P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 6" 300 lbs | Age: 45
Draft: 1998 | Rd. 1, No. 20, Cleveland Indians | Vallejo HS (Vallejo, CA)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 14 5 3.69 27 27 0 148.2 120 1.27
2018 9 7 3.65 29 29 0 153 140 1.31
2019 5 8 4.95 23 22 0 107.1 107 1.41
19 Seasons 251 161 3.74 561 560 0 3,577.1 3,093 1.26
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 27 14-5 3.69 148.2 120 1.27
2018 29 9-7 3.65 153 140 1.31
2019 23 5-8 4.95 107.1 107 1.41
19 Seasons 561 251-161 3.74 3,577.1 3,093 1.26
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 34 2703 533 22 4.1 3.0 87.8 115.3 10.7 29.1 .253 .378 .343 .304 .345 31.1 18.9 6.9 4.73 3.82
2016 35 2910 542 24 4.4 3.1 85.1 111.1 9.7 27.5 .222 .353 .312 .289 .316 26.9 19.8 8.5 3.91 3.48
2017 36 2340 448 18 4.0 2.9 85.0 118.5 7.4 32.4 .258 .397 .309 .315 .355 28.9 19.3 8.0 3.69 4.27
2018 37 2507 463 24 5.2 3.6 84.9 112.0 13.0 32.2 .219 .352 .313 .288 .322 26.6 21.1 7.7 3.65 3.47
2019 38 1729 318 26 8.2 5.6 87.0 114.3 14.9 36.5 .242 .421 .351 .315 .371 30.5 22.9 8.3 4.95 4.38
Player 12189 2304 114 4.9 3.5 85.9 118.5 10.9 31.0 .238 .377 .324 .301 .339 28.7 20.2 7.8
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sabathia relies on 5 pitches.
Cutter
(42.0%) ,
Slider
(30.2%) ,
Sinker
(14.3%) ,
Changeup
(12.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(1.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 48.2 51.8 20.5 25.3 6.0 41.8 37.0 20.8 24.0 17.3 6.9 17.8 19.7 13.9
2016 51.5 48.5 20.3 19.7 8.5 41.3 36.2 22.5 26.0 19.2 6.3 15.3 17.0 16.2
2017 51.1 48.9 15.4 27.0 6.5 38.2 41.7 19.6 22.3 22.5 5.8 15.8 19.2 13.8
2018 44.9 55.1 20.7 23.5 10.8 41.3 38.4 19.9 24.0 17.1 3.9 17.3 21.4 16.0
2019 41.2 58.8 28.6 23.0 7.2 43.4 35.8 20.8 21.7 13.2 6.3 21.7 22.6 14.5
Player 47.9 52.1 20.6 23.7 7.8 41.1 37.8 20.8 23.8 18.1 5.9 17.3 19.7 14.9
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 2.8 34.5 22.5 28.0 5.4 4.1 3.0
2016 5.0 39.5 23.4 19.9 5.0 4.4 3.1
2017 8.7 35.5 19.2 25.7 4.7 4.0 2.9
2018 5.6 33.0 25.5 24.2 5.6 5.2 3.6
2019 4.4 29.9 29.9 22.0 5.3 8.2 5.6
Player 5.3 34.9 23.7 24.0 5.2 4.9 3.5
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2019 Slider NYY L 522 79.2 41.9 -1.2 10.7GLV 2.5 1.5 0.1 10.7GLV 5.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 22 88.8 22.9 -4.9 6.4ARM -0.1 10.9 -4.8 6.4ARM -1.3
2019 Changeup NYY L 211 82.7 30.8 -0.3 8.8ARM -3.6 7.8 0.1 8.8ARM -5.5
2019 Sinker NYY L 248 89.1 25.2 1.2 13.3ARM -0.2 8.4 1.1 13.3ARM -0.8
2019 Cutter NYY L 726 88.3 23.8 2.5 0.1ARM -2.0 10.5 2.7 0.1ARM -1.5
2018 Changeup NYY L 254 83.4 30.9 0.0 9.1ARM -4.1 7.3 0.3 9.1ARM -5.0
2018 Slider NYY L 774 80.0 41.4 -1.3 11.5GLV 4.9 1.3 0.3 11.5GLV 6.0
2018 Cutter NYY L 1096 89.1 23.5 1.8 1.2GLV -1.1 10.4 2.5 1.2GLV -0.6
2018 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 25 90.2 21.9 -4.9 7.4ARM 1.3 11.0 -4.6 7.4ARM -0.5
2018 Sinker NYY L 357 90.1 25.0 2.0 13.7ARM -0.1 8.1 1.4 13.7ARM -0.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2019 Cutter -1.3 -10 726 42.0 176 .280 .561 .392 22.6 18.2 17.5 .244 .448 .331 33.3
2019 Slider -1.0 -5 522 30.2 148 .241 .511 .351 29.3 33.1 26.8 .235 .435 .304 30.0
2019 Sinker -1.5 -4 248 14.3 67 .255 .564 .406 14.2 10.4 20.0 .280 .471 .385 37.5
2019 Changeup -0.7 -1 211 12.2 72 .294 .368 .351 35.2 26.4 28.8 .225 .294 .250 16.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 0 22 1.3 5 .200 .400 .250 18.2 0.0 0.0 .162 .316 .196 40.0
2018 Cutter 0.6 7 1,096 43.7 303 .237 .378 .313 22.6 20.8 20.8 .203 .306 .261 19.1
2018 Slider -1.0 -8 774 30.9 199 .259 .420 .341 28.6 24.1 15.9 .221 .366 .303 33.3
2018 Sinker -0.8 -3 357 14.2 91 .278 .481 .403 16.0 14.3 28.9 .254 .453 .355 33.3
2018 Changeup 1.0 3 254 10.1 69 .258 .333 .291 34.5 21.7 23.4 .248 .390 .293 33.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball 4.1 1 25 1.0 3 .000 .000 .000 12.5 33.3 25.0 .069 .078 .064 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 951 3,553 38 26 -14 -11 39
2009 929 3,552 31 28 -16 -13 31
2010 961 3,541 13 34 -18 -10 20
2011 978 3,578 17 19 -10 -10 15
2012 831 3,020 14 21 -14 -6 15
2013 903 3,321 -2 12 -22 -7 -19
2014 209 798 -10 5 -3 -3 -12
2015 723 2,693 -5 7 -12 -10 -20
2016 767 2,908 8 27 -20 -12 4
2017 621 2,337 11 35 -21 -10 15
2018 665 2,506 10 20 -19 -11 0
2019 468 1,729 -17 18 -14 -7 -20
Player 9,006 33,536 108 253 -183 108 69
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,703 48.6 62.2 85.4 31.0 65.2 46.3 62.5 46.2 21.6 6.0 72.0
2016 2,910 47.6 63.5 84.2 30.9 63.5 44.5 60.9 46.4 23.0 6.3 71.4
2017 2,340 46.9 67.0 82.8 27.9 70.3 44.5 61.5 46.2 21.2 5.7 78.2
2018 2,507 47.8 65.9 83.8 31.4 58.9 46.8 60.9 47.9 24.8 5.4 69.6
2019 1,729 46.0 68.1 83.4 30.0 58.6 45.0 61.5 47.5 25.1 6.5 67.3
Player 12,189 47.5 65.0 84.0 30.3 63.4 45.4 61.5 46.8 23.0 5.9 71.8
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 53 33 55 69 45 26 75 59 66 39 61 40 66 17 23 97
2016 75 80 77 72 73 30 79 99 94 40 41 48 75 9 22 95
2017 47 32 54 69 41 39 86 94 82 32 56 26 56 18 7 97
2018 71 75 77 71 72 29 72 99 97 43 58 50 86 14 10 96
2019 48 52 43 41 55 30 27 86 91 51 46 47 60 5 11 97
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.65 22 20.3 2 7 15 9 40.9
2017 23.10 22 17.0 5 12 12 8 36.4
2018 23.32 19 19.7 -1 4 16 8 42.1
2019 22.08 27 20.5 7 16 17 7 25.9
Player 22.74 90 77.5 13 39 60 32 35.6
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 22 21 17 19 20 20 22 20 18 14 21 20 21 18 19 21 14 18 21 22 22 21 25 28 21 20 21 24 25 21 15
2017 22 18 14 20 18 18 18 18 12 14 17 23 16 15 18 16 13 16 17 16 17 17 23 19 17 14 14 25 18 18 12
2018 19 24 19 17 19 16 23 19 17 14 18 21 20 18 18 21 18 19 20 24 23 20 25 24 16 18 17 20 23 21 18
2019 27 26 19 21 22 20 23 17 15 12 17 27 25 22 18 19 16 16 21 21 24 24 27 23 19 18 18 25 25 19 15
Player 90 89 69 77 79 74 86 74 62 54 73 91 82 73 73 77 61 69 79 83 86 82 100 94 73 70 70 94 91 79 60
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2019 +/-   2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .265 +.015 .250 +.004 .246 -.004 .250 -.035 .285
xBA .242 +.023 .219 -.039 .258 +.036 .222 -.031 .253
OBP .331 +.012 .319 +.007 .312 -.010 .322 -.016 .338
xOBP .310 +.017 .293 -.031 .324 +.026 .298 -.013 .311
SLG .512 +.115 .397 -.006 .403 +.013 .390 -.068 .458
xSLG .421 +.069 .352 -.045 .397 +.044 .353 -.025 .378
ISO .246 +.099 .147 -.010 .157 +.017 .140 -.033 .173
xISO .179 +.047 .132 -.008 .140 +.009 .131 +.006 .125
BABIP .294 -.001 .295 +.017 .278 -.013 .291 -.029 .320
wOBA .351 +.038 .313 +.004 .309 -.003 .312 -.031 .343
xwOBA .315 +.027 .288 -.027 .315 +.026 .289 -.015 .304
wOBACON .425 +.068 .357 +.011 .346 -.002 .348 -.049 .397
xwOBACON .371 +.049 .322 -.033 .355 +.039 .316 -.029 .345
BACON .354 +.030 .324 +.012 .312 -.008 .320 -.036 .356
xBACON .324 +.037 .287 -.041 .328 +.043 .285 -.033 .318
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 30.5 +3.9 26.6 -2.3 28.9 +2.0 26.9 -4.2 31.1
Avg Exit Velocity 87.0 +2.1 84.9 -0.1 85.0 -0.1 85.1 -2.7 87.8
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 36.5 +4.3 32.2 -0.2 32.4 +4.9 27.5 -1.6 29.1
Barrel % 8.2 +3.0 5.2 +1.2 4.0 -0.4 4.4 +0.3 4.1
Avg Launch Angle 14.9 +1.9 13.0 +5.6 7.4 -2.3 9.7 -1.0 10.7
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 88.5 -0.9 89.4 -0.8 90.2 +0.9 89.3 -0.9 90.2
Breaking Velocity 79.2 -0.8 80.0 +0.4 79.6 -0.8 80.4 +0.8 79.6
Offspeed Velocity 82.7 -0.7 83.4 -0.4 83.8 +1.3 82.5 -1.4 83.9
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 26 +2 24 +6 18 -6 24 +2 22
Popup % 7.2 -3.6 10.8 +4.3 6.5 -2.0 8.5 +2.5 6.0
Flyball % 28.6 +7.9 20.7 +5.3 15.4 -4.9 20.3 -0.2 20.5
Line Drive % 23.0 -0.5 23.5 -3.5 27.0 +7.3 19.7 -5.6 25.3
Groundball % 41.2 -3.7 44.9 -6.2 51.1 -0.4 51.5 +3.3 48.2
Pull % 43.4 +2.1 41.3 +3.1 38.2 -3.1 41.3 -0.5 41.8
Straight Away % 35.8 -2.6 38.4 -3.3 41.7 +5.5 36.2 -0.8 37.0
Opposite Field % 20.8 +0.9 19.9 +0.3 19.6 -2.9 22.5 +1.7 20.8
Weak Contact % 4.4 -1.2 5.6 -3.1 8.7 +3.7 5.0 +2.2 2.8
Pull Airball % 21.7 +4.4 17.3 +1.5 15.8 +0.5 15.3 -2.5 17.8
Topped Contact % 29.9 -3.1 33.0 -2.5 35.5 -4.0 39.5 +5.0 34.5
Under Contact % 29.9 +4.4 25.5 +6.3 19.2 -4.2 23.4 +0.9 22.5
Flare/Burner Contact % 22.0 -2.2 24.2 -1.5 25.7 +5.8 19.9 -8.1 28.0
Solid Contact % 5.3 -0.3 5.6 +0.9 4.7 -0.3 5.0 -0.4 5.4
HR/FB % 29.7 +9.9 19.8 -10.6 30.4 +10.4 20.0 -5.7 25.7
Popups 23 -27 50 +21 29 -17 46 +14 32
Flyballs 91 -5 96 +27 69 -41 110 +1 109
Line Drives 73 -36 109 -12 121 +14 107 -28 135
Groundballs 131 -77 208 -21 229 -50 279 +22 257
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 46.0 -1.8 47.8 +0.9 46.9 -0.7 47.6 -1.0 48.6
Out of Zone % 54.0 +1.8 52.2 -0.9 53.1 +0.7 52.4 +1.0 51.4
Edge % 45.0 -1.8 46.8 +2.3 44.5 0.0 44.5 -1.8 46.3
Zone Swing % 68.1 +2.2 65.9 -1.1 67.0 +3.5 63.5 +1.3 62.2
Out of Zone Swing % 30.0 -1.4 31.4 +3.5 27.9 -3.0 30.9 -0.1 31.0
In Zone Contact % 83.4 -0.4 83.8 +1.0 82.8 -1.4 84.2 -1.2 85.4
Out of Zone Contact % 58.6 -0.3 58.9 -11.4 70.3 +6.8 63.5 -1.7 65.2
Whiff % 25.1 +0.3 24.8 +3.6 21.2 -1.8 23.0 +1.4 21.6
First Strike % 61.5 +0.6 60.9 -0.6 61.5 +0.6 60.9 -1.6 62.5
First Pitch Swing % 30.8 +4.9 25.9 -1.5 27.4 +0.3 27.1 -0.6 27.7
Swing % 47.5 -0.4 47.9 +1.7 46.2 -0.2 46.4 +0.2 46.2
Meatball Swing % 67.3 -2.3 69.6 -8.6 78.2 +6.8 71.4 -0.6 72.0
Meatball % 6.5 +1.1 5.4 -0.3 5.7 -0.6 6.3 +0.3 6.0
Zone Swing & Miss % 16.6 +0.4 16.2 -1.0 17.2 +1.4 15.8 +1.2 14.6
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 41.4 +0.3 41.1 +11.4 29.7 -6.8 36.5 +1.7 34.8
In Zone 795 -403 1,198 +103 1,095 -290 1,385 +71 1,314
Out of Zone 934 -374 1,308 +66 1,242 -283 1,525 +136 1,389
Edge 778 -394 1,172 +131 1,041 -254 1,295 +43 1,252
In Zone Swings 541 -248 789 +55 734 -146 880 +63 817
Out of Zone Swings 280 -131 411 +64 347 -124 471 +40 431
In Zone Swing & Misses 90 -38 128 +2 126 -13 139 +20 119
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 116 -53 169 +66 103 -69 172 +22 150
Basic
Pitches 1,729 -778 2,507 +167 2,340 -570 2,910 +207 2,703
PA 468 -197 665 +42 623 -145 768 +42 726
AB 422 -178 600 +34 566 -121 687 +28 659
Hits 112 -38 150 +11 139 -33 172 -16 188
Singles 62 -39 101 +6 95 -27 122 -12 134
Doubles 23 -6 29 +9 20 -6 26 +4 22
Triples 0 -1 1 -2 3 +1 2 -2 4
Home Runs 27 +8 19 -2 21 -1 22 -6 28
Walks 39 -12 51 +1 50 -15 65 +15 50
Strikeouts 107 -33 140 +20 120 -32 152 +15 137
K% 22.9 +1.8 21.1 +1.8 19.3 -0.5 19.8 +0.9 18.9
BB% 8.3 +0.6 7.7 -0.3 8.0 -0.5 8.5 +1.6 6.9
HBP 3 -8 11 +6 5 -4 9 +3 6
Batted Balls 318 -145 463 +15 448 -94 542 +9 533
Number of Fastballs 996 -482 1,478 +232 1,246 -830 2,076 +364 1,712
Number of Offspeed 211 -43 254 -110 364 +197 167 -209 376
Number of Breaking 522 -252 774 +48 726 +61 665 +60 605
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 760 .313 608 25 4.1 152 72 47.4
2017 Shifts 619 .309 508 25 4.9 111 47 42.3
2018 Shifts 665 .313 541 75 13.9 124 79 63.7
2019 Shifts 468 .351 366 91 24.9 102 68 66.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 1091 20.0 0.8% 3.8% 607 24.0 0.2% 13.8%
2011 994 18.9 1.8% 1.6% 607 22.2 0.2% 10.2%
2012 871 19.4 0.8% 1.7% 454 22.7 0.7% 9.9%
2013 994 17.8 11.9% 1.2% 569 22.5 0.2% 7.6%
2014 258 17.9 4.7% 3.1% 130 21.4 0.0% 9.2%
2015 843 21.2 6.5% 7.8% 453 26.3 3.8% 28.0%
2016 891 21.0 3.9% 4.8% 530 26.1 0.9% 25.5%
2017 730 18.2 5.8% 1.4% 392 22.6 0.0% 9.4%
2018 734 17.9 5.6% 0.1% 423 23.0 0.0% 5.4%
2019 532 17.7 7.3% 0.4% 274 22.2 0.0% 8.4%

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Pitch Distribution