#58 Jonathan Papelbon, Closer, 38 yrs, Kansas City Royals

#58 Jonathan Papelbon, Closer, 38 yrs, Kansas City Royals
Sunday, 9/1/2019

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Jonathan Papelbon

11/23/1980
38
Baton Rouge, LA
6"4
245

Closer
R
R

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1.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 1,200,000
2019
14 Year(s), 155 Days (2563 total Days)
155 Day(s)
14 Year(s), 155 Days (2563 total Days)
14 Year(s)
Not eligible

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	5	4	3	95-99 Mph
Versus LHB	4	4	3
Versus RHB	6	4	3
Talent	5	5	2

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

3
67
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	4	1	2	3
Versus LHP	1	4	1	2	3
Versus RHP	1	4	1	2	3
Talent	1	4	1	2	3

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3
2
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 7 (Range), .933 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
7/31	@NOR	W 6-5		1	1	1	1	0	3	SV
8/2	@NOR	L 4-5		1.1	3	3	3	1	1
8/6	CLE	W 3-2		1	1	0	0	1	2	SV
8/8	CLE	W 11-8		1	1	0	0	0	2	SV
8/15	BAL	W 2-1		1	2	1	1	0	0	SV
8/16	BAL	W 2-1		1	1	0	0	0	0	SV
8/21	@SEA	W 2-1		1	0	0	0	1	1	SV
8/23	CAL	L 1-7		1	1	1	1	1	1
8/25	CAL	W 5-2		1	0	0	0	0	2	SV
8/29	TEX	W 6-4		1	0	0	0	0	0	SV

Pitching Stats 2019

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	35	0	1	2	25	3.99	38.1	44	18	17	14	45	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	45	0	1	3	32	3.99	48.0	56	23	22	18	57

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	28	3	89.3	35	31	13.9	10.3	10.6	3.3	1	0	.0	10	4	40.0	5.34

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	68	23	1	1	3	10	8	8	15	0	0	0	.338	.397	.515	.912
vs. RHB	82	21	1	0	3	12	10	6	30	0	0	1	.256	.311	.378	.689

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	20	0	0	1	14	4.09	22.0	25	10	10	7	28
Road	15	0	1	1	11	3.86	16.1	19	8	7	7	17
This Week	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	3	0	0	0	2	3.00	3.0	1	1	1	2	4

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	3	0	0	0	2	2.25	4.0	5	1	1	2	3
May	5	0	0	1	2	5.14	7.0	10	4	4	2	7
June	7	0	1	0	5	2.00	9.0	8	3	2	3	9
July	11	0	0	1	9	5.00	9.0	12	5	5	3	17
August	9	0	0	0	7	4.82	9.1	9	5	5	4	9
Sept./Oct.	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2005	88	0	4	10	24	3.22	114.2	95	51	41	8	32	141	0	0	1.11	.314	PIT
2006	61	0	5	5	24	3.01	77.2	73	27	26	7	20	101	0	0	1.20	.347	PIT
2007	76	0	7	4	37	2.14	88.1	68	24	21	5	18	116	0	0	0.97	.318	PIT
2008	55	0	4	3	26	3.05	62.0	47	25	21	8	11	87	0	0	0.94	.285	PIT
2009	70	0	5	2	37	2.67	81.0	55	25	24	12	19	104	0	0	0.91	.243	PIT
2010	70	0	9	3	34	2.35	76.2	53	23	20	6	17	122	0	0	0.91	.309	PIT
2011	61	0	4	6	40	3.59	67.2	58	28	27	9	14	93	0	0	1.06	.322	PIT NOR
2012	62	0	5	5	42	2.82	70.1	63	26	22	8	16	98	0	0	1.12	.333	NOR,AL
2013	74	0	8	6	16	3.96	100.0	90	52	44	14	33	133	0	0	1.23	.333	NOR TEX
2014	90	0	3	4	7	3.41	95.0	76	42	36	12	25	111	0	0	1.06	.284	TEX
2015	73	0	5	3	38	3.97	81.2	82	40	36	10	27	91	0	0	1.33	.332	TEX KCR
2016	57	0	4	4	25	5.59	66.0	81	46	41	11	22	81	0	0	1.56	.393	KCR
2017	64	0	3	8	35	3.92	59.2	65	28	26	4	25	69	0	0	1.51	.384	KCR
2018	59	0	4	5	37	3.71	60.2	69	25	25	7	22	64	0	0	1.50	.363	KCR,AL
2019	35	0	1	2	25	3.99	38.1	44	18	17	6	14	45	0	0	1.51	.384	KCR
Total	995	0	71	70	447	3.37	1139.2	1019	480	427	127	315	1456	0	0	1.17	.327

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2010	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
2011	4	0	1	1	2	5.79	4.2	7	3	3	0	6	0	0
2012	3	0	0	0	3	0.00	3.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0
2013	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	3	0	0	1	0	4.91	3.2	5	2	2	0	4	0	0
Total	14	0	1	2	6	3.07	14.2	16	5	5	0	15	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2005	88	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067	PIT
2006	61	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	PIT
2007	76	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PIT
2008	55	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PIT
2009	70	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	PIT
2010	70	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	PIT
2011	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PIT NOR
2012	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NOR,AL
2013	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NOR TEX
2014	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
2015	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX KCR
2016	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KCR
2017	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KCR
2018	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KCR,AL
Total	960	56	3	1	0	0	2	4	3	20	0	0	.054	.102	.071	.173

Fielding Stats 2019

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.889

38.1

2.11

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 2005...
Earned first career win on 4/2/2005...
1/31/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,811,429 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 3/30/2008 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week...
1/31/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,811,429 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 3/14/2009 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...
Had first career hit on 8/19/2009, off Jose Silva (SDP)...
1/31/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,811,429 through salary arbitration...
7/16/2010: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $7,800,000 per year, for 5 years.
Traded from Pittsburgh to New Orleans on 2/7/2011 (Going to PIT: CF Reid Fronk. Going to NOR: P Jonathan Papelbon)...
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game...
Traded from New Orleans to Texas on 5/1/2013 (Going to NOR: P Phil Coke, P George Romero, P Jeremy Hefner. Going to TEX: P Jonathan Papelbon)...
Traded from Texas to Kansas City on 2/21/2015 (Going to TEX: C Lou Marson, LF Everett Williams. Going to KCR: P Jonathan Papelbon)...
10/22/2015: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $2,070,000 per year, for 2 years.
10/1/2017: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,200,000 per year, for 2 years.
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
2005 - 24 - 10th
2006 - 24 - 6th
2007 - 37 - 2nd
2008 - 26 - 7th
2009 - 37 - 1st
2010 - 34 - 6th
2011 - 40 - 1st
2012 - 42 - 1st
2015 - 38 - 1st
2016 - 25 - 9th
2017 - 35 - 2nd
2018 - 37 - 2nd

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