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Carsten Charles Sabathia (born July 21, 1980 in Vallejo, California), more commonly known as C.C. Sabathia, is an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher who plays for the Cleveland Indians. more...

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High school career

C.C. Sabathia attended Vallejo Senior High School, where he lettered in baseball, basketball and football. In baseball, he compiled a mark of 6-0 with an 0.77 ERA (46.2 IP, 14 H, 82 K) during his senior season. Coming out of the draft he was the top high school prospect in Northern California according to Baseball America.

In football, he was an All-conference tight end. He received scholarship offers to play college football, including one from USC, and actually signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Miami.

Professional career

Pitching

Sabathia was drafted in the 1st round (20th overall) by the Indians in the 1998 MLB Amateur Draft. He signed for a $1.3 million bonus.

In 2000, he was selected for the 28-man 2000 United States Olympic Team roster. He appeared in one pre-Olympic tournament game in Sydney, Australia, but was not on the official 24-man, Gold Medal-winning roster.

In 2001 he was the youngest player in the Major Leagues (20), the first player born in the 1980s to make his major league debut (April 8th), led the league in hits/9 IP (7.44), was third in the league in won-lost percentage (17-5, .773), fourth in strikeouts/9 IP (8.53), sixth in wins (17) and seventh in strikeouts (171). He finished second in the AL voting for rookie of the year, behind only Ichiro Suzuki.

In 2002 he was tenth in the AL in strikeouts (149).

In 2003 he had the tenth-best ERA in the AL (3.60). He was also named to the American League All-Star team

In 2004 he was again named to the American League All-Star team.

In 2005 he was fourth in the AL in strikeouts/9 IP (7.37), seventh in strikeouts (161) and eighth in wins (15).

In 2006 he led the major leagues in complete games (6). He also led the AL in shutouts (2), was third in ERA (3.22), sixth in strikeouts/9 IP (8.03) and eighth in strikeouts (172).

In 2007 he got his 1000th strikeout on May 21st, against Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners. He was also named to the American League All-Star team for the third time. On September 28, he became the youngest pitcher (27 years, 69 days) to record 100 career wins since Greg Maddux in 1993. On October 23, Sabathia won the Players Choice Award for Outstanding AL Pitcher.

Sabathia has a very good 94-98 mph fastball, an excellent 10-4 slider from 84-86 mph, and an 11-5 curve from 79-82 mph. He also has very good control, posting a very good 5.65 K/BB ratio .

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