CC Sabathia vs David Cone

CC Sabathia and David Cone compared on their MLB careers: CC Sabathia played 19 seasons, 2001 to 2019, David Cone 17 seasons, 1986 to 2003. CC Sabathia has 251 wins to David Cone's 194. CC Sabathia won 1 title, David Cone won 5 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

CC Sabathia and David Cone career totals

561	GP	450
251	W	194
161	L	126
3.7	ERA	3.5
3577.1	IP	2898.2
3,093	K	2,668
1,099	BB	1,137
1.3	WHIP	1.3
0	SV	1

How do they compare in the postseason?

CC Sabathia and David Cone postseason

26	GP	21
67	R	52
137	H	93

Where each stands all time

CC Sabathia and David Cone all-time places

18th (3,093)	Strikeouts (pitching)	28th (2,668)
45th (251)	Wins (pitching)	128th (194)

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
David Cone: 5 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 David Cone season by season

1st	2001	17	5	4.39	1986	0	0	5.56
2nd	2002	13	11	4.37	1987	5	6	3.71
3rd	2003	13	9	3.60	1988	20	3	2.22
4th	2004	11	10	4.12	1989	14	8	3.52
5th	2005	15	10	4.03	1990	14	10	3.23
6th	2006	12	11	3.22	1991	14	14	3.29
7th	2007	19	7	3.21	1992	17	10	2.81
8th	2008	17	10	2.70	1993	11	14	3.33
9th	2009	19	8	3.37	1994	16	5	2.94
10th	2010	21	7	3.18	1995	18	8	3.57
11th	2011	19	8	3.00	1996	7	2	2.88
12th	2012	15	6	3.38	1997	12	6	2.82
13th	2013	14	13	4.78	1998	20	7	3.55
14th	2014	3	4	5.28	1999	12	9	3.44
15th	2015	6	10	4.73	2000	4	14	6.91
16th	2016	9	12	3.91	2001	9	7	4.31
17th	2017	14	5	3.69	2003	1	3	6.50
18th	2018	9	7	3.65	—	—	—	—
19th	2019	5	8	4.95	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA