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Jonathan Papelbon

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 Kenny (Jacksonville, FL)
School: Mississippi State University
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
Team: RedSox 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 1 yr/$12M (11), 4 yrs/$50M (12-15) & 16 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.064, 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 0 285 254 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 1 255 145 0.933 7.0 0.4 1.4 12.2 8.70
7 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .548 2.33 67 1 57 0 0 37 73 55 21 19 5 20 2 87 3 0 2 295 197 1.018 6.8 0.6 2.4 10.7 4.43

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2005 24 BOS AL 34.0 3 11 23 -1 1.3 12 1.2 $
2006 25 BOS AL 68.1 0 8 47 1 2.0 39 4.8 $335,400 AS,RoY-2
2007 26 BOS AL 58.1 0 12 39 2 1.7 27 2.8 $425,500 AS
2008 27 BOS AL 69.1 0 24 45 1 1.6 21 2.0 $775,000 AS
2009 28 BOS AL 68.0 0 15 46 0 2.2 31 3.9 $6,250,000 AS
2010 29 BOS AL 67.0 0 34 36 1 2.0 2 0.4 $9,350,000
2011 30 BOS AL 64.1 0 22 37 0 1.7 15 2.0 $12,000,000
7 Seasons 429.1 3 126 273 4 1.8 147 17.1 $29,135,900

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 Seasons (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 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
2006 BOS AL 25
2007 BOS AL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 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 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 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
4 Seasons (3 Appearances) 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 11 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 15.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg 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
7 Seasons 396 1729 1579 126 322 70 2 31 38 6 115 509 .204 .264 .310 .574 .278 489 9 17 12 6 10 11
162 Game Avg. 67 295 269 21 55 12 0 5 6 1 20 87 .204 .264 .310 .574 .278 83 2 3 2 1 2 2
MLB Averages .263 .331 .416 .746 .299

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 32.6 3.1 2.03 33.8 37 12 10
2007 26 BOS AL 18.4 1.8 232 3.8 8.2 -4.4 1.71 1.8 0.4 23.2 2.2 1.71 24.9 32 16 9
2008 27 BOS AL 14.8 1.5 292 2.0 8.7 -6.7 1.61 1.5 -0.2 19.9 1.9 1.61 17.6 33 20 12
2009 28 BOS AL 20.6 2.0 306 5.0 11.9 -6.9 2.15 1.5 0.8 23.1 2.2 2.15 17.1 36 12 18
2010 29 BOS AL 2.2 0.2 320 0.8 10.2 -9.4 2.00 0.5 -0.1 5.5 0.5 1.99 7.6 44 10 11
2011 30 BOS AL 9.6 1.0 272 3.3 8.4 -5.1 1.67 1.7 0.3 9.8 1.0 1.67 15.5 35 8 19
7 Seasons 100.4 9.9 1841 20.9 62.2 -41.2 1.82 9.5 2.1 119.0 11.5 1.82 116.5 223 81 84

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% 54 58 51 10 1 0 2 6.3 2.3 5.3 95 0 1 2 0 100
1 Season 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% 49 100 -12 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 1.264 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 1.608 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 2.154 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 1.666 35 8 19 48 9 6 5 58 4 4 4 15 3.1 16
7 Seasons 396 393 334 23 19 248 219 29 88% 255 7 117 26 22% 1.818 223 81 84 317 46 30 65 328 57 34 60 86 3.2 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 0.63 60% 19% 4.3% 26% 36 0 0%
7 Seasons 1729 47% 1.8% 29.4% 6.7% 6.0% 32% 0.59 0.74 60% 19% 5.6% 19% 266 9 3%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 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 148 584 3.95 377 65% 23% 19% 33% 25% 77% 4% 50% 75% 59% 6% 9 6 32% 47 34 3 9% 6 1 0 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
7 Seasons 1729 6920 4.00 4692 68% 21% 22% 33% 23% 79% 1% 53% 72% 64% 3% 53 37 34% 582 390 35 16% 111 7 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 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 1 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
7 Seasons 1729 322 32 1 31 1 52 15 16 14 17 88 34 31 39% 11 10 2 577 38 6 86% 32 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 24 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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

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 1.71 58.0 30 12 11 5 15 84 4 0.776 4.7 2.3 13.0 5.60 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 1.72 68.0 53 14 13 5 24 76 4 1.132 7.0 3.2 10.1 3.17 0.7 66
2010 29 3 4 .429 4.09 66.0 59 33 30 7 29 74 2 1.333 8.0 4.0 10.1 2.55 1.0 65
2011 30 5 2 .714 2.95 64.0 51 23 21 3 10 86 3 0.953 7.2 1.4 12.1 8.60 0.4 63
7 Seasons 33 11 .750 2.28 427.0 319 119 108 31 114 504 17 1.014 6.7 10.6 4.42 0.7 396

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) 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 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2007 AL Babe Ruth Award

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2006 AL  4.8 (4th)
Active  17.1 (50th)

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)
Active  219 (8th)
Career  219 (37th)

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)
Active  334 (9th)
Career  334 (85th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  28 (5th)
2009 AL  21 (10th)
Active  100 (30th)
Career  100 (247th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  2.7 (5th)
Active  9.9 (31st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 AL  32.64 (5th)
Active  119.03 (28th)
Career  119.03 (131st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2006 AL  5.3 (2nd)
2007 AL  3.8 (6th)
2009 AL  5.0 (2nd)
Active  20.9 (9th)
Career  20.9 (58th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.6 (7th)
Active  9.5 (30th)
Career  9.5 (156th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2006 AL  3.1 (6th)
Active  11.5 (29th)
Career  11.5 (145th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 18 (1139), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 68 (174), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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