444.7 1368  678  630 137  482 1179  44  29  6054  15  11  3.92  4.42  113 1.281
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  10  34  34   2   0   0  0  217.3  205  102   94  20   72  177   6   4   910   2   1  3.92  4.42  113 1.281
 Career High     19  11  34  34   6   2   0  0  241.0  238  109  102  20   95  209   8   7   975   3   3  3.21  4.61  143 1.141

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2001 20 CLE AL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   1 RoY-2
 2002 21 CLE AL   2    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .200  .333  .200   49    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2003 22 CLE AL   3    6    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  171    3   0   0   0   0   0 AS
 2004 23 CLE AL   1    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   35    1   0   0   0   0   0 AS
 2005 24 CLE AL  31    6    1    2   1  0   1    4   0  0   0   1  .333  .333 1.000  242    6   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 25 CLE AL  28    9    0    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   5  .222  .222  .222   16    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 26 CLE AL   1    3    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .667  .667  .667  250    2   0   0   0   0   0 MVP-14,AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons       68   37    2   11   1  0   1    6   0  0   1  10  .297  .316  .405   90   15   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         88    5   26   2  0   2   14   0  0   2  24  .297  .316  .405   90   36   2   0   0   0   2
 Career High     31    9    1    3   1  0   1    4   0  0   1   5                           6   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2001 20 CLE AL    5    6    0   0.0   107| .000  .267| .000  .334| .000  .429| .000  .763|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 2002 21 CLE AL    6    4    0   0.0   103| .200  .261| .333  .328| .200  .420| .533  .747|  49  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2003 22 CLE AL    6    3    2  17.8   103| .500  .263| .500  .328| .500  .421|1.000  .749| 171  .910   0.6   0.1   0%
 2004 23 CLE AL    4    3    0   0.0   104| .250  .263| .250  .330| .250  .423| .500  .753|  35  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 2005 24 CLE AL    6    4    2  13.4   102| .333  .263| .333  .326|1.000  .418|1.333  .743| 242  .862   1.1   0.1   0%
 2006 25 CLE AL    9    7    0   0.0   111| .222  .275| .222  .340| .222  .438| .444  .778|  16  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 2007 26 CLE AL    3    1    1  26.7   110| .667  .275| .667  .343| .667  .429|1.334  .772| 250  .955   0.6   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons        39   28    5   4.8   106| .297  .267| .316  .333| .405  .426| .721  .759|  90  .473  -0.7   0.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2001 20 CLE AL P 33 3 21 1 1 .960 .956 0.73 0.49 1.20 1.75 33 180.3 2002 21 CLE AL P 33 2 19 1 2 .955 .959 0.64 0.48 0.90 1.69 33 210.0 2003 22 CLE AL P 30 7 19 2 2 .929 .956 0.87 0.49 1.18 1.73 30 197.7 AS 2004 23 CLE AL P 30 1 17 0 2 1.000 .947 0.60 0.45 0.86 1.66 30 188.0 AS 2005 24 CLE AL P 31 2 17 2 0 .905 .955 0.61 0.46 0.87 1.69 31 196.7 2006 25 CLE AL P 28 7 15 3 1 .880 .957 0.79 0.41 1.03 1.56 28 192.7 2007 26 CLE AL P 34 1 24 1 1 .962 .954 0.74 0.42 0.93 1.60 34 241.0 AS 2008 27 CLE AL P 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 .968 0.86 0.47 1.41 1.76 7 38.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 20 CLE AL P 33 3 21 1 1 .960 .956 0.73 0.49 1.20 1.75 33 180.3 2002 21 CLE AL P 33 2 19 1 2 .955 .959 0.64 0.48 0.90 1.69 33 210.0 2003 22 CLE AL P 30 7 19 2 2 .929 .956 0.87 0.49 1.18 1.73 30 197.7 2004 23 CLE AL P 30 1 17 0 2 1.000 .947 0.60 0.45 0.86 1.66 30 188.0 2005 24 CLE AL P 31 2 17 2 0 .905 .955 0.61 0.46 0.87 1.69 31 196.7 2006 25 CLE AL P 28 7 15 3 1 .880 .957 0.79 0.41 1.03 1.56 28 192.7 2007 26 CLE AL P 34 1 24 1 1 .962 .954 0.74 0.42 0.93 1.60 34 241.0 2008 27 CLE AL P 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 .968 0.86 0.47 1.41 1.76 7 38.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 226 24 137 10 9 .942 .955 0.71 0.46 1.00 1.67 226 1444.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 226 24 137 10 9 .942 .955 0.71 0.46 1.00 1.67 226 1445
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2001   ALDS  CLE SEA     L   1   1   3.00  1  0  0  0   6     6   2   5   5 
 2007   ALDS  CLE NYY     W   1   1   5.40  1  0  0  0   5     4   3   6   5 
        ALCS  CLE BOS     L   2   2  10.45  0  2  0  0  10.1  17  12   7   9 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   2   2   4.09  2  0  0  0  11    10   5  11  10 
  3 Postseason Ser      1-2   4   4   7.17  2  2  0  0  21.1  27  17  18  19 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2001   ALDS  CLE SEA     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2003   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 2004   CLE AL      0  0  0   1     4   3   3   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  2  0  0 
 2007   CLE AL      0  0  0   1     1   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/3      0  0  0  0   2     5   3   3   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  2  0  0  13.50 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2003   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 2004   CLE AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2007   CLE AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2003
2004 *
2007 *

Awards
2007-AL-CYA

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2007-AL-14-0.03
Car-1205-0.03 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2007-AL-1-0.85
1 Cy Young
Car-58-0.85 shares

ERA
2003 AL-3.60-10
2006 AL-3.22-3
2007 AL-3.21-5
Act-3.92-28

Wins
2001 AL-17-6
2005 AL-15-8
2007 AL-19-2

Won-Loss %
2001 AL-.773-3
2007 AL-.731-3
Act-.598-17

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2006 AL-1.173-4
2007 AL-1.141-5
Act-1.281-23

Hits Allowed/9IP
2001 AL-7.44-1
2004 AL-8.43-9
2005 AL-8.47-8
2006 AL-8.50-6
Act-8.52-23

Bases on Balls/9IP
2007 AL-1.38-2

Strikeouts/9IP
2001 AL-8.53-4
2005 AL-7.37-6
2006 AL-8.03-6
2007 AL-7.80-9
2008 AL-8.69-4
Act-7.34-28
Car-7.34-57

Innings
2007 AL-241.0-1

Strikeouts
2001 AL-171-7
2002 AL-149-10
2005 AL-161-7
2006 AL-172-8
2007 AL-209-5
2008 AL-37-9

Games Started
2002 AL-33-7
2007 AL-34-1

Comp. Games
2006 AL-6-1
2007 AL-4-2
Act-16-27

Shutouts
2003 AL-1-6
2004 AL-1-4
2006 AL-2-1
2007 AL-1-5

Home Runs Allow.
2008 AL-6-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
2001 AL-95-2
2002 AL-88-2

Hits Allowed
2007 AL-238-3

SO to Walk
2006 AL-3.91-4
2007 AL-5.65-1
Act-2.45-21
Car-2.45-82

Losses
2008 AL-5-2

Earned Runs Allow.
2002 AL-102-7
2008 AL-32-2

Hit Batsmen
2007 AL-8-10

Batters Faced
2007 AL-975-1

Adjusted ERA+
2003 AL-122-10
2006 AL-140-3
2007 AL-143-5
Act-113-27

Youngest Player
2001 AL-20-1
2002 AL-21-9

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 9 (251) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 77 (312) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 15.0 (471) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 32.5 (399) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 1998.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2002Cleveland Indians$700,000
2003Cleveland Indians$1,100,000
2004Cleveland Indians$2,700,000
2005Cleveland Indians$5,250,000
2006Cleveland Indians$7,000,000
2007Cleveland Indians$8,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$25,500,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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