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Jonathan Papelbon
- Age
- 36
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Number
- #58
- Born
- November 23, 1980 in Baton Rouge, LA, United States
- MLB debut
- July 31, 2005
- dbWAR
- 15.7 Regular season, 12 season(s)
- IP
- 35.0
- ERA
- 4.37
- FIP
- 3.69
- K/9
- 8.0
- FIP−
- 88 100 = avg
Jonathan Papelbon was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2016 he struck out 31 batters over 35.0 innings across 37 appearances, going 2-4. His ERA of 4.37 was 4.3% higher than the league average of 4.19 — 10th of 16 on his team, and 295th of 512 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.69 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.6% of swings (11.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.4%. His 0.4 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2016 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only — postseason games are listed separately below.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | WSH | 37 | 0 | 35.0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 37 | 17 | 31 | 14 | 4.37 | 3.69 | 1.46 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 104 | 88 | 0.4 | |
| 2015 | PHI/WSH | 59 | 0 | 63.1 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 53 | 15 | 56 | 12 | 2.13 | 3.70 | 1.03 | 8.0 | 1.7 | 54 | 93 | 0.6 | |
| 2014 | PHI | 66 | 0 | 66.1 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 45 | 15 | 63 | 15 | 2.04 | 2.53 | 0.90 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 54 | 68 | 1.3 | |
| 2013 | PHI | 61 | 0 | 61.2 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 59 | 20 | 57 | 11 | 2.92 | 3.05 | 1.14 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 76 | 79 | 1.0 | |
| 2012 | PHI | 70 | 0 | 70.0 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 56 | 19 | 92 | 18 | 2.44 | 2.89 | 1.06 | 11.8 | 2.3 | 61 | 72 | 1.3 | |
| 2011 | BOS | 63 | 0 | 64.1 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 50 | 21 | 87 | 10 | 2.94 | 1.53 | 0.93 | 12.2 | 1.4 | 75 | 39 | 2.3 | |
| 2010 | BOS | 65 | 0 | 67.0 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 57 | 29 | 76 | 28 | 3.90 | 3.51 | 1.27 | 10.2 | 3.8 | 95 | 86 | 0.9 | |
| 2009 | BOS | 66 | 0 | 68.0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 54 | 14 | 76 | 24 | 1.85 | 3.05 | 1.15 | 10.1 | 3.2 | 43 | 71 | 1.4 | |
| 2008 | BOS | 67 | 0 | 69.1 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 58 | 18 | 77 | 8 | 2.34 | 2.01 | 0.95 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 54 | 46 | 2.3 | |
| 2007 | BOS | 59 | 0 | 58.1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 84 | 15 | 1.85 | 2.45 | 0.77 | 13.0 | 2.3 | 41 | 55 | 1.7 | |
| 2006 | BOS | 59 | 0 | 68.1 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 40 | 7 | 75 | 13 | 0.92 | 2.14 | 0.78 | 9.9 | 1.7 | 20 | 47 | 2.2 | |
| 2005 | BOS | 17 | 3 | 34.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 34 | 17 | 2.65 | 4.31 | 1.47 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 62 | 101 | 0.2 |
Separate from the regular season
Postseason Postseason
Wild Card through World Series. These games are counted on their own: none of them are in the regular-season tables, career totals, league context, leaderboards or dbWAR on this page.
Postseason pitching
| Season | Team | Round | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP | K/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Post | BOS | ALDS | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13.50 | 3.00 | 4.5 |
| 2008 Post | BOS | Postseason total | 7 | 0 | 10.1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 11.3 |
| ALDS | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.60 | 12.6 | ||
| ALCS | 4 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 10.1 | ||
| 2007 Post | BOS | Postseason total | 7 | 0 | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.84 | 5.9 |
| ALDS | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 6.8 | ||
| ALCS | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 5.4 | ||
| World Series | 3 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 6.2 | ||
| 2005 Post | BOS | ALDS | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 4.5 |
| Career | Postseason total · 4 Octobers | 18 | 0 | 27.0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 1.00 | 0.81 | 7.7 |
Box-score and rate statistics only. wOBA, wRC+, FIP and dbWAR are measured against a full league season, and a postseason is a few teams playing each other for a month, so they are not computed for October.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 80 | 70 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 12 | .271 | .362 | .414 | .331 | 15.0% |
| vs RHB | 72 | 67 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 19 | .269 | .310 | .418 | .317 | 26.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Jonathan Papelbon throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 344 | 91.0 | 2,242 | 47.7% | 18.9% | 78 | .256 | .715 | |
| Slider | 109 | 79.7 | 313 | 50.5% | 32.3% | 34 | .324 | .872 | |
| Splitter | 95 | 85.9 | 1,701 | 32.6% | 32.4% | 22 | .227 | .593 | |
| Intentional Ball | 12 | 66.3 | 1,244 | 0.0% | — | 0 | — | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.