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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.5

200

117

ERA

3.66

452

451

2740.0

2488

WHIP

1.278

2012 Player Pitching Game Log

2012 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2012-04-05	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Detroit Tigers	1-7		7.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	62	24	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	27	107	63	20	12	7	13	5	2
2	2012-04-11	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-8	L	8.0	3	3	3	2	6	0	0	68	26	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	29	116	74	15	12	10	11	3	1
3	2012-04-17	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Texas Rangers	1-3	L	2.0	8	7	7	4	2	1	0	10	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	80	46	17	2	6	5	2	0
4	2012-04-23	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Minnesota Twins	1-7		7.0	6	5	5	4	4	1	0	45	24	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	28	112	71	25	9	11	10	5	1
5	2012-04-28	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Chicago White Sox	1-7	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	73	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	122	78	21	13	11	8	4	2
6	2012-05-04	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Baltimore Orioles	1-6		6.0	5	3	3	3	2	1	0	49	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	25	99	60	20	5	10	10	2	1
7	2012-05-09	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Kansas City Royals	1-5	L	5.0	6	4	1	1	3	0	1	47	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	108	69	24	5	10	8	5	1
8	2012-05-14	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Seattle Mariners	1-9	W	9.0	8	1	1	0	6	0	0	73	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	119	73	17	11	13	15	5	6
9	2012-05-19	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Philadelphia Phillies	1-6	W	6.0	8	4	4	1	3	1	1	42	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	90	59	25	5	13	9	4	1
10	2012-05-25	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Tampa Bay Rays	1-4	L	4.0	6	7	7	3	4	3	0	23	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	81	48	11	8	5	9	4	1
11	2012-05-30	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Detroit Tigers	1-7		6.2	10	4	4	0	7	0	0	45	27	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	28	120	83	17	16	11	11	4	1
12	2012-06-05	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Baltimore Orioles	1-7		6.0	8	4	2	1	5	0	0	48	25	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	27	99	63	19	9	9	11	4	1
13	2012-06-10	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Washington Nationals	1-7		7.0	6	3	3	2	9	0	0	60	27	3	0	1	0	0	4	0	29	107	67	15	14	7	10	4	1
14	2012-06-16	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Chicago Cubs	1-7	W	6.2	7	3	3	1	8	1	0	55	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	102	68	18	9	11	7	6	0
15	2012-06-22	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Atlanta Braves	1-7	L	7.0	10	3	3	1	5	0	1	49	29	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	32	118	81	20	11	9	15	7	1
16	2012-06-27	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Toronto Blue Jays	1-7	W	7.0	7	4	4	0	4	2	0	51	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	100	64	19	9	14	11	4	0
17	2012-07-03	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Oakland Athletics	1-7		6.2	4	1	1	1	9	1	0	70	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	107	71	16	15	6	9	3	2
18	2012-07-08	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		New York Yankees	1-5	L	4.1	9	5	4	2	6	0	1	31	21	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	101	56	18	6	7	9	3	2
19	2012-07-17	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Chicago White Sox	1-4	L	4.0	7	6	6	3	4	1	0	25	18	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	21	91	57	15	6	7	7	5	0
20	2012-07-22	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Toronto Blue Jays	1-5	L	4.0	9	11	11	5	2	4	0	-3	18	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	25	94	52	9	7	4	11	3	1
21	2012-07-28	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	New York Yankees	1-6		6.0	4	4	4	2	6	2	0	52	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	101	59	15	9	5	9	4	2
22	2012-08-02	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Minnesota Twins	1-8	L	8.0	7	3	3	0	7	0	0	63	30	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	105	69	21	7	13	8	4	0
23	2012-08-07	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Texas Rangers	1-7	L	6.2	6	4	4	2	4	0	0	48	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	27	116	66	19	10	11	10	3	1
24	2012-08-12	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Cleveland Indians	1-6	W	6.0	3	1	1	2	12	0	0	72	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	101	67	20	19	3	6	4	0
25	2012-08-18	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	New York Yankees	1-7	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	65	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	27	105	61	17	12	14	7	3	0
26	2012-08-24	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Kansas City Royals	1-7	W	7.0	6	3	3	4	6	1	0	55	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	30	93	61	20	12	14	6	2	1
27	2012-08-30	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1-8	L	8.0	9	5	5	3	2	0	0	43	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	35	121	77	21	11	14	15	7	2
28	2012-09-04	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Seattle Mariners	1-6	W	6.0	9	3	3	2	4	2	0	44	25	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	27	111	64	18	7	7	14	6	2
29	2012-09-11	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		New York Yankees	1-6		5.1	5	3	3	7	5	0	0	44	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	102	55	15	8	5	10	5	3
30	2012-09-16	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-7	L	7.0	4	3	3	1	7	1	0	63	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	101	68	18	10	10	8	1	2
31	2012-09-21	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Baltimore Orioles	1-7	L	7.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	45	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	112	70	14	4	17	6	3	2
32	2012-09-26	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Tampa Bay Rays	1-6	L	6.0	4	3	3	1	5	2	0	56	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	97	62	14	9	5	11	4	2
33	2012-10-02	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	New York Yankees	1-5		5.0	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	49	21	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	22	83	48	13	3	13	7	1	2

2012 Player Pitching Splits

2012 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	33	876	792	117	216	49	5	25	13	2	68	166	.273	.331	.442	.773	.314	350	27	4	5	7	2

Home	18	478	427	78	129	35	4	15	6	0	41	86	.302	.362	.508	.870	.344	217	14	2	3	5	2
Away	15	398	365	39	87	14	1	10	7	2	27	80	.238	.293	.364	.657	.278	133	13	2	2	2	0

April	5	128	113	16	28	6	1	2	1	0	14	23	.248	.328	.372	.700	.292	42	7	0	0	1	0
May	6	159	147	23	43	8	2	5	0	0	8	25	.293	.335	.476	.812	.322	70	4	2	1	1	0
June	5	143	135	17	38	11	1	3	4	1	5	31	.282	.308	.444	.752	.340	60	2	1	0	2	2
July	5	119	101	27	33	7	1	8	2	0	13	27	.327	.405	.654	1.059	.373	66	2	1	3	1	0
August	6	172	157	17	36	8	0	2	1	0	13	35	.229	.285	.319	.603	.279	50	6	0	0	2	0
September	5	133	118	16	30	8	0	5	4	1	14	24	.254	.333	.449	.783	.281	53	4	0	1	0	0
October	1	22	21	1	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.381	.409	.429	.838	.400	9	2	0	0	0	0

As Starter	33	876	792	117	216	49	5	25	13	2	68	166	.273	.331	.442	.773	.314	350	27	4	5	7	2

vs RHB as LHP	33	645	580		161	40	4	17			54	117	.278	.337	.448	.785	.319	260	22	1	4	6	2
vs LHB as LHP	31	231	212		55	9	1	8			14	49	.259	.313	.425	.738	.301	90	5	3	1	1	0

Bases Empty	33	491	449		122	26	2	12			41	103	.272	.334	.419	.753	.329	188	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	33	385	343		94	23	3	13			27	63	.274	.326	.472	.799	.296	162	27	3	5	7	2

vs. Younger Batters	29	380	352		93	18	2	11			23	77	.264	.311	.421	.731	.307	148	11	2	0	3	1
vs. Older Batters	33	496	440		123	31	3	14			45	89	.280	.346	.459	.805	.320	202	16	2	5	4	1

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	9	14	.391	4.82	33	33	0	205.1	216	117	110	25	68	2	166	4	0	0	876	1.383	7.3	2.44

Home	3	10	.231	6.31	18	18	0	107.0	129	78	75	15	41	2	86	2	0	0	478	1.589	7.2	2.10
Away	6	4	.600	3.20	15	15	0	98.1	87	39	35	10	27	0	80	2	0	0	398	1.159	7.3	2.96

April	1	2	.333	4.65	5	5	0	31.0	28	16	16	2	14	0	23	0	0	0	128	1.355	6.7	1.64
May	2	2	.500	4.91	6	6	0	36.2	43	23	20	5	8	0	25	2	0	0	159	1.391	6.1	3.13
June	2	1	.667	4.01	5	5	0	33.2	38	17	15	3	5	2	31	1	0	0	143	1.277	8.3	6.20
July	0	3	.000	9.36	5	5	0	25.0	33	27	26	8	13	0	27	1	0	0	119	1.840	9.7	2.08
August	3	3	.500	3.59	6	6	0	42.2	36	17	17	2	13	0	35	0	0	0	172	1.148	7.4	2.69
September	1	3	.250	4.60	5	5	0	31.1	30	16	16	5	14	0	24	0	0	0	133	1.404	6.9	1.71
October	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	5.0	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	22	1.800	1.8	1.00

As Starter	9	14	.391	4.82	33	33	0	205.1	216	117	110	25	68	2	166	4	0	0	876	1.383	7.3	2.44

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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