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

2021 Player Pitching Game Log

2021 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2021-04-30	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Miami Marlins	1-5		5.0	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	56	19	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	21	70	46	15	5	8	10	7	0
2	2021-05-06	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Atlanta Braves	1-6	L	5.0	4	3	3	2	5	0	0	50	18	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	85	57	13	9	4	9	4	0
3	2021-05-12	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Philadelphia Phillies	1-6		6.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	57	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	97	58	11	9	7	11	4	3
4	2021-05-17	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Chicago Cubs	1-6	L	5.1	8	5	5	0	4	3	0	36	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	22	76	53	14	13	6	12	5	0
5	2021-05-22	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Baltimore Orioles	1-4		4.0	5	6	6	3	4	1	0	29	16	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	19	79	50	10	9	3	9	4	2
6	2021-05-29 (2)	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Milwaukee Brewers	1-4		4.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	52	17	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	74	50	9	11	5	8	3	2
7	2021-06-02	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Atlanta Braves	1-6		5.2	5	1	1	2	3	1	0	56	22	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	24	87	53	10	6	10	9	4	1
8	2021-06-08	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-4		3.2	4	1	1	4	2	1	0	47	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	91	52	15	11	6	7	1	1
9	2021-06-14	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-6		5.1	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	49	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	86	54	8	6	12	8	5	0
10	2021-06-19 (2)	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		New York Mets	1-7	W	6.0	7	2	2	0	6	1	0	56	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	100	62	8	11	9	10	3	0
11	2021-06-25	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Miami Marlins	1-3	L	2.1	5	7	7	3	1	1	0	17	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	64	35	10	1	5	7	3	0
12	2021-06-30	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Tampa Bay Rays	1-5	W	5.0	7	5	5	2	3	2	0	34	21	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	24	96	54	19	7	6	13	5	0
13	2021-07-05	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	San Diego Padres	1-4		3.1	6	5	2	4	2	1	1	32	16	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	21	83	48	14	3	9	5	0	1
14	2021-07-10	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	San Francisco Giants	1-3	L	2.2	9	8	3	2	1	0	0	17	16	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	21	80	46	10	4	8	10	5	0
15	2021-07-19	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Miami Marlins	1-7	W	7.0	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	72	26	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	81	59	18	9	8	11	7	2
16	2021-07-24	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-6	L	5.0	3	3	3	1	2	2	0	50	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	70	41	13	2	5	11	5	0
17	2021-08-03	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Atlanta Braves	1-5	L	5.0	9	6	6	2	4	2	0	27	22	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	24	88	51	15	7	9	9	6	0
18	2021-08-08	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Kansas City Royals	1-6		5.1	6	5	5	2	2	0	1	36	20	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	25	92	57	9	5	9	11	6	1
19	2021-08-14	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Kansas City Royals	1-6	W	5.2	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	51	22	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	24	90	56	9	8	14	6	5	0
20	2021-08-19	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Milwaukee Brewers	1-5		4.1	6	4	4	3	0	0	1	32	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	89	46	11	4	9	10	5	5
21	2021-08-25	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Detroit Tigers	1-5		5.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	51	19	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	21	88	50	15	7	6	9	7	0
22	2021-08-30	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-7	W	6.1	1	1	1	2	5	1	0	70	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	86	54	16	14	5	10	2	1
23	2021-09-05	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-6		5.1	6	1	1	2	2	1	0	52	21	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	23	81	51	14	8	11	8	3	1
24	2021-09-10	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Cincinnati Reds	1-7		7.0	3	2	2	4	2	2	0	61	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	92	56	16	8	11	10	3	0
25	2021-09-15	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	New York Mets	1-6	W	6.0	6	3	2	0	7	2	0	57	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	94	60	12	8	6	12	2	3
26	2021-09-20	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-6	W	6.0	3	2	2	0	2	2	0	60	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	77	48	8	10	4	15	2	3
27	2021-09-25	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Chicago Cubs	1-5		5.0	8	4	3	3	6	0	0	40	21	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	96	56	12	10	10	7	5	0
28	2021-10-02	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Chicago Cubs	1-5		5.0	6	4	4	4	4	1	0	39	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	88	50	15	3	9	7	5	0

2021 Player Pitching Splits

2021 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	28	627	558	84	159	33	0	25	11	5	55	91	.285	.349	.479	.828	.300	267	14	3	6	5	5

Home	15	344	307	42	88	22	0	10	6	3	30	52	.287	.352	.456	.808	.316	140	10	2	3	2	3
Away	13	283	251	42	71	11	0	15	5	2	25	39	.283	.346	.506	.852	.280	127	4	1	3	3	2

April	1	21	19	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.263	.333	.368	.702	.278	7	1	0	0	0	2
May	5	103	93	16	28	6	0	4	2	2	8	21	.301	.353	.495	.848	.348	46	3	0	1	1	0
June	6	131	118	18	34	7	0	7	5	2	12	17	.288	.351	.525	.877	.284	62	0	0	0	1	0
July	4	87	76	16	24	6	0	3	2	0	7	12	.316	.372	.513	.885	.333	39	1	1	1	2	1
August	6	139	122	18	36	7	0	3	1	1	13	17	.295	.370	.426	.796	.320	52	6	2	1	1	1
September	5	122	110	12	26	4	0	7	1	0	9	19	.236	.294	.464	.758	.226	51	2	0	3	0	1
October	1	24	20	4	6	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	.300	.417	.500	.917	.333	10	1	0	0	0	0

As Starter	28	627	558	84	159	33	0	25	11	5	55	91	.285	.349	.479	.828	.300	267	14	3	6	5	5

vs RHB as LHP	28	496	440		130	27	0	22			48	72	.296	.366	.507	.873	.310	223	0	2	4	2	4
vs LHB as LHP	25	131	118		29	6	0	3			7	19	.246	.287	.373	.660	.263	44	0	1	2	3	1

Bases Empty	28	371	344		99	23	0	18			26	57	.288	.340	.512	.851	.301	176	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	28	256	214		60	10	0	7			29	34	.280	.364	.425	.789	.298	91	0	2	6	5	5

vs. Younger Batters	28	619	552		158	33	0	24			53	90	.286	.349	.476	.826	.303	263	0	3	6	5	5
vs. Older Batters	3	8	6		1	0	0	1			2	1	.167	.375	.667	1.042	.000	4	0	0	0	0	0

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	7	6	.538	4.71	28	28	0	141.1	159	84	74	25	55	5	91	3	0	0	627	1.514	5.8	1.65

Home	3	2	.600	4.78	15	15	0	79.0	88	42	42	10	30	3	52	2	0	0	344	1.494	5.9	1.73
Away	4	4	.500	4.62	13	13	0	62.1	71	42	32	15	25	2	39	1	0	0	283	1.540	5.6	1.56

April	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	5.0	5	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	21	1.400	1.8	0.50
May	0	2	.000	5.92	5	5	0	24.1	28	16	16	4	8	0	21	0	0	0	103	1.480	7.8	2.63
June	2	1	.667	5.79	6	6	0	28.0	34	18	18	7	12	0	17	0	0	0	131	1.643	5.5	1.42
July	1	2	.333	4.00	4	4	0	18.0	24	16	8	3	7	1	12	1	0	0	87	1.722	6.0	1.71
August	2	1	.667	5.12	6	6	0	31.2	36	18	18	3	13	1	17	2	0	0	139	1.547	4.8	1.31
September	2	0	1.000	3.07	5	5	0	29.1	26	12	10	7	9	1	19	0	0	0	122	1.193	5.8	2.11
October	0	0		7.20	1	1	0	5.0	6	4	4	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	24	2.000	7.2	1.00

As Starter	7	6	.538	4.71	28	28	0	141.1	159	84	74	25	55	5	91	3	0	0	627	1.514	5.8	1.65

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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