CC Sabathia vs Jon Lester

CC Sabathia and Jon Lester compared on their MLB careers: CC Sabathia played 19 seasons, 2001 to 2019, Jon Lester 16 seasons, 2006 to 2021. CC Sabathia has 251 wins to Jon Lester's 200. CC Sabathia won 1 title, Jon Lester won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

CC Sabathia and Jon Lester career totals

561	GP	452
251	W	200
161	L	117
3.7	ERA	3.7
3577.1	IP	2,740
3,093	K	2,488
1,099	BB	892
1.3	WHIP	1.3
0	SV	0

How do they compare in the postseason?

CC Sabathia and Jon Lester postseason

26	GP	26
67	R	46
137	H	117

Where each stands all time

CC Sabathia and Jon Lester all-time places

18th (3,093)	Strikeouts (pitching)	41st (2,488)
45th (251)	Wins (pitching)	111th (200)

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
Jon Lester: 3 championships; none on file

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 Jon Lester season by season

1st	2001	17	5	4.39	2006	7	2	4.76
2nd	2002	13	11	4.37	2007	4	0	4.57
3rd	2003	13	9	3.60	2008	16	6	3.21
4th	2004	11	10	4.12	2009	15	8	3.41
5th	2005	15	10	4.03	2010	19	9	3.25
6th	2006	12	11	3.22	2011	15	9	3.47
7th	2007	19	7	3.21	2012	9	14	4.82
8th	2008	17	10	2.70	2013	15	8	3.75
9th	2009	19	8	3.37	2014	16	11	2.46
10th	2010	21	7	3.18	2015	11	12	3.34
11th	2011	19	8	3.00	2016	19	5	2.44
12th	2012	15	6	3.38	2017	13	8	4.33
13th	2013	14	13	4.78	2018	18	6	3.32
14th	2014	3	4	5.28	2019	13	10	4.46
15th	2015	6	10	4.73	2020	3	3	5.16
16th	2016	9	12	3.91	2021	7	6	4.71
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