Jon Lester

Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	1/7/1984 (40)
Height, Weight	6'4", 240 lb
Hometown	Tacoma, WA

2021 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	-	-	-	-	-	-

	6 W	112 IP	4.48 ERA	1.30 WHIP	22.4% K%	8.0% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	93.1 FB MPH	11.9% SwStr%	28.5% CSW%	- Str-ICR	- MTK%	5.01 PLV	- PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	QS	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2006	BOS	15	15	81.1	7-2	5	4.76	1.65	-	4.57	-	-	16.3%	11.7%	10.1	0.77	.336	-	74.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	BOS	12	11	63.0	4-0	5	4.57	1.46	-	5.24	-	-	18.2%	11.3%	8.7	1.43	.280	-	75.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	BOS	33	33	210.1	16-6	20	3.21	1.27	-	3.64	-	-	17.4%	7.6%	8.6	0.60	.300	-	77.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	BOS	32	32	203.1	15-8	23	3.41	1.23	-	3.15	-	-	26.7%	7.6%	8.2	0.89	.314	-	76.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	BOS	32	32	208.0	19-9	20	3.25	1.20	-	3.13	-	-	26.1%	9.6%	7.2	0.61	.291	-	74.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	BOS	31	31	191.2	15-9	19	3.47	1.26	-	3.83	-	-	22.8%	9.4%	7.8	0.94	.287	-	78.1%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	BOS	33	33	205.1	9-14	17	4.82	1.38	-	4.11	-	-	18.9%	7.8%	9.5	1.10	.314	-	67.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	BOS	33	33	213.1	15-8	20	3.75	1.29	-	3.59	-	-	19.6%	7.4%	8.8	0.80	.301	-	73.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	BOS/OAK	32	32	219.2	16-11	27	2.46	1.10	-	2.80	-	-	24.9%	5.4%	7.9	0.66	.302	-	76.1%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	CHC	32	32	205.0	11-12	21	3.34	1.12	-	2.92	-	-	25.0%	5.7%	8.0	0.70	.306	-	71.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	CHC	32	32	202.2	19-5	26	2.44	1.02	-	3.41	-	-	24.7%	6.5%	6.8	0.93	.258	-	84.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	CHC	32	32	180.2	13-8	18	4.33	1.32	-	4.10	-	-	23.6%	7.9%	8.9	1.30	.313	-	68.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	CHC	32	32	181.2	18-6	15	3.32	1.31	-	4.40	-	-	19.6%	8.4%	8.6	1.19	.294	-	80.3%	-	-	9.0%	26.3%	0.41	-
2019	CHC	31	31	171.2	13-10	14	4.46	1.50	-	4.26	-	-	21.6%	6.8%	10.7	1.36	.350	-	71.4%	-	-	9.6%	26.5%	0.42	-
2020	CHC	12	12	61.0	3-3	4	5.16	1.33	4.23	5.14	5.19	4.75	15.8%	6.4%	9.4	1.62	.277	15.5%	71.4%	38.9%	45.8%	8.0%	25.2%	0.33	4.79
2021	WSH/STL	28	28	141.1	7-6	7	4.71	1.51	5.57	5.42	5.08	4.46	14.5%	8.8%	10.1	1.59	.300	17.5%	73.1%	36.4%	45.8%	9.3%	24.0%	0.30	4.83
SP MLB Percentile		-	-	-	---	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG		21	21	112.0	6-7	8	4.48	1.30	4.47	4.46	4.43	3.73	22.4%	8.0%	8.7	1.37	.292	15.8%	72.8%	38.4%	44.8%	11.9%	28.5%	0.50	5.01
Career		452	451	2,740.0	200-117	261	3.66	1.28	-	-	-	0.07	21.7%	7.8%	8.6	0.97	.302	40.2%	74.7%	14.3%	45.8%	9.2%	25.6%	0.38	4.81

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 29%
Cutter | 27%
Changeup | 18%
Sinker | 16%
Curveball | 8%
All

2018 2019 2020 2021 All

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Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	12.2%	91.1	-	-	64.6%	8.4%	24.7%	33.1%	-	-	-	-	-	.174	.180	-	-	-	-
2019	13.8%	90.5	-	-	61.4%	5.5%	22.4%	27.9%	-	-	-	-	-	.305	.343	-	-	-	-
2020	28.9%	89.4	49.8%	14.4%	62.5%	3.1%	23.4%	26.5%	44.0%	31.7%	46.7%	45.0%	17.9%	.286	.241	-1	0.4	10.0%	4.51
2021	29.5%	88.7	48.9%	18.4%	63.1%	7.3%	21.5%	28.8%	47.1%	37.3%	33.3%	44.4%	19.0%	.354	.381	+10	9.4	11.0%	4.61
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	40.9%	93.1	51.3%	25.3%	65.4%	9.6%	18.1%	27.7%	51.4%	35.9%	40.5%	41.7%	15.4%	.268	.299	+2	1.7	8.5%	4.86

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.281	.394	.251	.368	-	21.7%	45.0%	92.7	92.2	20.4	5.1	8.9	2.5	5.5	6.6	2,209
2021	.359	.450	.381	.481	-	8.7%	44.4%	88.2	89.2	14.1	3.7	8.6	2.3	5.7	6.5	2,179
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.269	.361	.298	.408	-	9.9%	41.7%	90.0	88.3	18.0	4.7	9.3	-0.5	5.8	6.3	2,245

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	381	80	246	135	6	3	0	3	12	18	0	17	10	0
2019	420	106	258	162	21	2	1	5	29	40	0	20	11	0
2020	291	73	182	109	8	4	1	5	18	29	27	4	9	0
2021	701	169	442	259	32	11	0	8	51	67	56	24	18	1
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	653	159	434	219	22	8	1	7	37	53	44	34	15	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	31.7%	21.7%	46.7%	15.0%	40.0%	31.7%	28.3%	20.0%	3.3%	21.7%	36.7%	-	54.9%	45.0%
2021	37.3%	29.4%	33.3%	9.5%	38.1%	38.9%	23.0%	28.6%	7.1%	8.7%	41.3%	-	55.5%	44.4%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	35.9%	23.6%	40.5%	12.1%	30.9%	37.5%	31.5%	24.3%	7.6%	9.9%	38.6%	-	58.2%	41.7%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.174	.275	.180	.226	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.305	.373	.343	.387	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.286	.413	.241	.305	-1	.281	.394	.251	.368	92.7	92.2	20.4	17.9
2021	.354	.433	.381	.421	+10	.359	.450	.381	.481	88.2	89.2	14.1	19.0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.268	.354	.299	.343	+2	.269	.361	.298	.408	90.0	88.3	18.0	15.4

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	64.6%	39.9%	-	21.1%	17.6%	78.9%	-	-	24.7%	8.4%	33.1%	21.5%	13.9%	61.4%	0.68	-
2019	-	61.4%	39.0%	-	14.0%	15.7%	86.0%	-	-	22.4%	5.5%	27.9%	29.1%	17.9%	54.5%	0.43	-
2020	49.8%	62.5%	39.2%	14.4%	7.9%	15.5%	92.1%	92.5%	90.5%	23.4%	3.1%	26.5%	33.0%	20.6%	56.4%	0.37	44.0%
2021	48.9%	63.1%	41.5%	18.4%	17.5%	16.3%	82.5%	86.2%	69.7%	21.5%	7.3%	28.8%	28.5%	18.0%	55.8%	0.48	47.1%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	51.3%	65.4%	47.3%	25.3%	20.2%	20.9%	79.8%	83.4%	69.7%	18.1%	9.6%	27.7%	-	-	59.7%	0.53	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	49.8%	39.9%	24.1%	36.1%	27.8%	32.6%	39.5%	31.3%	44.7%	8.2%
2021	48.9%	41.4%	21.1%	37.5%	30.7%	32.1%	37.2%	23.4%	55.5%	6.7%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	51.3%	32.9%	27.6%	39.4%	46.6%	28.0%	25.4%	30.7%	41.7%	7.9%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	53.3%	15.7%	31.0%	10.8%	62.7%	53.6%	32.0%	-	14.4%
2019	57.4%	16.2%	26.4%	13.7%	55.4%	44.6%	28.2%	-	18.0%
2020	64.6%	13.1%	22.3%	18.1%	60.6%	45.0%	26.1%	15.4%	6.2%
2021	60.1%	15.0%	25.0%	14.0%	60.6%	50.6%	26.8%	18.9%	13.7%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	58.4%	13.7%	27.9%	14.0%	62.7%	51.6%	23.1%	21.2%	16.9%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	91.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	90.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	89.4	6.6	8.0	13.8	16.2	-5.5	0.9	2,209	4.51
2021	88.7	6.5	5.5	13.9	15.1	-5.6	0.7	2,179	4.61
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	93.1	6.3	-	-	-	-	-	2,245	4.86

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2018	381	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	420	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	291	4.51	5.62	32.3%	25.1%	42.6%	-10.3%	0.4	-1
2021	701	4.61	5.12	32.1%	21.4%	46.5%	-14.4%	9.4	+10
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	653	4.86	1.43	41.5%	19.7%	38.8%	2.8%	1.7	+2

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	5.8%	87.9	-	-	64.8%	13.2%	11.5%	24.7%	-	-	-	-	-	.302	.433	-	-	-	-
2019	17.2%	87.8	-	-	67.6%	9.5%	19.7%	29.2%	-	-	-	-	-	.242	.299	-	-	-	-
2020	31.7%	87.4	49.5%	33.5%	69.3%	9.4%	15.0%	24.5%	51.1%	36.0%	45.3%	38.2%	14.7%	.227	.239	+2	-2.0	9.1%	4.94
2021	27.4%	86.5	46.1%	24.5%	61.6%	7.2%	14.7%	22.0%	47.8%	36.7%	38.3%	37.5%	19.6%	.287	.306	+7	10.8	4.3%	5.08
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	20.0%	87.6	46.4%	29.8%	64.3%	11.5%	14.7%	26.3%	49.6%	40.4%	36.4%	40.9%	17.4%	.277	.308	+3	2.6	6.9%	5.16

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.236	.297	.262	.348	-	6.7%	38.2%	86.8	85.3	16.5	0.6	6.5	2.5	5.6	6.6	2,326
2021	.267	.341	.287	.388	-	9.2%	37.5%	86.4	82.6	16.8	-0.1	6.3	2.3	5.7	6.5	2,295
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.279	.348	.307	.400	-	8.6%	40.9%	88.0	86.6	14.7	-0.5	4.5	-0.5	5.7	6.3	2,329

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	182	48	118	64	11	2	0	0	13	13	0	13	5	0
2019	524	144	354	170	18	6	2	6	32	46	0	39	9	2
2020	319	103	221	98	13	4	0	5	22	32	29	21	5	1
2021	651	167	401	250	26	8	0	9	43	61	45	32	13	2
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	255	67	170	85	10	3	0	2	16	19	19	12	5	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	36.0%	18.7%	45.3%	6.7%	43.4%	32.9%	23.7%	21.3%	10.7%	6.7%	41.3%