Jon Lester vs. CC Sabathia — Career Comparison

Jon Lester
MillenialWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
CC Sabathia
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Jon Lester and CC Sabathia are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 102 for Jon Lester and 100 for CC Sabathia, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 96 and 94 respectively. If forced to pick, Jon Lester gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Jon Lester and CC Sabathia

Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.48
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
1.41
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
560
1.41
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.66
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.63
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.38
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.41
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.09
63.09
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.92
60.92
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.78
99.78
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.82
99.82
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.1
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.03
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1114
3.66
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1485
3.74
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10732
27
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3577.1
9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2610
8.57
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3404
8.56
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
0.97
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
0.96
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
892
2.93
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1099
2.76
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.11
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2488
8.17
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3093
7.78
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.78
7.78
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.172
1.172
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.21
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.19
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.3
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.31
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.04
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11487
37.73
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14989
37.71
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1215
3.99
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1623
4.08
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.2
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.24
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.22
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.23
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
0.82
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
0.8
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
1.278
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
10377
34.09
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13580
34.17
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.73
37.73
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71

Fielding Stats for Jon Lester and CC Sabathia

Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.48
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
1.41
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
560
1.41
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10732
27
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3577.1
9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.48
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.12
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
0.87
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
0.91
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.07
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.07
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
1.42
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
436
1.1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
1.36
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
1.03
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.38
95.38
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.58
93.58
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.78
99.78
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.82
99.82
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.06
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Lester and CC Sabathia

Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
458
649.65
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
562
2655.12
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
423
600
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
366
519.15
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
571.65
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.543
0.543
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
59.57
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
39.72
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
89.76
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.18
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.17
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.67
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
19.86
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.43
17.63
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.52
35.51
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
90.78
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
174.8
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
89.36
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
127.56
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.3
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
7
33.07
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
43.97
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
70.87
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
76.6
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
89.76
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
0.76
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.65
26.7
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
29.79
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
162
229.79
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
170.08
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
2.61
2.61
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.53
3.53
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
48.23
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.84
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.51
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
7
33.07
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA