Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2005
- Draft
- 2003Rd 4, Pk 114
- College
- Mississippi State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2005
- Draft
- 2003Rd 4, Pk 114
- College
- Mississippi State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 689
- W
- 41
- L
- 36
- ERA
- 2.44
- IP
- 725.2
- K
- 808
- BB
- 185
- WHIP
- 1.04
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | BOS | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2.65 | 34.0 | 34 | 17 | 1.47 |
| 2006 | BOS | 59 | 4 | 2 | 0.92 | 68.1 | 75 | 13 | 0.78 |
| 2007 | BOS | 59 | 1 | 3 | 1.85 | 58.1 | 84 | 15 | 0.77 |
| 2008 | BOS | 67 | 5 | 4 | 2.34 | 69.1 | 77 | 8 | 0.95 |
| 2009 | BOS | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1.85 | 68.0 | 76 | 24 | 1.15 |
| 2010 | BOS | 65 | 5 | 7 | 3.90 | 67.0 | 76 | 28 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | BOS | 63 | 4 | 1 | 2.94 | 64.1 | 87 | 10 | 0.93 |
| 2012 | PHI | 70 | 5 | 6 | 2.44 | 70.0 | 92 | 18 | 1.06 |
| 2013 | PHI | 61 | 5 | 1 | 2.92 | 61.2 | 57 | 11 | 1.14 |
| 2014 | PHI | 66 | 2 | 3 | 2.04 | 66.1 | 63 | 15 | 0.90 |
| 2015 |  PHI/WSH | 59 | 4 | 3 | 2.13 | 63.1 | 56 | 12 | 1.03 |
| 2016 | WSH | 37 | 2 | 4 | 4.37 | 35.0 | 31 | 14 | 1.46 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 18
- W
- 2
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 1.00
- IP
- 27.0
- K
- 23
- BB
- 8
- WHIP
- 0.81
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 10.0
- GB
- 778
- FB
- 1,131
- G/F
- 0.70
- WP
- 14
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 34 | 60 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2006 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 65 | 103 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 2007 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 35 | 86 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2008 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 96 | 92 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 51 | 130 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2010 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 73 | 108 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2011 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 59 | 95 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2012 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 76 | 94 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2013 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 78 | 107 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2014 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 77 | 99 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2015 | PHI/WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 95 | 89 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2016 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 39 | 68 | 0.6 | 1 |
What were Jonathan Papelbon's career stats?
Jonathan Papelbon played 12 seasons for the Red Sox, the Phillies and the Nationals. He had 41 wins and 808 strikeouts with a 2.44 ERA over 725.2 innings. His best season was 2008: 5 wins, a 2.34 ERA and 77 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2005 to 2016
Jonathan Papelbon finished top 10 in a stat 6 times.
Championships
- 2007 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
All-time career rank
- 11th in saves (368)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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