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: 24-8 / in Starts: 24-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2016 Pitching Game Log

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2016 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	286	2	Apr 5	CHC	@	LAA	W,6-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	1.29	2.00	25	93	63	16	7	11	10	6	0	0	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.219	.69	0.13%	2.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
2	287	7	Apr 11	CHC		CIN	W,5-3	GS-6		5	6.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	0	2.77	3.22	24	102	66	19	6	7	10	6	0	0	53			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.077	.98	-0.06%	0.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
3	288	12	Apr 17	CHC		COL	L,0-2	GS-8	L(1-1)	5	7.1	4	1	1	2	10	1	0	2.21	3.15	26	99	64	22	13	7	8	6	0	0	74			1	2	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.241	1.02	0.17%	2.48	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d1
4	289	17	Apr 22	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-1	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	0	1.98	3.44	25	100	66	13	8	8	12	5	4	0	66			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.285	1.26	0.23%	2.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
5	290	22	Apr 29	CHC		ATL	W,6-1	GS-7		6	7.0	7	1	1	2	10	1	0	1.83	3.35	28	106	71	21	14	8	8	4	2	0	67			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.294	1.86	0.22%	2.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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	291	26	May 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	GS-6	W(3-1)	4	5.2	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	1.58	3.22	26	103	62	16	11	10	9	4	2	0	56			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.238	1.65	0.21%	2.51	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a4
7	292	31	May 10	CHC		SDP	W,8-7	GS-6	W(4-1)	5	6.0	4	3	3	1	4	1	1	1.96	3.45	24	105	67	23	3	6	12	2	2	0	55			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.142	.80	0.08%	0.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
8	293	36	May 15	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	6.2	2	1	1	2	9	0	0	1.88	3.18	24	109	68	16	14	7	6	1	2	0	73			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.176	1.18	0.12%	2.18	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d1
9	294	41	May 21	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS-3	L(4-3)	5	2.2	6	5	5	3	1	1	0	2.60	3.54	16	75	45	13	5	5	7	4	1	0	24			1	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.346	.79	-0.19%	-3.79	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d4
10	295	46	May 27	CHC		PHI	W,6-2	GS-7	W(5-3)	5	6.1	6	2	1	2	7	0	0	2.48	3.37	28	105	69	14	14	8	11	3	1	0	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	1	.95	0.151	1.03	0.10%	1.82	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a5
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	296	51	Jun 1	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	10	1	0	2.29	3.25	31	113	74	23	12	14	7	3	1	0	85			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.629	1.11	0.36%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	297	56	Jun 6	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS-8	W(7-3)	4	8.0	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.06	3.01	26	95	63	18	14	10	7	2	1	0	83			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.352	.53	0.16%	3.93	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a5
13	298	61	Jun 12	CHC	@	ATL	W,13-2	GS-7	W(8-3)	5	7.0	5	1	0	0	7	0	0	1.89	2.85	27	109	73	19	16	13	7	3	3	0	72			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.237	.62	0.09%	2.40	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a6
14	299	66	Jun 18	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	GS-6	W(9-3)	5	6.0	7	3	3	3	7	1	1	2.06	2.99	27	104	67	14	12	9	7	4	1	0	50			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.016	.75	-0.01%	0.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
15	300	71	Jun 23	CHC	@	MIA	L,2-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	3	7	2	0	2.10	3.22	28	100	64	18	11	9	9	6	1	0	63			2	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.034	.52	0.01%	1.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
16	301	76	Jun 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-2	GS-8		4	7.2	3	1	1	1	4	1	1	2.03	3.32	27	103	71	21	8	10	11	5	1	0	72			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.383	.50	0.12%	2.77	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 2 out a1
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	302	81	Jul 3	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-14	GS-2	L(9-4)	4	1.1	9	8	8	1	2	3	0	2.67	3.67	14	56	36	9	8	2	9	5	1	0	5			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.484	.38	-0.18%	-7.93	1b start a 1	2b 12- 1 out d7
18	303	87	Jul 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-12	GS-3		5	3.0	4	5	5	3	3	2	1	3.01	3.94	16	64	35	7	5	5	4	3	0	0	31			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.33	-0.428	1.67	-0.32%	-3.53	1b start a 2	3b 3 out d1
19	304	92	Jul 18	CHC		NYM	W,5-1	GS-8	W(10-4)	8	7.2	4	1	1	3	3	1	0	2.89	4.02	29	98	61	17	9	13	10	5	1	0	67			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.319	.77	0.16%	2.77	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a3
20	305	97	Jul 24	CHC	@	MIL	W,6-5	GS-5		5	4.0	4	4	4	5	7	0	0	3.09	4.00	22	100	61	11	11	3	7	3	1	0	40			5	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.142	.75	-0.07%	-1.82	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d2
21	306	102	Jul 29	CHC		SEA	W,12-1	GS-6	W(11-4)	4	6.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.95	3.90	24	95	58	16	12	5	10	7	0	0	69			2	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.211	.60	0.10%	3.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
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	307	108	Aug 5	CHC	@	OAK	W,7-2	GS-7	W(12-4)	6	7.0	6	2	2	0	8	1	0	2.93	3.84	26	107	71	21	11	8	10	6	1	0	65			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.117	.14	0.03%	1.41	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a5
23	308	113	Aug 11	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.93	3.84	24	91	62	15	12	7	10	5	0	0	59			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.059	.15	0.01%	1.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
24	309	119	Aug 17	CHC		MIL	W,6-1	GS-7	W(13-4)	5	6.2	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.86	3.75	25	118	73	21	8	8	8	3	1	0	69			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.143	.04	0.01%	2.27	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a5
25	310	124	Aug 22	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-1	GS-7	W(14-4)	4	6.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	0	2.81	3.67	23	100	63	23	11	4	9	7	1	0	64			3	2	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.207	.07	0.01%	1.85	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a5
26	311	129	Aug 28	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-1	GS-6		5	6.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.70	3.61	21	98	62	20	6	5	8	3	1	0	70			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	0.349	.02	0.00%	2.89	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
Sep/Oct				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	312	134	Sep 2	CHC		SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(15-4)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.61	3.65	32	102	68	14	15	11	15	8	3	0	79			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.590	.01	0.00%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	313	140	Sep 9	CHC	@	HOU	W,2-0	GS-7	W(16-4)	6	7.0	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.51	3.55	25	103	66	14	12	8	10	6	0	0	70			3	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.425	.01	0.00%	3.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
29	314	145	Sep 14	CHC	@	STL	W,7-0	GS-8	W(17-4)	4	8.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.40	3.46	26	104	67	13	14	11	6	3	1	0	83			0	2	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.368	.00	0.00%	3.88	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
30	315	151	Sep 20	CHC		CIN	W,6-1	GS-7	W(18-4)	5	7.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	1	2.36	3.41	28	97	63	18	7	12	10	6	1	0	66			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	1	.94	0.261	.00	0.00%	2.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
31	316	155	Sep 25	CHC		STL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(19-4)	4	6.2	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.28	3.35	24	96	61	10	12	9	7	2	2	0	74			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.366	.00	0.00%	3.06	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
32	317	161	Oct 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-5	L(19-5)	5	5.0	6	5	5	3	6	1	1	2.44	3.41	25	111	67	22	10	9	6	3	0	0	38			3	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	1	.83	-0.262	.00	0.00%	-2.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
							24-8		W-L:19-5	4.8	202.2	154	57	55	52	197	21	6	2.44	3.41	796	3161	64%	17%	10%	0.94		26%	7%	0	62		---%	28	13	0	730	25	1	0	15	4	4	.94	5.041	.61	1.48%	42.09

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