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: 22-10 / in Starts: 22-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2009 Pitching Game Log

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2009 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	61	2	Apr 8	BOS		TBR	L,2-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	8	5	5	2	5	1	0	9.00	4.90	23	94	60	17	8	10	6	2	0	0	34			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	-0.248	1.37	-0.17%	-2.15	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
2	62	7	Apr 13	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-8	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	6.0	10	6	6	0	5	2	1	9.00	5.64	27	106	68	18	17	8	13	7	1	0	33			0	2	2	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.334	.60	-0.18%	-2.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
3	63	12	Apr 19	BOS		BAL	W,2-1	GS-7	W(1-2)	5	7.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	0	5.50	3.99	26	108	67	18	10	8	7	2	1	0	76			0	1	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.449	1.33	0.28%	3.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
4	64	16	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	3	7	0	0	4.88	3.56	27	114	67	18	14	8	9	4	0	0	54			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.109	1.44	0.08%	1.42	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
5	65	21	Apr 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	5	5	3	7	2	0	5.40	4.16	27	109	65	18	14	6	11	3	0	0	42			0	2	2	23	0	1	0	0	1	1	.53	-0.221	.63	-0.16%	-1.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
May				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
6	66	26	May 4	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	7.0	6	3	3	2	10	2	0	5.11	4.29	29	111	76	25	10	6	11	4	2	0	61			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.148	1.50	0.13%	0.98	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
7	67	31	May 9	BOS		TBR	L,5-14	GS-5	L(2-3)	4	4.1	10	8	8	1	6	1	0	6.31	4.26	24	89	61	12	12	8	9	1	0	0	16			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.318	1.27	-0.28%	-5.14	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d6
8	68	36	May 15	BOS	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS-6	L(2-4)	5	5.2	8	5	5	3	5	2	0	6.51	4.65	28	104	59	12	7	8	12	8	0	0	35			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.375	1.62	-0.30%	-2.05	1b start a 1	6b --- 2 out d1
9	69	41	May 21	BOS		TOR	W,5-1	GS-7	W(3-4)	5	6.1	8	1	1	2	4	0	0	5.91	4.43	28	109	68	21	6	8	14	8	1	0	55			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.229	1.31	0.23%	3.00	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a5
10	70	46	May 26	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-6	L(3-5)	4	6.0	6	5	5	3	4	1	1	6.07	4.58	26	100	62	17	8	10	8	4	1	0	41			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.265	1.48	-0.22%	-1.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
11	71	51	May 31	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-2	GS-6	W(4-5)	4	6.0	3	1	1	3	12	0	0	5.65	4.21	24	115	72	26	10	6	3	0	2	0	71			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	0.200	1.69	0.20%	2.26	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a4
Jun				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
12	72	56	Jun 6	BOS		TEX	W,8-1	CG	W(5-5)	5	9.0	2	1	1	2	11	0	0	5.09	3.86	31	107	72	16	21	6	12	2	2	0	88			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	0	.44	0.345	.68	0.32%	4.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
13	73	61	Jun 12	BOS	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS-7		5	7.0	2	1	1	2	11	0	0	4.76	3.60	25	111	74	25	18	7	5	2	2	0	78			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.362	1.48	0.32%	2.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
14	74	66	Jun 18	BOS		FLA	L,1-2	CG(6)	L(5-6)	5	5.0	8	2	2	0	4	2	0	4.69	3.78	22	110	73	13	11	12	6	1	1	0	47			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.032	1.33	0.03%	0.45	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d1
15	75	71	Jun 24	BOS	@	WSN	W,6-4	GS-6	W(6-6)	5	6.0	6	3	3	2	6	0	0	4.68	3.67	25	103	67	20	7	12	5	4	0	0	52			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.093	1.33	0.07%	-0.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
16	76	76	Jun 29	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-0	GS-7	W(7-6)	4	7.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	4.35	3.47	26	108	70	22	11	9	9	4	1	0	75			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.337	.96	0.26%	3.84	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
Jul				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	77	81	Jul 5	BOS		SEA	W,8-4	GS-7		5	6.2	8	4	1	3	9	0	0	4.16	3.36	31	122	82	14	16	10	9	4	2	0	54			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.33	-0.106	2.09	-0.10%	-0.27	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d1
18	78	86	Jul 10	BOS		KCR	W,1-0	GS-8	W(8-6)	4	8.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.87	3.25	29	115	78	19	12	10	9	0	2	0	80			2	1	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	0.583	2.00	0.52%	4.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
19	79	91	Jul 19	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-3	GS-7	L(8-7)	8	7.0	5	3	3	4	6	0	0	3.87	3.25	31	112	66	22	11	6	15	5	3	0	57			2	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.00	-0.006	1.35	0.00%	0.80	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
20	80	96	Jul 25	BOS		BAL	W,7-2	GS-8	W(9-7)	5	7.1	8	2	2	2	9	0	0	3.79	3.14	32	109	76	23	8	10	11	5	0	0	61			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.197	1.60	0.21%	1.82	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a3
21	81	101	Jul 30	BOS		OAK	W,8-5	GS-6		4	5.2	7	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.90	3.18	26	104	58	14	5	10	11	6	0	0	38			1	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.30	-0.192	2.30	-0.20%	-1.06	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
Aug				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
22	82	105	Aug 4	BOS	@	TBR	L,2-4	GS-7		4	6.0	3	1	1	2	10	0	1	3.79	3.10	24	110	68	19	13	8	3	1	0	0	70			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.318	2.22	0.39%	2.80	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
23	83	110	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	1	0	3.67	3.09	26	107	66	20	10	13	6	2	3	0	70			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.237	2.27	0.30%	2.98	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
24	84	115	Aug 14	BOS	@	TEX	W,8-4	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	3	11	1	0	3.71	3.09	25	117	72	19	19	2	9	4	0	0	56			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	.84	-0.087	2.29	-0.14%	0.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
25	85	120	Aug 20	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-1	GS-8	W(10-7)	5	8.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.58	3.07	27	105	60	18	11	14	6	2	2	0	75			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.62	0.182	1.25	0.22%	3.34	1b start tie	8b 3 out a7
26	86	125	Aug 25	BOS		CHW	W,6-3	GS-7		4	6.2	4	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.60	3.11	27	113	68	15	10	7	12	4	2	0	58			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.068	2.86	-0.08%	0.51	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
27	87	131	Sep 1	BOS	@	TBR	W,8-4	GS-6	W(11-7)	6	6.0	7	2	2	2	9	1	0	3.58	3.11	27	97	58	14	12	8	8	4	0	0	57			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.121	2.29	0.17%	1.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
28	88	136	Sep 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	GS-7	W(12-7)	4	7.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.44	3.06	26	122	75	18	16	7	9	2	2	0	75			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.412	2.09	0.50%	3.98	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
29	89	142	Sep 13(2)	BOS		TBR	W,4-0	GS-8	W(13-7)	6	8.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.29	3.03	28	105	66	17	11	10	8	2	1	0	82			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.488	1.52	0.41%	4.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
30	90	147	Sep 19	BOS	@	BAL	W,11-5	GS-7	W(14-7)	5	6.0	10	3	3	0	4	2	0	3.33	3.13	27	102	62	13	12	11	12	7	1	0	44			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.035	.15	0.00%	-0.11	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a3
31	91	153	Sep 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS-3	L(14-8)	5	2.1	8	5	5	3	3	1	0	3.52	3.21	18	78	47	11	8	6	6	4	0	0	21			4	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.253	.07	-0.01%	-3.94	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d4
32	92	159	Oct 1	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	GS-7	W(15-8)	5	6.1	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.41	3.15	21	84	52	17	9	5	8	0	1	0	75			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.318	.00	0.00%	3.40	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a3
							22-10		W-L:15-8	4.7	203.1	186	80	77	64	225	20	3	3.41	3.15	843	3400	63%	17%	11%	0.95		20%	6%	0	57		---%	19	6	6	768	31	2	0	14	6	3	1.00	2.652	1.46	2.78%	31.60

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