Jon Lester

Position: Starting 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)

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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Career

WAR

43.5

200

117

ERA

3.66

452

451

2740.0

2488

WHIP

1.278

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2002	18	-1.8	Red Sox	GULF	Rk	BOS	0	1	.000	13.50	81.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	9.000	67.5	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
2003	19	-2.7	Augusta	SALL	A	BOS	6	9	.400	3.65	4.58	24	21	2	0	0	0	106.0	102	54	43	7	44	0	71	8	0	2	452	1.377	8.7	0.6	3.7	6.0	1.61
2004	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-Rk	BOS	7	6	.538	4.24	4.53	22	21	0	0	0	0	91.1	82	46	43	2	39	0	98	3	1	2	387	1.325	8.1	0.2	3.8	9.7	2.51
2004	20	-2.6	Sarasota	FLOR	A+	BOS	7	6	.538	4.28	4.58	21	20	0	0	0	0	90.1	82	46	43	2	37	0	97	3	1	1	382	1.317	8.2	0.2	3.7	9.7	2.62
2004	20	-0.3	Red Sox	GULF	Rk	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	5	2.000	0.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
2005	21	-3.7	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	11	6	.647	2.61	3.16	26	26	0	3	1	0	148.1	114	52	43	10	57	3	163	4	1	10	602	1.153	6.9	0.6	3.5	9.9	2.86
2006	22	-5.1	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	3	4	.429	2.70	3.28	11	11	0	0	0	0	46.2	43	17	14	5	25	0	43	0	0	0	207	1.457	8.3	1.0	4.8	8.3	1.72
2006	22	-6.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	7	2	.778	4.76	4.76	15	15	0	0	0	0	81.1	91	43	43	7	43	1	60	5	0	5	367	1.648	10.1	0.8	4.8	6.6	1.40
2007	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A-AA	BOS	5	5	.500	3.47	3.57	18	18	0	2	0	0	90.2	83	36	35	6	37	0	70	3	0	4	384	1.324	8.2	0.6	3.7	6.9	1.89
2007	23	-3.8	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	4	5	.444	3.89	4.02	14	14	0	2	0	0	71.2	67	32	31	4	31	0	51	3	0	4	306	1.367	8.4	0.5	3.9	6.4	1.65
2007	23	-1.8	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	27	1.500	7.5	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
2007	23	1.0	Greenville	SALL	A	BOS	0	0		2.08	2.08	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.0	11	3	3	2	2	0	15	0	0	0	51	1.000	7.6	1.4	1.4	10.4	7.50
2007	23	-5.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	0	1.000	4.57	4.71	12	11	0	0	0	0	63.0	61	33	32	10	31	0	50	1	0	1	275	1.460	8.7	1.4	4.4	7.1	1.61
2008	24	-4.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	16	6	.727	3.21	3.34	33	33	0	2	2	0	210.1	202	78	75	14	66	1	152	10	1	3	874	1.274	8.6	0.6	2.8	6.5	2.30
2009	25	-3.1	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	15	8	.652	3.41	3.54	32	32	0	2	0	0	203.1	186	80	77	20	64	0	225	3	0	6	843	1.230	8.2	0.9	2.8	10.0	3.52
2010	26	-2.0	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	19	9	.679	3.25	3.50	32	32	0	2	0	0	208.0	167	81	75	14	83	0	225	10	0	6	861	1.202	7.2	0.6	3.6	9.7	2.71
2011	27	-1.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	15	9	.625	3.47	3.62	31	31	0	0	0	0	191.2	166	77	74	20	75	0	182	11	0	4	799	1.257	7.8	0.9	3.5	8.5	2.43
2012	28	-0.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	9	14	.391	4.82	5.13	33	33	0	3	0	0	205.1	216	117	110	25	68	2	166	4	0	6	876	1.383	9.5	1.1	3.0	7.3	2.44
2013	29	0.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	15	8	.652	3.75	3.97	33	33	0	1	1	0	213.1	209	94	89	19	67	0	177	7	0	5	903	1.294	8.8	0.8	2.8	7.5	2.64
2014	30		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BOS-OAK	16	11	.593	2.46	3.11	32	32	0	1	1	0	219.2	194	76	60	16	48	0	220	5	0	3	885	1.102	7.9	0.7	2.0	9.0	4.58
2014	30	1.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	10	7	.588	2.52	3.27	21	21	0	0	0	0	143.0	128	52	40	9	32	0	149	4	0	2	580	1.119	8.1	0.6	2.0	9.4	4.66
2014	30	1.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	6	4	.600	2.35	2.82	11	11	0	1	1	0	76.2	66	24	20	7	16	0	71	1	0	1	305	1.070	7.7	0.8	1.9	8.3	4.44
2015	31	2.6	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	11	12	.478	3.34	3.64	32	32	0	1	0	0	205.0	183	83	76	16	47	0	207	7	0	8	828	1.122	8.0	0.7	2.1	9.1	4.40
2016	32	3.9	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	19	5	.792	2.44	2.53	32	32	0	2	0	0	202.2	154	57	55	21	52	0	197	6	0	4	796	1.016	6.8	0.9	2.3	8.7	3.79
2017	33	4.6	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	13	8	.619	4.33	5.03	32	32	0	1	0	0	180.2	179	101	87	26	60	3	180	4	0	3	763	1.323	8.9	1.3	3.0	9.0	3.00
2018	34	5.8	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	18	6	.750	3.32	3.72	32	32	0	0	0	0	181.2	174	75	67	24	64	1	149	6	0	4	761	1.310	8.6	1.2	3.2	7.4	2.33
2019	35	6.7	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	13	10	.565	4.46	5.30	31	31	0	0	0	0	171.2	205	101	85	26	52	0	165	5	0	3	764	1.497	10.7	1.4	2.7	8.7	3.17
2020	36	7.6	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	3	3	.500	5.16	5.16	12	12	0	0	0	0	61.0	64	35	35	11	17	0	42	3	0	2	265	1.328	9.4	1.6	2.5	6.2	2.47
2021	37		2 Teams	NL	Maj	STL-WSN	7	6	.538	4.71	5.35	28	28	0	0	0	0	141.1	159	84	74	25	55	5	91	3	0	0	627	1.514	10.1	1.6	3.5	5.8	1.65
2021	37	8.1	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	3	5	.375	5.02	5.97	16	16	0	0	0	0	75.1	91	50	42	14	29	3	51	1	0	0	342	1.593	10.9	1.7	3.5	6.1	1.76
2021	37	8.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	4	1	.800	4.36	4.64	12	12	0	0	0	0	66.0	68	34	32	11	26	2	40	2	0	0	285	1.424	9.3	1.5	3.5	5.5	1.54
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (16 seasons)					Majors		200	117	.631	3.66	3.99	452	451	0	15	4	0	2740.0	2610	1215	1114	294	892	13	2488	90	1	63	11487	1.278	8.6	1.0	2.9	8.2	2.79
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		32	31	.508	3.33	3.93	102	98	2	5	1	0	483.2	429	211	179	30	203	3	446	18	2	18	2040	1.307	8.0	0.6	3.8	8.3	2.20
All Levels (20 Seasons)							232	148	.611	3.61	3.98	554	549	2	20	5	0	3223.2	3039	1426	1293	324	1095	16	2934	108	3	81	13527	1.282	8.5	0.9	3.1	8.2	2.68

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		7	9	.438	3.42	3.73	25	25	0	2	0	0	118.1	110	49	45	9	56	0	94	3	0	4	513	1.403	8.4	0.7	4.3	7.1	1.68
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		12	6	.667	2.57	3.09	27	27	0	3	1	0	154.1	119	53	44	10	61	3	167	4	1	10	629	1.166	6.9	0.6	3.6	9.7	2.74
A+ (1 season)					Minors		7	6	.538	4.28	4.58	21	20	0	0	0	0	90.1	82	46	43	2	37	0	97	3	1	1	382	1.317	8.2	0.2	3.7	9.7	2.62
A (2 seasons)					Minors		6	9	.400	3.48	4.31	27	24	2	0	0	0	119.0	113	57	46	9	46	0	86	8	0	2	503	1.336	8.5	0.7	3.5	6.5	1.87
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	5.40	32.40	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	5	6	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	13	4.800	27.0	0.0	16.2	10.8	0.67