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Jon
Lester		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: January 7, 1984 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2012   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 20 BOS AL   6 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
2005 21 DET AL   6 7 6 7 5 4 4 6 5 5
2006 22 SEA AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 6 4 5 9 7 7
2007 23 DET AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 6 5 5 9 7 7
2008 24 DET AL $ 300,000 7 9 8 8 6 5 5 9 7 8
2009 25 DET AL $ 300,000 7 9 8 8 6 5 5 9 7 7
2010 26 DET AL $ 300,000 7 9 8 8 6 5 5 7 6 6
2011 27 DET AL $ 350,000 7 9 8 8 6 5 5 9 7 8
2012 28 DET AL $ 1,220,000 7 9 9 9 6 5 5 9 7 8
2013 29 DET AL $ 1,220,000 7 9 9 9 6 4 5 9 7 8
2014 30 DET AL $ 2,750,000 7 9 9 9 6 4 5 8 7 7
2015 31 DET AL $ 2,750,000 7 9 9 9 6 4 5 8 7 7
2016 32 DET AL $ 1,900,000 7 9 9 9 6 4 5 9 8 8
2017 33 DET AL $ 1,900,000 6 9 8 8 6 4 5 8 6 7
2018 34 DET AL $ 700,000 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 7 6 6
2019 35 DET AL $ 700,000 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 6 6
2020 36 CHA AL   6 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,750,000 7 9 9 9 6 5 5 9 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 20 A   5 13 .278 30 30 0 0 0 193.7 202 87 22 55 179 4.04 .263 .312 .400 .712  
2005 21 AA   6 3 .667 11 11 0 0 0 67.7 66 34 8 23 55 4.52 .255 .316 .405 .721  
    A   6 5 .545 18 18 0 0 0 111.7 103 42 11 29 87 3.39 .244 .293 .353 .646  
2006 22 SEA AL 9 7 .563 26 26 0 0 0 128.7 130 74 16 57 114 5.18 .257 .343 .419 .762 4.9
2007 23 DET AL 6 15 .286 31 31 0 0 0 167.3 174 96 18 80 130 5.16 .270 .357 .433 .790 5.4
2008 24 DET AL 1 2 .333 17 10 0 0 0 59.7 71 44 4 30 54 6.64 .296 .383 .471 .854 0.6
    AAA   7 5 .583 16 16 1 1 0 104.7 85 31 6 30 135 2.67 .218 .274 .305 .579  
2009 25 DET AL 17 7 .708 32 32 2 1 0 195.0 170 86 15 83 174 3.97 .233 .321 .363 .684 14.3
2010 26 DET AL 8 13 .381 28 28 1 1 0 151.7 174 92 26 57 128 5.46 .288 .362 .496 .858 5.2
2011 27 DET AL 9 9 .500 56 10 0 0 4 137.3 137 73 15 68 134 4.78 .259 .360 .436 .796 6.4
2012 28 DET AL 3 5 .375 49 0 0 0 1 104.7 82 48 9 46 117 4.13 .214 .306 .359 .665 6.7
2013 29 DET AL 3 3 .500 64 0 0 0 6 58.0 53 31 6 27 56 4.81 .240 .332 .416 .748 4.2
2014 30 DET AL 11 3 .786 48 11 0 0 5 118.0 111 54 13 69 120 4.12 .247 .355 .398 .753 9.2
2015 31 DET AL 4 6 .400 54 6 0 0 3 120.3 123 67 12 58 121 5.01 .264 .350 .421 .770 5.9
2016 32 DET AL 8 9 .471 44 23 0 0 3 170.7 162 102 20 110 162 5.38 .252 .367 .421 .788 6.8
2017 33 DET AL 8 10 .444 31 26 0 0 0 135.7 158 91 16 64 135 6.04 .286 .375 .454 .829 3.1
2018 34 DET AL 4 5 .444 57 0 0 0 3 103.7 109 60 11 68 109 5.21 .275 .388 .441 .829 4.0
2019 35 DET AL 4 2 .667 55 1 0 0 4 103.0 93 54 15 58 107 4.72 .235 .342 .408 .750 5.0
2020 36 CHA AL 0 1 .000 10 0 0 0 0 14.7 20 18 1 14 13 11.05 .313 .443 .531 .974 0.0
    AAA   0 2 .000 12 0 0 0 0 11.3 5 4 2 3 13 3.18 .125 .186 .325 .511  
15 Years Sim 95 97 .495 602 204 3 2 29 1768.3 1767 990 197 889 1674 5.04 .259 .354 .424 .778 81.9
2 Years AAA 7 7 .500 28 16 1 1 0 116.0 90 35 8 33 148 2.72 .209 .266 .307 .573  
1 Years AA 6 3 .667 11 11 0 0 0 67.7 66 34 8 23 55 4.52 .255 .316 .405 .721  
2 Years A 11 18 .379 48 48 0 0 0 305.3 305 129 33 84 266 3.80 .256 .305 .383 .689  
5 Years Minors 24 28 .462 87 75 1 1 0 489.0 461 198 49 140 469 3.64 .245 .298 .369 .666  
Season Average 6 6 .500 40 13 0 0 1 117.9 117 66 13 59 111 5.04 .259 .354 .424 .778  
Career Highs 17 15 .786 64 32 2 1 6 195.0 174 102 26 110 174 11.05 .313 .443 .531 .974  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1267 706 155 671 1076   .267 .358 .444 .802
vs LH   500 284 42 218 598   .241 .313 .379 .691
Home 45 45 .500 311 97 2 2 15 900.6 871 474 87 444 852 4.74 .253 .338 .406 .744
Away 50 52 .490 291 107 1 0 14 867.6 896 516 110 445 822 5.35 .265 .351 .443 .793
Mar/Apr 15 12 .556 108 29 1 1 8 265.0 299 174 47 127 234 5.91 .284 .361 .499 .860
May 15 14 .517 128 27 0 0 3 310.3 296 158 33 163 291 4.58 .253 .345 .413 .758
June 13 19 .406 95 40 0 0 3 307.3 286 155 29 163 294 4.54 .245 .337 .393 .730
July 18 22 .450 89 42 1 0 3 298.3 325 183 36 149 304 5.52 .274 .355 .448 .803
August 14 15 .483 90 31 0 0 7 271.6 276 153 29 120 266 5.07 .262 .337 .421 .759
Sep/Oct 20 15 .571 92 35 1 1 5 315.6 285 167 23 167 285 4.76 .238 .332 .379 .710
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2006 22 SEA AL P 26 26 128.7 7 15 0 0 1.000 1.54    
2007 23 DET AL P 31 31 167.3 8 24 0 1 1.000 1.72    
2008 24 DET AL P 17 10 59.7 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.66    
2009 25 DET AL P 32 32 195.0 7 20 1 2 .964 1.25    
2010 26 DET AL P 28 28 151.7 10 23 1 3 .971 1.96    
2011 27 DET AL P 56 10 137.3 7 16 1 1 .958 1.51    
2012 28 DET AL P 49 0 104.7 5 14 1 0 .950 1.63    
2013 29 DET AL P 64 0 58.0 3 9 1 0 .923 1.86    
2014 30 DET AL P 48 11 118.0 3 14 1 0 .944 1.30    
2015 31 DET AL P 54 6 120.3 5 15 2 1 .909 1.50    
2016 32 DET AL P 44 23 170.7 10 16 2 1 .929 1.37    
2017 33 DET AL P 31 26 135.7 4 27 0 3 1.000 2.06    
2018 34 DET AL P 57 0 103.7 4 11 2 2 .882 1.30    
2019 35 DET AL P 55 1 103.0 7 18 3 1 .893 2.18    
2020 36 CHA AL P 10 0 14.7 0 2 1 0 .667 1.23    
Career Totals   602 204 1768.3 82 233 16 15 .952 1.60    
Career Highs   64 32 195.0 10 27 3 3 1.000 2.18    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2009 25 DET AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.3 9 6 2 5 10 3.77 .176 .250 .373 .623
2011 27 DET AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 3 3 1 2 2 11.59 .300 .417 .900 1.317
2012 28 DET AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 3 1 1 1 6 2.46 .214 .267 .500 .767
2013 29 DET AL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 1 0 0 2 6.77 .333 .333 .333 .667
2014 30 DET AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.3 4 1 0 2 1 2.70 .286 .375 .357 .732
2016 32 DET AL 1 0 1.000 4 2 0 0 0 9.3 15 8 2 9 10 7.72 .341 .453 .614 1.066
2019 35 DET AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.3 5 3 1 2 5 6.24 .278 .350 .444 .794
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 1 .750 18 4 0 0 0 38.6 41 23 7 21 36 5.36 .261 .348 .490 .839
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 32 DET AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2007-5-15
 Winning Pct
2009-5-.708
 Shutouts
2009-10-1
2010-7-1
 Walks Allowed
2007-5-80
2016-7-110
CAR-22-889
 Hits per 9IP
2009-3-7.8
 OAVG
2009-3-.233
OSLG
2009-7-.363
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Traded from Boston to Detroit on 4/12/2005 (Going to DET: P Jon Lester, RF Matt Murton. Going to BOS: 2B Placido Polanco)
Injured on 5/15/2005 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Drafted in Rule 5 Draft, 1st round, by Seattle in 2006
Injured on 4/18/2006 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 5-6 weeks
Earned first career win on 6/3/2006
Traded from Seattle to Detroit on 2/28/2007 (Going to SEA: P Ramon Salazar. Going to DET: P Jon Lester, SS Hanley Ramirez)
Drafted in Rule 5 Draft, 3rd round, by Chicago (N) in 2007
Released by Chicago (N) on 2/28/2007
Injured on 5/26/2008 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
1/29/2009: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Injured on 9/6/2010 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
5/6/2011: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,220,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Championship with Detroit in 2012
6/15/2013: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $2,750,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/26/2014 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
5/6/2015: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,900,000 per year, for 2 years
5/6/2017: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $700,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/27/2020 to a minor league contract
Released by Chicago (A) on 6/17/2020
 
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