#31 Jon "Lefthander" Lester, Reliever, 34 yrs, Cincinnati Reds
Monday, 7/12/2018 |
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| Jon Lester
Lefthander
1/4/1984
34
United States
6"4
255
Reliever
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| Big League Contract
$ 1,100,000
2018
8 Year(s), 68 Days (1444 total Days)
29 Day(s)
10 Year(s), 130 Days (1850 total Days)
17 Year(s)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 9 | 6 | 6 | 93-96 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 10 | 6 | 6 | |
| Versus RHB | 9 | 6 | 6 | |
| Talent | 9 | 6 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings
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Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Talent | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
P : 8 (Range), .988 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 6/13 | BAL | L 3-5 | | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 6/17 | PHI | W 9-6 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 6/20 | ARI | L 2-3 | | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | L | | | | |
| 6/22 | @LAD | W 7-6 | | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 6/30 | @SD | W 6-5 | | 0.2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | | | | |
| 7/3 | ATL | W 7-6 | | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 7/5 | @NYM | L 4-5 | | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 7/6 | @NYM | W 2-1 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.71 | 5.2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
| Projected | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12.71 | 10.0 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 5 | 1 | .0 | 8 | 1 | 23.8 | 19.1 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 16.07 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 |
| vs. RHB | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .526 | .571 | .895 | 1.466 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.46 | 4.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Road | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1.1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 5.0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| July | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.54 | 0.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.94 | 27.1 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .313 | OAK |
| 2008 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 5.49 | 180.1 | 188 | 120 | 110 | 26 | 76 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 1.46 | .328 | OAK |
| 2009 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5.18 | 121.2 | 114 | 73 | 70 | 17 | 49 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | .305 | OAK |
| 2010 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4.49 | 188.1 | 181 | 108 | 94 | 32 | 89 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 1.43 | .284 | OAK |
| 2011 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4.75 | 183.2 | 161 | 102 | 97 | 28 | 83 | 201 | 1 | 1 | 1.33 | .283 | OAK |
| 2012 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 5.83 | 125.0 | 121 | 90 | 81 | 26 | 69 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | .291 | OAK CAL |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 7.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | .267 | CAL CHC |
| 2014 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.88 | 51.2 | 54 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1.39 | .343 | CHC |
| 2015 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.79 | 20.2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | .233 | CHC |
| 2016 | 38 | 38 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 5.00 | 223.1 | 211 | 138 | 124 | 46 | 78 | 206 | 1 | 0 | 1.29 | .269 | MTL TEX MTL |
| 2017 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.86 | 27.2 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.30 | .256 | PHI CIN |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.71 | 5.2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.65 | .435 | CIN |
| Total | 255 | 184 | 71 | 76 | 4 | 5.08 | 1163.0 | 1116 | 722 | 656 | 203 | 500 | 1189 | 2 | 1 | 1.39 | .294 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 2002, A | 28 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3.74 | 183.0 | 153 | 82 | 76 | 20 | 64 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 1.19 | .250 |
| 2003, A | 21 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3.94 | 130.1 | 101 | 63 | 57 | 13 | 52 | 116 | 2 | 1 | 1.17 | .246 |
| 2003, AA | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5.45 | 39.2 | 36 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 35 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1.79 | .317 |
| 2004, AA | 29 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3.69 | 183.0 | 149 | 77 | 75 | 16 | 88 | 174 | 1 | 1 | 1.30 | .277 |
| 2005, AA | 13 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3.11 | 81.0 | 66 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 42 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | .276 |
| 2005, AAA | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7.09 | 73.2 | 81 | 59 | 58 | 14 | 46 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1.72 | .313 |
| 2006, AAA | 22 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3.63 | 141.1 | 121 | 62 | 57 | 10 | 57 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 1.26 | .295 |
| 2007, AAA | 29 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2.34 | 192.0 | 122 | 57 | 50 | 18 | 67 | 244 | 2 | 1 | 0.98 | .251 |
| 2012, AAA | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.70 | 23.1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1.03 | .278 |
| 2013, AAA | 37 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3.24 | 77.2 | 63 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 39 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 1.31 | .317 |
| 2014, AAA | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.79 | 48.1 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1.06 | .196 |
| 2017, AAA | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.42 | 23.2 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.31 | .379 |
| 2018, AAA | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.87 | 46.0 | 47 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 27 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1.61 | .309 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.52 | 23.0 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.78 | 33.1 | 34 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | OAK |
| 2008 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | OAK |
| 2009 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | OAK |
| 2010 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | OAK |
| 2011 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | OAK |
| 2012 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | OAK CAL |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CAL CHC |
| 2014 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | CHC |
| 2015 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHC |
| 2016 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MTL TEX MTL |
| 2017 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHI CIN |
| Total | 247 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .080 | .148 | .120 | .268 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.2 | 3.18 | | | | |
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Earned first career win on 4/14/1985...
Won World Series with Toronto in 1985...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1986, winning 2 games with a 1.08 ERA...
Won World Series with Toronto in 1987...
5/17/1988: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $3,290,000 per year, for 2 years.
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game...
Injured on 9/30/1988 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1990, going 4-1, 1.40...
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game...
9/2/1990: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $5,700,000 per year, for 5 years.
Injured on 6/2/1992 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks...
Was selected to the 1993 Allstar game...
Injured on 7/16/1993 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
Released by Toronto on 10/30/1994...
Retired in 1995.
Returns from retirement in 1999.
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/3/1999 to a 1-year deal worth $5,100,000 per year...
Injured on 4/27/1999 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 6 weeks...
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/4/2002 to a minor league deal...
Earned first career win on 9/8/2007...
Won World Series with Oakland in 2007...
Had first career hit on 6/11/2009, off Chris Carpenter (ARI)...
2/2/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,014,286 through salary arbitration...
2/2/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,014,286 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Oakland to California on 7/31/2012 (Going to OAK: C Stephen Vogt. Going to CAL: P Tim Hudson, P Jon Lester, P Rafael Soriano)...
2/2/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,014,286 through salary arbitration...
Traded from California to Chicago (C) on 6/12/2013 (Going to CHC: P Jon Lester, 2B Hanser Alberto. Going to CAL: P Jason Adam)...
2/2/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,014,286 through salary arbitration...
2/2/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,014,286 through salary arbitration...
Won World Series with Chicago (C) in 2015...
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/6/2016 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year...
Released by Montreal on 4/1/2016...
Signed as a free agent by Texas on 4/1/2016 to a minor league deal...
Traded from Texas to Montreal on 4/1/2016 (Going to MTL: P Fausto Carmona, P Jon Lester, P Hisashi Iwakuma, P Francisco Liriano, P Cole Hamels. Going to TEX: P Dillon Gee)...
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/7/2017 to a 2-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year...
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2010 - 89 - 4th
2011 - 83 - 10th
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