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: 20-12 / in Starts: 20-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2014 Pitching Game Log

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2014 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	222	1	Mar 31	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	6	2	2	1	8	1	0	2.57	3.13	26	104	73	18	14	10	7	3	3	0	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.053	1.07	0.03%	1.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
2	223	6	Apr 6	BOS		MIL	L,0-4	GS-8	L(0-2)	5	7.1	7	4	2	1	6	0	0	2.51	2.50	30	108	71	16	11	9	14	5	0	0	57			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.030	.63	-0.02%	0.36	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d3
3	224	11	Apr 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-7	W(1-2)	4	6.2	6	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.57	3.04	27	113	71	22	6	12	7	3	1	0	58			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.066	.80	0.04%	0.77	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a2
4	225	16	Apr 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-8	W(2-2)	5	8.0	7	1	1	0	9	0	0	2.17	2.44	30	112	75	26	8	8	13	6	4	0	73			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.328	1.23	0.16%	2.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
5	226	21	Apr 22	BOS		NYY	L,3-9	GS-5	L(2-3)	4	4.2	11	8	3	4	7	0	0	2.67	2.48	28	118	76	18	14	5	12	4	0	0	23			0	0	0	24	4	1	0	2	0	1	.93	-0.408	.92	-0.24%	-4.90	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d5
6	227	26	Apr 27	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-7	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	7.0	5	4	4	0	7	1	0	3.10	2.57	26	122	80	18	12	6	13	5	2	0	58			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.105	.77	-0.07%	-0.75	1b start tie	7b 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
7	228	31	May 3	BOS		OAK	W,6-3	GS-8	W(3-4)	5	8.0	1	0	0	2	15	0	0	2.59	2.17	26	119	76	27	13	3	6	2	1	0	93			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.178	.36	0.10%	3.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
8	229	36	May 10	BOS	@	TEX	W,8-3	GS-7	W(4-4)	6	7.0	4	3	3	3	8	0	0	2.75	2.16	28	103	65	22	10	4	13	6	2	0	62			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	1	0	.81	0.201	.73	0.11%	0.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
9	230	41	May 16	BOS		DET	L,0-1	GS-5	L(4-5)	5	5.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.67	2.16	22	94	54	22	7	5	7	3	0	0	59			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.135	1.12	0.08%	1.42	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
10	231	46	May 22	BOS		TOR	L,2-7	GS-7	L(4-6)	5	6.1	10	7	7	2	3	2	0	3.36	2.64	30	106	65	14	8	14	10	6	0	1	26			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.428	.37	-0.20%	-4.13	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d5
11	232	51	May 27	BOS	@	ATL	W,6-3	GS-6	W(5-6)	4	6.0	8	3	3	3	7	1	0	3.45	2.79	27	111	67	16	12	10	7	5	0	0	48			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.19	-0.125	.51	-0.03%	-0.40	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
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	233	56	Jun 1	BOS		TBR	W,4-0	GS-7	W(6-6)	4	7.0	4	0	0	1	12	0	1	3.15	2.59	27	112	73	24	18	7	6	2	0	0	80			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.347	.75	0.16%	3.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
13	234	61	Jun 7	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	GS-5	L(6-7)	5	4.1	12	5	5	1	0	2	0	3.52	2.97	25	90	59	18	4	9	15	6	2	0	18			0	1	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.303	.30	-0.09%	-3.53	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d3
14	235	66	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	GS-8	W(7-7)	4	7.2	8	2	1	1	4	0	0	3.33	2.93	31	109	72	16	12	9	17	5	4	0	60			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.227	.57	0.07%	1.64	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a3
15	236	71	Jun 17	BOS		MIN	W,2-1	GS-7	W(8-7)	4	6.1	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.20	2.85	24	109	72	17	10	5	12	4	5	0	66			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.270	.63	0.09%	2.13	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a1
16	237	76	Jun 22	BOS	@	OAK	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.2	4	3	2	2	4	0	1	3.14	2.88	29	111	65	20	7	9	13	4	4	0	63			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	.72	0.197	.29	0.05%	2.23	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out a5
17	238	81	Jun 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS-8	W(9-7)	5	8.0	5	1	0	2	6	0	1	2.92	2.87	31	118	74	21	6	12	10	1	3	0	74			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	0.404	.61	0.11%	2.71	1b start tie	8b 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	239	86	Jul 5(1)	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	GS-8		6	8.0	5	2	0	0	7	0	0	2.73	2.77	30	118	83	23	14	16	7	2	2	0	75			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.41	0.321	.57	0.08%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
19	240	92	Jul 10	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	7	1	1	0	12	0	0	2.65	2.60	28	105	76	19	17	8	8	4	2	0	71			3	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.256	.20	0.03%	2.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
20	241	98	Jul 20	BOS		KCR	W,6-0	GS-8	W(10-7)	9	8.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	1	2.50	2.58	30	115	77	21	12	12	7	1	2	0	80			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.239	.17	0.04%	3.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
21	242	103	Jul 25	BOS	@	TBR	L,4-6	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.52	2.62	25	110	69	24	9	8	9	4	1	0	58			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.027	.24	0.00%	0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
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
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Oakland Athletics
22	243	109	Aug 2	OAK		KCR	W,8-3	GS-7	W(11-7)	7	6.2	9	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.59	2.62	29	104	71	17	8	10	15	8	3	0	46			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	.85	0.111	.84	0.07%	-0.03	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a5
23	244	114	Aug 7	OAK		MIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(12-7)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.44	2.59	31	122	83	25	13	9	12	2	4	0	87			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.397	.83	0.22%	4.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
24	245	119	Aug 12	OAK	@	KCR	W,11-3	GS-6	W(13-7)	4	6.0	6	3	3	2	9	0	0	2.51	2.54	25	99	69	15	15	7	7	4	0	0	55			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	1	0	.85	0.153	.72	0.08%	-0.10	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a3
25	246	124	Aug 17	OAK	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-7	L(13-8)	4	6.0	6	4	3	1	5	2	0	2.58	2.67	24	96	65	21	11	6	12	8	1	0	50			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.255	.88	-0.18%	-1.77	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d2
26	247	128	Aug 23	OAK		LAA	W,2-1	GS-7		5	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.53	2.63	27	109	75	20	12	9	10	6	2	0	69			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.232	2.47	0.29%	2.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
27	248	134	Aug 29	OAK	@	LAA	L,0-4	GS-6	L(13-9)	5	6.0	6	3	2	1	5	1	0	2.55	2.67	27	107	68	23	11	9	12	5	1	0	54			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	.78	-0.084	1.72	-0.11%	-0.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
28	249	139	Sep 3	OAK		SEA	L,1-2	GS-8	L(13-10)	4	8.0	7	2	2	0	5	2	0	2.54	2.78	31	107	73	22	9	11	15	8	3	0	65			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.033	1.15	0.02%	1.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
29	250	144	Sep 9	OAK	@	CHW	W,11-2	GS-8	W(14-10)	5	8.0	7	2	2	2	8	1	1	2.52	2.82	32	119	77	26	12	10	11	1	3	0	66			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.264	1.12	0.19%	1.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
30	251	149	Sep 14	OAK	@	SEA	W,4-0	GS-6	W(15-10)	4	6.0	4	0	0	4	7	0	0	2.45	2.82	25	110	63	18	13	9	5	2	0	0	67			4	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.376	2.32	0.36%	2.64	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
31	252	153	Sep 19	OAK		PHI	W,3-1	GS-7	W(16-10)	4	7.0	5	1	1	2	7	1	0	2.41	2.85	26	114	79	17	10	7	10	5	1	0	68			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.288	1.66	0.31%	2.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
32	253	158	Sep 24	OAK		LAA	L,4-5	GS-7	L(16-11)	4	7.0	8	5	3	0	7	0	0	2.46	2.80	28	99	63	14	15	6	15	6	1	0	52			1	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	1	1	.60	-0.208	.53	-0.11%	-1.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
							20-12		W-L:16-11	4.7	219.2	194	76	60	48	220	16	5	2.46	2.80	885	3493	65%	18%	10%	0.81		22%	9%	1	61		---%	16	5	0	821	43	3	0	21	5	12	.94	3.157	.84	1.64%	28.23

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