Sabathia is one of only 15 pitchers in the sport’s history to get both 250 wins and 3,000 strikeouts. Out of the 12 players who hit the milestone before him, all but one have a place in Cooperstown.

Beyond that, this past season Sabathia hit a couple of big milestones, becoming one of only 14 pitchers with both 250 wins and 3,000 strikeouts, and finishes with 251 wins and 3,093 Ks. We all know ...

Newly elected Baseball Hall of Fame inductee CC Sabathia and his wife Amber Sabathia pose for photo in the plaque room during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 23, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo ...

Newly elected Baseball Hall of Fame inductee CC Sabathia and his wife Amber Sabathia pose for photo in the plaque room during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 23, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo ...

Sabathia's career and peak WAR numbers do sit below the Hall of Fame averages of 73.0 and 49.9, respectively, although his adjusted WAR7 is just a hair beneath the average number of 40.7.

CC Sabathia and the Milwaukee Brewers were never going to stay together. But for 90 days in the heart of a Hall of Fame career, the man, the moment, the market and the mix made baseball magic.

CC Sabathia has officially announced what many have thought for some time. At season's end he will retire and the Cooperstown debates will begin in earnest. There are two milestones currently ...

CC Sabathia #52 and Ichiro Suzuki #31 of the New York Yankees walk back to the dugout during the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on August 29, 2012 in the Bronx borough of New ...

CC Sabathia won’t have to think too hard about which hat to wear if he gets a Hall of Fame call. He would go in as a Yankee. “Being here now for 11 years and winning the World Series, I think ...

Sabathia became one of the best pitchers in baseball—he hit career lows in FIP every year, and his strikeouts climbed from 172 to 209 to 251. In ’07, he won his only Cy Young award.

CC and Amber are truly awesome.” Hazel wasn’t the only one to compliment Amber Sabathia. “She’s as much a part of me getting to the Hall of Fame as I am,” CC said.