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Jon Lester
ERA W-L K
3.15 6-1 52
Team: BostonHt / Wt: 6-4 / 240 NFBC ADP: 128.38
Position: SPBorn: 1/7/1984 Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington
Bats/Throws: L/L Draft: 2nd Round by Red Sox (2002)


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May 21 8:53 AM PT9:53 AM MT10:53 AM CT11:53 AM ET11:53 ET15:53 GMT23:53 CST8:53 AM MST10:53 AM EST11:23 AM VEN19:53 UAE10:53 AM CT-Lester suffered his first loss of the season after allowing six runs in as many innings during Monday's 6-4 road loss to the Chicago White Sox.
Analysis: Lester dropped to 6-1 with a 3.15 ERA. He'll try to bounce back against the Indians this weekend.
May 16 11:51 AM PT12:51 PM MT1:51 PM CT2:51 PM ET14:51 ET18:51 GMT2:51 CST11:51 AM MST1:51 PM EST2:21 PM VEN22:51 UAE1:51 PM CT-Lester stayed unbeaten, and the Boston Red Sox roughed up AL Cy Young winner David Price and the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 on Wednesday night.
Analysis: Coming off a one-hit, complete game shutout of Toronto, Lester (6-0, 2.72 ERA) allowed two runs in seven innings.
May 11 3:32 PM PT4:32 PM MT5:32 PM CT6:32 PM ET18:32 ET22:32 GMT6:32 CST3:32 PM MST5:32 PM EST6:02 PM VEN2:32 UAE (+1)5:32 PM CT-Lester fired a one-hitter as the Boston Red Sox broke a three-game losing streak with a 5-0 win on Friday night.
Analysis: The left-hander retired the first 17 batters before Maicer Izturis lined a clean double several feet over the outstretched arm of third baseman Will Middlebrooks that landed just inside the foul line. Lester then ended the inning by striking out pinch-hitter Adam Lind. He walked none and fanned five.
May 6 11:49 AM PT12:49 PM MT1:49 PM CT2:49 PM ET14:49 ET18:49 GMT2:49 CST11:49 AM MST1:49 PM EST2:19 PM VEN22:49 UAE1:49 PM CT-Lester wasn't at his best again Sunday, giving up three runs and five hits - including two homers - over six innings in Boston's 4-3 loss at Texas.
Analysis: Lester has a 5.60 ERA over his last three starts after posting a 1.73 mark through his first four outings this season.
May 1 10:50 AM PT11:50 AM MT12:50 PM CT1:50 PM ET13:50 ET17:50 GMT1:50 CST10:50 AM MST12:50 PM EST1:20 PM VEN21:50 UAE12:50 PM CT-Lester had his roughest outing thus far, giving up five runs and six hits over six innings in Boston's 9-7 loss to Toronto on Tuesday.
Analysis: Lester's ERA rose to 3.11 and he didn't record a win for just the second time in six starts this season.
Apr. 19 2:34 PM PT3:34 PM MT4:34 PM CT5:34 PM ET17:34 ET21:34 GMT5:34 CST2:34 PM MST4:34 PM EST5:04 PM VEN1:34 UAE (+1)4:34 PM CT-Lester pitched seven strong innings in Boston's 6-3 win over Cleveland on Thursday.
Analysis: Lester is 3-0 with a 1.73 ERA.
Apr. 14 1:55 PM PT2:55 PM MT3:55 PM CT4:55 PM ET16:55 ET20:55 GMT4:55 CST1:55 PM MST3:55 PM EST4:25 PM VEN0:55 UAE (+1)3:55 PM CT-Lester stepped up with seven strong innings in a 2-1, 10-inning win over Tampa Bay on Saturday.
Analysis: Lester allowed one run and five hits. He struck out five and lowered his ERA to 1.42.
Apr. 8 3:18 PM PT4:18 PM MT5:18 PM CT6:18 PM ET18:18 ET22:18 GMT6:18 CST3:18 PM MST5:18 PM EST5:48 PM VEN2:18 UAE (+1)5:18 PM CT-Lester tossed seven shutout innings in a 13-0 victory over Toronto on Sunday.
Analysis: Lester struck out six and gave up five hits as he improved to 2-0 on the season.
Apr. 1 2:43 PM PT3:43 PM MT4:43 PM CT5:43 PM ET17:43 ET21:43 GMT5:43 CST2:43 PM MST4:43 PM EST5:13 PM VEN1:43 UAE (+1)4:43 PM CT-Lester allowed two runs in five innings of Monday's 8-2 season-opening win over the Yankees.
Analysis: Lester looked more like the pitcher who won at least 15 games every year from 2008-11 and not the one who went 9-14 last year.
Mar. 27 3:19 PM PT4:19 PM MT5:19 PM CT6:19 PM ET18:19 ET22:19 GMT6:19 CST3:19 PM MST5:19 PM EST5:49 PM VEN2:19 UAE (+1)4:19 PM CT-Lester prepared for his opening day start by pitching four scoreless innings for the Boston Red Sox in a 4-1 loss Wednesday to the Miami Marlins.
Analysis: Red Sox manager John Farrell announced before the game that Lester would start Monday at Yankee Stadium against New York. The left-hander then gave up just two hits, striking out four without a walk.

Regular Season

Pitching Statistics
Year Team W L Sv-Op G GS CG IP H R ER HR BB IBB K WHIP ERA SSX
2006 Bos 7 2 0 - 0 15 15 0 81.1 91 43 43 7 43 1 60 1.65 4.76 $66.33
2007 Bos 4 0 0 - 0 12 11 0 63.0 61 33 32 10 31 0 50 1.46 4.57 $55.00
2008 Bos 16 6 0 - 0 33 33 2 210.1 202 78 75 14 66 1 152 1.27 3.21 $233.33
2009 Bos 15 8 0 - 0 32 32 2 203.1 186 80 77 20 64 0 225 1.23 3.41 $301.33
2010 Bos 19 9 0 - 0 32 32 2 208.0 167 81 75 14 83 0 225 1.20 3.25 $328.00
2011 Bos 15 9 0 - 0 31 31 0 191.2 166 77 74 20 75 0 182 1.26 3.47 $254.17
2012 Bos 9 14 0 - 0 33 33 3 205.1 216 117 110 25 68 2 166 1.38 4.82 $164.33
2013 Bos 6 1 0 - 0 10 10 1 65.2 52 25 23 5 18 0 52 1.07 3.15 $89.67
Career 91 49 0 - 0 198 197 10 1228.2 1141 534 509 115 448 4 1112 1.29 3.73  

Hitting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
2006 Bos 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2008 Bos 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2009 Bos 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2010 Bos 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .000 .200 .000
2011 Bos 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2012 Bos 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Career 198 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 0 0 .000 .037 .000

Postseason

Pitching Statistics
Year Team Round W L Sv-Op G GS CG IP H R ER HR BB IBB K ERA
2007 Bos Total 1 0 0 - 0 3 1 0 9.1 6 2 2 1 4 0 8 1.93
    LCS 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 0 3.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 4.91
    WS 1 0 0 - 0 1 1 0 5.2 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.00
2008 Bos Total 1 2 0 - 0 4 4 0 26.2 24 9 7 3 5 0 26 2.36
    1 0 0 - 0 2 2 0 14.0 10 1 0 0 3 0 11 0.00
    LCS 0 2 0 - 0 2 2 0 12.2 14 8 7 3 2 0 15 4.97
2009 Bos Total 0 1 0 - 0 1 1 0 6.0 4 3 3 1 4 0 5 4.50
    0 1 0 - 0 1 1 0 6.0 4 3 3 1 4 0 5 4.50
Career 2 3 0 - 0 8 6 0 42.0 34 14 12 5 13 0 39 2.57

Hitting Statistics
Year Team Round G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
2007 Bos Total 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
    WS 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Career 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000


Pitching Velocity

Pitch TypePitchesMaxMinAvgPct
Fastball 519 96 88 92.4 48.32
Curveball 155 79 71 75.2 14.43
Changeup 118 88 82 84.8 10.99
Cut Fastball 282 93 85 89.9 26.26

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