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Jonathan Papelbon    \PAP-ill-bon\

Jonathan Robert Papelbon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: November 23, 1980 in Baton Rouge, LA
High School: Bishop Kenney HS (Jacksonville, FL)
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 2005 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Phillies 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 4 yrs/$50M (12-15) & 16 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.064, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Levinsons [*]
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2005 24 BOS AL 3 1 .750 2.65 17 3 4 0 0 0 34.0 33 11 10 4 17 2 34 3 0 1 148 173 1.471 8.7 1.1 4.5 9.0 2.00
2006 25 BOS AL 4 2 .667 0.92 59 0 49 0 0 35 68.1 40 8 7 3 13 2 75 1 0 2 257 517 0.776 5.3 0.4 1.7 9.9 5.77 AS,RoY-2
2007 26 BOS AL 1 3 .250 1.85 59 0 53 0 0 37 58.1 30 12 12 5 15 0 84 4 0 0 224 257 0.771 4.6 0.8 2.3 13.0 5.60 AS
2008 27 BOS AL 5 4 .556 2.34 67 0 62 0 0 41 69.1 58 24 18 4 8 0 77 0 0 2 273 199 0.952 7.5 0.5 1.0 10.0 9.63 AS
2009 28 BOS AL 1 1 .500 1.85 66 0 59 0 0 38 68.0 54 15 14 5 24 1 76 4 0 0 285 252 1.147 7.1 0.7 3.2 10.1 3.17 AS
2010 29 BOS AL 5 7 .417 3.90 65 0 53 0 0 37 67.0 57 34 29 7 28 4 76 2 0 4 287 112 1.269 7.7 0.9 3.8 10.2 2.71
2011 30 BOS AL 4 1 .800 2.94 63 0 54 0 0 31 64.1 50 22 21 3 10 1 87 3 0 1 255 147 0.933 7.0 0.4 1.4 12.2 8.70
2012 31 PHI NL 5 6 .455 2.44 70 0 64 0 0 38 70.0 56 22 19 8 18 1 92 4 0 0 284 167 1.057 7.2 1.0 2.3 11.8 5.11 AS
2013 32 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 1.75 25 0 24 0 0 13 25.2 15 5 5 3 3 0 24 0 0 1 93 229 0.701 5.3 1.1 1.1 8.4 8.00
9 Yrs 29 25 .537 2.31 491 3 422 0 0 270 525.0 393 153 135 42 136 11 625 21 0 11 2106 194 1.008 6.7 0.7 2.3 10.7 4.60
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .537 2.31 68 0 58 0 0 37 72 54 21 19 6 19 2 86 3 0 2 290 194 1.008 6.7 0.7 2.3 10.7 4.60
BOS (7 yrs) 23 19 .548 2.33 396 3 334 0 0 219 429.1 322 126 111 31 115 10 509 17 0 10 1729 197 1.018 6.8 0.6 2.4 10.7 4.43
PHI (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 2.26 95 0 88 0 0 51 95.2 71 27 24 11 21 1 116 4 0 1 377 180 0.962 6.7 1.0 2.0 10.9 5.52
AL (7 yrs) 23 19 .548 2.33 396 3 334 0 0 219 429.1 322 126 111 31 115 10 509 17 0 10 1729 197 1.018 6.8 0.6 2.4 10.7 4.43
NL (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 2.26 95 0 88 0 0 51 95.2 71 27 24 11 21 1 116 4 0 1 377 180 0.962 6.7 1.0 2.0 10.9 5.52

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2005 24 BOS AL 34.0 17 3 11 2.91 4.68 -0.12 -0.11 102.4 4.80 7 0.7 1.1 -0.0 1.0 11 .542 .504
2006 25 BOS AL 68.1 59 0 8 1.05 5.07 -0.14 -0.37 104.0 5.03 29 3.0 2.0 1.3 5.0 38 .550 .518 $335,400 AS,RoY-2
2007 26 BOS AL 58.1 59 0 12 1.85 4.99 0.04 -0.37 104.8 4.80 19 1.9 1.8 0.6 3.1 26 .532 .512 $425,500 AS
2008 27 BOS AL 69.1 67 0 24 3.12 4.74 0.12 -0.35 105.9 4.53 10 1.0 1.8 0.2 1.9 18 .515 .506 $775,000 AS
2009 28 BOS AL 68.0 66 0 15 1.99 4.92 -0.10 -0.36 104.9 4.89 21 2.2 1.8 0.6 3.5 29 .533 .513 $6,250,000 AS
2010 29 BOS AL 67.0 65 0 34 4.57 4.49 0.15 -0.34 106.2 4.24 -3 -0.3 1.8 -0.3 0.1 4 .495 .498 $9,350,000
2011 30 BOS AL 64.1 63 0 22 3.08 4.48 0.16 -0.34 104.1 4.14 7 0.8 1.7 0.1 1.6 14 .512 .505 $12,000,000
2012 31 PHI NL 70.0 70 0 22 2.83 4.28 0.00 -0.32 100.6 3.98 8 0.9 1.6 0.1 1.7 15 .513 .506 $11,000,058 AS
2013 32 PHI NL 25.2 25 0 5 1.75 4.27 -0.26 -0.32 104.0 4.38 7 0.8 1.4 0.1 1.1 10 .532 .505 $13,000,000
9 Seasons 525.0 491 3 153 2.62 4.68 0.01 -0.33 104.2 4.52 106 10.9 1.7 2.7 19.0 165 .522 .508 $53,135,958
BOS (7 yrs) 429.1 396 3 126 2.64 4.77 0.03 -0.34 104.8 4.62 90 9.2 1.8 2.5 16.2 141 .523 .508 $29,135,900
PHI (2 yrs) 95.2 95 0 27 2.54 4.28 -0.07 -0.32 101.5 4.09 16 1.7 1.6 0.2 2.8 24 .518 .505 $24,000,058

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2005 24 BOS AL ALDS L CHW 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
2007 26 BOS AL ALDS W LAA 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
2007 26 BOS AL ALCS W CLE 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 5.0 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 20 1.000 5.4 0.0 3.6 5.4 1.50
2007 26 BOS AL WS W COL 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 3 4.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 0.462 4.2 0.0 0.0 6.2
2008 27 BOS AL ALDS W LAA 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 18 0.600 3.6 0.0 1.8 12.6 7.00
2008 27 BOS AL ALCS L TBR 0 0 0.00 4 0 2 0 0 2 5.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 17 0.375 1.7 0.0 1.7 10.1 6.00
2009 28 BOS AL ALDS L LAA 0 1 .000 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 10 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
4 Yrs (7 Series) 2 1 .667 1.00 18 0 12 0 0 7 27.0 14 3 3 0 8 3 23 0 0 0 100 0.815 4.7 0.0 2.7 7.7 2.88
4 ALDS 2 1 .667 2.19 8 0 5 0 0 1 12.1 8 3 3 0 5 1 11 0 0 0 49 1.054 5.8 0.0 3.6 8.0 2.20
2 ALCS 0 0 0.00 7 0 4 0 0 3 10.1 4 0 0 0 3 2 9 0 0 0 37 0.677 3.5 0.0 2.6 7.8 3.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 3 4.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 0.462 4.2 0.0 0.0 6.2

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2006 BOS AL 25
2007 BOS AL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2008 BOS AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2009 BOS AL 28 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2012 PHI NL 31 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Yrs (4 GP) 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 12 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 13.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PAu G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2005 24 BOS AL 17 148 127 11 33 8 0 4 1 4 17 34 .260 .361 .417 .778 .326 53 2 3 1 0 2 0
2006 25 BOS AL 59 257 240 8 40 10 1 3 4 1 13 75 .167 .211 .254 .465 .226 61 1 1 1 2 2 1
2007 26 BOS AL 59 224 205 12 30 5 0 5 4 0 15 84 .146 .219 .244 .463 .216 50 1 4 0 0 0 1
2008 27 BOS AL 67 273 260 24 58 12 0 4 2 0 8 77 .223 .245 .315 .561 .300 82 3 0 4 1 0 6
2009 28 BOS AL 66 285 254 15 54 10 0 5 10 1 24 76 .213 .289 .311 .600 .280 79 0 4 1 2 1 0
2010 29 BOS AL 65 287 252 34 57 14 0 7 11 0 28 76 .226 .309 .365 .674 .296 92 2 2 5 0 4 2
2011 30 BOS AL 63 255 241 22 50 11 1 3 6 0 10 87 .207 .247 .299 .546 .309 72 0 3 0 1 1 1
2012 31 PHI NL 70 284 259 22 56 7 1 8 8 3 18 92 .216 .278 .344 .621 .302 89 3 4 3 0 1 2
2013 32 PHI NL 25 93 89 5 15 4 0 3 1 0 3 24 .169 .194 .315 .508 .190 28 2 0 0 1 0 0
9 Yrs 491 2106 1927 153 393 81 3 42 47 9 136 625 .204 .263 .314 .578 .277 606 14 21 15 7 11 13
162 Game Avg. 68 290 265 21 54 11 0 6 6 1 19 86 .204 .263 .314 .578 .277 83 2 3 2 1 2 2
MLB Averages .261 .329 .414 .742 .298

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 24 BOS AL 7.0 0.7 153 0.8 3.5 -2.7 1.26 -0.1 0.7 4.8 0.5 1.26 -0.1 6 3 5
2006 25 BOS AL 27.9 2.7 266 5.3 11.2 -6.0 2.03 2.6 0.0 31.7 3.1 2.03 32.9 37 12 10
2007 26 BOS AL 18.4 1.8 232 3.8 8.2 -4.4 1.71 1.8 0.4 22.3 2.1 1.71 24.0 32 16 9
2008 27 BOS AL 14.8 1.5 292 2.0 8.7 -6.7 1.61 1.4 -0.2 15.2 1.5 1.61 14.3 33 20 12
2009 28 BOS AL 20.5 2.0 306 4.9 11.8 -6.9 2.15 1.5 0.8 22.9 2.2 2.15 16.9 36 12 18
2010 29 BOS AL 2.2 0.2 320 0.8 10.2 -9.4 2.00 0.5 -0.1 1.0 0.1 1.99 2.8 44 10 11
2011 30 BOS AL 9.7 1.0 272 3.2 8.4 -5.1 1.66 1.7 0.3 9.7 1.0 1.66 16.3 35 8 19
2012 31 PHI NL 11.5 1.2 300 1.2 9.2 -8.0 1.77 1.1 -0.5 9.2 0.9 1.77 12.8 32 22 16
2013 32 PHI NL 6.4 0.7 96 1.5 3.0 -1.5 1.52 0.6 0.4 6.8 0.7 1.52 6.1 12 3 9
9 Yrs 118.4 11.8 2237 23.6 74.3 -50.7 1.80 11.1 2.0 123.8 12.0 1.80 126.0 267 106 109

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2005 24 BOS AL 17 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 53.7 58 51 10 1 0 2 6.3 2.3 5.3 95 0 1 2 0 100
1 Yr 17 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 54 58 51 10 1 0 2 6.3 2.3 5.3 95 0 1 2 0 100
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2005 24 BOS AL 17 14 4 3 1 1 0 1 0% 5 4 3 1 33% 8 1.265 6 3 5 8 2 4 3 11 3 2 5 1 3.9 22
2006 25 BOS AL 59 59 49 4 2 41 35 6 85% 42 1 24 4 17% 9 2.031 37 12 10 47 7 5 14 45 18 5 18 17 3.5 17
2007 26 BOS AL 59 59 53 1 3 40 37 3 93% 42 2 19 5 26% 9 1.712 32 16 9 51 3 5 10 49 4 6 4 8 3.0 15
2008 27 BOS AL 67 67 62 5 4 46 41 5 89% 46 0 30 4 13% 9 1.605 33 20 12 56 7 4 15 52 13 7 13 18 3.1 16
2009 28 BOS AL 66 66 59 1 1 41 38 3 93% 41 0 16 4 25% 9 2.152 36 12 18 56 7 3 9 57 7 3 7 11 3.1 18
2010 29 BOS AL 65 65 53 5 7 45 37 8 82% 45 0 15 5 33% 9 1.997 44 10 11 51 11 3 9 56 8 7 9 16 3.1 18
2011 30 BOS AL 63 63 54 4 1 34 31 3 91% 34 0 10 3 30% 9 1.664 35 8 19 48 9 6 5 58 4 4 4 15 3.1 16
2012 31 PHI NL 70 70 64 5 6 42 38 4 90% 42 0 8 4 50% 9 1.768 32 22 16 51 12 7 5 65 5 5 5 19 3.0 16
2013 32 PHI NL 25 25 24 1 0 14 13 1 93% 14 0 2 1 50% 9 1.522 12 3 9 21 1 3 1 24 1 0 1 7 3.1 14
9 Yrs 491 488 422 29 25 304 270 34 89% 311 7 127 31 24% 1.797 267 106 109 389 59 40 71 417 63 39 66 112 3.1 17

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2005 24 BOS AL 148 51% 2.7% 23.0% 11.5% 8.1% 36% 0.56 0.94 60% 19% 8.2% 17% 33 2 6%
2006 25 BOS AL 257 48% 1.2% 29.2% 5.1% 5.5% 35% 0.61 0.77 64% 15% 3.5% 17% 37 1 3%
2007 26 BOS AL 224 44% 2.2% 37.5% 6.7% 4.5% 33% 0.41 0.52 52% 22% 7.6% 23% 31 1 3%
2008 27 BOS AL 273 47% 1.5% 28.2% 2.9% 5.9% 28% 0.99 1.28 66% 20% 5.1% 14% 38 3 8%
2009 28 BOS AL 285 47% 1.8% 26.7% 8.4% 5.3% 28% 0.38 0.41 61% 20% 5.0% 22% 55 0 0%
2010 29 BOS AL 287 45% 2.4% 26.5% 9.8% 7.3% 37% 0.61 0.89 59% 19% 7.1% 10% 36 2 6%
2011 30 BOS AL 255 51% 1.2% 34.1% 3.9% 5.9% 30% 0.60 0.62 60% 19% 4.3% 26% 36 0 0%
2012 31 PHI NL 284 51% 2.8% 32.4% 6.3% 5.6% 29% 0.73 0.85 56% 15% 10.1% 17% 41 3 7%
2013 32 PHI NL 93 41% 3.2% 25.8% 3.2% 7.5% 47% 0.51 0.56 68% 21% 8.6% 19% 10 2 20%
9 Yrs 2106 47% 2.0% 29.7% 6.5% 6.0% 32% 0.60 0.74 60% 19% 6.3% 18% 317 14 4%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.9% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 24 BOS AL 150 589 3.93 380 65% 23% 19% 33% 25% 77% 4% 50% 75% 59% 6% 9 6 31% 47 34 3 9% 6 1 -2 0 0
2006 25 BOS AL 257 1023 3.98 709 69% 18% 21% 37% 24% 82% 2% 57% 74% 65% 2% 6 4 34% 87 60 6 11% 13 0 0 0 0
2007 26 BOS AL 224 910 4.06 634 70% 22% 26% 32% 19% 78% 0% 54% 66% 68% 3% 6 5 37% 83 58 4 18% 19 1 0 0 0
2008 27 BOS AL 273 1051 3.85 732 70% 20% 19% 35% 26% 80% 0% 55% 76% 62% 3% 9 8 31% 85 57 6 17% 17 1 0 0 0
2009 28 BOS AL 285 1184 4.15 768 65% 23% 19% 34% 24% 77% 0% 50% 76% 61% 2% 7 5 33% 93 58 7 24% 14 1 0 0 0
2010 29 BOS AL 287 1167 4.07 766 66% 22% 21% 33% 24% 78% 3% 51% 73% 63% 4% 11 7 28% 79 51 5 17% 14 1 0 0 0
2011 30 BOS AL 255 1001 3.93 706 71% 22% 26% 30% 22% 78% 1% 55% 66% 68% 2% 5 2 42% 108 72 4 14% 28 2 0 0 0
2012 31 PHI NL 285 1148 4.03 776 68% 25% 21% 32% 22% 75% 1% 51% 72% 62% 4% 12 9 38% 107 70 4 20% 18 2 -1 0 0
2013 32 PHI NL 93 340 3.66 232 68% 25% 19% 28% 28% 75% 0% 51% 75% 67% 4% 4 3 24% 22 12 1 29% 2 1 0 0 0
9 Yrs 2109 8413 3.99 5703 68% 22% 22% 33% 23% 78% 1% 53% 72% 64% 3% 69 49 34% 711 472 40 17% 131 10 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2005 24 BOS AL 148 33 1 0 4 0 3 2 2 2 2 7 4 1 57% 0 1 0 56 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 25 BOS AL 257 40 3 0 3 0 9 1 2 1 2 14 3 6 21% 1 2 0 76 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2007 26 BOS AL 224 30 2 0 5 1 5 2 3 3 2 12 4 5 33% 1 0 0 71 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 BOS AL 273 58 7 0 4 0 6 2 2 2 2 10 6 2 60% 6 2 2 85 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
2009 28 BOS AL 285 54 7 0 5 0 15 3 2 2 3 16 2 10 13% 0 0 0 108 10 1 91% 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2010 29 BOS AL 287 57 6 0 7 0 5 3 4 2 5 18 10 3 56% 2 4 0 103 11 0 100% 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2011 30 BOS AL 255 50 6 1 3 0 9 2 1 2 1 11 5 4 45% 1 1 0 78 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2012 31 PHI NL 284 56 11 1 8 0 10 4 4 5 3 9 2 3 22% 2 0 0 93 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 32 PHI NL 93 15 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 50% 0 1 0 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Yrs 2106 393 44 3 42 1 62 20 22 20 22 99 37 35 37% 13 11 2 694 47 9 84% 40 9 7 0 0 0 1 0 26 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2005 24 3 1 .750 2.65 17 3 4 0 0 0 34.0 33 11 10 4 17 2 34 3 0 1 148 173 1.471 8.7 1.1 4.5 9.0 2.00 173
2006 25 7 3 .700 1.50 76 3 53 0 0 35 102.1 73 19 17 7 30 4 109 4 0 3 405 315 1.007 6.4 0.6 2.6 9.6 3.63 315
2007 26 8 6 .571 1.62 135 3 106 0 0 72 160.2 103 31 29 12 45 4 193 8 0 3 629 291 0.921 5.8 0.7 2.5 10.8 4.29 291
2008 27 13 10 .565 1.84 202 3 168 0 0 113 230.0 161 55 47 16 53 4 270 8 0 5 902 256 0.930 6.3 0.6 2.1 10.6 5.09 256
2009 28 14 11 .560 1.84 268 3 227 0 0 151 298.0 215 70 61 21 77 5 346 12 0 5 1187 255 0.980 6.5 0.6 2.3 10.4 4.49 255
2010 29 19 18 .514 2.22 333 3 280 0 0 188 365.0 272 104 90 28 105 9 422 14 0 9 1474 209 1.033 6.7 0.7 2.6 10.4 4.02 209
2011 30 23 19 .548 2.33 396 3 334 0 0 219 429.1 322 126 111 31 115 10 509 17 0 10 1729 197 1.018 6.8 0.6 2.4 10.7 4.43 197
2012 31 28 25 .528 2.34 466 3 398 0 0 257 499.1 378 148 130 39 133 11 601 21 0 10 2013 193 1.023 6.8 0.7 2.4 10.8 4.52 193
2013 32 29 25 .537 2.31 491 3 422 0 0 270 525.0 393 153 135 42 136 11 625 21 0 11 2106 194 1.008 6.7 0.7 2.3 10.7 4.60 194

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2005 24 2 1 .667 2.81 32.0 32 11 10 4 16 32 3 1.500 9.0 4.5 9.0 2.00 1.1 17
2006 25 7 0 1.000 0.78 69.0 38 7 6 3 12 75 1 0.725 5.0 1.6 9.8 6.25 0.4 59
2007 26 5 1 .833 1.68 59.0 28 12 11 5 14 85 4 0.712 4.3 2.1 13.0 6.07 0.8 59
2008 27 5 2 .714 2.19 70.0 56 19 17 4 8 77 0 0.914 7.2 1.0 9.9 9.63 0.5 67
2009 28 6 1 .857 1.70 69.0 52 14 13 5 23 77 4 1.087 6.8 3.0 10.0 3.35 0.7 66
2010 29 3 4 .429 4.09 66.0 58 33 30 7 28 75 2 1.303 7.9 3.8 10.2 2.68 1.0 65
2011 30 4 3 .571 3.09 64.0 51 24 22 3 10 86 3 0.953 7.2 1.4 12.1 8.60 0.4 63
2012 31 5 2 .714 2.65 68.0 57 22 20 8 18 90 4 1.103 7.5 2.4 11.9 5.00 1.1 70
2013 32 2 0 1.000 1.80 25.0 15 6 5 3 3 23 0 0.720 5.4 1.1 8.3 7.67 1.1 25
9 Yrs 39 14 .736 2.31 522.0 387 148 134 42 132 620 21 0.994 6.7 10.7 4.70 0.7 491



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2006
2007 *
2008 *
2009 *
2012 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2007 AL Babe Ruth Award

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2006 AL  5.0 (6th)
Active  19.0 (45th)

Games Played s c a p y
Active  491 (38th)

Saves s c a p y
2006 AL  35 (8th)
2007 AL  37 (6th)
2008 AL  41 (3rd)
2009 AL  38 (4th)
2010 AL  37 (4th)
2011 AL  31 (7th)
2012 NL  38 (3rd)
2013 NL  13 (9th)
Active  270 (5th)
Career  270 (29th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2006 AL  49 (10th)
2007 AL  53 (8th)
2008 AL  62 (2nd)
2009 AL  59 (3rd)
2010 AL  53 (7th)
2011 AL  54 (5th)
2012 NL  64 (1st)
2013 NL  24 (4th)
Active  422 (5th)
Career  422 (51st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  28 (5th)
Active  119 (23rd)
Career  119 (186th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  2.7 (5th)
Active  11.8 (23rd)
Career  11.8 (198th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 AL  31.73 (5th)
Active  123.81 (24th)
Career  123.81 (111th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2006 AL  5.3 (2nd)
2007 AL  3.8 (6th)
2009 AL  4.9 (2nd)
Active  23.6 (9th)
Career  23.6 (48th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.6 (7th)
Active  11.1 (27th)
Career  11.1 (127th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2006 AL  3.1 (6th)
Active  12.0 (26th)
Career  12.0 (123rd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 24 (966), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 76 (156), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 25 (209), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (60th), 19.3 career WAR/18.1 7yr-peak WAR/18.7 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/28.2 7yr-peak WAR/34.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Huston Street (932)
  2. Bryan Harvey (921)
  3. J.J. Putz (918)
  4. Jose Valverde (918)
  5. Rafael Soriano (906)
  6. Jonathan Broxton (902)
  7. Francisco Rodriguez (898)
  8. Heath Bell (895)
  9. Takashi Saito (894)
  10. Joakim Soria (894)
Similar Pitchers through 31 
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  1. Trevor Hoffman (949)
  2. Mariano Rivera (942)
  3. John Wetteland (941)
  4. Billy Wagner (938)
  5. Jeff Montgomery (928)
  6. Bryan Harvey (925)
  7. Rod Beck (924)
  8. Troy Percival (919)
  9. Dan Quisenberry (915)
  10. Keith Foulke (915)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dave Smith (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Andrew Bailey (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Andrew Bailey (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bryan Harvey (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bryan Harvey (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bryan Harvey (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Trevor Hoffman (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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