Jon Lester
Jonathan Tyler Lester
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 7, 1984 in Tacoma, WA
High School: Bellarmine Prep (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
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2006 22 BOS AL 7 2 .778 4.76 15 15 0 0 0 0 81.1 91 43 43 7 43 1 60 5 0 5 367 100 1.648 10.1 0.8 4.8 6.6 1.40
2007 23 BOS AL 4 0 1.000 4.57 12 11 0 0 0 0 63.0 61 33 32 10 31 0 50 1 0 1 275 104 1.460 8.7 1.4 4.4 7.1 1.61
2008 24 BOS AL 16 6 .727 3.21 33 33 0 2 2 0 210.1 202 78 75 14 66 1 152 10 1 3 874 144 1.274 8.6 0.6 2.8 6.5 2.30
2009 25 BOS AL 15 8 .652 3.41 32 32 0 2 0 0 203.1 186 80 77 20 64 0 225 3 0 6 843 138 1.230 8.2 0.9 2.8 10.0 3.52
4 Seasons 42 16 .724 3.66 92 91 0 4 2 0 558.0 540 234 227 51 204 2 487 19 1 15 2359 128 1.333 8.7 0.8 3.3 7.9 2.39
162 Game Avg. 16 6 .724 3.66 34 34 0 1 1 0 207 201 87 84 19 76 1 181 7 0 6 877 128 1.333 8.7 0.8 3.3 7.9 2.39

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 23 BOS AL ALCS W CLE 0 0 4.91 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 15 1.091 7.4 2.5 2.5 12.3 5.00
2007 23 BOS AL WS W COL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.059 4.8 0.0 4.8 4.8 1.00
2008 24 BOS AL ALDS W LAA 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 10 1 0 0 3 0 11 0 0 0 56 0.929 6.4 0.0 1.9 7.1 3.67
2008 24 BOS AL ALCS L TBR 0 2 .000 4.97 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 14 8 7 3 2 0 15 0 0 0 53 1.263 9.9 2.1 1.4 10.7 7.50
2009 25 BOS AL ALDS L LAA 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 3 3 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 28 1.333 6.0 1.5 6.0 7.5 1.25
3 Seasons (5 Series) 2 3 .400 2.57 8 6 2 0 0 0 42.0 34 14 12 5 13 0 39 0 0 0 175 1.119 7.3 1.1 2.8 8.4 3.00
2 ALDS 1 1 .500 1.35 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.0 14 4 3 1 7 0 16 0 0 0 84 1.050 6.3 0.5 3.2 7.2 2.29
2 ALCS 0 2 .000 4.96 4 2 2 0 0 0 16.1 17 10 9 4 3 0 20 0 0 0 68 1.224 9.4 2.2 1.7 11.0 6.67
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.059 4.8 0.0 4.8 4.8 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 22 BOS AL 15 367 309 43 91 20 1 7 9 6 43 60 .294 .381 .434 .814 .336 134 8 5 2 8 1
2007 23 BOS AL 12 275 237 33 61 7 0 10 4 2 31 50 .257 .339 .414 .753 .280 98 3 1 1 5 0
2008 24 BOS AL 33 874 789 78 202 44 1 14 8 5 66 152 .256 .320 .368 .688 .300 290 27 10 6 3 1
2009 25 BOS AL 32 843 768 80 186 31 2 20 19 6 64 225 .242 .301 .366 .667 .314 281 14 3 2 6 0
4 Seasons 92 2359 2103 234 540 102 4 51 40 19 204 487 .257 .325 .382 .707 .308 803 52 19 11 22 2
162 Game Avg. 34 877 781 87 201 38 1 19 15 7 76 181 .257 .325 .382 .707 .308 298 19 7 4 8 1
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2006 22 BOS AL 15 15 7 2 6 3 0 9 6 .600 3 2 0 0 5 33% 47 80 18 6 2 0 5 6.1 7.1 5.4 100 0 7 8 0 113
2007 23 BOS AL 12 11 4 0 7 1 0 9 2 .818 2 3 0 0 5 45% 48 72 24 6 0 0 7 6.1 6.2 5.5 96 0 10 1 0 108
2008 24 BOS AL 33 33 16 6 11 1 0 22 11 .667 3 7 2 2 20 61% 55 94 13 22 5 1 15 5.6 5.5 6.4 100 2 13 17 1 130
2009 25 BOS AL 32 32 15 8 9 0 1 22 10 .688 2 7 2 0 23 72% 57 88 16 16 4 0 17 5.0 4.4 6.4 106 1 4 25 2 122
4 Seasons 92 91 42 16 33 5 1 62 29 .681 10 19 4 2 53 58% 54 94 13 50 11 1 44 5.5 5.4 6.1 102 3 34 51 3 130
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2007 23 BOS AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.022 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 20
1 Season 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.022 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 20

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2006 22 BOS AL 367 82% 1.9% 16.4% 11.7% 7.6% 31% 0.66 0.99 68% 21% 5.1% 12% 86 8 9%
2007 23 BOS AL 275 72% 3.6% 18.2% 11.3% 6.2% 28% 0.55 0.65 66% 21% 9.7% 17% 58 3 5%
2008 24 BOS AL 874 71% 1.6% 17.4% 7.6% 6.8% 29% 0.96 1.32 72% 17% 5.0% 12% 171 27 16%
2009 25 BOS AL 843 74% 2.4% 26.7% 7.6% 6.3% 29% 0.93 1.38 63% 20% 8.0% 11% 157 14 9%
4 Seasons 2359 74% 2.2% 20.6% 8.7% 6.7% 29% 0.84 1.18 67% 19% 6.6% 12% 472 52 11%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2006 22 BOS AL 367 1500 4.09 887 59% 30% 13% 27% 29% 70% 0% 41% 81% 54% 8% 28 19 19% 71 39 5 22% 7 9 0 0 0
2007 23 BOS AL 275 1079 3.92 657 61% 26% 15% 30% 29% 74% 0% 45% 80% 49% 8% 22 12 17% 46 27 2 20% 5 10 0 0 0
2008 24 BOS AL 874 3308 3.78 2109 64% 27% 14% 29% 31% 73% 0% 47% 81% 58% 6% 55 35 21% 181 107 12 23% 19 19 0 0 0
2009 25 BOS AL 843 3391 4.02 2129 63% 27% 19% 29% 26% 73% 0% 46% 75% 54% 6% 48 36 24% 204 100 11 28% 22 12 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2359 9278 3.93 5782 62% 27% 16% 29% 29% 73% 0% 45% 79% 55% 6% 153 102 21% 502 273 30 25% 53 50 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2006 22 BOS AL 367 91 6 0 7 0 19 4 3 5 2 25 13 2 52% 0 5 0 146 9 6 60% 7 5 2 1 0 0 5 4 18 0
2007 23 BOS AL 275 61 3 0 10 0 7 7 3 4 6 16 8 1 50% 1 1 0 104 4 2 67% 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
2008 24 BOS AL 874 202 25 4 14 0 9 11 3 8 6 40 23 5 58% 5 3 2 323 8 5 62% 6 5 2 0 0 0 4 3 11 0
2009 25 BOS AL 843 186 24 2 20 0 10 13 7 5 15 32 19 6 59% 4 6 1 300 19 6 76% 15 6 4 0 0 0 6 6 15 0
4 Seasons 2359 540 58 6 51 0 45 35 16 22 29 113 63 14 56% 10 15 3 873 40 19 68% 30 18 10 1 0 0 16 14 52 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2006 22 7 2 .778 4.76 15 15 0 0 0 0 81.1 91 43 43 7 43 1 60 5 0 5 367 100 1.648 10.1 0.8 4.8 6.6 1.40 100
2007 23 11 2 .846 4.68 27 26 0 0 0 0 144.1 152 76 75 17 74 1 110 6 0 6 642 101 1.566 9.5 1.1 4.6 6.9 1.49 101
2008 24 27 8 .771 3.81 60 59 0 2 2 0 354.2 354 154 150 31 140 2 262 16 1 9 1516 123 1.393 9.0 0.8 3.6 6.6 1.87 123
2009 25 42 16 .724 3.66 92 91 0 4 2 0 558.0 540 234 227 51 204 2 487 19 1 15 2359 128 1.333 8.7 0.8 3.3 7.9 2.39 128

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2006 22 4 4 .500 4.50 78.0 86 43 39 7 41 58 5 1.628 9.9 4.7 6.7 1.41 0.8 15
2007 23 3 3 .500 4.21 62.0 59 32 29 10 30 49 1 1.435 8.6 4.4 7.1 1.63 1.5 12
2008 24 14 8 .636 3.12 202.0 194 78 70 13 63 146 10 1.272 8.6 2.8 6.5 2.32 0.6 33
2009 25 13 9 .591 3.21 199.0 180 79 71 19 62 220 3 1.216 8.1 2.8 9.9 3.55 0.9 32
4 Seasons 34 24 .586 3.48 541.0 519 232 209 49 196 473 19 1.322 8.6 7.9 2.41 0.8 92

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2008-ML-Hutch Award

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL--3.209--4th
2009 AL--3.408--5th

Wins s c a p y
2008 AL--16--8th
2009 AL--15--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2008 AL--.727--3rd
2009 AL--.652--10th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 AL--1.230--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL--8.233--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL--9.959--2nd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 AL--210.3--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 AL--225--3rd

Games Started s c a p y
2008 AL--33--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL--2--9th
2009 AL--2--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL--2--1st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2009 AL--3.516--6th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--.599--3rd
2009 AL--.885--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2008 AL--10--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL--144--4th
2009 AL--138--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 37 (649), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (760), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Larry Jaster (946)
  6. Daisuke Matsuzaka (944)
  7. Jered Weaver (943)
  8. Joe Saunders (941)
  9. Monty Stratton (941)
  10. Roger Moret (940)
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  2. Tim Hudson (967)
  3. Joel Pineiro (965)
  4. Roger Moret (963)
  5. Jack McDowell (958)
  6. Andy Pettitte (958)
  7. John Smiley (956)
  8. Jim Lonborg (956)
  9. Allan Anderson (956)
  10. Wade Miller (955)
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