CC Sabathia vs Josh Beckett

CC Sabathia and Josh Beckett compared on their MLB careers: CC Sabathia played 19 seasons, 2001 to 2019, Josh Beckett 14 seasons, 2001 to 2014. CC Sabathia has 251 wins to Josh Beckett's 138. CC Sabathia won 1 title, Josh Beckett won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

CC Sabathia and Josh Beckett career totals

561	GP	335
251	W	138
161	L	106
3.7	ERA	3.9
3577.1	IP	2,051
3,093	K	1,901
1,099	BB	629
1.3	WHIP	1.2
0	SV	0

How do they compare in the postseason?

CC Sabathia and Josh Beckett postseason

26	GP	14
67	R	32
137	H	67

Where each stands all time

CC Sabathia and Josh Beckett all-time places

18th (3,093)	Strikeouts (pitching)	113th (1,901)
45th (251)	Wins (pitching)	—

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
Josh Beckett: 2 championships; World Series MVP

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 Josh Beckett season by season

1st	2001	17	5	4.39	2001	2	2	1.50
2nd	2002	13	11	4.37	2002	6	7	4.10
3rd	2003	13	9	3.60	2003	9	8	3.04
4th	2004	11	10	4.12	2004	9	9	3.79
5th	2005	15	10	4.03	2005	15	8	3.38
6th	2006	12	11	3.22	2006	16	11	5.01
7th	2007	19	7	3.21	2007	20	7	3.27
8th	2008	17	10	2.70	2008	12	10	4.03
9th	2009	19	8	3.37	2009	17	6	3.86
10th	2010	21	7	3.18	2010	6	6	5.78
11th	2011	19	8	3.00	2011	13	7	2.89
12th	2012	15	6	3.38	2012	7	14	4.65
13th	2013	14	13	4.78	2013	0	5	5.19
14th	2014	3	4	5.28	2014	6	6	2.88
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