Jon Lester

Jonathan Tyler Lester
Born: January 7, 1984
Tacoma, WA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 249
Career: 2006-2021
Draft: Round 2 (2002 June Amateur Draft, Boston Red Sox)
School: Bellarmine Prep HS (Puyallup, WA)
Minor League Statistics

Jon Lester compiled a career record of 200 wins and 117 losses in his 458-game career with the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals. He began playing during the 2006 season and last took the field during the 2021 campaign.

Boston Red Sox

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
2006	AL	Boston Red Sox	7	2	.778	4.76	15	15	0	0	81.3	91	43	43	7	43	1	60	5	0	5	367
2007	AL	Boston Red Sox	4	0	1.000	4.57	12	11	0	0	63.0	61	33	32	10	31	0	50	1	0	1	275
2008	AL	Boston Red Sox	16	6	.727	3.21	33	33	2	2	210.3	202	78	75	14	66	1	152	10	1	3	874
2009	AL	Boston Red Sox	15	8	.652	3.41	32	32	2	0	203.3	186	80	77	20	64	0	225	3	0	6	843
2010	AL	Boston Red Sox	19	9	.679	3.25	32	32	2	0	208.0	167	81	75	14	83	0	225	10	0	6	861
2011	AL	Boston Red Sox	15	9	.625	3.47	31	31	0	0	191.7	166	77	74	20	75	0	182	11	0	4	799
2012	AL	Boston Red Sox	9	14	.391	4.82	33	33	3	0	205.3	216	117	110	25	68	2	166	4	0	6	876
2013	AL	Boston Red Sox	15	8	.652	3.75	33	33	1	1	213.3	209	94	89	19	67	0	177	7	0	5	903
2014	AL	Boston Red Sox	10	7	.588	2.52	21	21	0	0	143.0	128	52	40	9	32	0	149	4	0	2	580
2014	AL	Oakland Athletics	6	4	.600	2.35	11	11	1	1	76.7	66	24	20	7	16	0	71	1	0	1	305
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	11	12	.478	3.34	32	32	1	0	205.0	183	83	76	16	47	0	207	7	0	8	828
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	19	5	.792	2.44	32	32	2	0	202.7	154	57	55	21	52	0	197	6	0	4	796
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	13	8	.619	4.33	32	32	1	0	180.7	179	101	87	26	60	3	180	4	0	3	763
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	18	6	.750	3.32	32	32	0	0	181.7	174	75	67	24	64	1	149	6	0	4	761
2019	NL	Chicago Cubs	13	10	.565	4.46	31	31	0	0	171.7	205	101	85	26	52	0	165	5	0	3	764
2020	NL	Chicago Cubs	3	3	.500	5.16	12	12	0	0	61.0	64	35	35	11	17	0	42	3	0	2	265
2021	NL	Washington Nationals	3	5	.375	5.02	16	16	0	0	75.3	91	50	42	14	29	3	51	1	0	0	342
2021	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	4	1	.800	4.36	12	12	0	0	66.0	68	34	32	11	26	2	40	2	0	0	285
Totals			200	117	.631	3.66	452	451	15	4	2740.0	2610	1215	1114	294	892	13	2488	90	1	63	11487

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	SF
2006	AL	Boston Red Sox	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
2007	AL	Boston Red Sox	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
2008	AL	Boston Red Sox	33	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
2009	AL	Boston Red Sox	32	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0
2010	AL	Boston Red Sox	32	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	1	1
2011	AL	Boston Red Sox	31	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
2012	AL	Boston Red Sox	33	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1	0
2013	AL	Boston Red Sox	33	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
2014	AL	Boston Red Sox	21	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
2014	AL	Oakland Athletics	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	32	71	62	6	4	0	0	0	0	3	30	.065	.108	.065	.172	4	1	6	0
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	33	75	59	3	6	3	0	6	0	6	18	.102	.185	.153	.337	9	2	10	0
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	32	65	54	5	8	3	1	6	1	4	26	.148	.203	.259	.463	14	0	6	1
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	34	65	59	4	7	0	1	9	0	0	22	.119	.119	.169	.288	10	1	6	0
2019	NL	Chicago Cubs	32	53	48	6	9	2	1	6	0	5	20	.188	.264	.292	.556	14	1	0	0
2020	NL	Chicago Cubs	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
2021	NL	Washington Nationals	18	29	28	3	5	0	1	3	0	0	13	.179	.179	.286	.464	8	0	1	0
2021	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	12	22	20	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	11	.150	.227	.250	.477	5	0	0	0
Totals			458	423	366	27	42	10	4	31	1	21	162	.115	.162	.175	.337	64	6	34	2

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
2006	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	15	15	81.3	0	11	0	0	1.000	1.217	.733
2007	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	12	11	63.0	6	4	1	0	.909	1.429	.833
2008	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	33	33	210.3	19	21	2	3	.952	1.712	1.212
2009	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	32	32	203.3	7	24	2	1	.939	1.372	.969
2010	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	32	32	208.0	5	35	3	2	.930	1.731	1.250
2011	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	31	31	191.7	9	19	1	2	.966	1.315	.903
2012	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	33	33	205.3	14	21	2	3	.946	1.534	1.061
2013	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	33	33	213.3	12	18	2	1	.938	1.266	.909
2014	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	21	21	143.0	4	12	2	1	.889	1.007	.762
2014	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	11	11	76.7	4	4	0	0	1.000	.939	.727
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	32	32	205.0	10	17	3	1	.900	1.185	.844
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	32	32	202.7	18	17	0	1	1.000	1.554	1.094
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	32	32	180.7	14	23	0	1	1.000	1.843	1.156
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	32	32	181.7	9	14	0	0	1.000	1.139	.719
2019	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	31	31	171.7	5	5	1	1	.909	.524	.323
2020	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	12	12	61.0	2	4	1	0	.857	.885	.500
2021	NL	Washington Nationals	P	16	16	75.3	5	10	0	1	1.000	1.792	.938
2021	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	P	12	12	66.0	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.500	.917
Totals				452	451	2740.0	147	266	20	18	.954	1.357	.914

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
2007	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALCS	0	0		4.91	2	0	2	3.7	3	2	2	1	1	5	0	0	15
2007	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	5.7	3	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	23
2008	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALDS1	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	2	0	14.0	10	1	0	0	3	11	0	0	56
2008	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALCS	0	2	.000	4.97	2	2	0	12.7	14	8	7	3	2	15	0	0	53
2009	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALDS2	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	6.0	4	3	3	1	4	5	0	0	28
2013	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALDS1	1	0	1.000	2.35	1	1	0	7.7	3	2	2	2	3	7	0	0	29
2013	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALCS	1	1	.500	2.31	2	2	0	11.7	13	3	3	0	4	7	2	0	51
2013	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	2	0	1.000	0.59	2	2	0	15.3	9	1	1	1	1	15	0	0	54
2014	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALWC	0	0		7.36	1	1	0	7.3	8	6	6	0	2	5	0	0	31
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS1	0	1	.000	3.68	1	1	0	7.3	5	3	3	1	1	9	0	2	28
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	6.7	8	4	4	2	1	5	0	0	28
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS1	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	8.0	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	27
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	1	0	1.000	1.38	2	2	0	13.0	9	2	2	1	2	9	0	0	49
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	1	1	.500	3.68	3	2	0	14.7	13	7	6	2	4	16	1	1	60
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS2	0	0		1.86	2	1	0	9.7	3	2	2	1	3	5	0	1	34
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	0	0		1.93	1	1	0	4.7	3	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	21
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLWC	0	0		1.50	1	1	0	6.0	4	1	1	0	1	9	0	0	23
Totals				9	7	.563	2.51	26	22	2	154.0	117	46	43	15	40	133	3	4	610

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
2007	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2007	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	1	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2008	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALDS1	2	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2008	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2009	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALDS2	1	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2013	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALDS1	1	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2013	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2013	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	2	3	3	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2014	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALWC	1	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS1	1	2	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	1	2	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS1	1	2	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	2	5	3	0	2	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	3	2	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS2	2	3	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	1	2	2	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLWC	1	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Totals				26	24	21	1	2	11	.048	.130	.048	.178	1	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
2007	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALCS	P	2	0	3.7	0	0	0		.000	.000
2007	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	P	1	1	5.7	1	0	0	1.000	1.588	1.000
2008	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALDS1	P	2	2	14.0	1	1	0	1.000	1.286	1.000
2008	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALCS	P	2	2	12.7	0	1	0	1.000	.711	.500
2009	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALDS2	P	1	1	6.0	0	2	0	1.000	3.000	2.000
2013	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALDS1	P	1	1	7.7	0	0	0		.000	.000
2013	AL	Boston Red Sox	ALCS	P	2	2	11.7	0	2	1	1.000	1.543	1.000
2013	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	P	2	2	15.3	0	3	1	1.000	1.761	1.500
2014	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALWC	P	1	1	7.3	0	1	0	1.000	1.227	1.000
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS1	P	1	1	7.3	1	1	0	1.000	2.455	2.000
2015	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	P	1	1	6.7	0	2	0	1.000	2.700	2.000
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS1	P	1	1	8.0	1	1	0	1.000	2.250	2.000
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	P	2	2	13.0	1	2	0	1.000	2.077	1.500
2016	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	P	3	2	14.7	0	2	0	1.000	1.227	.667
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLDS2	P	2	1	9.7	0	4	0	1.000	3.724	2.000
2017	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLCS	P	1	1	4.7	0	0	0		.000	.000
2018	NL	Chicago Cubs	NLWC	P	1	1	6.0	1	0	0	1.000	1.500	1.000
Totals					26	22	154.0	6	22	2	1.000	1.636	1.077

Awards

2016 - NL NLCS MVP Co-MVP

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