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: 24-8 / in Starts: 24-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2018 Pitching Game Log

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2018 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	350	1	Mar 29	CHC	@	MIA	W,8-4	GS-4		99	3.1	7	4	3	3	2	0	0	8.10	4.66	20			9	7	10	6	4	0	0	31			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.379	1.16	-0.22%	-3.32	1b start a 3	4b 1-3 1 out a1
2	351	6	Apr 5	CHC	@	MIL	W,8-0	GS-6	W(1-0)	6	6.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	1	2.89	3.05	22			16	8	7	7	3	0	0	71			1	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.200	.58	0.12%	2.96	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
3	352	11	Apr 11	CHC		PIT	W,13-5	GS-5		5	5.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.40	4.21	24			15	14	11	7	3	1	0	37			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.158	1.21	-0.11%	-1.49	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
4	353	16	Apr 19	CHC		STL	W,8-5	GS-6	W(2-0)	7	6.0	2	1	0	1	7	0	1	3.10	3.50	22	96	62	18	12	2	11	5	0	0	72			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.079	.53	0.05%	2.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
5	354	21	Apr 25	CHC	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-7	L(2-1)	5	7.0	4	3	3	2	4	3	0	3.29	4.77	27	107	65	21	4	4	17	4	3	0	59			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.073	.69	-0.04%	0.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
6	355	26	Apr 30	CHC		COL	W,3-2	GS-6		4	5.2	5	2	0	3	5	0	1	2.73	4.55	27	106	61	10	9	9	9	6	0	0	57			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.49	0.001	1.74	0.00%	0.58	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out tie
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	356	31	May 6	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-6		5	5.1	6	2	2	4	4	1	0	2.82	4.80	23			15	7	5	10	5	0	0	48			0	1	0	19	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.42	0.169	1.77	0.13%	1.32	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out a1
8	357	36	May 12	CHC		CHW	W,8-4	GS-6	W(3-1)	5	5.2	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.66	4.57	23	92	56	20	12	4	11	5	0	0	59			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.124	.62	0.08%	1.51	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a4
9	358	41	May 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-1	GS-6	W(4-1)	5	6.0	2	1	1	1	8	1	0	2.52	4.40	20			16	16	6	5	1	1	0	71			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.188	.54	0.12%	1.96	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a5
10	359	46	May 23	CHC		CLE	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.37	4.16	26	104	67	19	7	7	14	6	2	0	64			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.248	1.02	0.16%	2.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
11	360	51	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS-6	W(5-2)	5	6.0	8	4	4	0	6	2	1	2.71	4.33	27			14	8	7	13	7	0	0	46			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.205	.77	-0.16%	-1.22	1b start tie	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	361	56	Jun 3	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-0	GS-7	W(6-2)	4	7.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	1	2.44	4.19	27	107	64	19	11	7	9	3	1	0	77			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.412	1.70	0.32%	3.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
13	362	61	Jun 9	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	GS-7	W(7-2)	5	7.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.22	4.04	24			20	9	10	7	4	1	0	78			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.402	1.32	0.35%	3.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
14	363	66	Jun 15	CHC	@	STL	W,13-5	GS-6	W(8-2)	5	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	2	0	2.28	4.26	23	102	64	16	6	10	9	5	1	0	56			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	.59	0.133	.96	0.13%	0.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out a9
15	364	71	Jun 20	CHC		LAD	W,4-0	GS-7	W(9-2)	4	7.0	5	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.10	4.25	28	119	70	27	2	8	16	9	1	0	65			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.374	1.53	0.31%	3.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
16	365	77	Jun 26	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-4	GS-5	W(10-2)	5	5.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.18	4.14	19	82	50	21	6	6	8	5	2	0	54			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.038	1.41	-0.03%	0.37	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
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	366	82	Jul 1	CHC		MIN	W,11-10	GS-6	W(11-2)	4	5.0	9	4	2	3	5	1	0	2.25	4.21	28			19	7	7	13	6	2	0	39			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.004	1.00	0.00%	-0.87	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a7
18	367	87	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	W,6-5	GS-7		6	6.1	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	2.45	4.32	25			17	4	10	10	7	0	0	44			2	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	.88	-0.179	1.27	-0.16%	-1.01	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d1
19	368	93	Jul 15	CHC	@	SDP	W,7-4	GS-6	W(12-2)	6	5.1	6	3	3	3	7	1	1	2.58	4.36	25			19	9	4	10	4	1	0	48			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.025	.69	0.02%	-0.81	1b start a 3	6b 123 1 out a5
20	369	95	Jul 20	CHC		STL	L,5-18	GS-4	L(12-3)	4	3.0	7	8	8	5	1	2	0	3.14	4.67	21	86	46	12	1	7	8	4	1	0	9			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.364	.89	-0.30%	-5.33	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out d4
21	370	101	Jul 25	CHC		ARI	W,2-1	GS-7		4	6.0	4	1	1	0	7	1	0	3.06	4.59	22	103	66	17	11	5	10	4	1	0	67			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.169	1.50	0.16%	2.01	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out tie
22	371	106	Jul 31	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-5	L(12-4)	5	5.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.22	4.66	23	101	59	16	9	6	11	7	0	0	37			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.228	1.66	-0.22%	-1.68	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
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	372	111	Aug 5	CHC		SDP	L,6-10	GS-5		4	5.0	8	5	5	2	1	2	0	3.44	4.83	23			20	3	7	13	4	2	0	30			0	1	0	20	1	1	0	1	1	0	.67	-0.276	1.00	-0.25%	-2.49	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
24	373	116	Aug 11	CHC		WSN	L,4-9	GS-4	L(12-5)	5	3.2	10	9	8	1	5	3	0	3.89	5.02	22	88	54	14	12	5	11	8	0	0	11			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.415	1.01	-0.36%	-7.10	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d8
25	374	120	Aug 16	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	GS-6	W(13-5)	4	6.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.72	4.83	21	92	60	13	9	5	8	5	1	0	70			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.372	1.88	0.38%	2.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
26	375	125	Aug 22	CHC	@	DET	W,8-2	GS-6	W(14-5)	5	5.2	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.64	4.74	23	100	64	13	8	9	10	7	2	0	53			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.161	1.95	0.16%	1.71	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a3
27	376	130	Aug 27	CHC		NYM	W,7-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.67	4.79	25			14	10	4	15	7	6	0	50			1	2	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.035	1.31	0.03%	0.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
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	377	136	Sep 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-1	GS-6	W(15-5)	5	6.0	8	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.53	4.63	25	107	71	22	8	6	12	8	0	0	63			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.321	1.15	0.21%	2.96	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
29	378	143	Sep 10	CHC		MIL	L,2-3	GS-6	L(15-6)	7	5.2	8	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.57	4.53	25	89	58	11	12	6	10	5	1	0	46			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.21	0.025	2.74	0.03%	0.41	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out tie
30	379	148	Sep 15	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	GS-7	W(16-6)	4	7.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.43	4.41	23	108	61	20	11	7	5	2	0	0	80			2	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.451	1.69	0.40%	3.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
31	380	154	Sep 22	CHC	@	CHW	W,8-3	GS-5	W(17-6)	6	5.0	8	3	2	0	4	1	0	3.43	4.40	23			14	10	8	11	8	2	0	45			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.028	1.81	-0.03%	-0.50	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a2
32	381	159	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	GS-6	W(18-6)	4	6.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.32	4.39	25	108	66	21	6	10	8	4	2	0	65			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.302	2.79	0.43%	3.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
							24-8		W-L:18-6	4.9	181.2	174	75	67	64	149	24	6	3.32	4.39	761	1897	61%	28%	14%	0.68		30%	6%	0	53		---%	14	9	1	681	27	3	1	15	3	6	.93	1.844	1.31	1.70%	15.46

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