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CC Sabathia
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 6" 300LBS | Age: 44
Draft: 1998 | Rd: 1, #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
20192019 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATPitching Run Value-12NOT QUALIFIED12Fastball Run Value-4NOT QUALIFIED30Breaking Run Value-5NOT QUALIFIED13Offspeed Run Value-2NOT QUALIFIED22PitchingxERA4.38NOT QUALIFIED48xBA.242NOT QUALIFIED52Fastball Velo89.1NOT QUALIFIED5Avg Exit Velocity87.0NOT QUALIFIED86Chase %30.0NOT QUALIFIED60Whiff %25.1NOT QUALIFIED47K %22.9NOT QUALIFIED51BB %8.3NOT QUALIFIED46Barrel %8.2NOT QUALIFIED27Hard-Hit %30.5NOT QUALIFIED91GB %41.2NOT QUALIFIED38Extension6.9NOT QUALIFIED97
20192019 Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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MLB AVG.12"24"6"12"18"24"12"24"12"24"6.4 INCHES TAIL10.9 INCHES RISE8.8 INCHES TAIL7.8 INCHES RISEAVG13.3 INCHES TAIL8.4 INCHES RISEAVG10.7 INCHES BREAK1.5 INCHES RISEAVG0.1 INCHES TAIL10.5 INCHES RISEAVG1B3BMOVES TOWARD︎MORERISEMOREDROPUSAGEMPHLHP AVGCutter42%88.387.4Slider30%79.283.4Sinker14%89.191.6Change12%82.783.24-Seam1%88.892.1SAMPLE100 PITCH

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 .289 .322 26.6 21.1 7.7 3.65 3.50
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 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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%) ,

Cutter726 Pitches (42%)
Slider522 Pitches (30.2%)
Sinker248 Pitches (14.3%)
Changeup211 Pitches (12.2%)
Four Seamer22 Pitches (1.3%)

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Created with Highcharts 6.2.0%Chart context menuCC Sabathia Pitch % by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comCutterSliderSinkerChangeupFour SeamerCurveball200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019010203040
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Pitch Tracking

Year
Pitch Type
#
# RHB
# LHB
%
MPH
PA
AB
H
1B
2B
3B
HR
SO
BBE
BA
XBA
SLG
XSLG
WOBA
XWOBA
EV
LA
Spin
Ext.
Whiff%
PutAway%
2019 Cutter 726 697 29 42.0 88.3 176 157 44 22 11 0 11 32 126 .280 .244 .561 .448 .377 .330 86.9 16 2194 6.7 22.6 17.5
2019 Slider 522 357 165 30.2 79.2 148 137 33 18 4 0 11 49 90 .241 .235 .511 .435 .327 .301 86.9 16 2208 6.4 29.3 26.8
2019 Sinker 248 91 157 14.3 89.1 67 55 14 7 2 0 5 7 48 .255 .281 .564 .472 .396 .385 88.7 14 2051 6.9 14.2 20.0
2019 Changeup 211 210 1 12.2 82.7 72 68 20 15 5 0 0 19 49 .294 .225 .368 .295 .304 .250 81.8 8 1885 7.1 35.2 28.8
2019 Four Seamer 22 14 8 1.3 88.8 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 .162 .400 .316 .243 .196 91.1 22 2098 6.8 18.2 0.0
2018 Cutter 1,096 1012 84 43.7 89.1 303 278 66 43 15 0 8 63 215 .237 .203 .378 .306 .298 .260 83.5 16 2221 6.6 22.6 20.8
2018 Slider 774 554 220 30.9 80.0 199 174 45 32 5 1 7 48 129 .259 .221 .420 .367 .328 .302 86.6 13 2250 6.4 28.6 15.9
2018 Sinker 357 178 179 14.2 90.1 91 79 22 12 7 0 3 13 66 .278 .254 .481 .454 .372 .356 84.1 3 2027 6.8 16.0 28.9
2018 Changeup 254 254 0 10.1 83.4 69 66 17 14 2 0 1 15 51 .258 .248 .333 .390 .274 .292 86.7 12 1878 7.0 34.5 23.4
2018 Four Seamer 25 12 13 1.0 90.2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .069 .000 .078 .000 .064 80.6 49 2070 6.8 12.5 25.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season
GB %
FB %
LD %
PU %
Pull %
Straight %
Oppo %
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2015 48.2 20.5 25.3 6.0 41.8 37.0 20.8 2.8 34.5 22.5 28.0 5.4 4.1 3.0
2016 51.5 20.3 19.7 8.5 41.3 36.2 22.5 5.0 39.5 23.4 19.9 5.0 4.4 3.1
2017 51.1 15.4 27.0 6.5 38.2 41.7 19.6 8.7 35.5 19.2 25.7 4.7 4.0 2.9
2018 44.9 20.7 23.5 10.8 41.3 38.4 19.9 5.6 33.0 25.5 24.2 5.6 5.2 3.6
2019 41.2 28.6 23.0 7.2 43.4 35.8 20.8 4.4 29.9 29.9 22.0 5.3 8.2 5.6
Player 47.9 20.6 23.7 7.8 41.1 37.8 20.8 5.3 34.9 23.7 24.0 5.2 4.9 3.5
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

Created with Highcharts 6.2.0Chart context menuCC Sabathia Vertical Movement vs Avg (Inches) by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comFour SeamerCutterSliderSinkerChangeup20152016201720182019-10-50510

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)
Year
Pitch
Team
Hand
#
MPH
Vertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. Avg
Horizontal
Break
vs. Avg
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 Cutter NYY L 726 88.3 23.8 2.3 0.1ARM -2.0 10.5 2.4 0.1ARM -1.4
2019 Slider NYY L 522 79.2 41.9 -1.3 10.7GLV 1.9 1.5 0.1 10.7GLV 5.4
2019 Sinker NYY L 248 89.1 25.2 1.2 13.3ARM -0.2 8.4 1.1 13.3ARM -0.8
2019 Changeup NYY L 211 82.7 30.8 -0.3 8.8ARM -3.6 7.8 0.1 8.8ARM -5.5
2018 Cutter NYY L 1096 89.1 23.5 1.7 1.2GLV -1.0 10.4 2.2 1.2GLV -0.6
2018 Sinker NYY L 356 90.1 25.0 2.0 13.7ARM -0.1 8.1 1.4 13.7ARM -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 Slider NYY L 774 80.0 41.4 -1.2 11.5GLV 4.7 1.3 0.4 11.5GLV 6.1
2018 Changeup NYY L 254 83.4 30.9 0.0 9.1ARM -4.1 7.3 0.3 9.1ARM -5.0
! 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 -0.9 -7 726 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 1.1 3 248 14.3 67 .255 .564 .406 14.2 10.4 20.0 .281 .472 .386 37.5
2019 Changeup -1.0 -2 211 12.2 72 .294 .368 .351 35.2 26.4 28.8 .225 .295 .250 16.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 0 22 1.3 5 .200 .400 .250 18.2 0.0 0.0 .162 .316 .196 40.0
2018 Cutter 1.2 13 1,096 43.7 303 .237 .378 .313 22.6 20.8 20.8 .203 .306 .261 19.1
2018 Slider -1.1 -9 774 30.9 199 .259 .420 .341 28.6 24.1 15.9 .221 .367 .303 33.3
2018 Sinker -0.8 -3 357 14.2 91 .278 .481 .403 16.0 14.3 28.9 .254 .454 .356 33.3
2018 Changeup 1.6 4 254 10.1 69 .258 .333 .291 34.5 21.7 23.4 .248 .390 .293 33.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball 4.2 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 971 3,647 40 20 -16 -9 36
2009 1071 4,091 31 31 -16 -12 33
2010 1036 3,857 6 41 -17 -12 19
2011 1017 3,740 20 12 -9 -9 14
2012 923 3,354 13 17 -17 -6 7
2013 903 3,321 -5 9 -22 -6 -25
2014 209 798 -13 5 -2 -2 -12
2015 723 2,693 -2 8 -8 -9 -11
2016 767 2,908 4 28 -17 -10 6
2017 706 2,647 7 42 -23 -11 15
2018 682 2,565 15 21 -21 -10 5
2019 473 1,754 -15 21 -12 -6 -12
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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 84.2 31.0 64.7 46.3 62.5 46.2 21.6 6.0 72.0
2016 2,910 47.6 63.5 83.1 30.9 62.8 44.5 60.9 46.4 23.0 6.3 71.4
2017 2,340 46.9 67.0 82.3 27.9 70.0 44.5 61.5 46.2 21.2 5.7 78.2
2018 2,507 47.8 65.9 83.1 31.4 58.2 46.8 60.9 47.9 24.8 5.4 69.6
2019 1,729 46.0 68.1 83.2 30.0 57.9 45.0 61.5 47.5 25.1 6.5 67.3
Player 12,189 47.5 65.0 83.2 30.3 62.8 45.4 61.5 46.8 23.0 5.9 71.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 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 76 71 72 29 72 99 97 43 58 50 86 14 10 96
2019 48 52 43 41 56 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 22.6 22 20.2 2 8 15 9 40.9
2017 23.1 22 16.8 5 13 11 8 36.4
2018 23.3 19 19.7 -1 4 16 8 42.1
2019 22.1 27 20.6 6 16 16 8 29.6
Player 22.7 90 77.3 13 41 58 33 36.7
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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 21 19 22 20 18 14 21 21 21 17 19 21 14 17 20 22 21 21 25 28 21 21 21 24 25 21 15
2017 22 18 14 20 18 18 19 18 12 14 16 23 16 16 16 16 13 15 17 15 17 17 22 18 17 14 13 24 18 16 13
2018 19 24 19 17 20 16 23 20 16 14 19 22 21 17 17 21 17 19 19 24 22 20 25 24 16 17 18 20 23 22 18
2019 27 26 19 20 23 20 23 18 15 12 18 26 25 21 18 20 18 17 21 21 24 24 27 23 19 18 18 25 25 19 15
Player 90 89 69 76 82 73 87 76 61 54 74 92 83 71 70 78 62 68 77 82 84 82 99 93 73 70 70 93 91 78 61
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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

Metric
2015
2016
+/-
 
2017
+/-
 
2018
+/-
 
2019
+/-
 
Fastball Velocity 90.2 89.3 -0.9 90.2 0.9 89.4 -0.8 88.5 -0.9
Offspeed Velocity 83.9 82.5 -1.4 83.8 1.3 83.4 -0.4 82.7 -0.7
Breaking Velocity 79.6 80.4 0.8 79.6 -0.8 80.0 0.4 79.2 -0.8
Exit Velocity 87.8 85.1 -2.7 85.0 -0.1 84.9 -0.1 87.0 2.1
Launch Angle 10.7 9.7 -1.0 7.4 -2.3 13.0 5.6 14.9 1.9
Barrel % 4.1 4.4 0.3 4.0 -0.4 5.2 1.2 8.2 3.0
Hard Hit % 31.1 26.9 -4.2 28.9 2.0 26.6 -2.3 30.5 3.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.1 27.5 -1.6 32.4 4.9 32.2 -0.2 36.5 4.3
xBA .253 .222 -0.031 .258 0.036 .219 -0.039 .242 0.023
BA .285 .250 -0.035 .246 -0.004 .250 0.004 .265 0.015
xwOBA .304 .289 -0.015 .315 0.026 .289 -0.026 .315 0.026
wOBA .343 .312 -0.031 .309 -0.003 .313 0.004 .351 0.038
xSLG .378 .353 -0.025 .397 0.044 .352 -0.045 .421 0.069
SLG .458 .390 -0.068 .403 0.013 .397 -0.006 .512 0.115
K% 18.9 19.8 0.9 19.3 -0.5 21.1 1.8 22.9 1.8
BB% 6.9 8.5 1.6 8.0 -0.5 7.7 -0.3 8.3 0.6
Swing % 46.2 46.4 0.2 46.2 -0.2 47.9 1.7 47.5 -0.4
Whiff% 21.6 23.0 1.4 21.2 -1.8 24.8 3.6 25.1 0.3
In Zone % 48.6 47.6 -1.0 46.9 -0.7 47.8 0.9 46.0 -1.8
Out of Zone % 51.4 52.4 1.0 53.1 0.7 52.2 -0.9 54.0 1.8
Out of Zone Swing % 31.0 30.9 -0.1 27.9 -3.0 31.4 3.5 30.0 -1.4
First Pitch Swing % 27.7 27.1 -0.6 27.4 0.3 25.9 -1.5 30.8 4.9
First Pitch Strike % 62.5 60.9 -1.6 61.5 0.6 60.9 -0.6 61.5 0.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHH
vs LHH
Year
Alignment Type
PA
wOBA
PA
Total
%
PA
Total
%
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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
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

CC Sabathia - 2019 Frequency of Pitches by Pitch Speed4-Seam FastballChangeupCutterSinkerSliderAll Pitches75 MPH80 MPH85 MPH90 MPHPitch Speed0%5%10%15%Frequency of Speed