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Jonathan Papelbon played 12 major-league seasons (2005-2016) as a P (689). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 25 | BOS | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 17 | 2.65 | 164 |
| 2006 | 26 | BOS | 59 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 68.1 | 75 | 13 | 0.92 | 494 |
| 2007 | 27 | BOS | 59 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 58.1 | 84 | 15 | 1.85 | 243 |
| 2008 | 28 | BOS | 67 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 69.1 | 77 | 8 | 2.34 | 186 |
| 2009 | 29 | BOS | 66 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 68 | 76 | 24 | 1.85 | 240 |
| 2010 | 30 | BOS | 65 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 67 | 76 | 28 | 3.90 | 106 |
| 2011 | 31 | BOS | 63 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 64.1 | 87 | 10 | 2.94 | 139 |
| 2012 | 32 | PHI | 70 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 70 | 92 | 18 | 2.44 | 161 |
| 2013 | 33 | PHI | 61 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 61.2 | 57 | 11 | 2.92 | 128 |
| 2014 | 34 | PHI | 66 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 66.1 | 63 | 15 | 2.04 | 180 |
| 2015 | 35 | PHI|WAS | 59 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 63.1 | 56 | 12 | 2.13 | 183 |
| 2016 | 36 | WAS | 37 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 4.37 | 95 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | P | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | P | 59 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | P | 59 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | P | 67 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | P | 66 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | P | 65 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | P | 63 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | P | 70 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | P | 61 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | P | 66 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | P | 59 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Jonathan Papelbon won: Babe Ruth Award 2007 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2006.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 2 | 63 / 140 | 0 |
Jonathan Papelbon ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | closers | 2006 | 494 ERA+ |
| #10 | relief pitchers | 2006 | 494 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.