CC Sabathia

Q: When was CC Sabathia born?

CC Sabathia was born on July 21, 1980.

Q: Where was CC Sabathia born?

CC Sabathia was born in Vallejo, CA .

Q: How tall is CC Sabathia?

CC Sabathia is 6-6 (198 cm) tall.

Q: How much did CC Sabathia weigh when playing?

CC Sabathia weighed 300 lbs (136 kg) when playing.

Q: Is CC Sabathia in the Hall of Fame?

CC Sabathia has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was CC Sabathia drafted?

CC Sabathia was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (20th) of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vallejo HS (Vallejo, CA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did CC Sabathia have?

CC Sabathia had 3,093 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has CC Sabathia played for?

CC Sabathia played for 3 teams; the Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees.

Q: How many World Series has CC Sabathia won?

CC Sabathia has won 1 World Series.

Q: When did CC Sabathia retire?

CC Sabathia last played in 2019.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-6, 300lb (198cm, 136kg)

Born: July 21, 1980 in Vallejo, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (20th) of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vallejo HS (Vallejo, CA).

High School: Vallejo HS (Vallejo, CA)

Debut: April 8, 2001 (Age 20-261d, 17,831st in major league history)
vs. BAL 5.2 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 24, 2019 (Age 39-065d)
vs. TBR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Agents: Roc Nation Sports • Previously: Greg Genske, Scott Parker

Full Name: Carsten Charles Sabathia

Nicknames: Dub

Pronunciation: \Sah-BATH-ee-ah\

Twitter: @CC_Sabathia

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.3

251

161

ERA

3.74

561

560

3577.1

3093

WHIP

1.259

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1998	17	CLE-min	Rk	1	0	1.000	4.50	5	5	0	0	0	0	18.0	20	14	9	1	8	0	35	1	1	1	83			1.556	10.0	0.5	4.0	17.5	4.38	BRL APPY
1999	18	CLE-min	A+,A-,A	5	3	.625	3.29	16	16	0	0	0	0	68.1	47	29	25	4	36	0	76	2	0	7	284			1.215	6.2	0.5	4.7	10.0	2.11	KIN,MHV,CBS CARL,NYPL,SALL
2000	19	CLE-min	AA,A+	6	9	.400	3.57	27	27	0	2	2	0	146.1	123	64	58	10	72	0	159	9	2	4	626			1.333	7.6	0.6	4.4	9.8	2.21	AKR,KIN EL,CARL
2001	20	CLE	AL	17	5	.773	4.39	33	33	0	0	0	0	180.1	149	93	88	19	95	1	171	7	3	7	763	102	4.22	1.353	7.4	0.9	4.7	8.5	1.80	RoY-2
2002	21	CLE	AL	13	11	.542	4.37	33	33	0	2	0	0	210.0	198	109	102	17	88	2	149	1	3	6	891	100	3.87	1.362	8.5	0.7	3.8	6.4	1.69
2003	22	CLE	AL	13	9	.591	3.60	30	30	0	2	1	0	197.2	190	85	79	19	66	3	141	6	2	4	832	122	3.95	1.295	8.7	0.9	3.0	6.4	2.14	AS
2004	23	CLE	AL	11	10	.524	4.12	30	30	0	1	1	0	188.0	176	90	86	20	72	3	139	7	1	1	787	106	4.21	1.319	8.4	1.0	3.4	6.7	1.93	AS
2005	24	CLE-min	AA	0	1	.000	1.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	4	3	1	0	2	0	9	1	0	1	37			0.667	4.0	0.0	2.0	9.0	4.50	AKR EL
2005	24	CLE	AL	15	10	.600	4.03	31	31	0	1	0	0	196.2	185	92	88	19	62	1	161	7	0	7	823	104	3.69	1.256	8.5	0.9	2.8	7.4	2.60
2006	25	CLE-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	22			1.400	10.8	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00	BFL IL
2006	25	CLE	AL	12	11	.522	3.22	28	28	0	6	2	0	192.2	182	83	69	17	44	3	172	7	0	3	802	139	3.30	1.173	8.5	0.8	2.1	8.0	3.91
2007	26	CLE	AL	19	7	.731	3.21	34	34	0	4	1	0	*241.0*	238	94	86	20	37	1	209	8	0	1	*975*	141	3.14	1.141	8.9	0.7	1.4	7.8	*5.65*	AS,CYA-1,MVP-14
2008	27	TOT	MLB	17	10	.630	2.70	35	35	0	10	5	0	253.0	223	85	76	19	59	1	251	7	2	2	1023	156	2.91	1.115	7.9	0.7	2.1	8.9	4.25	CYA-5,MVP-6
2008	27	CLE	AL	6	8	.429	3.83	18	18	0	3	2	0	122.1	117	54	52	13	34	1	123	3	2	1	507	111	3.41	1.234	8.6	1.0	2.5	9.0	3.62
2008	27	MIL	NL	11	2	.846	1.65	17	17	0	7	3	0	130.2	106	31	24	6	25	0	128	4	0	1	516	255	2.44	1.003	7.3	0.4	1.7	8.8	5.12
2009	28	NYY	AL	19	8	.704	3.37	34	34	0	2	1	0	230.0	197	96	86	18	67	7	197	9	0	5	938	137	3.39	1.148	7.7	0.7	2.6	7.7	2.94	CYA-4,MVP-21
2010	29	NYY	AL	21	7	.750	3.18	34	34	0	2	0	0	237.2	209	92	84	20	74	6	197	7	1	8	970	136	3.54	1.191	7.9	0.8	2.8	7.5	2.66	AS,CYA-3,MVP-13
2011	30	NYY	AL	19	8	.704	3.00	33	33	0	3	1	0	237.1	230	87	79	17	61	4	230	7	1	2	985	143	2.88	1.226	8.7	0.6	2.3	8.7	3.77	AS,CYA-4,MVP-14
2012	31	NYY	AL	15	6	.714	3.38	28	28	0	2	0	0	200.0	184	89	75	22	44	2	197	8	1	4	833	125	3.33	1.140	8.3	1.0	2.0	8.9	4.48	AS
2013	32	NYY	AL	14	13	.519	4.78	32	32	0	2	0	0	211.0	224	122	*112*	28	65	5	175	4	1	7	908	84	4.10	1.370	9.6	1.2	2.8	7.5	2.69
2014	33	NYY-min	AA,A+	0	1	.000	7.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	7	5	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	30			1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	TRE,TAM EL,FLOR
2014	33	NYY	AL	3	4	.429	5.28	8	8	0	0	0	0	46.0	58	31	27	10	10	0	48	4	0	2	209	73	4.78	1.478	11.3	2.0	2.0	9.4	4.80
2015	34	NYY	AL	6	10	.375	4.73	29	29	0	1	0	0	167.1	188	92	88	28	50	3	137	6	1	5	726	86	4.68	1.422	10.1	1.5	2.7	7.4	2.74
2016	35	NYY	AL	9	12	.429	3.91	30	30	0	0	0	0	179.2	172	83	78	22	65	1	152	9	1	2	768	110	4.28	1.319	8.6	1.1	3.3	7.6	2.34
2017	36	NYY	AL	14	5	.737	3.69	27	27	0	0	0	0	148.2	139	64	61	21	50	1	120	5	0	5	623	122	4.49	1.271	8.4	1.3	3.0	7.3	2.40
2018	37	NYY	AL	9	7	.563	3.65	29	29	0	0	0	0	153.0	150	72	62	19	51	0	140	11	0	3	665	115	4.16	1.314	8.8	1.1	3.0	8.2	2.75
2019	38	NYY-min	A+	0	0		1.93	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	16			0.429	1.9	0.0	1.9	11.6	6.00	TAM FLOR
2019	38	NYY	AL	5	8	.385	4.95	23	22	0	0	0	0	107.1	112	64	59	27	39	0	107	3	0	0	468	90	5.66	1.407	9.4	2.3	3.3	9.0	2.74
19 Yrs				251	161	.609	3.74	561	560	0	38	12	0	3577.1	3404	1623	1485	382	1099	44	3093	123	17	74	14989	116	3.78	1.259	8.6	1.0	2.8	7.8	2.81
162 Game Avg.				15	10	.609	3.74	34	34	0	2	1	0	217	206	98	90	23	67	3	188	7	1	4	909	116	3.78	1.259	8.6	1.0	2.8	7.8	2.81
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
NYY (11 yrs)				134	88	.604	3.81	307	306	0	12	2	0	1918.0	1863	892	811	232	576	29	1700	73	6	43	8093	112	3.92	1.272	8.7	1.1	2.7	8.0	2.95
CLE (8 yrs)				106	71	.599	3.83	237	237	0	19	7	0	1528.2	1435	700	650	144	498	15	1265	46	11	30	6380	115	3.72	1.265	8.4	0.8	2.9	7.4	2.54
MIL (1 yr)				11	2	.846	1.65	17	17	0	7	3	0	130.2	106	31	24	6	25	0	128	4	0	1	516	255	2.44	1.003	7.3	0.4	1.7	8.8	5.12

AL (19 yrs)				240	159	.602	3.81	544	543	0	31	9	0	3446.2	3298	1592	1461	376	1074	44	2965	119	17	73	14473	114	3.83	1.268	8.6	1.0	2.8	7.7	2.76
NL (1 yr)				11	2	.846	1.65	17	17	0	7	3	0	130.2	106	31	24	6	25	0	128	4	0	1	516	255	2.44	1.003	7.3	0.4	1.7	8.8	5.12

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is CC Sabathia?

CC Sabathia is 44 years old.

When was CC Sabathia born?

CC Sabathia was born on July 21, 1980.

Where was CC Sabathia born?

CC Sabathia was born in Vallejo, CA.

How tall is CC Sabathia?

CC Sabathia is 6-6 (198 cm) tall.

How much did CC Sabathia weigh when playing?

CC Sabathia weighed 300 lbs (136 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did CC Sabathia play?

CC Sabathia played 19 seasons.

Is CC Sabathia in the Hall of Fame?

CC Sabathia has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was CC Sabathia drafted?

CC Sabathia was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (20th) of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vallejo HS (Vallejo, CA).

What position did CC Sabathia play?

CC Sabathia was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did CC Sabathia have?

CC Sabathia had 3,093 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has CC Sabathia played for?

CC Sabathia played for 3 teams; the Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees.

How many World Series has CC Sabathia won?

CC Sabathia has won 1 World Series.

When did CC Sabathia retire?

CC Sabathia last played in 2019.

What is CC Sabathia's Twitter account?

CC Sabathia is on Twitter at CC_Sabathia.

What are CC Sabathia's nicknames?

Dub is a nickname for CC Sabathia.

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