CC Sabathia Career Strikeouts Overview

During CC Sabathia's 19-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 36 strikeouts, an average of 2 strikeouts per season. 2001 was his best season with 0 strikeouts and his worst season was 2008 when he had 12 strikeouts. CC Sabathia outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (305.465), Gen X (449.976), Y (769.398), mlb (314.894), and SP (121.538) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Strikeouts (K) are outs recorded because the player at bat accumulates 3 strikes before putting the ball in play, is walked, or hit by a pitch. Strikes are accumlated by swinging and missing a pitch, not swinging at a pitch in the strike zone, or by hitting a foul ball. Foul ball strkes however are not counted for a third strike unless the foul results from a bunt or is a foul tip caught by the catcher. Generally, for Strikeouts, lower is better. (Source)

CC Sabathia Lifetime Strikeouts and Similar Stats

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Plate Appearance per Strikout
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Season Avg.22.47
162 Game Avg.103.53
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CC Sabathia Strikeouts By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows CC Sabathia's yearly Strikeouts for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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CC Sabathia Cumulative Strikeouts by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how CC Sabathia's career Strikeouts progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents CC Sabathia's career Strikeouts at the end of that season.
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CC Sabathia Strikeouts By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between CC Sabathia and related player groups by summarizing Strikeouts for each season played by CC Sabathia. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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CC Sabathia Strikeouts Per Season Stats Table

This table shows CC Sabathia Strikeouts stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of CC Sabathia career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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