Jon Lester • Basenerd

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Jon Lester

St. Louis Cardinals • Pitcher

Age 42 • 6' 4" • 249 lb

Bats: L • Throws: L

MLB Debut: 2006-06-10

Born: Tacoma , WA • USA

Draft: 2002

2021 Stats

ERA

5.02

WHIP

1.59

75.1

HLD

Career Stats

200

117

ERA

3.66

WHIP

1.28

2740.0

2488

HLD

452

451

Year-by-Year Pitching

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WHIP	Awards
2006	BOS	15	15	81.1	7	2	—	60	4.76	1.65
2007	BOS	12	11	63.0	4	—	—	50	4.57	1.46	WS
2008	BOS	33	33	210.1	16	6	—	152	3.21	1.27
2009	BOS	32	32	203.1	15	8	—	225	3.41	1.23
2010	BOS	32	32	208.0	19	9	—	225	3.25	1.20	AS
2011	BOS	31	31	191.2	15	9	—	182	3.47	1.26	AS
2012	BOS	33	33	205.1	9	14	—	166	4.82	1.38
2013	BOS	33	33	213.1	15	8	—	177	3.75	1.29	WS
2014	Total	32	32	219.2	16	11	—	220	2.46	1.10	AS
2014	BOS	21	21	143.0	10	7	—	149	2.52	1.12
2014	ATH	11	11	76.2	6	4	—	71	2.35	1.07
2015	CHC	32	32	205.0	11	12	—	207	3.34	1.12
2016	CHC	32	32	202.2	19	5	—	197	2.44	1.02	AS WS
2017	CHC	32	32	180.2	13	8	—	180	4.33	1.32
2018	CHC	32	32	181.2	18	6	—	149	3.32	1.31	AS
2019	CHC	31	31	171.2	13	10	—	165	4.46	1.50
2020	CHC	12	12	61.0	3	3	—	42	5.16	1.33
2021	Total	28	28	141.1	7	6	—	91	4.71	1.51
2021	WSH	16	16	75.1	3	5	—	51	5.02	1.59
2021	STL	12	12	66.0	4	1	—	40	4.36	1.42

Spring Training

Pitching

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WHIP
2006	BOS	3	1	6.0	—	2	—	2	19.50	3.00
2008	BOS	4	4	12.0	1	—	—	10	6.00	1.58
2009	BOS	6	6	19.2	2	—	—	20	1.83	1.47
2010	BOS	6	6	26.0	1	2	—	22	3.12	1.23
2011	BOS	4	4	16.0	1	1	—	16	3.38	1.56
2012	BOS	4	4	18.0	2	1	—	14	3.50	1.28
2013	BOS	6	6	24.0	3	—	—	20	0.75	0.50
2014	BOS	3	3	12.2	1	1	—	14	0.71	0.79
2015	CHC	3	3	8.1	—	1	—	9	6.48	1.44
2016	CHC	4	4	17.0	2	—	—	19	2.12	1.06
2017	CHC	3	3	11.0	—	1	—	10	5.73	1.18
2018	CHC	4	4	16.0	3	1	—	15	2.81	1.31
2019	CHC	5	5	15.1	—	1	—	17	10.57	1.89
2020	CHC	4	4	11.0	—	2	—	14	4.09	1.45
2021	WSH	3	3	10.0	—	—	—	5	3.60	1.40

Postseason

Pitching

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WHIP
2007	BOS	3	1	9.1	1	—	—	8	1.93	1.07
2008	BOS	4	4	26.2	1	2	—	26	2.36	1.09
2009	BOS	1	1	6.0	—	1	—	5	4.50	1.33
2013	BOS	5	5	34.2	4	1	—	29	1.56	0.95
2014	ATH	1	1	7.1	—	—	—	5	7.36	1.36
2015	CHC	2	2	14.0	—	2	—	14	4.50	1.07
2016	CHC	6	5	35.2	3	1	—	30	2.02	0.93
2017	CHC	3	2	14.1	—	—	—	7	1.88	0.98
2018	CHC	1	1	6.0	—	—	—	9	1.50	0.83

Game Logs

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Pitching

Date	Opponent	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2021-10-02	vs CHC	5.0	6	4	4	4	4	1
2021-09-25	@ CHC	5.0	8	4	3	3	6	0
2021-09-20	@ MIL	6.0	3	2	2	0	2	2
2021-09-15	@ NYM	6.0	6	3	2	0	7	2
2021-09-10	vs CIN	7.0	3	2	2	4	2	2
2021-09-05	@ MIL	5.1	6	1	1	2	2	1
2021-08-30	@ CIN	6.1	1	1	1	2	5	1
2021-08-25	vs DET	5.0	7	1	1	2	4	0
2021-08-19	vs MIL	4.1	6	4	4	3	0	0
2021-08-14	@ KC	5.2	7	1	1	2	2	0
2021-08-08	vs KC	5.1	6	5	5	2	2	0
2021-08-03	vs ATL	5.0	9	6	6	2	4	2
2021-07-24	@ BAL	5.0	3	3	3	1	2	2
2021-07-19	vs MIA	7.0	6	0	0	0	7	0
2021-07-10	@ SF	2.2	9	8	3	2	1	0
2021-07-05	@ SD	3.1	6	5	2	4	2	1
2021-06-30	vs TB	5.0	7	5	5	2	3	2
2021-06-25	@ MIA	2.1	5	7	7	3	1	1
2021-06-19	vs NYM	6.0	7	2	2	0	6	1
2021-06-14	vs PIT	5.1	6	2	2	1	2	1
2021-06-08	@ TB	3.2	4	1	1	4	2	1
2021-06-02	@ ATL	5.2	5	1	1	2	3	1
2021-05-29	vs MIL	4.0	5	1	1	0	4	0
2021-05-22	vs BAL	4.0	5	6	6	3	4	1
2021-05-17	@ CHC	5.1	8	5	5	0	4	3
2021-05-12	vs PHI	6.0	6	1	1	3	4	0
2021-05-06	vs ATL	5.0	4	3	3	2	5	0
2021-04-30	vs MIA	5.0	5	0	0	2	1	0

Transactions

Entire history • newest first.

2021-11-03

LHP Jon Lester elected free agency.

2021-10-07

St. Louis Cardinals activated LHP Jon Lester.

2021-10-06

St. Louis Cardinals reassigned LHP Jon Lester to the minor leagues.

2021-08-01

St. Louis Cardinals activated LHP Jon Lester.

2021-07-30

St. Louis Cardinals traded CF Lane Thomas to Washington Nationals for LHP Jon Lester.

2021-04-30

Washington Nationals activated LHP Jon Lester from the 10-day injured list.

2021-04-06

Washington Nationals placed P Jon Lester on the 10 day disabled list.

2021-01-27

Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Jon Lester.

2019-04-10

Chicago Cubs placed LHP Jon Lester on the 10-day injured list retroactive to April 9, 2019. Left hamstring strain.

2017-09-02

Chicago Cubs activated LHP Jon Lester from the 10-day injured list.

2017-08-18

Chicago Cubs placed LHP Jon Lester on the 10-day disabled list. Left lat tightness.

2014-12-15

Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Jon Lester.

2014-10-30

LHP Jon Lester elected free agency.

2014-08-01

Oakland Athletics activated LHP Jon Lester.

2014-07-31

Boston Red Sox traded LHP Jon Lester, LF Jonny Gomes and cash to Oakland Athletics for LF Yoenis Cespedes and .

2011-07-25

Boston Red Sox activated LHP Jon Lester from the 15-day disabled list.

2011-07-06

Boston Red Sox placed LHP Jon Lester on the 15-day disabled list. Strained Lower Left Lat Muscle

Scouting Report

Statcast-style percentiles • Basenerd theme

Season 2021

Pitch	#	Usage%	Zone%	Whiff%	AVG	HardHit%
4-Seam Fastball	101	47.2%	60.4%	28.6%	.250	70.0%
Sinker	52	24.3%	61.5%	33.3%	.000	16.7%
Slider	18	8.4%	55.6%	0.0%	.000	0.0%
Changeup	16	7.5%	50.0%	44.4%	.250	50.0%
Cutter	12	5.6%	58.3%	75.0%	.000	0.0%
Curveball	7	3.3%	57.1%	0.0%	.000	0.0%
Knuckle Curve	7	3.3%	42.9%	0.0%	.500	0.0%
Splitter	1	0.5%	100.0%	0.0%	.000	0.0%
Total	214	100.0%	58.9%	29.9%	.167	40.0%

Category	#	Usage%	Zone%	Whiff%	AVG	HardHit%
Fastball	165	77.1%	60.6%	32.8%	.152	47.1%
Breaking	32	15.0%	53.1%	0.0%	.167	0.0%
Offspeed	17	7.9%	52.9%	44.4%	.222	50.0%
Total	214	100.0%	58.9%	29.9%	.167	40.0%
MLB Avg	-	-	50.6%	25.3%	.245	41.0%

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Pitch Arsenal

Usage • Velo • Break • Spin • xwOBA

Pitch	N	Use%	Velo	HB	IVB	Spin	xwOBA	Whiff%	Zone%	Chase%	BNStuff+	BNCtrl+
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Notes

Primary pitch summary

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Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Pitcher's View: HB vs Rise / Drop (in)

Circles: 12/18/24 in • Dots = pitch types (size ~ pitch count)

Pitch Location Heatmaps

KDE-style blur • fixed zone • catcher POV

Pitch

Metric

vs. LHH

vs. RHH

Zone: left -0.7083 / right 0.7083 • bot 1.595 / top 3.394 • Domain: X [-2,2], Z [0,5]

Statcast Game Log

Per-game pitch metrics from Statcast

Date	Pitches	Velo	BNStuff+	BNCtrl+	Whiff%	Zone%	Chase%	K%	BB%	xwOBA
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