Roy Face vs. CC Sabathia — Career Comparison

Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
CC Sabathia
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

CC Sabathia built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Face posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.320 compared to 3.74 and 1.271 for CC Sabathia. By the career numbers, Roy Face had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Face and CC Sabathia

Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
561
1.41
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
560
1.41
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.63
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.41
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.26
52.26
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.82
99.82
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.1
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.03
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
3.48
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1485
3.74
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10732
27
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3577.1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
8.82
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3404
8.56
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.92
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
0.96
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.37
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1099
2.76
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.11
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
877
5.74
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3093
7.78
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.172
1.172
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.19
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.31
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.04
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
5691
37.25
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14989
37.71
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.87
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1623
4.08
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.24
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.23
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
0.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.259
1.259
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5315
34.79
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13580
34.17
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.71
37.71

Fielding Stats for Roy Face and CC Sabathia

Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
561
1.41
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
560
1.41
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3773
27
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10732
27
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1257.2
9
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3577.1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.12
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.52
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
0.91
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.07
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
2.36
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
436
1.1
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.26
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.03
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.76
95.76
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.58
93.58
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.373
0.373
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.82
99.82
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.06
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Face and CC Sabathia

Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
853
2391.59
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
562
2655.12
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
543.93
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
571.65
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.543
0.543
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
86.92
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
78.5
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
89.76
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
4.93
13.82
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.52
35.51
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
34
95.33
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
174.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
92.52
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
127.56
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.23
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
33.07
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
7
19.63
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
70.87
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
16
44.86
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
89.76
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
2.04
5.73
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.65
26.7
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.45
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
170.08
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
3.53
3.53
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.47
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.9
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
7
33.07
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA