Jonathan Papelbon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 230lb (196cm, 104kg)

Born: November 23, 1980 in Baton Rouge, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 40th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS) and the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS).

High School: Bishop Kenny HS (Jacksonville, FL)

School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: July 31, 2005 (Age 24-250d, 18,733rd in major league history)
vs. MIN 5.1 IP, 4 H, 7 SO, 5 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 6, 2016 (Age 35-257d)
vs. SFG 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: Levinsons

Full Name: Jonathan Robert Papelbon

Pronunciation: \PAP-ill-bon\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.3

ERA

2.44

689

368

725.2

808

WHIP

1.043

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-7

Days of Rest

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2005	ALDS g2	Oct 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		2	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.02	6	12	10	1	2	2	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.046	9.44	0.39%	0.66	7b --- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
2	2005	ALDS g3	Oct 7	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	6-8		1	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.02	8	42	29	5	3	4	2	0	1	0		2	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.188	10.32	1.26%	2.06	6t 12- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d1
2007 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	2007	ALDS g2	Oct 5	BOS		LAA	W,6-3	8-GF	W(1-0)	4	1.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	6.24	7	31	18	4	4	1	3	0	3	0		0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.49	0.182	40.13	1.61%	0.71	8t --- 2 out tie	9t end tie
4	2007	ALCS g2	Oct 13	BOS		CLE	L,6-13	9-10		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4.74	8	36	21	4	4	2	4	0	3	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.48	0.308	65.82	4.48%	1.17	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
5	2007	ALCS g5	Oct 18	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4.62	5	22	12	5	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	1.67	0.06%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
6	2007	ALCS g7	Oct 21	BOS		CLE	W,11-2	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.87	7	16	15	3	3	1	5	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.172	81.79	7.86%	2.19	8t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 9
7	2007	WS g2	Oct 25	BOS		COL	W,2-1	8-GF	S(2)	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	3.24	4	16	12	2	5	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	0.210	105.35	6.10%	0.71	8t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
8	2007	WS g3	Oct 27	BOS	@	COL	W,10-5	8-GF	S(3)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.24	5	15	11	3	2	2	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.30	0.037	12.41	1.01%	1.03	8b 12- 2 out a4	9b end a 5
9	2007	WS g4	Oct 28	BOS	@	COL	W,4-3	8-GF	S(4)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.05	5	23	18	4	3	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	0.306	44.01	3.76%	0.86	8b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
2008 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	2008	ALDS g1	Oct 1	BOS	@	LAA	W,4-1	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	-2.87	4	13	11	2	6	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.046	14.89	0.47%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
11	2008	ALDS g2	Oct 3	BOS	@	LAA	W,7-5	8-GF	BW(1-0)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.47	6	21	15	1	2	1	4	0	3	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.90	0.182	28.89	1.67%	1.01	8b --3 0 out a1	9b end a 2
12	2008	ALDS g3	Oct 5	BOS		LAA	L,4-5	10-11		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	0.93	8	31	19	2	7	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	0.303	28.89	1.72%	1.14	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
13	2008	ALCS g1	Oct 10	BOS	@	TBR	W,2-0	9-GF	S(2)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.63	3	12	8	3	3	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.100	33.31	1.70%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
14	2008	ALCS g2	Oct 11	BOS	@	TBR	L,8-9	9-10		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.81	4	18	12	0	2	1	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	0.212	51.14	2.99%	0.78	9b 1-- 2 out tie	10b 3 out tie
15	2008	ALCS g5	Oct 16	BOS		TBR	W,8-7	7-8		4	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.20	7	38	23	6	3	2	2	0	0	0		2	2	2	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	.19	0.008	3.22	0.09%	0.16	7t 12- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d3
16	2008	ALCS g6	Oct 18	BOS	@	TBR	W,4-2	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.20	3	8	7	2	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.100	48.51	2.47%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
2009 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	2009	ALDS g2	Oct 9	BOS	@	LAA	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.10	2	7	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.012	2.26	0.10%	0.93	8b 1-- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
18	2009	ALDS g3	Oct 11	BOS		LAA	L,6-7	8-9	BL(0-1)	1	1.0	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	13.50	5.10	8	32	20	7	1	0	6	2	1	0		2	2	0	0	1	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.86	-0.781	29.62	-4.76%	-4.26	8t -23 2 out a3	9t 12- 2 out d1
											27.0	14	3	3	8	23	0	0	1.00		100																			3

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