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: 16-15 / in Starts: 16-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2011 Pitching Game Log

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2011 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	125	1	Apr 1	BOS	@	TEX	L,5-9	GS-6		99	5.1	6	5	5	1	0	3	2	8.44	12.03	25	88	49	15	4	13	9	2	0	0	35			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.327	.97	-0.19%	-2.68	1b start a 2	6b 12- 1 out d1
2	126	6	Apr 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS-7		5	7.0	3	0	0	3	9	0	0	3.65	6.19	26	109	66	23	7	9	5	1	1	0	77			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.432	.99	0.20%	3.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
3	127	11	Apr 12	BOS		TBR	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.72	4.53	27	109	67	19	9	10	7	4	2	0	57			2	1	1	25	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.14	-0.024	.88	-0.01%	0.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
4	128	14	Apr 17	BOS		TOR	W,8-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	6.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.20	4.13	25	110	65	19	10	12	5	3	0	0	58			1	1	0	22	2	0	0	2	0	1	.87	0.137	.60	0.06%	1.16	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a5
5	129	19	Apr 22	BOS	@	LAA	W,4-3	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	6.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.59	3.60	23	111	71	17	16	6	7	2	1	0	70			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.284	1.00	0.15%	2.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
6	130	24	Apr 28	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS-8	W(3-1)	5	8.0	4	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.52	3.79	30	108	64	21	7	14	8	1	0	0	68			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.234	1.11	0.14%	2.09	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a4
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
7	131	29	May 3	BOS		LAA	W,7-3	GS-7	W(4-1)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	11	1	0	2.33	3.54	27	93	66	22	12	6	9	2	2	0	71			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.305	.93	0.17%	2.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
8	132	36	May 10	BOS	@	TOR	L,6-7	GS-6		6	5.1	7	5	5	5	5	2	1	2.96	4.15	28	114	68	17	13	6	11	2	2	0	34			0	1	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.386	1.10	-0.25%	-2.81	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d1
9	133	40	May 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS-6	W(5-1)	4	6.0	5	4	4	4	7	2	1	3.28	4.50	27	109	62	21	8	9	6	2	1	0	49			0	1	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.007	1.25	0.00%	-0.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
10	134	44	May 20	BOS		CHC	W,15-5	GS-6	W(6-1)	4	6.0	12	5	5	2	5	0	1	3.68	4.34	32	104	73	20	8	11	13	7	1	0	31			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.053	1.25	-0.04%	-1.84	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
11	135	49	May 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,14-2	GS-6	W(7-1)	4	6.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.36	4.07	22	97	63	21	9	6	8	2	3	0	72			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.047	.16	0.04%	2.83	1b start a 7	6b 3 out a14
12	136	54	May 30	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	GS-6	L(7-2)	4	5.2	8	7	7	4	4	1	2	3.94	4.30	29	127	72	19	8	9	10	3	1	0	25			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	-0.309	2.07	-0.27%	-2.46	1t start tie	6t -23 2 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
13	137	60	Jun 7	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-6	W(8-2)	7	6.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	2	3.98	4.19	29	112	66	17	8	10	11	5	2	0	48			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.115	1.86	0.12%	0.19	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a3
14	138	65	Jun 12	BOS	@	TOR	W,14-1	GS-8	W(9-2)	4	8.0	2	1	1	1	8	1	0	3.73	4.09	27	102	68	18	11	9	9	0	3	0	81			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.133	.55	0.13%	3.17	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a11
15	139	70	Jun 18	BOS		MIL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(9-3)	5	8.0	7	4	3	3	8	3	0	3.70	4.33	32	115	72	22	13	8	13	4	1	0	59			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.084	.91	-0.06%	0.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
16	140	75	Jun 24	BOS	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-6	L(9-4)	5	6.0	8	3	2	1	5	0	1	3.66	4.22	27	107	70	9	11	12	8	3	1	0	50			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.17	-0.119	1.63	-0.10%	-0.40	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
17	141	80	Jun 30	BOS	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS-7	W(10-4)	5	7.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.43	4.10	25	120	75	22	14	9	9	3	2	0	76			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.371	1.66	0.35%	3.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
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	142	85	Jul 5	BOS		TOR	W,3-2	GS-4		4	4.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.31	4.00	13	50	35	8	7	3	4	1	2	0	66			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.202	1.41	0.21%	2.11	1t start tie	4t 3 out a3
19	143	100	Jul 25	BOS		KCR	L,1-3	GS-6		19	5.1	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.23	3.91	22	89	55	15	6	6	8	4	1	0	54			1	2	1	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.133	.84	0.05%	1.61	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out tie
20	144	105	Jul 30	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-2	GS-8	W(11-4)	4	8.0	4	2	2	1	8	2	0	3.17	3.96	28	98	66	20	6	8	11	3	1	0	73			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.313	.55	0.14%	2.25	1b start tie	8b 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
21	145	111	Aug 5	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	GS-6	L(11-5)	5	6.0	5	3	3	4	7	0	0	3.23	3.90	24	108	64	19	9	6	6	2	1	1	53			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.094	1.19	-0.05%	0.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
22	146	116	Aug 10	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-8	L(11-6)	4	7.1	8	4	4	5	4	0	0	3.32	3.90	32	119	73	25	12	14	9	1	4	0	45			0	1	1	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.187	.45	-0.05%	0.29	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d1
23	147	120	Aug 16(1)	BOS		TBR	W,3-1	GS-7	W(12-6)	5	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	0	1	3.22	3.80	26	113	65	14	10	10	6	2	1	0	74			2	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.306	.80	0.15%	2.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
24	148	126	Aug 21	BOS	@	KCR	W,6-1	GS-7	W(13-6)	4	6.0	3	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.16	3.80	26	113	69	18	7	10	9	2	3	0	61			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.096	.82	0.04%	0.98	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a2
25	149	132	Aug 27(1)	BOS		OAK	W,9-3	GS-6	W(14-6)	5	6.0	3	2	1	2	4	1	0	3.09	3.84	24	87	53	18	4	10	8	2	2	0	62			4	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	.66	0.021	.28	0.01%	1.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
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
26	150	136	Sep 1	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	GS-5		4	5.0	7	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.05	3.80	25	114	73	16	14	7	9	3	2	0	52			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.169	.71	0.06%	1.64	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
27	151	141	Sep 6	BOS	@	TOR	W,14-0	GS-7	W(15-6)	4	7.0	3	0	0	1	11	0	0	2.93	3.66	26	100	67	15	13	7	7	1	2	0	81			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.22	0.078	.14	0.03%	3.65	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a13
28	152	146	Sep 11	BOS	@	TBR	L,1-9	GS-4	L(15-7)	4	4.0	8	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.07	3.67	23	111	68	11	10	9	9	2	0	0	29			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.254	1.54	-0.27%	-2.14	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
29	153	151	Sep 17	BOS		TBR	L,3-4	GS-7	L(15-8)	5	7.0	5	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.15	3.73	28	107	63	24	5	8	11	3	3	0	52			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.098	1.86	-0.13%	-0.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
30	154	157	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-9	GS-3	L(15-9)	6	2.2	8	8	8	1	3	1	0	3.49	3.77	17	55	32	8	5	6	7	2	1	0	12			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.361	2.05	-0.57%	-6.74	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d8
31	155	162	Sep 28	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	4	2	2	4	5	1	0	3.47	3.83	24	93	54	15	9	11	4	1	0	0	57			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.44	0.136	13.62	0.78%	1.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
							16-15		W-L:15-9	4.5	191.2	166	77	74	75	182	20	11	3.47	3.83	799	3192	62%	17%	9%	1.07		14%	9%	1	56		---%	14	12	4	709	31	4	0	18	2	6	.98	1.209	1.40	0.82%	19.74

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