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
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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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 .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 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



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 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2019 Cutter NYY L 726 88.3 23.8 2.3 9 0.1 -2.0 -105
2019 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 22 88.8 22.9 -4.9 -27 6.4 -0.1 -1
2019 Sinker NYY L 248 89.1 25.2 1.2 5 13.3 -0.2 -2
2019 Changeup NYY L 211 82.7 30.8 -0.3 -1 8.8 -3.6 -29
2019 Slider NYY L 522 79.2 41.9 -1.3 -3 10.7 1.9 21
2018 Cutter NYY L 1,096 89.1 23.5 1.7 7 1.2 -1.0 -46
2018 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 25 90.2 21.9 -4.9 -29 7.4 1.3 22
2018 Slider NYY L 774 80.0 41.4 -1.2 -3 11.5 4.7 70
2018 Sinker NYY L 356 90.1 25.0 2.0 9 13.7 -0.1 -1
2018 Changeup NYY L 254 83.4 30.9 0.0 0 9.1 -4.1 -31
2017 Slider NYY L 726 79.6 41.0 -0.7 -2 13.9 6.4 85
2017 Sinker NYY L 534 90.7 21.3 0.2 1 13.6 -0.5 -4
2017 Changeup NYY L 362 83.8 28.0 -0.5 -2 9.9 -3.1 -24
2017 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 6 89.2 22.5 -6.2 -38 5.9 -1.2 -16
2017 Cutter NYY L 706 89.9 19.8 2.7 12 0.7 -2.2 -146
2016 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 1,032 89.0 25.5 -6.7 -36 0.6 -5.0 -90
2016 Changeup NYY L 166 82.5 32.5 0.9 3 11.4 -0.6 -5
2016 Sinker NYY L 1,033 89.6 24.8 1.0 4 14.9 1.7 13
2016 Slider NYY L 662 80.4 43.0 1.0 2 11.0 4.1 59
2015 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 669 90.8 19.0 -1.8 -11 6.8 0.4 6
2015 Changeup NYY L 373 83.9 30.0 -1.1 -3 11.1 -1.1 -9
2015 Slider NYY L 600 79.6 44.2 0.1 0 11.2 3.8 52
2015 Cutter NYY L 1 90.2 15.4 8.2 35 0.3 -3.0 -109
2015 Sinker NYY L 1,017 89.8 24.2 0.0 0 15.8 2.2 16
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 28.3 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
2017 Slider 1.3 10 726 31.0 189 .185 .295 .245 24.8 35.4 20.6 .180 .262 .233 25.5
2017 Cutter 0.4 3 706 30.2 202 .239 .408 .312 16.8 15.8 17.0 .271 .435 .333 29.4
2017 Sinker -0.4 -2 534 22.8 143 .346 .528 .411 13.6 4.9 9.9 .334 .479 .384 34.7
2017 Changeup 0.6 2 364 15.6 85 .237 .438 .318 32.4 16.5 18.2 .279 .480 .343 22.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball -6.6 0 6 0.3 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .061 .071 .380 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.
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Swing/Take

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 21.4 6.0 72.0
2016 2,910 47.6 63.5 83.1 30.9 62.8 44.5 60.9 46.4 22.9 6.3 71.4
2017 2,340 46.9 67.0 82.3 27.9 70.0 44.5 61.5 46.2 21.0 5.7 78.2
2018 2,507 47.8 65.9 83.1 31.4 58.2 46.8 60.9 47.9 24.7 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 22.9 5.9 71.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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 25 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 48 60 5 11 97
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR

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% 21.4 22.9 1.5 ↑ 21.0 -1.9 ↓ 24.7 3.7 ↑ 25.1 0.4 ↑
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 RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 760 .313 608 28 4.6 152 89 58.6
2017 Shifts 619 .309 508 29 5.7 111 64 57.7
2018 Shifts 665 .313 541 98 18.1 124 86 69.4
2019 Shifts 468 .351 366 101 27.6 102 76 74.5
! 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

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