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Jonathan Papelbon

Red Sox Career team 2005–2011
Number #58
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 45
Height 6' 5"
Weight 230 lbs
Birth Place Baton Rouge, LA
Born Nov 23, 1980

Key Insights

2016
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .469 expected average against them, against .247 on his offspeed pitches.

109 of his breaking balls thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Papelbon throws the slider 38.9% of the time against right-handers and 2.9% against left-handers.

257 pitches to right-handers, 313 to left-handers.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Papelbon goes to the slider: 29.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 15.3% the rest of the time.

153 two-strike pitches in 2016.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Papelbon's 4-seam fastball averages 91.0 mph, and has touched 95.2.

344 thrown, 60.4% of his pitches.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard

Hitters average 91.8 mph off the bat against Papelbon, 6th percentile.

570 pitches in 2016. 6th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 648th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together

Papelbon works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider and Splitter. The 4-seam fastball is 60.4% of everything he throws.

570 classified pitches in 2016.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 23, 1980
Birth Place Baton Rouge, LA
Height 6' 5"
Weight 230 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Mississippi State