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: 17-15 / in Starts: 17-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2015 Pitching Game Log

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2015 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	254	1	Apr 5	CHC		STL	L,0-3	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	8	3	3	2	6	0	0	6.23	1.75	22	89	57	8	11	7	7	5	1	0	39			3	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.186	1.07	-0.12%	-2.08	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d3
2	255	6	Apr 13	CHC		CIN	W,7-6	GS-6		7	6.0	10	6	6	0	4	0	0	7.84	1.78	27	95	59	15	8	7	16	12	0	0	32			1	0	0	27	3	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.387	1.10	-0.26%	-3.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
3	256	11	Apr 19	CHC		SDP	L,2-5	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	5.1	6	3	3	2	4	1	0	6.89	2.94	23	97	57	18	8	10	7	4	0	0	46			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.001	1.16	0.00%	-0.13	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out tie
4	257	16	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	1	10	0	0	6.23	2.21	24	104	65	18	13	5	8	5	1	0	59			3	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	.99	-0.092	1.11	-0.06%	-0.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
5	258	21	May 1	CHC		MIL	W,1-0	GS-7	W(1-2)	6	7.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	1	4.71	2.37	26	90	56	18	6	9	11	3	2	0	74			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.445	1.30	0.30%	3.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
6	259	26	May 6	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	7.0	7	4	1	2	6	1	0	4.04	2.71	31	106	73	26	7	9	14	4	2	0	57			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.18	-0.003	1.37	0.00%	-0.72	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a1
7	260	31	May 11	CHC		NYM	W,4-3	GS-6	W(3-2)	4	6.0	5	3	3	4	6	2	0	4.10	3.40	27	110	65	24	10	10	7	2	1	0	52			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.010	.88	0.01%	-0.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
8	261	36	May 16	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	GS-7	W(4-2)	4	7.0	9	1	1	1	7	1	0	3.70	3.40	30	110	74	23	15	14	8	4	1	0	61			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	0.325	1.98	0.24%	2.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
9	262	41	May 22	CHC	@	ARI	L,4-5	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.56	3.57	28	96	59	14	7	11	11	8	1	0	61			3	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.172	1.42	0.13%	1.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
10	263	46	May 27	CHC		WSN	L,0-3	GS-7	L(4-3)	4	7.0	7	2	1	2	10	1	0	3.30	3.50	30	106	69	16	14	13	5	3	2	0	65			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.052	1.14	0.04%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
11	264	51	Jun 3	CHC	@	MIA	L,3-7	GS-5	L(4-4)	6	5.0	9	6	6	1	4	2	0	3.86	3.78	25	97	60	18	8	9	11	6	1	0	28			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.294	.63	-0.19%	-3.78	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
12	265	56	Jun 9	CHC	@	DET	L,0-6	GS-5	L(4-5)	5	4.1	9	5	5	2	5	0	0	4.25	3.69	22	93	54	11	11	8	7	5	1	0	28			0	1	0	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.197	.85	-0.13%	-3.14	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d4
13	266	61	Jun 14	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.99	3.54	25	96	65	20	9	8	13	6	2	0	67			3	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.197	1.13	0.14%	2.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
14	267	66	Jun 20	CHC	@	MIN	W,4-1	GS-7		5	6.1	3	1	1	3	7	1	0	3.80	3.60	23	102	68	17	12	8	5	2	2	0	67			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.273	1.11	0.17%	2.15	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out tie
15	268	71	Jun 25	CHC		LAD	L,0-4	GS-4	L(4-6)	4	4.0	4	4	4	4	5	0	0	4.03	3.60	19	75	44	13	8	5	5	4	0	0	39			0	1	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.257	.96	-0.18%	-2.18	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
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
16	269	76	Jul 1	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-0	GS-7		5	7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	1	3.74	3.49	28	107	70	17	13	8	11	5	1	0	73			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.424	1.45	0.27%	3.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
17	270	81	Jul 6	CHC		STL	L,0-6	GS-7	L(4-7)	4	7.0	2	2	0	2	8	0	0	3.48	3.37	26	95	62	14	14	9	7	3	1	0	75			3	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.09	0.040	1.37	0.03%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
18	271	86	Jul 11	CHC		CHW	L,1-5	GS-7	L(4-8)	4	7.0	7	5	4	0	8	0	0	3.59	3.21	28	116	67	18	12	11	9	5	1	0	53			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	1	0	1	.60	-0.128	.58	-0.07%	-1.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
19	272	89	Jul 18	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-0	GS-8	W(5-8)	6	7.1	2	0	0	1	7	0	1	3.37	3.13	26	110	63	21	8	11	6	3	1	0	80			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.328	1.04	0.20%	2.74	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
20	273	95	Jul 24	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	GS-7		5	7.0	7	2	2	0	6	0	1	3.32	3.06	27	95	62	20	9	11	9	4	2	0	61			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.165	1.18	0.10%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
21	274	100	Jul 29	CHC		COL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(6-8)	4	8.0	5	2	2	1	14	1	0	3.26	2.98	28	117	77	25	20	8	5	2	1	0	77			4	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.22	0.320	1.06	0.17%	1.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
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	275	108	Aug 7	CHC		SFG	W,7-3	GS-7	W(7-8)	8	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.22	2.98	26	100	60	19	7	13	8	4	1	0	58			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	.87	0.176	1.15	0.14%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
23	276	113	Aug 13	CHC		MIL	W,9-2	GS-6	W(8-8)	5	6.0	7	2	2	2	10	0	0	3.21	2.89	27	105	67	18	15	8	7	4	1	0	58			5	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.140	.91	0.07%	0.73	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
24	277	118	Aug 19	CHC		DET	L,8-15	GS-3	L(8-9)	5	2.2	7	7	7	3	4	3	0	3.58	3.17	18	62	34	12	5	3	8	7	1	0	17			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.379	.60	-0.20%	-6.05	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d7
25	278	123	Aug 24	CHC		CLE	W,2-1	GS-9		4	8.2	6	1	1	1	6	0	2	3.44	3.15	31	97	62	19	11	15	7	4	2	0	73			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.97	0.189	1.30	0.08%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out tie
26	279	128	Aug 29	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-5	GS-7	L(8-10)	4	6.0	8	5	5	0	7	0	0	3.59	3.06	27	96	70	17	9	8	11	8	0	0	43			3	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.346	1.04	-0.15%	-1.72	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d2
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	280	133	Sep 4	CHC		ARI	W,14-5	GS-5	W(9-10)	5	5.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.59	3.06	22	91	59	15	7	7	10	4	2	0	50			2	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.093	.36	0.02%	0.28	1t start tie	5t 3 out a4
28	281	138	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	2	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.50	3.00	24	105	67	18	11	9	7	1	1	0	75			1	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.325	.62	0.12%	2.28	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
29	282	144	Sep 15(2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(10-10)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	1	3.38	2.94	32	111	71	20	12	11	10	5	1	0	81			1	1	1	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.637	.53	0.15%	3.14	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
30	283	149	Sep 20	CHC		STL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(10-11)	4	6.0	6	4	4	3	7	2	0	3.46	3.06	24	110	67	18	9	8	6	2	1	0	48			1	2	1	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.167	.44	-0.07%	-1.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
31	284	153	Sep 25	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	L(10-12)	4	7.0	5	2	2	0	6	0	0	3.43	3.00	25	102	72	16	11	8	11	7	1	0	65			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.045	.19	0.01%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
32	285	158	Sep 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-3	GS-8	W(11-12)	4	8.0	3	1	1	0	9	0	0	3.34	2.92	27	101	75	22	15	8	10	2	3	0	81			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	.68	0.210	.03	0.01%	2.71	1b start tie	8b 3 out a7
							17-15		W-L:11-12	4.7	205.0	183	83	76	47	207	16	7	3.34	2.92	828	3186	64%	18%	11%	1.04		25%	7%	0	58		---%	44	11	2	764	42	6	0	13	4	7	1.07	2.131	.99	0.92%	9.72

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