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Jon Lester
Jonathan Tyler Lester

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut June 10, 2006

Born January 7, 1984 in Tacoma, WA

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed August 13, 2002. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2006 22 BOS AL   7   2  15  15   0   0   0  0   81.3   91   43   43   7   43   60   5   5   367   1   0  4.76  4.75  100 1.648
 2007 23 BOS AL   4   0  12  11   0   0   0  0   63.0   61   33   32  10   31   50   1   1   275   0   0  4.57  4.74  104 1.460
 2008 24 BOS AL   2   2  10  10   0   0   0  0   57.0   55   27   25   6   29   33   0   2   245   0   0  3.95  4.27  108 1.474
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .765  13   4  37  36   0   0   0  0  201.3  207  103  100  23  103  143   6   8   887   1   0  4.47  4.61  103 1.540
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   3  34  33   0   0   0  0  187.3  192   95   93  21   95  133   5   7   826   0   0  4.47  4.61  103 1.540
 Career High      7   2  15  15   0   0   0  0   81.3   91   43   43  10   43   60   5   5   367   1   0  3.95  4.75  108 1.460

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 22 BOS AL  15    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1 Season        15    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         43    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  32  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 22 BOS AL    4    4    0   0.0   115| .000  .281| .000  .347| .000  .447| .000  .794|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1 Season          4    4    0   0.0   115| .000  .281| .000  .347| .000  .447| .000  .794|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2006 22 BOS AL P 15 0 11 0 0 1.000 .957 0.73 0.41 1.22 1.56 15 81.3 2007 23 BOS AL P 12 6 4 1 0 .909 .952 0.83 0.42 1.43 1.60 11 63.0 2008 24 BOS AL P 10 3 5 0 1 1.000 .964 0.80 0.46 1.26 1.74 10 57.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 22 BOS AL P 15 0 11 0 0 1.000 .957 0.73 0.41 1.22 1.56 15 81.3 2007 23 BOS AL P 12 6 4 1 0 .909 .952 0.83 0.42 1.43 1.60 11 63.0 2008 24 BOS AL P 10 3 5 0 1 1.000 .964 0.80 0.46 1.26 1.74 10 57.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 37 9 20 1 1 .967 .957 0.78 0.42 1.30 1.62 36 201.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 37 9 20 1 1 .967 .957 0.78 0.42 1.30 1.63 36 201
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2007   ALCS  BOS CLE     W   2   0   4.91  0  0  0  0   3.2   3   2   1   5 
        WS    BOS COL     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  0   5.2   3   0   3   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      2-0   3   1   1.93  1  0  0  0   9.1   6   2   4   8 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   WS    BOS COL     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games Started
2008 AL-10-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
2008 AL-29-5

Batters Faced
2008 AL-245-9

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (833) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2544) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1311) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed August 13, 2002.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Boston Red Sox$384,000
Career (may be incomplete)$384,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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