Jonathan Papelbon
Jonathan R. Papelbon
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 230 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
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Standard Pitching

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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 1 148 171 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 2 257 515 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 0 224 256 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 2 273 198 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 0 285 253 1.147 7.1 0.7 3.2 10.1 3.17 AS
5 Seasons 14 11 .560 1.84 268 3 227 0 0 151 298.0 215 70 61 21 77 5 346 12 0 5 1187 254 0.980 6.5 0.6 2.3 10.4 4.49
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .560 1.84 67 1 57 0 0 38 75 54 18 15 5 19 1 87 3 0 1 298 254 0.980 6.5 0.6 2.3 10.4 4.49

Postseason Pitching

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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

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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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 268 1187 1086 70 215 45 1 21 21 6 77 346 .198 .258 .299 .557 .268 325 7 12 7 5 5
162 Game Avg. 67 298 273 18 54 11 0 5 5 2 19 87 .198 .258 .299 .557 .268 82 2 3 2 1 1
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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 94 0 2 1 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 94 0 2 1 0 100
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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 2.026 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 1.616 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 2.162 36 12 18 56 7 3 9 57 7 3 7 11 3.1 18
5 Seasons 268 265 227 14 11 169 151 18 89% 176 7 92 18 20% 1.810 144 63 54 218 26 21 51 214 45 23 47 55 3.2 17

Ratio Pitching*

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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 49% 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 52% 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 56% 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 53% 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 53% 1.8% 26.7% 8.4% 5.3% 28% 0.38 0.41 61% 20% 5.0% 22% 55 0 0%
5 Seasons 1187 53% 1.8% 29.2% 6.5% 5.6% 31% 0.58 0.73 61% 19% 5.5% 19% 194 7 4%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
5 Seasons 1187 4752 4.00 3220 68% 21% 21% 34% 23% 79% 1% 53% 73% 63% 3% 37 28 33% 395 267 26 16% 69 4 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 1 0 2 0
5 Seasons 1187 215 20 0 21 1 38 10 11 10 11 59 19 24 32% 8 5 2 396 21 6 78% 17 6 4 0 0 0 4 0 17 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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 1 148 171 1.471 8.7 1.1 4.5 9.0 2.00 171
2006 25 7 3 .700 1.50 76 3 53 0 0 35 102.1 73 19 17 7 30 4 109 4 0 3 405 313 1.007 6.4 0.6 2.6 9.6 3.63 313
2007 26 8 6 .571 1.62 135 3 106 0 0 72 160.2 103 31 29 12 45 4 193 8 0 3 629 289 0.921 5.8 0.7 2.5 10.8 4.29 289
2008 27 13 10 .565 1.84 202 3 168 0 0 113 230.0 161 55 47 16 53 4 270 8 0 5 902 254 0.930 6.3 0.6 2.1 10.6 5.09 254
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 254 0.980 6.5 0.6 2.3 10.4 4.49 254

Neutralized Pitching

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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 76 1 0.725 5.0 1.6 9.9 6.33 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 78 0 0.914 7.2 1.0 10.0 9.75 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
5 Seasons 25 5 .833 1.73 297.0 209 63 57 21 75 346 12 0.956 6.3 10.5 4.61 0.6 268

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2006
2007 *
2008 *
2009 *

Saves s c a p y
2006 AL  35 (8th)
2007 AL  37 (6th)
2008 AL  41 (3rd)
2009 AL  38 (4th)
Active  151 (18th)
Career  151 (67th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2006 AL  49 (10th)
2007 AL  53 (8th)
2008 AL  62 (2nd)
2009 AL  59 (3rd)
Active  227 (26th)
Career  227 (183rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 49 (264), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  6. Akinori Otsuka (918)
  7. Huston Street (911)
  8. Kazuhiro Sasaki (901)
  9. Brad Ziegler (894)
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  5. Brad Lidge (916)
  6. Doug Corbett (913)
  7. Rob Dibble (907)
  8. Tim Burke (907)
  9. Todd Worrell (906)
  10. Gregg Olson (906)
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