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Carsten Charles Sabathia

Cleveland Indians — No. 52
Starting Pitcher
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
Major League Baseball debut
April 8, 2001 for the Cleveland Indians
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
Wins-Losses	81-56
ERA	3.95
Innings pitched	1165 1/3
Strikeouts	933
Former teams
Cleveland Indians (2001–present)

Carsten Charles (C.C.) Sabathia (b. July 21, 1980 in Vallejo, California) is a left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays with the Cleveland Indians.

Contents 1 High school career 2 Professional career 2.1 Pitching 2.2 Batting 2.3 Miscellaneous 3 Weight 4 Personal 5 References 6 External links

C.C. Sabathia attended Vallejo Senior High School, where he lettered in baseball, basketball,chess, and football. In baseball, he compiled a mark of 6-0 with a 0.77 ERA (46.2 IP, 14 H, 82 SO) during his senior season. Coming out of the draft he was the top high school prospect in Northern California according to Baseball America.

In football, he was an All-conference tight end. He received scholarship offers to play college football, including one from UCLA, and actually signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Hawaii.^[1]

On March 14, 2007, Sabathia addressed ESPN, criticizing Major League Baseball for not doing extra to make sure there is an adequate African American presence in the game and that it was an on-going crisis.^[2]

Sabathia was drafted in the 1st round (20th overall) by the Indians in the 1998 MLB Amateur Draft. He signed for a $1.3 million bonus.

In 2000, he was selected for the 28-man 2000 United States Olympic Team roster. He appeared in one pre-Olympic tournament game in Sydney, Australia, but was not on the official 24-man, Gold Medal-winning roster. The Indians requested that he not pitch in the Olympics, after being told that he would not be used as a starter.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001 he was the youngest player in the American League (20), 3rd in the league in won-lost percentage (17-5, .773), 4th in strikeouts/9 IP (8.53), 6th in wins (17) and 7th in strikeouts (171).

In 2002 he was 10th in the AL in strikeouts (149).

In 2003 he had the 10th-best ERA in the AL (3.60). He also named to the American League All-Star team.

In 2004 he was again named to the American League All-Star team.

In 2005 he was 4th in the AL in strikeouts/9 IP (7.37), 7th in strikeouts (161) and 8th in wins (15).

In 2006 he led the major leagues in complete games (6). He also led the AL in shutouts (2), was 3rd in ERA (3.22), 6th in strikeouts/9 IP (8.03) and 8th in strikeouts (172).

Although Sabathia is an American League pitcher who does not bat often, he has a career batting average of .265 with 1 home run and 6 RBIs in only 34 ABs.

• As of June 21, 2006, Sabathia had more career wins than any other active pitcher under 26 years old.^[3]

• Sabathia has a trademark way of wearing his hat, always wearing it slightly sideways and slanted.

Injury

As of March 28th, 2007 C.C sabathia's arm was injured during the second pitch of the game. Sabathia threw the ball then bounced off his fore-arm. He was taken to the hospital for x-rays, then was back at the feild. He did not play the rest of the game. HE was injured after a blue jays player hit the ball then hit his fore-arm. Indian's are hoping that Sabathia is able to play opening day Monday April 2, 2007.

MLB.com lists his weight at 290 pounds, second only to Walter Young (322 pounds) as the heaviest major leaguer.^{[citation needed]}

• Sabathia dated tennis star Serena Williams early in his career with the Cleveland Indians.^[4]

• In 2000, he had his name tattooed, uniform-style, across his back in large letters.

• He and his cousin were robbed at gunpoint of $44,000 worth of jewelry and cash in 2002 at a Cleveland hotel.^[5]

• Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
• MLB.com player info page
• The Baseball Cube player page