Jon
Papelbon
 
Nickname: Big Pussy
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 25, 1989 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 18 OAK AL   93 22 21 22 53 54 54 39 50 45
2009 19 OAK AL   93 42 42 42 71 72 72 50 61 56
2010 20 OAK AL $ 100,000 93 47 47 47 72 74 73 48 59 54
2011 21 OAK AL   93 50 51 51 72 74 73 26 37 32
2012 22 OAK AL $ 200,000 90 53 53 53 81 82 82 49 60 55
2013 23 OAK AL $ 300,000 82 52 52 52 87 88 88 54 65 60
2014 24 OAK AL $ 300,000 82 50 51 51 88 89 89 54 65 60
2015 25 CHN NL $ 2,257,143 82 49 50 50 88 89 89 54 65 60
2016 26 PHI NL $ 2,257,143 82 50 50 50 89 90 90 52 63 58
2017 27 PHI NL $ 2,000,000 88 51 52 52 90 91 91 52 63 58
2018 28 PHI NL $ 2,000,000 82 47 48 48 92 93 93 54 65 60
2019 29 CHA AL $ 2,000,000 82 43 44 44 90 91 91 52 63 58
2020 30 CHA AL $ 2,250,000 82 37 37 37 85 86 86 47 58 53
2021 31 CHA AL $ 2,250,000 82 36 36 36 83 85 84 38 49 44
2022 32 MIL NL   76 36 36 36 87 88 88 38 49 44
OOTP6 Min Ratings   76 22 21 22 53 54 54 26 37 32
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,257,143 93 53 53 53 92 93 93 54 65 60
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 18 OAK AL     1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2009 19 OAK AL     1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2010 20 OAK AL $ 100,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2011 21 OAK AL     1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2012 22 OAK AL $ 200,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2013 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2014 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2015 25 CHN NL $ 2,257,143   1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2016 26 PHI NL $ 2,257,143   1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2017 27 PHI NL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2018 28 PHI NL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2019 29 CHA AL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2020 30 CHA AL $ 2,250,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2021 31 CHA AL $ 2,250,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
2022 32 MIL NL     1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,257,143   1 1 1 3 3 3 30 30 30 17 17 17 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2008 18 AA   12 8 .600 21 21 1 0 0 148.3 169 73 12 50 95 4.43 .288 .344 .419 .763  
    A   2 3 .400 10 10 2 0 0 73.7 68 27 9 28 56 3.30 .245 .314 .385 .699  
2009 19 AAA   9 6 .600 19 19 5 2 0 137.7 149 74 17 51 83 4.84 .274 .337 .422 .758  
    AA   5 4 .556 9 9 3 0 0 70.3 64 29 5 18 50 3.71 .241 .289 .312 .601  
2010 20 OAK AL 3 0 1.000 49 0 0 0 8 43.0 49 19 3 9 26 3.98 .288 .324 .424 .748 5.7
    AAA   3 3 .500 8 8 0 0 0 53.0 59 23 8 18 36 3.91 .284 .341 .438 .778  
2011 21 AAA   8 5 .615 44 9 2 0 1 116.3 127 57 20 30 94 4.41 .275 .320 .443 .762  
2012 22 OAK AL 7 1 .875 23 3 0 0 0 69.0 90 36 9 17 56 4.70 .316 .353 .505 .858 3.8
    AAA   8 3 .727 15 15 1 0 0 106.0 102 41 14 23 93 3.48 .247 .287 .416 .703  
2013 23 OAK AL 5 16 .238 27 22 4 0 0 166.3 210 96 23 40 132 5.19 .302 .341 .489 .830 5.1
2014 24 OAK AL 12 12 .500 28 28 9 0 0 209.3 237 90 24 36 158 3.87 .283 .316 .455 .771 14.6
2015 25 CHN NL 10 13 .435 40 26 3 0 0 187.7 231 96 30 40 160 4.60 .304 .336 .507 .843 6.9
2016 26 CHN NL 4 4 .500 14 11 1 0 0 64.7 87 39 11 11 47 5.43 .320 .345 .559 .904 0.0
  PHI NL 4 6 .400 13 11 1 0 0 86.0 110 58 15 14 59 6.07 .309 .336 .548 .884 0.0
  TOT   8 10 .444 27 22 2 0 0 150.7 197 97 26 25 106 5.79 .314 .340 .553 .892 0.0
2017 27 PHI NL 1 3 .250 7 6 0 0 0 42.0 55 26 6 8 30 5.57 .322 .356 .532 .888 0.0
    AAA   8 7 .533 26 26 0 0 0 163.3 188 72 17 32 133 3.97 .286 .319 .404 .723  
2018 28 PHI NL 6 5 .545 55 10 1 1 1 119.3 143 56 17 25 90 4.22 .292 .322 .455 .778 6.2
2019 29 CHA AL 10 10 .500 23 23 3 1 0 137.7 168 74 13 16 77 4.84 .296 .317 .463 .781 5.7
2020 30 CHA AL 0 5 .000 18 4 0 0 0 56.3 102 55 9 12 33 8.79 .383 .411 .598 1.008 0.0
    AAA   1 0 1.000 12 1 0 0 0 32.3 21 7 3 7 27 1.95 .179 .226 .274 .499  
2021 31 AAA   7 5 .583 19 16 0 0 0 101.0 143 58 20 15 69 5.17 .332 .354 .538 .893  
2022 32 AAA   0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 15.3 26 16 2 5 9 9.39 .361 .403 .500 .903  
10 Years Sim 62 75 .453 297 144 22 2 9 1181.3 1482 645 160 228 868 4.91 .304 .336 .494 .829 48.1
8 Years AAA 44 29 .603 154 94 8 2 1 725.0 815 348 101 181 544 4.32 .281 .323 .435 .758  
2 Years AA 17 12 .586 30 30 4 0 0 218.7 233 102 17 68 145 4.20 .273 .327 .386 .713  
1 Years A 2 3 .400 10 10 2 0 0 73.7 68 27 9 28 56 3.30 .245 .314 .385 .699  
11 Years Minors 63 44 .589 194 134 14 2 1 1017.3 1116 477 127 277 745 4.22 .277 .323 .421 .744  
Season Average 6 7 .462 29 14 2 0 0 118.1 148 64 16 22 86 4.91 .304 .336 .494 .829  
Career Highs 12 16 1.000 55 28 9 1 8 209.3 237 97 30 40 160 8.79 .383 .411 .598 1.008  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   683 297 66 105 436   .286 .317 .455 .772
vs LH   799 348 94 123 432   .321 .353 .531 .884
Home 30 27 .526 145 63 4 1 3 550.7 703 313 76 105 416 5.12 .308 .338 .503 .841
Away 32 48 .400 152 81 18 1 6 630.6 779 332 84 123 452 4.74 .301 .333 .485 .818
Mar/Apr 11 12 .478 31 27 5 2 0 186.0 213 98 31 38 139 4.74 .284 .319 .478 .797
May 11 13 .458 44 26 3 0 2 200.3 277 127 35 37 133 5.71 .325 .353 .538 .891
June 12 9 .571 57 24 2 0 4 205.0 261 106 21 35 149 4.65 .308 .336 .484 .820
July 11 13 .458 54 25 2 0 1 221.3 266 114 25 46 165 4.64 .296 .331 .469 .799
August 10 15 .400 59 22 5 0 1 190.3 231 95 24 34 146 4.49 .298 .327 .478 .805
Sep/Oct 7 13 .350 52 20 5 0 1 178.3 234 105 24 38 136 5.30 .312 .346 .517 .862
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2015 25 CHN NL 40 54 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 23 .037 .103 .037 .140 -2.4 0.0
2016 26 CHN NL 14 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .048 .091 .048 .139 -1.2 0.0
  PHI NL 13 23 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .043 .120 .087 .207 -0.8 0.0
  TOT   27 44 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 17 .045 .106 .068 .175 -2.1 0.0
2017 27 PHI NL 7 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.6 0.0
2018 28 PHI NL 55 26 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .115 .143 .154 .297 0.4 0.0
4 Years Sim 129 135 8 7 2 0 0 6 0 0 9 57 .052 .110 .067 .177 -4.7 0.0
162 Game Average 169 10 8 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 71 .052 .110 .067 .177 -5.9  
Career Highs 55 54 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 23 .115 .143 .154 .297 0.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   78 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 36 .026 .072 .038 .111 -4.7
vs LH   57 6 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 21 .088 .161 .105 .267 -0.6
Home 68 58 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 23 .069 .129 .103 .232 -1.4
Away 61 77 5 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 34 .039 .096 .039 .135 -3.9
RISP   31 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 13 .065 .189 .065 .254 -0.1
Close/Late   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Mar/Apr 16 36 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 14 .028 .053 .028 .080 -2.5
May 18 34 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18 .029 .083 .029 .113 -2.0
June 22 19 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 .053 .217 .053 .270 0.1
July 20 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .200 .333 0.0
August 27 15 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .133 .133 .200 .333 0.0
Sep/Oct 9 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2010 20 OAK AL P 49 0 43.0 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.47    
2012 22 OAK AL P 23 3 69.0 7 7 3 1 .824 1.83    
2013 23 OAK AL P 27 22 166.3 10 23 4 0 .892 1.79    
2014 24 OAK AL P 28 28 209.3 9 26 1 3 .972 1.50    
2015 25 CHN NL P 40 26 187.7 13 38 3 0 .944 2.45    
2016 26 CHN NL P 14 11 64.7 3 9 1 0 .923 1.67    
  PHI NL P 13 11 86.0 3 12 2 0 .882 1.57    
  TOT   P 27 22 150.7 6 21 3 0 .900 1.61    
2017 27 PHI NL P 7 6 42.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.50    
2018 28 PHI NL P 55 10 119.3 8 11 2 0 .905 1.43    
2019 29 CHA AL P 23 23 137.7 6 25 3 1 .912 2.03    
2020 30 CHA AL P 18 4 56.3 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.56    
Career Totals   297 144 1181.3 69 171 19 5 .927 1.83    
Career Highs   55 28 209.3 13 38 4 3 1.000 2.56    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Manager of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2010 20 OAK AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 6 7 2 1 1 27.04 .429 .467 .929 1.395
2015 25 CHN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 2.7 6 7 2 1 1 23.68 .400 .438 .867 1.304
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2013-8-16
Complete Games
2014-1-9
2016-5-2
2019-7-3
CAR-44-22
Shutouts
2018-9-1
2019-6-1
Homeruns Allowed
2015-1-30
2016-5-26
Walks per 9IP
2014-7-1.5
CAR-35-1.7
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 21)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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History
Traded from Boston to Oakland on 6/11/2008 (Going to OAK: P Joseph Bauserman, P Jon Papelbon, P Justin Orenduff, LF Juan Encarnacion. Going to BOS: P Cha Seung Baek, P John Maine, 1B Carlos Pena, CF Andruw Jones)
Earned first career win on 6/12/2010
Earned first career win on 6/12/2010
2/3/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Oakland to Chicago (N) on 2/4/2015 (Going to CHN: P Larry Bremner, P Jon Papelbon. Going to OAK: 1B George Sainz)
Had first career hit on 7/27/2015, off Julio Dejesus (PIT)
2/3/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Chicago (N) to Philadelphia on 7/30/2016 (Going to PHI: P Jon Papelbon. Going to CHN: P Ovidio Vasquez)
7/31/2016: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years