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, 18,905th 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: 19-13 / in Starts: 19-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2017 Pitching Game Log

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2017 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	318	1	Apr 2	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-6		99	5.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	0	1.80	1.56	24	102	62	16	11	5	10	8	0	0	54			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	0.048	1.19	0.03%	0.54	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d1
2	319	7	Apr 10	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	GS-6		7	6.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	1.64	1.43	22	100	57	23	7	7	7	3	0	0	66			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.247	1.35	0.16%	2.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
3	320	12	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	L,1-6	GS-7		5	7.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	1	1.00	2.27	24	103	67	18	8	12	6	1	0	0	72			0	2	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.455	1.26	0.31%	3.73	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
4	321	16	Apr 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.2	9	5	5	2	4	1	0	2.66	2.95	27	108	62	20	9	12	9	5	0	0	33			0	0	0	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.228	1.29	-0.17%	-1.32	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d2
5	322	21	Apr 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	5.2	10	6	5	2	5	2	0	3.68	3.74	28	107	67	25	8	15	6	2	0	0	30			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	.62	-0.337	.81	-0.27%	-3.43	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 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	323	26	May 2	CHC		PHI	W,8-3	GS-5	W(1-1)	5	5.0	4	3	2	5	5	1	0	3.67	4.18	24	106	60	16	14	8	6	3	1	0	49			0	1	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.20	-0.011	1.32	-0.01%	-0.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
7	324	31	May 7	CHC		NYY	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	3	2	1	2	9	0	0	3.27	3.71	26	120	73	21	21	8	7	3	0	0	72			2	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.125	1.13	0.08%	1.73	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
8	325	36	May 13	CHC	@	STL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(1-2)	5	5.2	6	4	3	4	9	1	0	3.45	3.80	24	112	71	18	15	5	6	5	0	0	48			2	2	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.107	1.30	-0.08%	-0.19	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d2
9	326	40	May 18	CHC		CIN	W,9-5	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	6.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.57	3.59	27	96	63	15	12	11	9	6	0	1	50			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.37	0.140	.45	0.10%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a8
10	327	44	May 23	CHC		SFG	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	10	0	0	3.19	3.21	29	99	70	14	15	9	10	5	1	0	85			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.385	.84	0.25%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	328	49	May 28	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-9	GS-4	L(3-3)	4	3.1	7	6	6	2	3	2	0	3.86	3.60	19	76	46	13	6	4	10	4	0	0	23			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.410	1.00	-0.30%	-4.93	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d2
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	329	54	Jun 3	CHC		STL	W,5-3	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.91	3.76	24	98	57	19	7	8	9	4	1	0	49			0	0	1	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.033	1.25	-0.03%	0.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
13	330	59	Jun 8	CHC		COL	L,1-4	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	5.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	0	4.13	3.80	22	94	60	14	11	8	8	4	0	0	43			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.202	1.01	-0.16%	-1.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
14	331	64	Jun 13	CHC	@	NYM	W,14-3	GS-7	W(4-4)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	10	0	0	3.89	3.54	27	106	70	21	12	4	12	6	1	0	72			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.018	.43	-0.01%	2.40	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a11
15	332	69	Jun 19	CHC		SDP	W,3-2	GS-6		5	6.0	5	2	2	1	7	2	0	3.83	3.68	25	111	74	18	15	6	11	5	2	0	60			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.106	1.01	0.07%	1.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
16	333	74	Jun 24	CHC	@	MIA	W,5-3	GS-7	W(5-4)	4	7.0	4	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.83	3.73	25	108	70	18	9	12	8	3	2	0	60			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.063	1.24	0.05%	0.26	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a2
17	334	79	Jun 29	CHC	@	WSN	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	3	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.69	3.65	22	90	58	13	13	8	4	2	2	0	66			2	2	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.268	1.43	0.21%	2.23	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
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
18	335	83	Jul 4	CHC		TBR	L,5-6	GS-5	L(5-5)	4	5.0	9	6	5	1	6	1	0	3.94	3.66	25	100	62	9	14	10	8	6	2	0	32			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.342	1.03	-0.25%	-3.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
19	336	88	Jul 9	CHC		PIT	L,3-14	GS-1	L(5-6)	4	0.2	6	10	4	3	0	2	0	4.25	3.98	12	53	27	9	2	4	5	2	0	0	9			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.480	1.36	-0.34%	-9.58	1t start tie	1t --- 2 out d10
20	337	92	Jul 17	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(6-6)	7	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.07	3.85	24	102	68	15	12	12	5	4	0	0	72			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.329	1.13	0.24%	2.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
21	338	96	Jul 22	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(7-6)	4	8.0	3	2	2	0	10	2	1	3.95	3.88	27	97	66	18	14	10	6	2	0	0	78			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.127	1.57	0.13%	2.26	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
22	339	101	Jul 27	CHC	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS-7	W(8-6)	4	7.0	4	2	2	1	4	2	0	3.88	4.00	26	97	61	10	9	8	13	5	1	0	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.160	1.37	0.15%	1.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
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
23	340	105	Aug 1	CHC		ARI	W,16-4	GS-5		4	4.0	5	3	3	3	9	0	1	3.96	3.93	21	104	66	19	12	2	6	4	1	0	46			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.034	1.47	0.04%	-1.37	1t start tie	5t -23 0 out a6
24	341	110	Aug 6	CHC		WSN	L,4-9	GS-7		4	6.2	6	3	3	1	7	0	0	3.97	3.82	27	112	70	16	15	4	15	10	1	0	56			1	0	0	24	2	1	0	1	2	1	1.18	0.113	2.05	0.12%	0.49	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
25	342	115	Aug 12	CHC	@	ARI	L,2-6	GS-6	L(8-7)	5	6.0	7	4	3	2	9	0	0	3.99	3.71	27	103	65	18	15	6	10	5	2	0	51			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.15	-0.063	2.24	-0.07%	-0.65	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
26	343	120	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	L,10-13	GS-2		4	1.2	7	9	7	1	0	1	0	4.37	3.81	14	46	28	6	2	4	9	4	2	0	8			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.416	2.05	-0.48%	-7.27	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d8
Sept				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	344	135	Sep 2	CHC		ATL	W,14-12	GS-5	W(9-7)	15	5.0	8	4	4	1	4	3	0	4.46	4.01	24	92	60	17	8	7	12	5	1	0	38			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.110	1.63	-0.10%	-1.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out a6
28	345	140	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-2	GS-6	W(10-7)	4	6.0	5	1	1	4	5	0	0	4.35	3.99	25	111	69	26	13	8	8	8	0	0	59			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.169	1.68	0.16%	2.01	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a5
29	346	145	Sep 13	CHC		NYM	W,17-5	GS-6	W(11-7)	5	6.0	6	2	2	4	5	1	0	4.30	4.05	26	114	66	17	8	10	7	4	1	0	53			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.119	2.80	0.18%	1.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
30	347	151	Sep 20	CHC	@	TBR	L,1-8	GS-5	L(11-8)	6	4.1	8	7	7	3	0	1	1	4.56	4.18	23	86	47	8	11	11	8	3	2	0	16			3	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	.62	-0.279	.89	-0.24%	-4.66	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d6
31	348	156	Sep 25	CHC	@	STL	W,10-2	GS-6	W(12-8)	4	6.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	4.46	4.21	25	103	58	19	9	6	13	5	1	0	60			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.070	.05	0.01%	2.04	1b start a 4	6b 3 out a7
32	349	161	Sep 30	CHC		CIN	W,9-0	GS-5	W(13-8)	4	5.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	4.33	4.10	18	75	45	15	9	3	8	4	1	0	66			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.228	.07	0.01%	2.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out a4
							19-13		W-L:13-8	4.5	180.2	179	101	87	60	180	26	4	4.33	4.10	763	3131	62%	17%	11%	0.91		27%	5%	1	51		---%	19	12	1	691	34	3	3	13	4	8	.91	0.150	1.24	-0.23%	-5.44

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