Richard
Papa
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: March 19, 1987 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie of the Year 2010   
All-Star Selections 2017    2018   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 19 PHI VL     0 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
2007 20 MIL VL     0 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
2008 21 MIL VL     0 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
2009 22 MIL VL     3 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
2010 23 MIL VL $ 100,000   6 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
2011 24 MIL VL $ 100,000   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
2012 25 MIL VL $ 100,000   8 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 12 12 12
2013 26 MIL VL $ 100,000   9 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 12 12 12
2014 27 MIL VL $ 100,000   9 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 12 12 12
2015 28 MIL VL $ 10,030,000   9 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 13 13 13
2016 29 MON VL $ 10,030,000   9 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 13 13 13
2017 30 MON VL $ 10,030,000   9 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 12 12 12
2018 31 MON VL $ 10,350,000   10 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 12 12 12
Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
Max Ratings $ 10,350,000   10 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 13 13 13
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher 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
2006 19 A   11 7 .611 24 24 4 3 0 181.7 147 46 10 38 128 2.28 .219 .261 .304 .564  
2007 20 AA   0 4 .000 5 5 0 0 0 32.7 47 24 2 12 25 6.61 .346 .399 .493 .891  
    A   9 11 .450 24 24 5 1 0 175.0 154 58 10 52 110 2.98 .234 .290 .332 .622  
2008 21 AA   9 11 .450 28 28 3 1 0 190.0 180 66 17 62 187 3.13 .248 .307 .373 .680  
2009 22 AAA   11 6 .647 22 22 1 1 0 158.0 144 48 10 52 162 2.73 .238 .298 .347 .644  
    AA   1 4 .200 7 7 1 0 0 50.0 49 23 8 13 58 4.14 .253 .300 .428 .727  
2010 23 MIL VL 17 5 .773 29 29 3 1 0 205.0 164 61 14 50 155 2.68 .218 .276 .340 .617 17.3
    AAA   3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 36.0 29 12 5 10 41 3.00 .213 .267 .360 .627  
2011 24 MIL VL 14 9 .609 31 31 4 1 0 218.7 198 81 25 48 164 3.33 .237 .289 .385 .673 13.0
2012 25 MIL VL 16 13 .552 37 37 6 4 0 245.7 206 74 7 48 190 2.71 .223 .270 .306 .576 18.6
2013 26 MIL VL 16 7 .696 29 29 5 3 0 196.7 157 57 10 31 229 2.61 .213 .255 .328 .583 16.5
2014 27 MIL VL 15 11 .577 37 37 3 1 0 251.0 232 107 27 44 261 3.84 .243 .287 .407 .694 14.4
2015 28 MIL VL 15 11 .577 37 37 4 2 0 258.3 231 90 27 31 264 3.14 .235 .264 .371 .635 22.0
2016 29 MIL VL 6 8 .429 18 18 2 0 0 133.7 132 54 9 31 126 3.64 .251 .295 .379 .674 8.9
  MON VL 10 4 .714 18 18 2 0 0 128.3 97 28 6 18 147 1.96 .204 .237 .305 .542 12.5
  TOT   16 12 .571 36 36 4 0 0 262.0 229 82 15 49 273 2.82 .229 .268 .344 .612 21.4
2017 30 MON VL 20 4 .833 34 34 4 3 0 241.3 221 64 15 27 246 2.39 .240 .261 .347 .608 22.1
2018 31 MON VL 15 4 .789 24 24 5 1 0 175.3 157 53 15 19 141 2.72 .235 .262 .348 .610 14.3
9 Years Sim 144 76 .655 294 294 38 16 0 2054.0 1795 669 155 347 1923 2.93 .231 .271 .354 .625 159.7
2 Years AAA 14 7 .667 27 27 1 1 0 194.0 173 60 15 62 203 2.78 .233 .292 .349 .641  
3 Years AA 10 19 .345 40 40 4 1 0 272.7 276 113 27 87 270 3.73 .261 .318 .399 .716  
2 Years A 20 18 .526 48 48 9 4 0 356.7 301 104 20 90 238 2.62 .226 .275 .318 .593  
7 Years Minors 44 44 .500 115 115 14 6 0 823.3 750 277 62 239 711 3.03 .240 .294 .353 .646  
Season Average 16 8 .667 32 32 4 1 0 228.2 199 74 17 38 213 2.93 .231 .271 .354 .625  
Career Highs 20 13 .833 37 37 6 4 0 262.0 232 107 27 50 273 3.84 .243 .289 .407 .694  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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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   1012 392 95 181 956   .235 .266 .362 .627
vs LH   783 277 60 166 967   .226 .261 .344 .605
Home 70 39 .642 142 142 13 9 0 991.3 824 321 81 171 917 2.91 .223 .257 .349 .607
Away 74 37 .667 152 152 24 7 0 1062.6 971 348 74 176 1006 2.95 .238 .269 .358 .627
Mar/Apr 16 10 .615 41 41 8 3 0 277.0 234 84 23 42 228 2.73 .224 .254 .346 .600
May 25 15 .625 50 50 8 3 0 363.3 326 135 29 65 335 3.34 .236 .270 .363 .633
June 28 13 .683 49 49 10 7 0 352.3 281 101 20 60 340 2.58 .215 .250 .317 .567
July 18 11 .621 38 38 6 1 0 279.0 266 95 27 37 256 3.06 .246 .271 .389 .660
August 24 9 .727 48 48 3 0 0 330.0 285 105 23 47 324 2.86 .227 .255 .345 .600
Sep/Oct 33 18 .647 68 68 3 3 0 452.3 403 149 33 96 440 2.96 .235 .276 .364 .640
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2010 23 MIL VL P 29 29 205.0 9 20 0 2 1.000 1.27    
2011 24 MIL VL P 31 31 218.7 9 19 0 0 1.000 1.15    
2012 25 MIL VL P 37 37 245.7 9 27 0 2 1.000 1.32    
2013 26 MIL VL P 29 29 196.7 16 15 1 0 .969 1.42    
2014 27 MIL VL P 37 37 251.0 14 26 4 3 .909 1.43    
2015 28 MIL VL P 37 37 258.3 5 29 1 1 .971 1.18    
2016 29 MIL VL P 18 18 133.7 6 11 0 1 1.000 1.14    
  MON VL P 18 18 128.3 6 11 0 0 1.000 1.19    
  TOT   P 36 36 262.0 12 22 0 1 1.000 1.17    
2017 30 MON VL P 34 34 241.3 11 24 0 1 1.000 1.31    
2018 31 MON VL P 24 24 175.3 13 22 0 1 1.000 1.80    
Career Totals   294 294 2054.0 98 204 6 11 .981 1.32    
Career Highs   37 37 262.0 16 29 4 3 1.000 1.80    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2016 29 MON VL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 7.0 11 9 5 1 7 11.57 .344 .364 .813 1.176
2017 30 MON VL 4 1 .800 6 6 1 1 0 46.3 35 11 2 11 47 2.14 .205 .253 .281 .533
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 3 .571 8 8 1 1 0 53.3 46 20 7 12 54 3.38 .227 .270 .365 .634
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2010-8-2.68
2012-8-2.71
2013-3-2.61
2016-4-2.82
2017-5-2.39
2018-9-2.72
CAR-20-2.93
Wins
2016-9-16
2017-4-20
Winning Pct
2010-8-.773
2013-10-.696
2017-2-.833
2018-6-.789
CAR-39-.655
Games Started
2012-1-37
2014-1-37
2015-1-37
2016-6-36
Shutouts
2012-2-4
2013-2-3
2015-9-2
2017-7-3
CAR-36-16
Innings Pitched
2012-7-245.7
2014-4-251.0
2015-5-258.3
2016-3-262.0
2017-9-241.3
Hits Allowed
2014-5-232
2015-9-231
2016-9-229
Strikeouts
2012-6-190
2013-4-229
2014-2-261
2015-3-264
2016-1-273
2017-2-246
Walks per 9IP
2013-9-1.4
2015-5-1.1
2017-2-1.0
2018-3-1.0
CAR-23-1.5
Hits per 9IP
2016-8-7.9
CAR-47-7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP
2013-2-10.5
2014-2-9.4
2015-4-9.2
2016-5-9.4
2017-6-9.2
2018-10-7.2
CAR-28-8.4
WHiP
2010-8-1.04
2012-10-1.03
2013-4-0.96
2016-8-1.06
2017-6-1.03
2018-6-1.00
CAR-14-1.04
OAVG
2013-10-.213
2016-6-.229
CAR-43-.231
OOBP
2010-10-.276
2013-5-.255
2016-7-.268
2017-5-.261
2018-6-.262
CAR-21-.271
OSLG
2012-5-.306
2013-7-.328
2016-8-.344
OOPS
2012-4-.576
2013-4-.583
2016-6-.612
2017-7-.608
CAR-28-.625
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 113    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 57    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Philadelphia in 2006
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Philadelphia in 2006
Injured on 7/1/2006 with a Fractured Hand, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Philadelphia to Milwaukee on 7/2/2007
Injured on 7/16/2007 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/20/2008 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 9/8/2008 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Earned first career win on 5/2/2010
Injured on 9/24/2010 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won VL Rookie of the Year in 2010, going 17-5, 2.68 ERA
Was selected to the 2010 All-Rookie Team
Injured on 6/15/2011 with a Spasms Back, out for 3 weeks