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CC Sabathia
- Age
- 39
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 300 lb
- Number
- #52
- Born
- July 21, 1980 in Vallejo, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- April 8, 2001
- dbWAR
- 5.7 9 season(s)
- IP
- 107.1
- ERA
- 4.95
- FIP
- 5.66
- K/9
- 9.0
- FIP−
- 126 100 = avg
CC Sabathia was a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees. In 2019 he struck out 107 batters over 107.1 innings across 23 appearances, 22 of them starts, going 5-8. His ERA of 4.95 was 9.8% higher than the league average of 4.51 — 13th of 17 on his team, and 350th of 545 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.66 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 25.1% of swings (11.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.9%. His -0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2019.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 102 | 91 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 26 | .198 | .270 | .451 | .304 | 25.5% |
| vs RHB | 366 | 331 | 94 | 20 | 32 | 81 | .284 | .348 | .529 | .368 | 22.1% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2019.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2019.
Pitch sequencing
What CC Sabathia throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Cutter | 726 | 88.3 | 2,194 | 46.1% | 22.6% | 157 | .280 | .913 | |
| Slider | 522 | 79.2 | 2,208 | 45.8% | 29.3% | 137 | .241 | .794 | |
| Sinker | 248 | 89.1 | 2,051 | 47.6% | 14.2% | 55 | .255 | .952 | |
| Changeup | 211 | 82.7 | 1,884 | 40.3% | 35.2% | 68 | .294 | .701 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 22 | 88.8 | 2,097 | 45.5% | 18.2% | 5 | — | — |
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Similar players
Nearest 2019 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.