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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-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #280. Kevin Millwood… #281. Matt Cain… #282. Ramon Martinez… #283. JONATHAN PAPELBON… #284. Bob Veale… #285. Bob Ewing… #286. Ned Garver…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #280. Kevin Millwood… #281. Matt Cain… #282. Ramon Martinez… #283. JONATHAN PAPELBON… #284. Bob Veale… #285. Bob Ewing… #286. Ned Garver…

Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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
2003	22	BOS-min	A-	1	2	.333	6.34	13	6	1	0	0	32.2	43	23	23	2	9	0	36	4	0	3	152		1.592	11.8	0.6	2.5	9.9	4.00	LOW · NYPL
2004	23	BOS-min	A+	12	7	.632	2.64	24	24	0	2	0	129.2	97	43	38	6	43	2	153	7	0	3	520		1.080	6.7	0.4	3.0	10.6	3.56	SAR · FLOR
2005	24	BOS-min	AA,AAA	6	4	.600	2.59	21	18	3	0	1	114.2	80	37	33	11	26	3	110	6	1	2	448		0.924	6.3	0.9	2.0	8.6	4.23	PRT,PAW · EL,IL
2005	24	BOS	AL	3	1	.750	2.65	17	3	4	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	Pos	Awards
2003	22	BOS-min	A-	13	LOW · NYPL
2004	23	BOS-min	A+	24	SAR · FLOR
2005	24	BOS-min	AAA,AA	21	PAW,PRT · IL,EL
2005	24	BOS	AL	17	1
2006	25	BOS	AL	59	1	AS,RoY-2
2007	26	BOS	AL	59	1	AS
2008	27	BOS	AL	67	1	AS
2009	28	BOS	AL	66	1	AS
2010	29	BOS	AL	65	1
2011	30	BOS	AL	5	1
7 Seasons				338
162 Game Avg.				162

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Pos
2010	29	BOS	AL	$9,350,000	1
2011	30	BOS	AL	$12,000,000	1
2 Seasons				$21,350,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2007	26	BOS	AL	WS	COL	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2005	BOS	AL	24	P	17			34.0	5	3	2	0	1.000	1	6	1.32	0.29	.954	1.69	1.68
2006	BOS	AL	25	P	59			68.1	8	4	3	1	.875	-1	-3	0.92	0.12	.958	1.55	1.54					AS,RoY-2
2007	BOS	AL	26	P	59			58.1	4	4	0	0	1.000	-2	-7	0.62	0.07	.955	1.60	1.59					AS
2008	BOS	AL	27	P	67			69.1	13	5	5	3	.769	-4	-12	1.30	0.15	.952	1.60	1.59					AS
2009	BOS	AL	28	P	66			68.0	6	1	4	1	.833	-1	-3	0.66	0.08	.953	1.54	1.51					AS
2010	BOS	AL	29	P	65			67.0	10	4	5	1	.900	-2	-6	1.21	0.14	.953	1.63	1.61
2011	BOS	AL	30	P	63	0	0	64.1	6	3	2	1	.833	-2	-6	0.70	0.08	.948	1.59	1.59	6	0	0%	0
	7 Seasons			P	396	0	0	429.1	52	24	21	7	.865	-11	-5	0.94	0.11	.953	1.59	1.58	6	0	0%	0
	7 Seasons			TOT	396	0	0	429.1	52	24	21	7	.865	-11	-30	0.94	0.11	.953	1.59	1.58	6	0	0%	0

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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

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 18 (1139), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 68 (174), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2003.
October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
November 14, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
2006	25	Boston Red Sox	$335,400
2007	26	Boston Red Sox	$425,500
2008	27	Boston Red Sox	$775,000
2009	28	Boston Red Sox	$6,250,000
2010	29	Boston Red Sox	$9,350,000
2011	30	Boston Red Sox	$12,000,000

2012	31	Philadelphia Phillies	$11,000,058
2013	32	Philadelphia Phillies	$13,000,000
2014	33	Philadelphia Phillies	$13,000,000
2015	34	Philadelphia Phillies	$13,000,000
2016	35	Philadelphia Phillies	*$13,000,000	$13M Vesting Option	vests with 55 games finished in 2015 or 100 in 2014-15

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$29,135,900	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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