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: 20-12 / in Starts: 20-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2010 Pitching Game Log

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2010 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	93	2	Apr 6	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	GS-5		99	5.0	5	4	4	3	4	0	2	7.20	4.48	24	94	53	13	8	9	6	3	0	0	42			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.46	-0.217	1.70	-0.15%	-1.37	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
2	94	7	Apr 12	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	5.0	9	4	4	3	5	0	0	7.20	3.68	27	107	59	11	10	9	10	7	2	0	35			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.215	.90	-0.14%	-1.57	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
3	95	12	Apr 18	BOS		TBR	L,1-7	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	6.0	7	7	7	3	5	2	0	8.44	5.02	29	104	63	18	11	10	11	3	3	0	32			3	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.255	.50	-0.14%	-3.84	1t start tie	6t 3 out d7
4	96	17	Apr 23	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	GS-6		4	5.2	4	0	0	4	7	0	1	6.23	4.56	25	113	69	20	13	10	3	1	0	0	64			0	1	1	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.245	.84	0.11%	2.37	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a3
5	97	22	Apr 28	BOS	@	TOR	W,2-0	GS-7	W(1-2)	4	7.0	1	0	0	2	11	0	0	4.71	3.64	23	119	75	20	18	6	4	2	1	0	84			0	1	1	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.452	.98	0.27%	3.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
May				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
6	98	27	May 4	BOS		LAA	W,5-1	GS-8	W(2-2)	5	8.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.93	3.41	29	120	76	22	10	14	8	3	1	0	71			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.44	0.444	1.19	0.22%	3.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
7	99	32	May 9	BOS		NYY	W,9-3	GS-7	W(3-2)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	7	2	1	3.71	3.83	27	102	63	20	9	7	10	4	0	0	66			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.159	.41	0.07%	1.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
8	100	37	May 15	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-7		5	7.0	4	4	4	4	10	0	0	3.91	3.57	29	117	75	20	12	9	6	1	0	0	59			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	1	0	.91	0.098	.87	0.06%	-0.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
9	101	42	May 20	BOS		MIN	W,6-2	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	6	2	1	0	9	0	0	3.47	3.20	32	103	76	24	13	13	10	6	0	0	78			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	1	0	.54	0.274	.42	0.13%	2.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	102	47	May 25	BOS	@	TBR	W,2-0	GS-6	W(5-2)	4	6.0	1	0	0	5	9	0	0	3.15	3.14	24	111	64	23	11	5	5	1	2	0	74			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.346	1.53	0.27%	2.83	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
11	103	52	May 30	BOS		KCR	W,8-1	GS-7	W(6-2)	4	7.0	4	1	1	4	5	0	0	2.97	3.16	28	105	65	22	9	11	8	2	0	0	66			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.232	1.00	0.15%	2.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
Jun				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
12	104	57	Jun 5	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-2	GS-7	W(7-2)	5	6.1	4	0	0	3	4	0	1	2.73	3.21	26	102	66	21	5	10	8	3	1	0	66			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.151	1.70	0.11%	1.88	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a1
13	105	62	Jun 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS-6		4	6.0	9	6	6	1	8	0	0	3.18	3.04	27	109	69	19	13	6	12	3	2	0	37			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.31	-0.438	1.61	-0.32%	-3.20	1b start a 4	6b 3 out d1
14	106	67	Jun 16	BOS		ARI	W,6-2	GS-7	W(8-2)	5	7.0	4	2	2	3	7	1	2	3.13	3.20	29	103	62	17	17	6	11	2	0	0	65			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.222	1.58	0.16%	1.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
15	107	72	Jun 22	BOS	@	COL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(8-3)	5	6.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.03	3.10	24	90	59	17	6	11	7	5	0	0	61			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.196	1.61	0.17%	2.37	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
16	108	77	Jun 27	BOS	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	0	2.86	2.96	33	103	76	22	14	13	10	1	3	0	81			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.304	1.32	0.27%	3.26	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
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
17	109	81	Jul 3	BOS		BAL	W,9-3	GS-7	W(10-3)	5	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.76	2.87	26	100	67	18	12	12	6	2	2	0	69			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.187	1.19	0.17%	2.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
18	110	86	Jul 9	BOS	@	TOR	W,14-3	GS-6	W(11-3)	5	6.0	4	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.78	2.94	24	96	61	16	10	5	11	4	3	0	60			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.103	.34	0.09%	1.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out a12
19	111	92	Jul 18	BOS		TEX	L,2-4	GS-8	L(11-4)	8	8.0	9	4	3	3	6	0	0	2.81	2.92	32	118	75	16	9	11	12	7	0	0	53			2	1	1	29	3	0	0	3	0	0	.88	-0.076	1.17	-0.06%	0.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
20	112	98	Jul 24	BOS	@	SEA	L,1-5	GS-8	L(11-5)	5	7.2	4	5	4	1	13	1	0	2.92	2.86	29	124	79	26	12	11	4	2	0	0	65			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.103	1.02	-0.08%	-0.88	1b start tie	8b -23 2 out d3
21	113	103	Jul 30	BOS		DET	L,5-6	GS-7	L(11-6)	5	6.0	11	4	4	2	7	2	0	3.05	2.99	30	115	69	19	10	13	8	4	0	0	39			0	1	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.157	.94	-0.10%	-1.84	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d3
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
22	114	108	Aug 4	BOS		CLE	L,1-9	GS-6	L(11-7)	4	5.0	7	4	2	2	4	1	0	3.07	3.07	25	98	55	18	7	11	8	1	2	0	43			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.11	-0.143	1.33	-0.10%	-1.76	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d4
23	115	113	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS-7	W(12-7)	4	6.1	4	0	0	3	6	0	1	2.94	3.07	27	99	57	19	6	14	3	1	0	0	68			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.187	2.23	0.18%	2.08	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a2
24	116	118	Aug 14	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-1	GS-8	W(13-7)	4	8.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.80	3.01	28	109	66	15	13	15	8	1	0	0	77			1	1	1	28	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.41	0.647	2.08	0.58%	4.33	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
25	117	123	Aug 20	BOS		TOR	L,2-16	GS-3	L(13-8)	5	2.0	8	9	9	3	1	2	0	3.26	3.21	16	51	26	7	2	5	7	2	1	0	2			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	1	1	0	.91	-0.428	1.16	-0.33%	-7.95	1t start tie	3t --- 0 out d9
26	118	129	Aug 27	BOS	@	TBR	W,3-1	GS-7	W(14-8)	6	7.0	2	1	0	5	10	0	1	3.12	3.20	26	106	58	20	13	5	5	2	1	0	76			2	1	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.70	0.341	3.16	0.38%	2.30	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a2
Sept				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
27	119	133	Sep 1	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-6	GS-6	W(15-8)	4	6.0	8	5	5	2	10	0	1	3.27	3.13	29	120	72	16	13	6	10	5	1	0	44			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.283	.53	-0.12%	-2.05	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
28	120	138	Sep 6	BOS		TBR	W,12-5	GS-6	W(16-8)	4	6.0	4	2	2	3	10	0	0	3.26	3.07	25	94	59	17	17	9	3	2	0	0	63			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.032	.41	0.01%	1.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out a9
29	121	144	Sep 13	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-1	GS-8	W(17-8)	6	8.0	3	1	1	3	12	0	0	3.17	2.99	30	112	76	20	15	9	6	4	0	0	81			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.296	.26	0.05%	2.70	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
30	122	149	Sep 19	BOS		TOR	W,6-0	GS-7	W(18-8)	5	7.0	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	3.06	3.01	29	112	68	18	6	11	10	4	0	0	69			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.313	.12	0.02%	3.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
31	123	154	Sep 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	GS-7	W(19-8)	5	7.0	2	0	0	3	8	0	0	2.96	2.98	24	102	58	15	18	8	5	1	0	0	78			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.298	.15	0.04%	3.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
32	124	159	Sep 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS-5	L(19-9)	4	4.0	9	8	8	5	5	2	0	3.25	3.13	25	99	52	11	9	4	11	5	0	0	12			3	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.462	.00	0.00%	-6.34	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d6
							20-12		W-L:19-9	4.7	208.0	167	81	75	83	225	14	10	3.25	3.13	861	3357	62%	17%	10%	1.21		17%	5%	0	59		---%	22	7	5	758	31	3	0	21	6	5	1.00	2.750	1.07	1.96%	20.93

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