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: 6-6 / in Starts: 6-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2020 Pitching Game Log

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2020 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	413	4	Jul 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	3.99	19	76	50	17	1	4	12	2	4	0	67			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	.43	0.150	.52	0.11%	2.98	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a6
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
2	414	9	Aug 2	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	GS-6		5	6.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	0.82	4.28	23	89	58	20	3	9	9	5	0	0	63			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	.89	0.240	1.01	0.16%	2.29	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
3	415	14	Aug 11	CHC	@	CLE	W,7-1	GS-6	W(2-0)	8	6.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	1	1.06	3.96	24	93	61	20	6	9	8	4	1	0	64			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.311	.69	0.14%	2.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
4	416	19	Aug 16	CHC		MIL	L,5-6	GS-6		4	6.0	9	5	5	0	5	2	0	2.74	4.45	26	92	60	15	6	9	12	7	0	0	39			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.230	.62	-0.11%	-1.71	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
5	417	25	Aug 21	CHC		CHW	L,1-10	GS-4	L(2-1)	4	3.2	9	8	8	0	3	4	0	5.06	6.00	20	77	47	14	6	8	9	5	0	0	14			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.339	.43	-0.14%	-5.92	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d8
6	418	30	Aug 26	CHC	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-5		4	5.0	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.55	5.34	24	93	61	18	7	11	7	3	0	0	51			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.187	1.00	0.08%	1.66	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
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
7	419	35	Sep 1	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-7	GS-6		5	5.1	8	5	5	3	3	0	0	5.11	5.11	27			13	5	7	14	6	2	0	32			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.180	.91	-0.08%	-2.22	1b start a 1	6b -23 1 out a2
8	420	41	Sep 6	CHC		STL	L,3-7	GS-4	L(2-2)	4	3.1	6	5	5	2	4	2	1	5.80	5.62	19	67	41	12	10	4	8	6	1	0	30			0	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.376	.83	-0.20%	-3.53	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d2
9	421	46	Sep 11	CHC	@	MIL	L,0-1	GS-6		4	6.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	5.05	5.09	23	97	59	14	14	8	5	3	0	0	72			1	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.372	.65	0.13%	3.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
10	422	50	Sep 16	CHC		CLE	W,3-2	GS-5		4	5.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.91	5.18	19			5	4	8	9	6	0	0	51			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.057	.28	0.01%	0.74	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
11	423	54	Sep 21	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	GS-6	W(3-2)	4	6.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.40	4.99	21	90	53	13	5	12	7	2	0	0	64			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.46	0.380	.51	0.08%	3.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
12	424	59	Sep 26	CHC	@	CHW	L,5-9	GS-4	L(3-3)	4	3.2	6	7	7	3	3	1	0	5.16	5.14	20	79	43	12	6	9	5	0	1	0	21			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.305	.15	-0.02%	-2.67	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out a1
							6-6		W-L:3-3	4.5	61.0	64	35	35	17	42	11	3	5.16	5.14	265	853	62%	20%	9%	0.93		24%	4%	0	47		---%	3	2	0	244	13	1	0	3	0	4	1.04	0.267	.65	0.16%	0.42

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