Jon Lester

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 249lb (193cm, 112kg)

Born: January 7, 1984 in Tacoma, WA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bellarmine Preparatory School (Tacoma, WA).

High School: Bellarmine Preparatory School (Tacoma, WA)

Debut: June 10, 2006 (Age 22-154d, 18,904th in major league history)
vs. TEX 4.1 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: October 2, 2021 (Age 37-268d)
vs. CHC 5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: ACES • Previously: Octagon, SFX

Full Name: Jonathan Tyler Lester

Nicknames: Lefthander

Pronunciation: \LEST-er\

Twitter: @JLester34

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.5

200

117

ERA

3.66

452

451

2740.0

2488

WHIP

1.278

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-6 / in Starts: 9-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2006 Pitching Game Log

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2006 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	59	Jun 10	BOS		TEX	L,4-7	GS-5		99	4.1	5	3	3	4	4	0	0	6.23	4.07	24	102	60	19	6	7	9	2	4	0	41			2	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	-0.135	1.71	-0.11%	-1.09	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out tie
2	2	65	Jun 16	BOS	@	ATL	W,4-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	6.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.48	3.44	26	93	54	15	11	8	10	6	0	0	60			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	0.235	1.41	0.20%	2.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
3	3	70	Jun 21	BOS		WSN	W,9-3	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	3	1	1	2	10	0	0	2.76	2.47	23	107	69	21	15	3	8	1	2	0	70			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.232	1.08	0.19%	2.48	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
4	4	74	Jun 27	BOS		NYM	W,9-4	GS-5	W(3-0)	5	5.0	4	2	2	5	5	1	1	2.95	3.62	23	116	72	23	11	8	4	2	0	0	51			0	1	1	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.091	1.99	0.07%	0.90	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	79	Jul 2	BOS	@	FLA	W,4-3	GS-5		4	5.0	7	2	2	3	3	1	2	3.08	4.36	25	99	54	19	6	4	13	3	4	0	45			0	0	1	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	0.070	2.00	0.06%	0.57	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a1
6	6	84	Jul 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	GS-6	W(4-0)	4	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.06	4.23	25	95	58	15	10	10	9	3	3	0	52			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	2	0	1.37	0.190	2.02	0.17%	1.45	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a2
7	7	87	Jul 13	BOS		OAK	L,4-5	GS-5		5	5.0	5	1	1	5	3	1	0	2.89	4.67	23	103	54	18	5	7	8	3	1	0	51			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.25	0.186	1.71	0.15%	1.90	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
8	8	92	Jul 18	BOS		KCR	W,1-0	GS-8	W(5-0)	4	8.0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	2.38	4.49	27	100	57	19	5	15	4	1	0	0	80			1	1	1	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.613	1.73	0.58%	4.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
9	9	97	Jul 23	BOS	@	SEA	L,8-9	GS-6		4	5.0	8	5	5	1	4	1	1	3.04	4.58	25	92	56	19	6	6	13	3	3	0	34			1	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.336	1.13	-0.27%	-2.71	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a2
10	10	101	Jul 28	BOS		LAA	L,3-8	GS-7	L(5-1)	4	6.1	10	5	5	0	2	0	0	3.49	4.35	28	92	64	16	5	14	12	6	1	0	35			1	1	1	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.199	2.28	-0.18%	-0.43	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	106	Aug 2	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.59	4.39	24	110	67	26	5	3	17	7	2	0	46			1	1	1	22	1	1	0	0	1	0	.67	-0.015	1.11	-0.01%	0.48	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
12	12	111	Aug 8	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-6	GS-5	L(5-2)	5	5.0	6	4	4	3	5	0	1	3.86	4.33	25	105	52	17	5	5	11	4	2	0	41			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.37	-0.217	2.45	-0.23%	-1.21	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
13	13	116	Aug 13	BOS		BAL	W,11-9	GS-5	W(6-2)	4	5.0	9	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.09	4.43	25	102	59	16	5	5	15	5	1	0	34			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.05	-0.075	1.91	-0.08%	-1.10	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
14	14	121	Aug 18(2)	BOS		NYY	L,11-14	GS-4		4	3.2	8	7	7	3	4	1	0	4.72	4.55	21	95	58	12	10	5	9	5	1	0	18			0	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.482	3.57	-0.83%	-4.94	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d2
15	15	126	Aug 23	BOS	@	LAA	W,5-4	GS-5	W(7-2)	4	5.0	6	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.76	4.56	23	96	58	20	5	5	12	3	1	0	41			1	1	0	19	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.26	0.033	1.44	0.02%	-0.24	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a2
							9-6		W-L:7-2	4.3	81.1	91	43	43	43	60	7	5	4.76	4.56	367	1507	59%	18%	7%	0.68		21%	10%	0	47		---%	9	6	5	309	20	1	1	8	8	0	1.18	0.191	1.83	-0.28%	2.95

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