Billy Wagner vs Jonathan Papelbon

Billy Wagner and Jonathan Papelbon compared on their MLB careers: Billy Wagner played 16 seasons, 1995 to 2010, Jonathan Papelbon 12 seasons, 2005 to 2016. Billy Wagner has 47 wins to Jonathan Papelbon's 41. Jonathan Papelbon won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Billy Wagner and Jonathan Papelbon career totals

853	GP	689
47	W	41
40	L	36
2.3	ERA	2.4
903	IP	725.2
1,196	K	808
300	BB	185
1	WHIP	1.0
422	SV	368

How do they compare in the postseason?

Billy Wagner and Jonathan Papelbon postseason

14	GP	18
13	R	3
21	H	14

Where each stands all time

Billy Wagner and Jonathan Papelbon all-time places
Billy Wagner	All-time rank	Jonathan Papelbon
7th (422)	Saves	11th (368)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Billy Wagner: 0 championships; none on file
Jonathan Papelbon: 1 championship; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Billy Wagner and Jonathan Papelbon season by season

1st	1995	0	0	0.00	2005	3	1	2.65
2nd	1996	2	2	2.44	2006	4	2	0.92
3rd	1997	7	8	2.85	2007	1	3	1.85
4th	1998	4	3	2.70	2008	5	4	2.34
5th	1999	4	1	1.57	2009	1	1	1.85
6th	2000	2	4	6.18	2010	5	7	3.90
7th	2001	2	5	2.73	2011	4	1	2.94
8th	2002	4	2	2.52	2012	5	6	2.44
9th	2003	1	4	1.78	2013	5	1	2.92
10th	2004	4	0	2.42	2014	2	3	2.04
11th	2005	4	3	1.51	2015	4	3	2.13
12th	2006	3	2	2.24	2016	2	4	4.37
13th	2007	2	2	2.63	—	—	—	—
14th	2008	0	1	2.30	—	—	—	—
15th	2009	1	1	1.72	—	—	—	—
16th	2010	7	2	1.43	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA