Joe Nathan vs Jonathan Papelbon

Joe Nathan and Jonathan Papelbon compared on their MLB careers: Joe Nathan played 16 seasons, 1999 to 2016, Jonathan Papelbon 12 seasons, 2005 to 2016. Joe Nathan has 64 wins to Jonathan Papelbon's 41. Joe Nathan won 1 title, Jonathan Papelbon won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Joe Nathan and Jonathan Papelbon career totals

787	GP	689
64	W	41
34	L	36
2.9	ERA	2.4
923.1	IP	725.2
976	K	808
344	BB	185
1.1	WHIP	1.0
377	SV	368

How do they compare in the postseason?

Joe Nathan and Jonathan Papelbon postseason

10	GP	18
9	R	3
14	H	14

Where each stands all time

Joe Nathan and Jonathan Papelbon all-time places
Joe Nathan	All-time rank	Jonathan Papelbon
10th (377)	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

Joe Nathan: 1 championship; 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.

Joe Nathan and Jonathan Papelbon season by season

1st	1999	7	4	4.18	2005	3	1	2.65
2nd	2000	5	2	5.21	2006	4	2	0.92
3rd	2002	0	0	0.00	2007	1	3	1.85
4th	2003	12	4	2.96	2008	5	4	2.34
5th	2004	1	2	1.62	2009	1	1	1.85
6th	2005	7	4	2.70	2010	5	7	3.90
7th	2006	7	0	1.58	2011	4	1	2.94
8th	2007	4	2	1.88	2012	5	6	2.44
9th	2008	1	2	1.33	2013	5	1	2.92
10th	2009	2	2	2.10	2014	2	3	2.04
11th	2011	2	1	4.84	2015	4	3	2.13
12th	2012	3	5	2.80	2016	2	4	4.37
13th	2013	6	2	1.39	—	—	—	—
14th	2014	5	4	4.81	—	—	—	—
15th	2015	0	0	0.00	—	—	—	—
16th	2016	2	0	0.00	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA