Jonathan Papelbon

PITCHER · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 2005–2016 BORN: BATON ROUGE, USA
All-Star ×6
Career
41 W · 2.44 ERA · 808 K
725.2 IP · 1.04 WHIP · 689 G
2016 Season
2-4 · 4.37 ERA
35.0 IP · 31 K · 1.46 WHIP
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Jonathan Papelbon was a pitcher in MLB. Across 689 career appearances, with a 2.44 ERA and 808 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching
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Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP
2005 BOS 3 1 2.65 17 3 0 34.0 33 10 17 34 1.47
2006 BOS 4 2 0.92 59 0 35 68.1 40 7 13 75 0.78
2007 BOS 1 3 1.85 59 0 37 58.1 30 12 15 84 0.77
2008 BOS 5 4 2.34 67 0 41 69.1 58 18 8 77 0.95
2009 BOS 1 1 1.85 66 0 38 68.0 54 14 24 76 1.15
2010 BOS 5 7 3.90 65 0 37 67.0 57 29 28 76 1.27
2011 BOS 4 1 2.94 63 0 31 64.1 50 21 10 87 0.93
2012 PHI 5 6 2.44 70 0 38 70.0 56 19 18 92 1.06
2013 PHI 5 1 2.92 61 0 29 61.2 59 20 11 57 1.14
2014 PHI 2 3 2.04 66 0 39 66.1 45 15 15 63 0.90
2015 PHI 2 1 1.59 37 0 17 39.2 31 7 8 40 0.98
2015 WSH 2 2 3.04 22 0 7 23.2 22 8 4 16 1.10
2016 WSH 2 4 4.37 37 0 19 35.0 37 17 14 31 1.46
Career Totals 41 36 2.44 689 3 368 725.2 572 197 185 808 1.04
Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2005 BOS 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 BOS 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 BOS 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 BOS 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 BOS 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 BOS 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 BOS 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 PHI 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 PHI 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 PHI 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 PHI 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 WSH 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 WSH 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Totals 689 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -
Awards & Achievements
  • Babe Ruth Award (1): 2007
  • Reliever of the Month (2): 2006, 2012
  • Rookie of the Month (1): 2006
  • This Year in Baseball Closer of the Year (1): 2007
All-Star Selections

2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
2006$335,400
2007$425,500
2008$775,000
2009$6,250,000
2010$9,350,000
2011$12,000,000
2012$11,000,058
2013$13,000,000
2014$13,000,000
2015$13,000,000
2016$10,936,574

Career Total: $90,072,532 (11 seasons)

Average: $8,188,412

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.