Jon Lester

Position: 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)

Debut: June 10, 2006 (Age 22-154d, 18,904th in major league history)
vs. TEX 4.1 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER

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

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-14 / in Starts: 11-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2007	ALCS g2	Oct 13	BOS		CLE	L,6-13	11-GF(11)		12	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	27.00	19.74	4	10	7	1	1	0	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.032	4.79	-0.56%	-3.01	11t 12- 1 out d3	11t end d 7
2	2007	ALCS g4	Oct 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.91	4.88	11	50	34	11	6	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.023	4.27	0.41%	1.67	6b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
3	2007	WS g4	Oct 28	BOS	@	COL	W,4-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	11	5.2	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	1.93	4.20	23	92	59	10	14	6	11	4	4	0	63			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.354	20.70	4.35%	3.12	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 2 out a2
2008 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	2008	ALDS g1	Oct 1	BOS	@	LAA	W,4-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	6	1	0	1	7	0	0	0.00	1.56	29	117	76	18	12	13	8	6	1	0	69			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.344	17.43	3.31%	2.81	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
5	2008	ALDS g4	Oct 6	BOS		LAA	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.20	27	109	69	19	4	13	8	1	3	0	71			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.444	24.32	5.49%	4.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
6	2008	ALCS g3	Oct 13	BOS		TBR	L,1-9	GS-6	L(1-1)	6	5.2	8	5	4	2	7	2	0	1.83	3.39	26	96	60	16	11	9	8	2	0	0	40			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.229	20.46	-4.86%	-1.83	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d5
7	2008	ALCS g7	Oct 19	BOS	@	TBR	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-2)	5	7.0	6	3	3	0	8	1	0	2.36	3.21	27	107	77	19	12	7	12	3	2	0	61			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.006	85.25	0.62%	0.77	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
2009 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	2009	ALDS g1	Oct 8	BOS	@	LAA	L,0-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	6	6.0	4	3	3	4	5	1	0	4.50	5.60	28	100	61	11	10	13	6	1	1	0	53			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.02	-0.050	16.06	-0.45%	0.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
2013 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	2013	ALDS g1	Oct 4	BOS		TBR	W,12-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	5	7.2	3	2	2	3	7	2	0	2.35	5.79	29	114	71	20	14	6	13	1	2	0	69			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.037	8.52	0.20%	1.56	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a6
10	2013	ALCS g1	Oct 12	BOS		DET	L,0-1	GS-7	L(1-1)	7	6.1	6	1	1	1	4	0	2	1.93	4.62	27	109	72	12	11	10	10	7	0	0	60			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.170	32.96	2.21%	1.97	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d1
11	2013	ALCS g5	Oct 17	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	5.1	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.33	4.34	24	98	60	19	5	10	8	2	1	0	46			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.106	41.98	2.63%	1.11	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a3
12	2013	WS g1	Oct 23	BOS		STL	W,8-1	GS-8	W(3-1)	5	7.2	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	1.67	3.49	28	112	76	20	11	11	8	2	3	0	76			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.203	27.33	5.86%	3.89	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a7
13	2013	WS g5	Oct 28	BOS	@	STL	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	7.2	4	1	1	0	7	1	0	1.56	3.37	26	91	61	16	10	10	9	3	2	0	74			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.311	91.84	15.60%	2.28	1b start a 1	8b -2- 2 out a2
2014 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	2014	ALWC g1	Sep 30	OAK	@	KCR	L,8-9	GS-8		5	7.1	8	6	6	2	5	0	0	7.36	2.59	31	111	75	23	11	14	10	5	1	0	41			3	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.133	19.41	-1.72%	-1.03	1b start a 2	8b 12- 1 out a3
2015 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	2015	NLDS g1	Oct 9	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	8	7.1	5	3	3	1	9	1	0	3.68	2.86	28	115	74	18	19	8	10	3	0	0	64			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.126	11.35	1.10%	1.25	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d2
16	2015	NLCS g1	Oct 17	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	7	6.2	8	4	4	1	5	2	0	4.50	4.35	28	107	65	21	3	9	13	5	2	0	46			2	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	1	0	.88	-0.177	23.05	-2.58%	-0.95	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out d3
2016 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	2016	NLDS g1	Oct 7	CHC		SFG	W,1-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	5	8.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.00	1.90	27	86	60	12	9	11	12	4	2	0	77			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.549	17.33	4.83%	4.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
18	2016	NLCS g1	Oct 15	CHC		LAD	W,8-4	GS-6		7	6.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	0.64	3.15	22	77	47	10	8	8	10	7	0	0	62			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.230	22.50	3.36%	2.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
19	2016	NLCS g5	Oct 20	CHC	@	LAD	W,8-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	0.86	2.72	27	108	67	15	10	11	9	3	3	0	68			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.298	47.43	7.72%	2.37	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a2
20	2016	WS g1	Oct 25	CHC	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	5.2	6	3	3	3	7	1	1	1.69	3.22	26	97	57	21	12	5	10	4	3	0	49			1	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.081	41.52	-2.37%	-0.02	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d3
21	2016	WS g5	Oct 30	CHC		CLE	W,3-2	GS-6	W(3-1)	4	6.0	4	2	2	0	5	1	0	1.93	3.30	21	90	61	20	9	5	11	5	4	0	61			1	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.106	35.02	2.26%	1.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
22	2016	WS g7	Nov 2	CHC	@	CLE	W,8-7	5-8		2	3.0	3	2	1	1	4	0	0	2.02	3.15	13	55	31	8	10	6	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.034	153.45	3.58%	-0.34	5b 1-- 2 out a4	8b 1-- 2 out a3
2017 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	2017	NLDS g2	Oct 7	CHC	@	WSN	L,3-6	GS-6		6	6.0	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	1.50	5.66	22	86	51	9	10	8	10	1	2	0	64			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.268	17.68	2.56%	2.23	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
24	2017	NLDS g4	Oct 11	CHC		WSN	L,0-5	5-8		3	3.2	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.86	4.40	12	55	32	7	5	1	7	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.201	17.25	2.88%	1.89	5t --- 0 out d1	8t 1-- 2 out d1
25	2017	NLCS g2	Oct 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-4	GS-5		3	4.2	3	1	1	5	2	0	0	1.88	4.76	21			20	7	4	10	6	2	0	51			0	1	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.067	30.26	0.77%	1.04	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out tie
2018 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	2018	NLWC g1	Oct 2	CHC		COL	L,1-2	GS-6		4	6.0	4	1	1	1	9	0	0	1.50	0.66	23			22	11	5	8	5	0	0	68			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	1	0	.92	0.198	19.10	2.65%	2.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
											154.0	117	46	43	40	133	15	3	2.51		610																			0

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