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Jonathan Papelbon
Jonathan R. Papelbon

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 230 lb.
School Mississippi State University

Debut July 31, 2005

Born November 23, 1980 in Baton Rouge, LA

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2003. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2005 24 BOS AL   3   1  17   3   0   0   4  0   34.0   33   11   10   4   17   34   3   1   148   2   0  2.65  4.54  171 1.471
 2006 25 BOS AL   4   2  59   0   0   0  49 35   68.3   40    8    7   3   13   75   1   2   257   2   0  0.92  4.75  515 0.776 RoY-2,AS
 2007 26 BOS AL   1   3  59   0   0   0  53 37   58.3   30   12   12   5   15   84   4   0   224   0   0  1.85  4.74  256 0.771 AS
 2008 27 BOS AL   5   4  67   0   0   0  62 41   69.3   58   24   18   4    8   77   0   2   273   0   0  2.34  4.62  198 0.952 AS
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Years            10       3       0    113         161        47       53        8   5   902   4   0  1.84  4.68  254 0.930
 WL%= .565       13     202       0     168     230.0        55       16       270
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   3  67   0   0   0  55 37   76.0   53   18   15   5   17   89   2   1   299   1   0  1.84  4.68  254 0.930
 Career High      5   4  67   3   0   0  62 41   69.3   58   24   18   5   17   84   4   2   273   2   0  0.92  4.75  515 0.771

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2005 24 BOS AL P 17 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.29 0.46 1.32 1.69 3 34.0 2006 25 BOS AL P 59 4 3 1 0 .875 .959 0.12 0.41 0.92 1.55 0 68.3 AS 2007 26 BOS AL P 59 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.07 0.42 0.62 1.61 0 58.3 AS 2008 27 BOS AL P 67 5 5 3 0 .769 .952 0.15 0.42 1.30 1.60 0 69.3 AS
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 24 BOS AL P 17 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.29 0.46 1.32 1.69 3 34.0 2006 25 BOS AL P 59 4 3 1 0 .875 .959 0.12 0.41 0.92 1.55 0 68.3 2007 26 BOS AL P 59 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.07 0.42 0.62 1.61 0 58.3 2008 27 BOS AL P 67 5 5 3 0 .769 .952 0.15 0.42 1.30 1.60 0 69.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 202 16 10 4 0 .867 .956 0.13 0.42 1.02 1.60 3 230.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 202 16 10 4 0 .867 .956 0.13 0.42 1.02 1.60 3 230
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2005   ALDS  BOS CHW     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   4     2   0   0   2 
 2007   ALDS  BOS LAA     W   1   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   1.1   0   0   2   1 
        ALCS  BOS CLE     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   5     3   0   2   3 
        WS    BOS COL     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  3  0   4.1   2   0   0   3 
 2008   ALDS  BOS LAA     W   3   0   0.00  1  0  1  0   5     2   0   1   7 
        ALCS  BOS TBR     L   4   0   0.00  0  0  2  0   5.1   1   0   1   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       2-1   6   0   0.00  2  0  1  0  10.1   4   0   3  10 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   7   0   0.00  0  0  3  0  10.1   4   0   3   9 
  6 Postseason Ser      4-2  16   0   0.00  2  0  7  0  25    10   0   6  22 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2005   ALDS  BOS CHW     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2007   WS    BOS COL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2006   BOS AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 2007   BOS AL      0  0  0   1     1   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 2008   BOS AL      0  0  0   1     1   1   0   0   2  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/3      0  0  0  0   2     2   1   0   0   4  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0   0.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2006   BOS AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 2007   BOS AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2008   BOS AL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2006
2007 *
2008 *

Saves
2006 AL-35-8
2007 AL-37-6
2008 AL-41-3
Act-113-28
Car-113-100

Games Finished
2006 AL-49-10
2007 AL-53-8
2008 AL-62-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 9 (1500) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 38.0 (345) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006Boston Red Sox$335,400
2007Boston Red Sox$425,500
2008Boston Red Sox$775,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,535,900

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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