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Jon Lester

Jonathan Tyler Lester (twitter: @JLester31)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: January 7, 1984 in Tacoma, WA
High School: Bellarmine HS (Tacoma, WA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed August 13, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 2006
Team: RedSox 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 5 yrs/$30M (09-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.075, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Josh Yates, SFX Baseball, previously: Octagon [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2006 22 BOS AL 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 23 BOS AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 24 BOS AL 33 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 25 BOS AL 32 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
2010 26 BOS AL 32 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 AS,CYA-4
2011 27 BOS AL 31 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2012 28 BOS AL 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
7 Yrs 165 28 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .000 .042 .000 .042 -88 0 1 0 4 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 27 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .000 .042 .000 .042 -88 0 1 0 4 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 22 BOS AL 15 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
2007 23 BOS AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $384,000 1
2008 24 BOS AL 33 5 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $421,500 1
2009 25 BOS AL 32 5 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $1,000,000 1
2010 26 BOS AL 32 6 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,750,000 1 AS,CYA-4
2011 27 BOS AL 31 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $5,750,000 1 AS
2012 28 BOS AL 10 3 -1 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .494 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
7 Seasons 165 28 -7 0 -0 0 4 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.5 .498 .500 -0.5 0.1 -3 $11,305,500

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2006 22 BOS AL 4 4 0 0.0 115 .000 .000 .281 .000 .347 .000 .447 .000 .794 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2008 24 BOS AL 5 5 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .276 .000 .345 .000 .434 .000 .779 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2009 25 BOS AL 5 5 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .273 .000 .343 .000 .438 .000 .781 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2010 26 BOS AL 6 5 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .267 .200 .336 .000 .418 .200 .754 -40 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
2011 27 BOS AL 5 5 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .264 .000 .330 .000 .418 .000 .747 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2012 28 BOS AL 3 4 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .258 .000 .326 .000 .418 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
7 Yrs 28 28 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .271 .042 .338 .000 .430 .042 .768 -88 .000 -6.2 -0.6 .043 .045 .000
162 Game Avg. 27 27 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .271 .042 .338 .000 .430 .042 .768 -88 .000 -6.2 -0.6 .043 .045 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 BOS AL ALCS CLE W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 BOS AL WS COL W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 BOS AL ALCS TBR L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 BOS AL 26
2011 BOS AL 27 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2006 22 BOS AL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 25% 0%
2008 24 BOS AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 60% 0%
2009 25 BOS AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 20% 0%
2010 26 BOS AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 2.00 1.5 3.0 1.00 2.00 33% 0% 0.0% 0%
2011 27 BOS AL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 0.00 0.00 40% 50% 0.0% 50%
2012 28 BOS AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 33% 0%
7 Yrs 28 0.0% 46.4% 3.6% 0.0% 13.00 1.7 22.0 2.33 4.00 36% 7% 0.0% 33%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.09 5.0 34.0 7.8 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 22 BOS AL -1.2 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .68 -0.1 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.76 -1.1 0
2007 23 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
2008 24 BOS AL -1.5 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .86 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.87 -1.4 0
2009 25 BOS AL -0.9 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .98 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.86 -1.2 0
2010 26 BOS AL -0.6 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.03 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.16 -1.0 0
2011 27 BOS AL -1.4 -0.1 5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.02 -0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 1.16 -1.5 0
2012 28 BOS AL -0.6 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .73 -0.1 -0.0 -1.2 -0.1 1.36 -0.9 0
7 Yrs -6.2 -0.6 28 -0.5 0.0 -0.6 .91 -0.6 0.0 -7.1 -0.7 1.02 -7.1 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 22 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 26 BOS AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 27 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 28 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 22 BOS AL 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 BOS AL 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 BOS AL 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 26 BOS AL 6 83% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
2011 27 BOS AL 5 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
2012 28 BOS AL 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 28 75% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 9 1 11% 10 2 20% 20 2 10% 4 2 50% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 22 BOS AL 4 16 4.00 12 75% 42% 25% 25% 8% 58% 0% 44% 57% 25% 0% 0 0 25% 1 1 25% 1 1 67% 0 0 0
2008 24 BOS AL 5 20 4.00 14 70% 29% 21% 29% 21% 71% 0% 50% 70% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2009 25 BOS AL 5 13 2.60 11 85% 36% 9% 27% 27% 64% 0% 54% 86% 40% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2010 26 BOS AL 6 28 4.67 15 54% 27% 33% 20% 20% 73% 0% 39% 55% 17% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 17% 1 1 50% 0 0 0
2011 27 BOS AL 5 19 3.80 15 79% 47% 13% 27% 13% 53% 0% 42% 75% 20% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2012 28 BOS AL 3 11 3.67 9 82% 56% 22% 0% 22% 44% 0% 36% 50% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 28 107 3.82 76 71% 38% 21% 22% 18% 62% 0% 44% 66% 29% 0% 0 0 4% 1 1 7% 2 2 38% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 22 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 27 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 60 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 92 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
2010 26 124 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .000 .059 .000 .059 -83 0 0 0 3 1 0
2011 27 155 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .000 .045 .000 .045 -87 0 0 0 3 1 0
2012 28 165 28 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .000 .042 .000 .042 -88 0 1 0 4 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 22 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
2008 24 33 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2009 25 32 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 32
2010 26 32 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 32
2011 27 31 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
2012 28 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
6 Yrs 153 28 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 13 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 153
162 Game Avg. 162 30 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 153

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *
2011

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 ML Hutch Award

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 AL (4, 17%)
0.17 Career Shares (165th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2008 AL  5.7 (9th)

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