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Jon Lester

Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 1/7/1984 (41)
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%
7-6 141.1 4.71 1.51 14.5% 8.8%
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
88.7 9.3% 24.0% 46.4% 3.7% 4.91 4.08
93.1
FB MPH
11.9%
SwStr%
28.5%
CSW%
50.5%
Str-ICR
5.7%
MTK%
5.01
PLV
-
PLA

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Jon Lester 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 5.31 4.33 15.8% 6.4% 9.4 1.62 .277 20.4% 71.4% 38.9% 45.8% 8.0% 25.2% 0.33 4.76
2021 WSH/STL 28 28 141.1 7-6 7 4.71 1.51 5.57 5.42 5.06 4.08 14.5% 8.8% 10.1 1.59 .300 24.5% 73.1% 36.4% 45.8% 9.3% 24.0% 0.30 4.91
SP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 21 21 112.0 6-7 8 4.48 1.30 4.47 4.46 4.44 3.48 22.4% 8.0% 8.7 1.37 .292 21.6% 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 - - - 0.06 21.7% 7.8% 8.6 0.97 .302 55.1% 74.7% 14.3% 45.8% 9.2% 25.6% 0.38 4.86

Jon Lester Repertoire

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Jon Lester Game Log

Jon Lester Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2006 BOS 15 15 81.1 7-2 5 0 - 1,512 894 618 367 91 63 20 1 7 60 43 5 5
2007 BOS 12 11 63.0 4-0 5 0 - 1,083 658 425 275 61 44 7 0 10 50 31 1 1
2008 BOS 33 33 210.1 16-6 20 0 - 3,306 2,107 1,199 874 202 143 44 1 14 152 66 10 3
2009 BOS 32 32 203.1 15-8 23 0 - 3,402 2,136 1,266 843 186 133 31 2 20 225 64 3 6
2010 BOS 32 32 208.0 19-9 20 0 - 3,355 2,067 1,288 861 167 119 31 3 14 225 83 10 6
2011 BOS 31 31 191.2 15-9 19 0 - 3,194 1,975 1,219 799 166 111 31 4 20 182 75 11 4
2012 BOS 33 33 205.1 9-14 17 0 - 3,421 2,130 1,291 876 216 137 49 5 25 166 68 4 6
2013 BOS 33 33 213.1 15-8 20 0 - 3,559 2,286 1,273 903 209 136 52 2 19 177 67 7 5
2014 BOS/OAK 32 32 219.2 16-11 27 0 - 3,493 2,279 1,214 885 194 132 43 3 16 220 48 5 3
2015 CHC 32 32 205.0 11-12 21 0 - 3,187 2,029 1,158 828 183 119 42 6 16 207 47 7 8
2016 CHC 32 32 202.2 19-5 26 0 - 3,161 2,025 1,136 796 154 107 25 1 21 197 52 6 4
2017 CHC 32 32 180.2 13-8 18 0 - 3,143 1,947 1,196 763 179 116 34 3 26 180 60 4 3
2018 CHC 32 32 181.2 18-6 15 0 0 3,121 1,921 1,200 761 174 120 27 3 24 149 64 6 4
2019 CHC 31 31 171.2 13-10 14 0 0 3,043 1,904 1,139 764 205 139 35 5 26 165 52 5 3
2020 CHC 12 12 61.0 3-3 4 0 0 1,008 620 388 265 64 39 13 1 11 42 17 3 2
2021 WSH/STL 28 28 141.1 7-6 7 0 0 2,380 1,453 927 627 159 101 33 0 25 91 55 3 0
SP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 21 21 112.0 6-7 8 0 0 1,839 1,185 654 474 105 66 21 2 16 109 36 5 4
Career 452 451 2,740.0 200-117 261 0 0 45,368 28,431 16,937 11,487 2,610 1,759 517 40 294 2,488 892 90 63

Jon Lester Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2006 BOS 16.3% 11.7% .294 .434 .815 .356 .336 .354 - - - - - - - -
2007 BOS 18.2% 11.3% .257 .414 .753 .332 .280 .318 - - - - - - - -
2008 BOS 17.4% 7.6% .256 .368 .688 .308 .300 .316 - - - - - - - -
2009 BOS 26.7% 7.6% .242 .366 .667 .296 .314 .339 - - - - - - - -
2010 BOS 26.1% 9.6% .220 .325 .628 .286 .291 .310 - - - - - - - -
2011 BOS 22.8% 9.4% .234 .374 .690 .309 .287 .314 - - - - - - - -
2012 BOS 18.9% 7.8% .273 .442 .773 .334 .314 .341 - - - - - - - -
2013 BOS 19.6% 7.4% .253 .389 .703 .312 .301 .321 - - - - - - - -
2014 BOS/OAK 24.9% 5.4% .236 .354 .635 .283 .302 .320 - - - - - - - -
2015 CHC 25.0% 5.7% .240 .373 .661 .289 .306 .326 - - - - - - - -
2016 CHC 24.7% 6.5% .211 .334 .602 .264 .258 .287 - - - - - - - -
2017 CHC 23.6% 7.9% .259 .430 .750 .320 .313 .348 - - - - - - - -
2018 CHC 19.6% 8.4% .256 .410 .734 .319 .294 .325 - - - - - - - -
2019 CHC 21.6% 6.8% .294 .470 .815 .344 .350 .382 - - - - - - - -
2020 CHC 15.8% 6.4% .262 .459 .777 .333 .277 .317 .245 .310 .263 .334 88.6 89.5 11.8 4.23
2021 WSH/STL 14.5% 8.8% .285 .478 .827 .352 .300 .337 .288 .358 .302 .385 87.2 88.1 9.5 5.57
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 22.4% 8.0% .249 .426 .742 .320 .292 .328 .248 .323 .289 .377 88.3 89.8 12.2 4.47
Career 21.7% 7.8% .252 .394 .708 .318 .302 .328 .197 .304 .287 .383 87.6 88.6 10.2 -

Jon Lester Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 CHC 12.2% (91.1) 1.2% (90.5) 5.8% (87.9) - - 3.0% (74.6) 2.5% (85.3) - - 13.4% 11.4%
2019 CHC 13.8% (90.5) 4.3% (89.4) 17.2% (87.8) - - 7.5% (74.5) 4.6% (84.5) - - 18.1% 29.4%
2020 CHC 28.9% (89.4) 12.6% (88.5) 31.6% (87.4) - - 12.7% (73.4) 13.5% (83.4) - - 41.5% 57.8%
2021 WSH/STL 29.5% (88.7) 16.5% (87.6) 27.4% (86.5) - - 8.4% (72.6) 18.3% (81.4) - - 45.9% 54.1%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 40.9% (93.1) 26.5% (92.3) 20.0% (87.6) 23.4% (84.2) - (-) 15.3% (78.2) 16.0% (85.0) 18.5% (85.3) - (-) 49.9% 49.9%
Career 18.8% (89.7) 7.2% (88.2) 17.5% (87.3) - - 6.8% (73.7) 8.3% (82.7) - - 26.0% 32.7%

Jon Lester Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 CHC 33.1% (32) 11.1% (2) 24.7% (24) - - 30.5% (17) 19.2% (10) - - 31.2% 194.4%
2019 CHC 27.9% (23) 22.7% (13) 29.2% (50) - - 34.9% (39) 16.3% (18) - - 26.6% 73.6%
2020 CHC 26.5% (9) 22.8% (11) 24.5% (30) - - 28.1% (9) 24.3% (22) - - 25.4% 25.4%
2021 WSH/STL 28.8% (51) 21.4% (28) 22.0% (47) - - 27.4% (30) 20.0% (65) - - 26.2% 22.1%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 27.7% (66) 26.8% (21) 26.3% (29) 30.3% (56) - (-) 30.7% (31) 23.8% (38) 26.7% (59) - (-) 27.9% 28.8%
Career 29.1% (115) 21.4% (54) 25.0% (151) - - 30.6% (95) 20.0% (115) - - 27.0% 57.1%

Jon Lester Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 CHC - - - - - - - - 17.9% - - - - -
2019 CHC - - - - - - - - 18.3% - - - - -
2020 CHC 45.8% 18.9% 26.9% 8.5% 34.8% 38.1% 38.6% 23.3% 16.2% 60.7% 23.4% 5.0% 10.9% 38.9%
2021 WSH/STL 45.8% 24.3% 21.3% 8.6% 35.8% 40.8% 38.1% 21.1% 17.0% 63.5% 23.0% 6.1% 7.3% 36.4%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 44.8% 22.2% 24.0% 9.1% 35.5% 40.0% 35.9% 24.1% 18.0% 61.5% 24.4% 6.3% 7.8% 38.4%
Career 45.8% 22.7% 23.0% 8.5% 35.5% 40.0% 38.2% 21.8% 17.6% 62.8% 23.1% 5.7% 8.4% 14.3%

Jon Lester Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 CHC .256 .319 .294 .325 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 CHC .294 .344 .350 .382 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 CHC .262 .333 .277 .317 .245 .310 .263 .334 88.6 89.5 11.8 20.4% 38.9% 29.8%
2021 WSH/STL .285 .352 .300 .337 .288 .358 .302 .385 87.2 88.1 9.5 24.5% 36.4% 27.8%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG .249 .320 .292 .328 .248 .323 .289 .377 88.3 89.8 12.2 21.6% 38.4% 26.3%
Career .252 .318 .302 .328 .197 .304 .287 .383 87.6 88.6 10.2 55.1% 14.3% 10.5%

Jon Lester Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 CHC - 61.6% 44.2% - 20.3% 17.9% 79.7% - - 17.3% 9.0% 26.3% 17.4% 56.0% 0.41 -
2019 CHC - 62.6% 45.7% - 21.0% 18.3% 79.0% - - 16.8% 9.6% 26.5% 17.8% 55.8% 0.42 -
2020 CHC 41.0% 61.5% 44.3% 26.9% 18.1% 16.2% 81.9% 89.1% 68.8% 17.2% 8.0% 25.2% 20.1% 55.2% 0.33 45.8%
2021 WSH/STL 41.1% 61.1% 46.3% 28.8% 20.0% 17.0% 80.0% 85.8% 69.8% 14.7% 9.3% 24.0% 20.1% 54.4% 0.30 46.4%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 46.1% 64.1% 47.6% 29.9% 25.0% 18.0% 75.0% 83.4% 58.9% 16.6% 11.9% 28.5% 17.7% 58.3% 0.50 50.5%
Career 14.6% 62.7% 45.3% 28.2% 20.2% 17.6% 79.8% 86.8% 69.5% 16.5% 9.2% 25.6% 18.5% 55.4% 0.38 56.4%

Jon Lester Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 CHC - - - - - - - - - -
2019 CHC - - - - - - - - - -
2020 CHC 41.0% 43.3% 20.5% 36.3% 17.4% 25.3% 57.3% 35.4% 44.2% 5.7%
2021 WSH/STL 41.1% 45.3% 22.1% 32.6% 19.5% 26.2% 54.3% 21.6% 56.4% 5.2%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 46.1% 35.1% 25.3% 39.6% 29.0% 25.1% 45.8% 29.6% 45.1% 6.6%
Career 14.6% 44.7% 21.6% 33.7% 18.8% 25.9% 55.2% 25.6% 52.8% 5.4%

Jon Lester Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 CHC 56.6% 13.1% 30.2% 13.9% 57.2% 46.7% 22.7% - 15.7%
2019 CHC 58.3% 12.6% 29.1% 14.4% 58.8% 49.0% 21.7% - 18.4%
2020 CHC 59.2% 13.6% 27.2% 18.1% 58.9% 46.0% 21.6% 22.3% 15.3%
2021 WSH/STL 60.3% 13.6% 26.6% 17.5% 56.9% 44.7% 17.8% 24.7% 14.4%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 58.9% 11.8% 29.5% 14.8% 61.1% 50.1% 21.7% 25.3% 19.4%
Career 58.4% 13.1% 28.6% 15.4% 57.8% 46.8% 21.0% 7.9% 16.2%

Jon Lester PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 CHC 3,121 - - - - - - - - -
2019 CHC 3,043 - - - - - - - - -
2020 CHC 1,008 4.76 38.1% 19.8% 42.1% -4.0% 5.5% 4.1 +13 4.33
2021 WSH/STL 2,380 4.91 42.1% 17.9% 40.0% 2.1% 3.7% 24.6 +33 4.08
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 1,839 5.01 45.4% 18.3% 36.3% 9.1% 5.7% 7.8 +11 3.48
Career 45,368 4.86 40.9% 18.4% 40.6% 0.3% 4.3% 28.7 +46 0.06
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