Jon Lester Career Pitching Summary

  • May 7, 2025

Jon Lester played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2021, appearing in 452 games over 16 seasons. He recorded a total of 200 W and 117 L, an ERA of 3.66, 2,488 SO, a WHIP of 1.278, and a WAR of 43.7.

🧾 Basic Profile

Jon Lester
NameJon Lester
Date of BirthJanuary 7, 1984
Nationality
United States
PositionPitcher
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MLB Debut2006
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Jon Lester Yearly Pitching Stats

This chart shows the season-by-season changes in ERA, SO, and IP for Jon Lester.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Career Summary

Jon Lester appeared in 452 games over 16 MLB seasons from 2006 to 2021. Below are his cumulative stats and MLB all-time rankings:

GS451 (MLB Rank: 87)
W200 (MLB Rank: 118)
L117 (MLB Rank: 364)
ERA3.66 (MLB Rank: 3,002)
IP2740 (MLB Rank: 187)
SHO4 (MLB Rank: 1,230)
CG15 (MLB Rank: 1,802)
SO2,488 (MLB Rank: 41)
BB892 (MLB Rank: 168)
H2,610 (MLB Rank: 212)
HR294 (MLB Rank: 66)
SO98.17 (MLB Rank: 1,748)
BB92.93 (MLB Rank: 8,786)
H98.57 (MLB Rank: 8,682)
HR90.97 (MLB Rank: 4,220)
WHIP1.278 (MLB Rank: 9,787)
WAR43.7 (MLB Rank: 148)

📊 Last Season Summary (2021)

In his final season (2021), Jon Lester recorded the following stats:

GS28
W7
L6
ERA4.71
IP141.1
SO91
BB55
H159
HR25
SO95.79
BB93.5
H910.12
HR91.59
WHIP1.514
WAR−0.5

📈 Seasonal Highlights

  • Most Wins: 2010, 19 W
  • Most SO: 2009, 225 SO
  • Most IP: 2014, 219.2 IP
  • Best WAR: 2009, 6.2 WAR
  • Best ERA: 2016, 2.45 ERA

🎯 Postseason Performance

Jon Lester appeared in 25 games during the postseason. He recorded an ERA of 2.3, pitched 144.8 IP, struck out 128 batters, with 9 W and 7 L.

Jon Lester Career Pitching Stats Overview

seasonWLERAW-L%SVSOIPWARWHIPHRHBBRERERA+FIPSO9SO/BBGSGGFCGSHOHR9H9BB9BKHBPIBBWPBF
2006
7
2
4.76
0.778
0
60
81.1
1.6
1.648
7
91
43
43
43
100
4.56
6.6
1.4
15
15
0
0
0
0.8
10.1
4.8
0
5
1
5
367
2007
4
0
4.57
1
0
50
63
0.9
1.46
10
61
31
33
32
104
5.24
7.1
1.61
11
12
0
0
0
1.4
8.7
4.4
0
1
0
1
275
2008
16
6
3.21
0.727
0
152
210.1
6.1
1.274
14
202
66
78
75
144
3.64
6.5
2.3
33
33
0
2
2
0.6
8.6
2.8
1
10
1
3
874
2009
15
8
3.41
0.652
0
225
203.1
6.2
1.23
20
186
64
80
77
136
3.15
10
3.52
32
32
0
2
0
0.9
8.2
2.8
0
3
0
6
843
2010
19
9
3.25
0.679
0
225
208
5.2
1.202
14
167
83
81
75
134
3.13
9.7
2.71
32
32
0
2
0
0.6
7.2
3.6
0
10
0
6
861
2011
15
9
3.47
0.625
0
182
191.2
4.3
1.257
20
166
75
77
74
124
3.83
8.5
2.43
31
31
0
0
0
0.9
7.8
3.5
0
11
0
4
799
2012
9
14
4.82
0.391
0
166
205.1
0.2
1.383
25
216
68
117
110
87
4.11
7.3
2.44
33
33
0
3
0
1.1
9.5
3
0
4
2
6
876
2013
15
8
3.75
0.652
0
177
213.1
2.7
1.294
19
209
67
94
89
110
3.59
7.5
2.64
33
33
0
1
1
0.8
8.8
2.8
0
7
0
5
903
2014
16
11
2.46
0.593
0
220
219.2
4.6
1.102
16
194
48
76
60
158
2.8
9
4.58
32
32
0
1
1
0.7
7.9
2
0
5
0
3
885
2015
11
12
3.34
0.478
0
207
205
2.8
1.122
16
183
47
83
76
114
2.92
9.1
4.4
32
32
0
1
0
0.7
8
2.1
0
7
0
8
828
2016
19
5
2.44
0.792
0
197
202.2
5.6
1.016
21
154
52
57
55
171
3.41
8.7
3.79
32
32
0
2
0
0.9
6.8
2.3
0
6
0
4
796
2017
13
8
4.33
0.619
0
180
180.2
0.7
1.323
26
179
60
101
87
101
4.1
9
3
32
32
0
1
0
1.3
8.9
3
0
4
3
3
763
2018
18
6
3.32
0.75
0
149
181.2
2.7
1.31
24
174
64
75
67
125
4.39
7.4
2.33
32
32
0
0
0
1.2
8.6
3.2
0
6
1
4
761
2019
13
10
4.46
0.565
0
165
171.2
0.8
1.497
26
205
52
101
85
99
4.26
8.7
3.17
31
31
0
0
0
1.4
10.7
2.7
0
5
0
3
764
2020
3
3
5.16
0.5
0
42
61
-0.2
1.328
11
64
17
35
35
87
5.14
6.2
2.47
12
12
0
0
0
1.6
9.4
2.5
0
3
0
2
265
2021
7
6
4.71
0.538
0
91
141.1
-0.5
1.514
25
159
55
84
74
85
5.41
5.8
1.65
28
28
0
0
0
1.6
10.1
3.5
0
3
5
0
627