CC Sabathia vs Cliff Lee

CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee compared on their MLB careers: CC Sabathia played 19 seasons, 2001 to 2019, Cliff Lee 13 seasons, 2002 to 2014. CC Sabathia has 251 wins to Cliff Lee's 143. CC Sabathia won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee career totals

561	GP	328
251	W	143
161	L	91
3.7	ERA	3.5
3577.1	IP	2156.2
3,093	K	1,824
1,099	BB	464
1.3	WHIP	1.2
0	SV	0

How do they compare in the postseason?

CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee postseason

26	GP	11
67	R	27
137	H	66

Where each stands all time

CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee all-time places

18th (3,093)	Strikeouts (pitching)	126th (1,824)
45th (251)	Wins (pitching)	280th (143)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

CC Sabathia: 1 championship; AL Cy Young
Cliff Lee: 0 championships; AL Cy Young

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee season by season

1st	2001	17	5	4.39	2002	0	1	1.74
2nd	2002	13	11	4.37	2003	3	3	3.61
3rd	2003	13	9	3.60	2004	14	8	5.43
4th	2004	11	10	4.12	2005	18	5	3.79
5th	2005	15	10	4.03	2006	14	11	4.40
6th	2006	12	11	3.22	2007	5	8	6.29
7th	2007	19	7	3.21	2008	22	3	2.54
8th	2008	17	10	2.70	2009	14	13	3.22
9th	2009	19	8	3.37	2010	12	9	3.18
10th	2010	21	7	3.18	2011	17	8	2.40
11th	2011	19	8	3.00	2012	6	9	3.16
12th	2012	15	6	3.38	2013	14	8	2.87
13th	2013	14	13	4.78	2014	4	5	3.65
14th	2014	3	4	5.28	—	—	—	—
15th	2015	6	10	4.73	—	—	—	—
16th	2016	9	12	3.91	—	—	—	—
17th	2017	14	5	3.69	—	—	—	—
18th	2018	9	7	3.65	—	—	—	—
19th	2019	5	8	4.95	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA