Jon Lester

P | B/T: L/L | 6' 4" 240 | Age: 35
Draft: 2002 (Rd: 2, #57, Boston Red Sox) - Bellarmine Prep HS (Puyallup, WA)
Tacoma, WA USA

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Stats

	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	SO	WHIP
2019	10	8	4.23	24	24	0	134.0	132	1.42
14 Seasons	187	106	3.54	405	404	0	2500.0	2322	1.26

	G	W-L	ERA	IP	SO	WHIP
2019	24	10-8	4.23	134.0	132	1.42
14 Seasons	405	187-106	3.54	2500.0	2322	1.26

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Standard MLB Batting Statistics

	Season	Tm	LG	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
	2006	BOS	AL	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
	2008	BOS	AL	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
	2009	BOS	AL	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
*	2010	BOS	AL	2	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	.000	.200	.000	.200
*	2011	BOS	AL	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
	2012	BOS	AL	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
	2013	BOS	AL	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
*	2014	2 Teams		2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
*	2014	BOS	AL	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
*	2014	OAK	AL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
	2015	CHC	NL	30	71	62	6	4	0	0	0	3	30	0	.065	.108	.065	.172
*	2016	CHC	NL	30	75	59	3	6	3	0	6	6	18	0	.102	.185	.153	.337
	2017	CHC	NL	30	65	54	5	8	3	1	6	4	26	1	.148	.203	.259	.463
*	2018	CHC	NL	31	65	59	4	7	0	1	9	0	22	0	.119	.119	.169	.288
	2019	CHC	NL	21	40	36	4	7	1	1	5	4	15	0	.194	.275	.306	.581
	13 Seasons			158	359	306	22	32	7	3	27	18	133	1	.105	.153	.157	.310

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Advanced MLB Batting Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	PA	TB	LOB	SAC	SF	BABIP	XBH	GIDP	GIDPO	NP	P/PA	K/PA	HR/PA	BB/K	ISO	ROE	WO
2006	BOS	AL	4	0	2	0	0	.000	0	0	0	16	4.0	.750	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2008	BOS	AL	5	0	1	0	0	.000	0	0	0	20	4.0	.400	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2009	BOS	AL	5	0	0	2	0	.000	0	0	2	13	2.6	.400	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2010	BOS	AL	6	0	1	1	1	.000	0	0	2	28	4.67	.333	.000	.500	.000	.000	0
2011	BOS	AL	5	0	5	0	0	.000	0	0	0	19	3.8	.600	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2012	BOS	AL	6	0	3	1	0	.000	0	1	2	23	3.83	.500	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2013	BOS	AL	7	0	6	1	0	.000	0	0	0	26	3.71	.571	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2014	2 Teams		5	0	3	0	0	.000	0	0	0	18	3.6	.600	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2014	BOS	AL	3	0	3	0	0	.000	0	0	0	11	3.67	.667	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2014	OAK	AL	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	7	3.5	.500	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2015	CHC	NL	71	4	54	6	0	.125	0	1	10	257	3.62	.423	.000	.100	.000	.000	0
2016	CHC	NL	75	9	31	10	0	.146	3	2	11	292	3.89	.240	.000	.333	.051	.051	1
2017	CHC	NL	65	14	25	6	1	.250	4	0	10	253	3.89	.400	.015	.154	.111	.111	0
2018	CHC	NL	65	10	51	6	0	.167	1	1	11	247	3.8	.338	.015	.000	.051	.051	0
2019	CHC	NL	40	11	11	0	0	.300	2	1	5	170	4.25	.375	.025	.267	.111	.111	0
			359	48	193	33	2	.169	10	6	53	1382	3.85	.370	.008	.135	.052	.052	1

Standard MLB Pitching Statistics

	Season	Tm	LG	BF	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
	2006	BOS	AL	367	7	2	4.76	15	15	81.1	91	43	43	7	43	60	1.65
	2007	BOS	AL	275	4	0	4.57	12	11	63.0	61	33	32	10	31	50	1.46
	2008	BOS	AL	874	16	6	3.21	33	33	210.1	202	78	75	14	66	152	1.27
	2009	BOS	AL	843	15	8	3.41	32	32	203.1	186	80	77	20	64	225	1.23
*	2010	BOS	AL	861	19	9	3.25	32	32	208.0	167	81	75	14	83	225	1.20
*	2011	BOS	AL	799	15	9	3.47	31	31	191.2	166	77	74	20	75	182	1.26
	2012	BOS	AL	876	9	14	4.82	33	33	205.1	216	117	110	25	68	166	1.38
	2013	BOS	AL	903	15	8	3.75	33	33	213.1	209	94	89	19	67	177	1.29
*	2014	2 Teams		885	16	11	2.46	32	32	219.2	194	76	60	16	48	220	1.10
*	2014	BOS	AL	580	10	7	2.52	21	21	143.0	128	52	40	9	32	149	1.12
*	2014	OAK	AL	305	6	4	2.35	11	11	76.2	66	24	20	7	16	71	1.07
	2015	CHC	NL	828	11	12	3.34	32	32	205.0	183	83	76	16	47	207	1.12
*	2016	CHC	NL	796	19	5	2.44	32	32	202.2	154	57	55	21	52	197	1.02
	2017	CHC	NL	763	13	8	4.33	32	32	180.2	179	101	87	26	60	180	1.32
*	2018	CHC	NL	761	18	6	3.32	32	32	181.2	174	75	67	24	64	149	1.31
	2019	CHC	NL	590	10	8	4.23	24	24	134.0	153	76	63	21	37	132	1.42
	14 Seasons			10421	187	106	3.54	405	404	2500.0	2335	1071	983	253	805	2322	1.26

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Standard MLB Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
2006	BOS	AL	P	15	15	81.1	11	0	11	0	0	1.000
2007	BOS	AL	P	12	11	63.0	11	6	4	1	0	.909
2008	BOS	AL	P	33	33	210.1	42	19	21	2	3	.952
2009	BOS	AL	P	32	32	203.1	33	7	24	2	1	.939
2010	BOS	AL	P	32	32	208.0	43	5	35	3	2	.930
2011	BOS	AL	P	31	31	191.2	29	9	19	1	2	.966
2012	BOS	AL	P	33	33	205.1	37	14	21	2	3	.946
2013	BOS	AL	P	33	33	213.1	32	12	18	2	1	.938
2014	2 Teams		P	32	32	219.2	26	8	16	2	1	.923
2014	BOS	AL	P	21	21	143.0	18	4	12	2	1	.889
2014	OAK	AL	P	11	11	76.2	8	4	4	0	0	1.000
2015	CHC	NL	P	32	32	205.0	30	10	17	3	1	.900
2016	CHC	NL	P	32	32	202.2	35	18	17	0	1	1.000
2017	CHC	NL	P	32	32	180.2	37	14	23	0	1	1.000
2018	CHC	NL	P	32	32	181.2	23	9	14	0	0	1.000
2019	CHC	NL	P	24	24	134.0	8	4	4	0	0	1.000
14 Seasons			P	405	404	2500.0	397	135	244	18	16	.955

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Standard Minor League Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2002	GCL Red Sox	GCL	ROK	0	1	13.50	1	1	0.2	5	6	1	0	1	1	9.00
2003	Augusta Greenjackets	SAL	A (Full)	6	9	3.65	24	21	106.0	102	54	43	7	44	71	1.38
2004	2 Teams		Minors	7	6	4.24	22	21	91.1	82	46	43	2	39	98	1.32
2004	GCL Red Sox	GCL	ROK	0	0	0.00	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.00
2004	Sarasota Red Sox	FSL	A (Adv)	7	6	4.28	21	20	90.1	82	46	43	2	37	97	1.32
2005	Portland Sea Dogs	EAS	AA	11	6	2.61	26	26	148.1	114	52	43	10	57	163	1.15
2006	Pawtucket Red Sox	INT	AAA	3	4	2.70	11	11	46.2	43	17	14	5	25	43	1.46
2007	3 Teams		Minors	5	5	3.47	18	18	90.2	83	36	35	6	37	70	1.32
2007	Greenville Drive	SAL	A(Full)	0	0	2.08	3	3	13.0	11	3	3	2	2	15	1.00
2007	Pawtucket Red Sox	INT	AAA	4	5	3.89	14	14	71.2	67	32	31	4	31	51	1.37
2007	Portland Sea Dogs	EAS	AA	1	0	1.50	1	1	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	4	1.50
			AAA	7	9	3.42	25	25	118.1	110	49	45	9	56	94	1.40
			AA	12	6	2.57	27	27	154.1	119	53	44	10	61	167	1.17
			A (Adv)	7	6	4.28	21	20	90.1	82	46	43	2	37	97	1.32
			A(Full)	6	9	3.48	27	24	119.0	113	57	46	9	46	86	1.34
			ROK	0	1	5.40	2	2	1.2	5	6	1	0	3	2	4.80
Career Minors				32	31	3.33	102	98	483.2	429	211	179	30	203	446	1.31

Standard Minor League Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	DP	FPCT%
2005	Portland Sea Dogs	EAS	AA	P	26	26	148.1	20	2	18	1	1.000
2006	Pawtucket Red Sox	INT	AAA	P	11	11	46.2	18	3	15	0	1.000
2007	3 Teams		Minors	P	18	18	90.2	21	8	13	1	1.000
2007	Pawtucket Red Sox	INT	AAA	P	14	14	71.2	14	3	11	1	1.000
2007	Portland Sea Dogs	EAS	AA	P	1	1	6.0	0	0	0	0
2007	Greenville Drive	SAL	A(Full)	P	3	3	13.0	7	5	2	0	1.000
			AAA	P	25	25	118.1	32	6	26	1	1.000
			AA	P	27	27	154.1	20	2	18	1	1.000
			A(Full)	P	3	3	13.0	7	5	2	0	1.000
Career Minors				P	55	55	285.2	59	13	46	2	1.000

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Statcast - Pitching

Season	Pitches	Batted Balls	Barrels	Barrel %	Exit Velocity	Launch Angle	XBA	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	XWOBACON	Hard Hit %	K %	BB %
2015	3185	566	25	4.4	85.8	8.6	.239	.354	.289	.283	.349	28.1	25.0	5.7
2016	3161	541	23	4.3	86.1	10.7	.232	.354	.264	.284	.344	29.2	24.7	6.5
2017	3131	519	28	5.4	85.4	9.3	.251	.405	.320	.317	.384	29.3	23.6	7.9
2018	3121	542	36	6.6	87.5	13.1	.267	.447	.319	.340	.389	35.4	19.6	8.4
2019	2349	417	35	8.4	88.3	11.6	.276	.453	.337	.340	.414	36.0	22.4	6.3
ALL	14947	2585	147	5.7	86.6	10.6	.251	.399	.304	.311	.374	31.4	23.1	7.0
MLB			38677	6.3	87.5	11.1	.251	.409	.318	.318	.371	34.4	21.6	8.3

Rankings

Strikeouts

Year	SO	Rank
2017	180	13th in NL
2016	197	7th in NL
2015	207	7th in NL
2014	71	5th in AL
2014	149	5th in AL
2014	220	5th in
2013	177	14th in AL
2012	166	15th in AL
2011	182	11th in AL
2010	225	3rd in AL
2009	225	3rd in AL
2008	152	16th in AL

Hits

Year	H	Rank
2018	174	10th in NL
2017	179	12th in NL
2015	183	13th in NL
2014	66	15th in AL
2014	128	15th in AL
2014	194	15th in
2013	209	10th in AL
2012	216	2nd in AL
2009	186	20th in AL
2008	202	19th in AL

Batting Average

Year	AVG	Rank
2018	.256	23rd in NL
2017	.259	21st in NL
2016	.211	4th in NL
2015	.240	13th in NL
2014	.232	9th in AL
2014	.238	9th in AL
2014	.236	9th in
2013	.253	21st in AL
2011	.234	12th in AL
2010	.220	4th in AL
2009	.242	5th in AL
2008	.256	19th in AL

At Bats

Year	AB	Rank
2018	681	14th in NL
2017	691	16th in NL
2016	730	10th in NL
2015	764	11th in NL
2014	284	7th in AL
2014	537	7th in AL
2014	821	7th in
2013	827	5th in AL
2012	792	8th in AL
2010	758	20th in AL
2009	768	16th in AL
2008	789	10th in AL

Earned Run Average

Year	ERA	Rank
2018	3.32	12th in NL
2017	4.33	22nd in NL
2016	2.44	2nd in NL
2015	3.34	15th in NL
2014	2.35	4th in AL
2014	2.52	4th in AL
2014	2.46	4th in
2013	3.75	22nd in AL
2011	3.47	17th in AL
2010	3.25	9th in AL
2009	3.41	5th in AL
2008	3.21	4th in AL

Innings Pitched

Year	IP	Rank
2018	181.2	14th in NL
2017	180.2	17th in NL
2016	202.2	6th in NL
2015	205.0	9th in NL
2014	76.2	6th in AL
2014	143.0	6th in AL
2014	219.2	6th in
2013	213.1	7th in AL
2012	205.1	10th in AL
2011	191.2	25th in AL
2010	208.0	16th in AL
2009	203.1	13th in AL
2008	210.1	7th in AL

Wins

Year	Wins	Rank
2018	18	1st in NL
2017	13	13th in NL
2016	19	2nd in NL
2015	11	20th in NL
2014	6	4th in AL
2014	10	4th in AL
2014	16	4th in
2013	15	6th in AL
2011	15	10th in AL
2010	19	2nd in AL
2009	15	10th in AL
2008	16	8th in AL

WHIP

Year	WHIP	Rank
2018	1.31	23rd in NL
2017	1.32	20th in NL
2016	1.02	3rd in NL
2015	1.12	9th in NL
2014	1.07	7th in AL
2014	1.12	7th in AL
2014	1.10	7th in
2013	1.29	22nd in AL
2011	1.26	21st in AL
2010	1.20	13th in AL
2009	1.23	10th in AL
2008	1.27	17th in AL

Runs

Year	R	Rank
2017	101	6th in NL
2015	83	19th in NL
2013	94	12th in AL
2012	117	4th in AL

Home Runs

Year	HR	Rank
2018	24	11th in NL
2017	26	12th in NL
2012	25	13th in AL

Losses

Year	Losses	Rank
2015	12	12th in NL
2014	4	17th in AL
2014	7	17th in AL
2014	11	17th in
2012	14	4th in AL

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Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	04/25/2019	Chicago Cubs activated LHP Jon Lester from the 10-day injured list.
	04/10/2019	Chicago Cubs placed LHP Jon Lester on the 10-day injured list retroactive to April 9, 2019. Left hamstring strain.
	09/02/2017	Chicago Cubs activated LHP Jon Lester from the 10-day injured list.
	08/18/2017	Chicago Cubs placed LHP Jon Lester on the 10-day disabled list. Left lat tightness.
	12/15/2014	Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Jon Lester.
	10/30/2014	LHP Jon Lester elected free agency.
	08/01/2014	Oakland Athletics activated LHP Jon Lester.
	07/31/2014	Boston Red Sox traded LHP Jon Lester, LF Jonny Gomes and cash to Oakland Athletics for LF Yoenis Cespedes and .
	07/25/2011	Boston Red Sox activated LHP Jon Lester from the 15-day disabled list.
	07/06/2011	Boston Red Sox placed LHP Jon Lester on the 15-day disabled list. Strained Lower Left Lat Muscle

Platoon Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
vs Left			5.65				28.2	38	20	18	2	6	27	1.53
vs Right			3.84				105.1	115	56	45	19	31	105	1.39

Monthly Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
March	1	0	3.00	1	1	6.0	4	2	2	1	2	3	1.00
April	0	1	2.08	3	3	13.0	13	3	3	2	4	16	1.31
May	2	3	4.28	6	6	33.2	43	22	16	4	7	31	1.49
June	4	2	4.33	6	6	35.1	35	20	17	8	7	40	1.19
July	2	0	2.77	4	4	26.0	30	10	8	3	6	20	1.38
August	1	2	7.65	4	4	20.0	28	19	17	3	11	22	1.95
Pre All-Star	8	6	3.72	17	17	94.1	101	50	39	15	23	93	1.31
Post All-Star	2	2	5.45	7	7	39.2	52	26	24	6	14	39	1.66

Base Runner Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Bases Empty	1.39	71.0	89	11	11	11	21	72	1.55
Bases Loaded	12.00	3.0	1	4	4	0	0	3	0.33
Runner at 1st	2.76	29.1	28	12	9	5	7	29	1.19
Runners at 1st & 2nd	17.55	6.2	9	14	13	4	3	5	1.80
Runners at 1st & 3rd	9.95	6.1	3	9	7	0	0	6	0.47
Runner at 2nd	6.10	10.1	13	9	7	1	3	9	1.55
Runners at 2nd & 3rd	14.73	3.2	5	9	6	0	1	4	1.64
Runner at 3rd	14.73	3.2	5	8	6	0	2	4	1.91
Scoring Position	11.50	33.2	36	53	43	5	9	31	1.34

Game Type Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Home Games	6	3	4.02	12	12	0	65.0	82	39	29	11	10	69	1.42
Away Games	4	5	4.43	12	12	0	69.0	71	37	34	10	27	63	1.42
Day Games	5	3	3.13	11	11	0	60.1	57	25	21	8	16	61	1.21
Night Games	5	5	5.13	13	13	0	73.2	96	51	42	13	21	71	1.59
Leading Off			1.52				29.2	38	5	5	5	8	29	1.55
Late / Close			0.00				0.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	6.00

Outs Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
No Outs	2.59	48.2	50	16	14	7	13	43	1.29
One Out	5.68	44.1	57	34	28	6	10	46	1.51
Two Outs	4.61	41.0	46	26	21	8	14	43	1.46

Inning Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
First Inning	4.50	24.0	30	13	12	4	9	23	1.63
Second Inning	2.63	24.0	18	9	7	2	3	31	0.88
Third Inning	5.87	23.0	30	17	15	6	5	18	1.52
Fourth Inning	5.48	23.0	29	18	14	5	7	27	1.57
Fifth Inning	3.10	20.1	19	7	7	3	5	18	1.18
Sixth Inning	3.60	15.0	19	8	6	1	4	11	1.53
Seventh Inning	3.86	4.2	8	4	2	0	4	4	2.57

Platoon Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
vs Left	3.15	20.0	18	7	7	1	6	17	1.20
vs Left	0.00	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50
vs Left	0.00	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.86
vs Left	3.15	20.0	18	7	7	1	6	17	1.20
vs Left	0.00	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50
vs Left	0.00	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.86
vs Right	4.18	51.2	49	25	24	3	25	34	1.43
vs Right	1.69	5.1	4	1	1	0	4	4	1.50
vs Right	2.53	10.2	10	3	3	2	1	13	1.03
vs Right	4.18	51.2	49	25	24	3	25	34	1.43
vs Right	1.69	5.1	4	1	1	0	4	4	1.50
vs Right	2.53	10.2	10	3	3	2	1	13	1.03

Monthly Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
April	0	0	0.00	1	1	5.0	3	0	0	0	0	6	0.60
April	0	0	2.08	3	3	13.0	11	3	3	2	2	15	1.00
April	0	0	0.00	1	1	5.0	3	0	0	0	0	6	0.60
April	0	0	2.08	3	3	13.0	11	3	3	2	2	15	1.00
May	0	1	1.62	4	4	16.2	11	3	3	0	7	13	1.08
June	2	3	5.52	6	6	31.0	36	19	19	2	14	18	1.61
July	2	1	4.26	3	3	19.0	17	10	9	2	10	14	1.42
August	1	0	1.50	1	1	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	4	1.50
First Half	0	0	2.08	3	3	13.0	11	3	3	2	2	15	1.00
Pre All-Star	3	4	3.62	12	12	59.2	54	24	24	2	24	42	1.31
Pre All-Star	0	0	2.08	3	3	13.0	11	3	3	2	2	15	1.00
Pre All-Star	3	4	3.62	12	12	59.2	54	24	24	2	24	42	1.31
Pre All-Star	0	0	2.08	3	3	13.0	11	3	3	2	2	15	1.00
Post All-Star	1	1	5.25	2	2	12.0	13	8	7	2	7	9	1.67
Post All-Star	1	0	1.50	1	1	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	4	1.50
Post All-Star	1	1	5.25	2	2	12.0	13	8	7	2	7	9	1.67
Post All-Star	1	0	1.50	1	1	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	4	1.50

Base Runner Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Bases Empty	0.70	38.1	39	3	3	3	15	26	1.41
Bases Empty	0.00	3.1	1	0	0	0	3	2	1.20
Bases Empty	0.90	10.0	7	1	1	1	2	13	0.90
Bases Empty	0.70	38.1	39	3	3	3	15	26	1.41
Bases Empty	0.00	3.1	1	0	0	0	3	2	1.20
Bases Empty	0.90	10.0	7	1	1	1	2	13	0.90
Bases Loaded	30.86	2.1	2	8	8	0	0	2	0.86
Bases Loaded	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bases Loaded	30.86	2.1	2	8	8	0	0	2	0.86
Bases Loaded	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Runner at 1st	2.60	17.1	14	5	5	1	1	10	0.87
Runner at 1st	0.00	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.00
Runner at 1st	13.50	1.1	4	2	2	1	0	1	3.00
Runner at 1st	2.60	17.1	14	5	5	1	1	10	0.87
Runner at 1st	0.00	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.00
Runner at 1st	13.50	1.1	4	2	2	1	0	1	3.00
Runners at 1st & 2nd	3.38	5.1	2	2	2	0	4	5	1.13
Runners at 1st & 2nd	0.00	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Runners at 1st & 2nd	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Runners at 1st & 2nd	3.38	5.1	2	2	2	0	4	5	1.13
Runners at 1st & 2nd	0.00	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Runners at 1st & 2nd	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Runners at 1st & 3rd	37.80	1.2	4	8	7	0	0	1	2.40
Runner at 2nd	3.38	5.1	2	2	2	0	5	5	1.31
Runner at 2nd	13.50	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	4.50
Runner at 2nd	0.00	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Runner at 2nd	3.38	5.1	2	2	2	0	5	5	1.31
Runner at 2nd	13.50	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	4.50
Runner at 2nd	0.00	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Runners at 2nd & 3rd	54.00	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	9.00
Runners at 2nd & 3rd	0.00	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Runners at 2nd & 3rd	54.00	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	9.00
Runners at 2nd & 3rd	0.00	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Runner at 3rd	18.00	1.0	2	2	2	0	5	1	7.00
Scoring Position	12.94	16.0	14	24	23	0	15	15	1.81
Scoring Position	3.86	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	2	1.29
Scoring Position	0.00	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Scoring Position	12.94	16.0	14	24	23	0	15	15	1.81
Scoring Position	3.86	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	2	1.29
Scoring Position	0.00	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00

Game Type Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Home Games	2	3	2.95	8	8	0	39.2	38	13	13	1	14	30	1.31
Home Games	1	0	1.50	1	1	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	4	1.50
Home Games	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	5	1.00
Home Games	2	3	2.95	8	8	0	39.2	38	13	13	1	14	30	1.31
Home Games	1	0	1.50	1	1	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	4	1.50
Home Games	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	5	1.00
Away Games	2	2	5.06	6	6	0	32.0	29	19	18	3	17	21	1.44
Away Games	0	0	3.00	2	2	0	9.0	8	3	3	2	1	10	1.00
Away Games	2	2	5.06	6	6	0	32.0	29	19	18	3	17	21	1.44
Away Games	0	0	3.00	2	2	0	9.0	8	3	3	2	1	10	1.00
Day Games	1	0	3.00	2	2	0	12.0	9	4	4	2	5	4	1.17
Night Games	3	5	4.07	12	12	0	59.2	58	28	27	2	26	47	1.41
Night Games	1	0	1.50	1	1	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	4	1.50
Night Games	0	0	2.08	3	3	0	13.0	11	3	3	2	2	15	1.00
Night Games	3	5	4.07	12	12	0	59.2	58	28	27	2	26	47	1.41
Night Games	1	0	1.50	1	1	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	4	1.50
Night Games	0	0	2.08	3	3	0	13.0	11	3	3	2	2	15	1.00
Leading Off			1.62				16.2	16	3	3	3	5	15	1.26
Leading Off			0.00				1.1	1	0	0	0	2	1	2.25
Leading Off			2.25				4.0	1	1	1	1	0	3	0.25
Leading Off			1.62				16.2	16	3	3	3	5	15	1.26
Leading Off			0.00				1.1	1	0	0	0	2	1	2.25
Leading Off			2.25				4.0	1	1	1	1	0	3	0.25
Late / Close			9.00				1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.00

Outs Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
No Outs	2.73	26.1	22	8	8	3	7	18	1.10
No Outs	0.00	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1.50
No Outs	2.08	4.1	1	1	1	1	0	4	0.23
No Outs	2.73	26.1	22	8	8	3	7	18	1.10
No Outs	0.00	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1.50
No Outs	2.08	4.1	1	1	1	1	0	4	0.23
One Out	2.70	23.1	16	8	7	0	12	16	1.20
One Out	4.50	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1.50
One Out	0.00	4.1	3	0	0	0	0	6	0.69
One Out	2.70	23.1	16	8	7	0	12	16	1.20
One Out	4.50	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1.50
One Out	0.00	4.1	3	0	0	0	0	6	0.69
Two Outs	6.55	22.0	29	16	16	1	12	17	1.86
Two Outs	0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.50
Two Outs	4.15	4.1	7	2	2	1	2	5	2.08
Two Outs	6.55	22.0	29	16	16	1	12	17	1.86
Two Outs	0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.50
Two Outs	4.15	4.1	7	2	2	1	2	5	2.08

Inning Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
First Inning	5.14	14.0	14	9	8	0	6	14	1.43
First Inning	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.00
First Inning	0.00	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.33
First Inning	5.14	14.0	14	9	8	0	6	14	1.43
First Inning	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.00
First Inning	0.00	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.33
Second Inning	0.64	14.0	6	1	1	0	6	8	0.86
Second Inning	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00
Second Inning	6.00	3.0	3	2	2	1	0	4	1.00
Second Inning	0.64	14.0	6	1	1	0	6	8	0.86
Second Inning	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00
Second Inning	6.00	3.0	3	2	2	1	0	4	1.00
Third Inning	5.93	13.2	16	9	9	1	9	11	1.83
Third Inning	9.00	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	3.00
Third Inning	0.00	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1.00
Third Inning	5.93	13.2	16	9	9	1	9	11	1.83
Third Inning	9.00	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	3.00
Third Inning	0.00	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1.00
Fourth Inning	0.77	11.2	9	1	1	0	2	5	0.94
Fourth Inning	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fourth Inning	0.00	3.0	5	0	0	0	0	3	1.67
Fourth Inning	0.77	11.2	9	1	1	0	2	5	0.94
Fourth Inning	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fourth Inning	0.00	3.0	5	0	0	0	0	3	1.67
Fifth Inning	6.97	10.1	13	8	8	1	5	9	1.74
Fifth Inning	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fifth Inning	9.00	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.00
Fifth Inning	6.97	10.1	13	8	8	1	5	9	1.74
Fifth Inning	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fifth Inning	9.00	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.00
Sixth Inning	4.50	4.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	1.75
Sixth Inning	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2.00
Sixth Inning	4.50	4.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	1.75
Sixth Inning	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2.00
Seventh Inning	4.50	4.0	5	2	2	1	0	3	1.25
Seventh Inning	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Seventh Inning	4.50	4.0	5	2	2	1	0	3	1.25
Seventh Inning	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ninth Inning	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ninth Inning	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ninth Inning	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ninth Inning	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2019-03-28	Texas Rangers	Chicago Cubs	1	0	3.00	1	1	6.0	4	2	2	1	2	3	1.00
March			1	0	3.00	1	1	6.0	4	2	2	1	2	3	1.00
2019-04-03	Atlanta Braves	Chicago Cubs	0	0	3.00	1	1	6.0	6	2	2	2	3	7	1.25
2019-04-08	Chicago Cubs	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	0	2.57	1	1	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	4	1.36
2019-04-25	Chicago Cubs	Los Angeles Dodgers	0	1	2.37	1	1	5.0	4	1	1	0	0	5	1.21
April			0	1	2.08	3	3	13.0	13	3	3	2	4	16	1.31
2019-05-01	Seattle Mariners	Chicago Cubs	1	0	1.73	1	1	7.0	1	0	0	0	1	8	0.96
2019-05-07	Chicago Cubs	Miami Marlins	0	0	1.41	1	1	6.0	8	2	0	0	0	6	1.03
2019-05-12	Chicago Cubs	Milwaukee Brewers	1	0	1.16	1	1	6.2	9	1	0	0	1	6	1.11
2019-05-18	Washington Nationals	Chicago Cubs	0	1	2.09	1	1	4.1	10	5	5	1	1	3	1.26
2019-05-23	Chicago Cubs	Philadelphia Phillies	0	1	2.68	1	1	4.0	7	7	4	2	1	5	1.32
2019-05-28	Houston Astros	Chicago Cubs	0	1	3.59	1	1	5.2	8	7	7	1	3	3	1.39
May			2	3	4.28	6	6	33.2	43	22	16	4	7	31	1.49
2019-06-03	Chicago Cubs	Los Angeles Angels	1	0	3.32	1	1	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	6	1.31
2019-06-08	Chicago Cubs	St. Louis Cardinals	1	0	3.56	1	1	6.0	5	4	4	2	2	6	1.29
2019-06-13	Los Angeles Dodgers	Chicago Cubs	0	1	4.08	1	1	5.0	9	6	6	3	1	7	1.34
2019-06-19	Chicago Cubs	Chicago White Sox	1	0	4.13	1	1	5.2	7	3	3	2	1	6	1.35
2019-06-24	Chicago Cubs	Atlanta Braves	1	0	3.83	1	1	6.0	5	2	0	0	0	7	1.31
2019-06-30	Cincinnati Reds	Chicago Cubs	0	1	3.89	1	1	5.2	5	4	3	1	2	8	1.31
June			4	2	4.33	6	6	35.1	35	20	17	8	7	40	1.19
2019-07-06	Chicago White Sox	Chicago Cubs	1	0	3.72	1	1	6.1	6	3	1	0	3	3	1.31
2019-07-13	Chicago Cubs	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	0	3.74	1	1	6.2	8	3	3	2	0	6	1.31
2019-07-19	Chicago Cubs	San Diego Padres	0	0	3.87	1	1	6.0	12	4	4	1	0	6	1.35
2019-07-27	Milwaukee Brewers	Chicago Cubs	0	0	3.63	1	1	7.0	4	0	0	0	3	5	1.32
July			2	0	2.77	4	4	26.0	30	10	8	3	6	20	1.38
2019-08-01	St. Louis Cardinals	Chicago Cubs	0	1	3.86	1	1	5.0	9	5	5	0	0	6	1.34
2019-08-06	Chicago Cubs	Oakland Athletics	0	1	4.39	1	1	4.0	10	11	9	2	3	6	1.41
2019-08-11	Cincinnati Reds	Chicago Cubs	0	0	4.43	1	1	5.0	5	3	3	1	3	7	1.41
2019-08-17	Pittsburgh Pirates	Chicago Cubs	1	0	4.23	1	1	6.0	4	0	0	0	5	3	1.42
August			1	2	7.65	4	4	20.0	28	19	17	3	11	22	1.95

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2007-04-05	Charleston RiverDogs	Greenville Drive	0	0	0.00	1	1	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	5	0.75
2007-04-10	Greenville Drive	Columbus Catfish	0	0	0.00	1	1	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	5	0.88
2007-04-20	Savannah Sand Gnats	Greenville Drive	0	0	2.08	1	1	5.0	6	3	3	2	0	5	1.00
2007-04-27	Pawtucket Red Sox	Buffalo Bisons	0	0	0.00	1	1	5.0	3	0	0	0	0	6	0.60
April			0	0	1.50	4	4	18.0	14	3	3	2	2	21	0.89
2007-05-02	Pawtucket Red Sox	Indianapolis Indians	0	1	2.25	1	1	3.0	3	2	2	0	3	4	1.13
2007-05-19	Ottawa Lynx	Pawtucket Red Sox	0	0	1.54	1	1	3.2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.94
2007-05-24	Pawtucket Red Sox	Syracuse Chiefs	0	0	1.62	1	1	5.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0.90
2007-05-29	Pawtucket Red Sox	Columbus Clippers	0	0	1.25	1	1	5.0	4	0	0	0	2	6	0.97
May			0	1	1.62	4	4	16.2	11	3	3	0	7	13	1.08
2007-06-04	Norfolk Tides	Pawtucket Red Sox	1	0	1.26	1	1	7.0	4	1	1	1	1	1	0.91
2007-06-09	Pawtucket Red Sox	Ottawa Lynx	0	1	2.01	1	1	2.2	5	3	3	0	3	2	1.09
2007-06-15	Pawtucket Red Sox	Richmond Braves	0	1	2.11	1	1	7.0	8	2	2	0	1	3	1.12
2007-06-20	Indianapolis Indians	Pawtucket Red Sox	0	0	2.49	1	1	5.0	5	3	3	1	4	3	1.20
2007-06-25	Louisville Bats	Pawtucket Red Sox	0	1	3.78	1	1	4.1	9	8	8	0	4	4	1.36
2007-06-30	Pawtucket Red Sox	Charlotte Knights	1	0	3.76	1	1	5.0	5	2	2	0	1	5	1.35
June			2	3	5.52	6	6	31.0	36	19	19	2	14	18	1.61
2007-07-06	Rochester Red Wings	Pawtucket Red Sox	1	0	3.62	1	1	7.0	4	2	2	0	3	5	1.31
2007-07-13	Syracuse Chiefs	Pawtucket Red Sox	0	1	3.90	1	1	5.0	6	5	4	1	4	6	1.36
2007-07-18	Pawtucket Red Sox	Ottawa Lynx	1	0	3.89	1	1	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	3	1.37
July			2	1	4.26	3	3	19.0	17	10	9	2	10	14	1.42
2007-08-27	Portland Sea Dogs	Trenton Thunder	1	0	1.50	1	1	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	4	1.50
August			1	0	1.50	1	1	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	4	1.50

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Lester relies on 5 pitches. Cutter (34.5%), Four Seamer (30%), Curve (14.9%), Changeup (11.7%), Sinker (8.9%),

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Statcast Statistics

Season	Pitches	Batted Balls	Barrels	Barrel %	Exit Velocity	Launch Angle	XBA	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	XWOBACON	Hard Hit %	K %	BB %
2015	3185	566	25	4.4	85.8	8.6	.239	.354	.289	.283	.349	28.1	25.0	5.7
2016	3161	541	23	4.3	86.1	10.7	.232	.354	.264	.284	.344	29.2	24.7	6.5
2017	3131	519	28	5.4	85.4	9.3	.251	.405	.320	.317	.384	29.3	23.6	7.9
2018	3121	542	36	6.6	87.5	13.1	.267	.447	.319	.340	.389	35.4	19.6	8.4
2019	2349	417	35	8.4	88.3	11.6	.276	.453	.337	.340	.414	36.0	22.4	6.3
ALL	14947	2585	147	5.7	86.6	10.6	.251	.399	.304	.311	.374	31.4	23.1	7.0
MLB			38677	6.3	87.5	11.1	.251	.409	.318	.318	.371	34.4	21.6	8.3

Pitch Tracking

Year	Pitch Type	#	# RHB	# LHB	%	MPH	PA	AB	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	SO	BBE	BA	XBA	SLG	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	EV	LA	Spin	BB%	K%	Whiff%	PutAway%
2019	Cutter	810	664	146	34.5	87.9	210	192	52	30	15	0	7	50	145	.271	.254	.458	.418	.331	.320	87.9	13	2384	6.2	23.8	18.0	20.9
2019	Four Seamer	705	541	164	30.0	90.6	177	161	47	29	5	3	10	35	128	.292	.299	.547	.562	.376	.391	89.6	18	2249	7.9	19.8	15.7	18.5
2019	Curve	350	296	54	14.9	74.7	69	66	15	12	3	0	0	26	40	.227	.248	.273	.318	.236	.264	84.4	13	2607	2.9	37.7	40.2	21.0
2019	Changeup	275	230	45	11.7	84.5	78	71	19	15	2	0	2	18	54	.268	.251	.380	.363	.304	.304	85.9	1	1945	7.7	23.1	23.8	17.8
2019	Sinker	209	102	107	8.9	89.5	56	53	20	16	2	0	2	3	50	.377	.356	.528	.541	.403	.400	91.5	0	2131	3.6	5.4	15.6	13.6
2018	Four Seamer	1413	1135	278	45.4	91.0	312	262	70	43	12	1	14	57	212	.267	.293	.481	.550	.367	.401	90.0	18	2230	13.1	18.3	16.1	13.9
2018	Cutter	768	567	201	24.7	88.1	220	203	55	40	8	0	7	45	160	.271	.260	.414	.407	.320	.313	85.3	14	2380	5.9	20.5	19.7	19.2
2018	Curve	489	421	68	15.7	74.8	90	85	17	13	3	0	1	25	61	.200	.220	.271	.318	.223	.262	85.6	10	2571	2.2	27.8	38.9	16.7
2018	Changeup	287	243	44	9.2	84.9	92	88	17	13	3	0	1	19	69	.193	.230	.261	.342	.217	.265	87.1	5	1805	4.3	20.7	23.0	15.7
2018	Sinker	152	63	89	4.9	90.2	39	37	15	11	1	2	1	2	35	.405	.346	.622	.538	.449	.393	88.2	-1	2073	5.1	5.1	14.3	9.1
2017	Four Seamer	1189	925	264	38.1	91.4	271	239	71	48	12	1	10	59	184	.297	.289	.481	.491	.363	.375	88.6	12	2206	9.6	21.8	18.7	17.0
2017	Cutter	888	657	231	28.4	87.8	233	217	53	33	13	1	6	52	169	.244	.223	.396	.329	.289	.265	83.9	12	2333	4.7	22.3	22.9	21.6
2017	Curve	410	322	88	13.1	75.6	87	82	13	5	2	1	5	45	37	.159	.155	.390	.329	.250	.232	82.8	10	2512	5.7	51.7	50.9	24.9
2017	Sinker	371	268	103	11.9	90.3	90	82	25	19	4	0	2	6	76	.305	.273	.427	.383	.346	.321	84.8	-2	2015	8.9	6.7	18.8	10.2
2017	Changeup	266	230	36	8.5	84.6	79	71	17	11	3	0	3	18	53	.239	.230	.408	.353	.315	.295	82.3	6	1743	8.9	22.8	33.3	18.4
2016	Four Seamer	1607	1239	368	50.9	92.7	363	328	64	40	13	0	11	82	251	.195	.228	.335	.369	.262	.292	86.9	16	2301	8.0	22.6	18.7	18.6
2016	Cutter	589	390	199	18.7	89.0	188	174	37	31	0	1	5	46	129	.213	.258	.310	.379	.255	.304	84.6	7	2387	6.4	24.5	21.9	22.5
2016	Sinker	409	298	111	13.0	91.7	103	97	33	22	9	0	2	6	91	.340	.286	.495	.402	.376	.321	88.0	2	2066	4.9	5.8	12.8	11.1
2016	Curve	398	345	53	12.6	75.1	96	87	8	4	1	0	3	50	39	.092	.101	.207	.184	.166	.163	83.5	14	2529	4.2	52.1	52.5	25.8
2016	Changeup	154	137	17	4.9	85.4	45	43	12	10	2	0	0	13	30	.279	.161	.326	.178	.281	.175	84.1	5	1750	4.4	28.9	46.4	24.5
2015	Four Seamer	1439	1068	371	45.2	92.6	327	296	73	46	13	6	8	67	235	.247	.246	.412	.394	.311	.307	84.7	12	2222	7.3	20.5	16.0	19.3
2015	Cutter	759	528	231	23.9	88.6	243	222	58	39	16	0	3	65	160	.261	.228	.374	.320	.299	.269	85.2	12	2289	6.2	26.7	24.2	23.6
2015	Curve	489	394	95	15.4	75.6	114	110	19	11	5	0	3	57	53	.173	.162	.300	.273	.219	.203	86.1	16	2361	1.8	50.0	46.4	28.2
2015	Sinker	344	294	50	10.8	91.5	108	103	25	19	4	0	2	12	91	.243	.265	.340	.359	.272	.292	91.8	-6	2010	2.8	11.1	20.1	24.0
2015	Changeup	151	143	8	4.7	85.1	35	32	7	3	4	0	0	6	26	.219	.183	.344	.212	.278	.219	78.7	-7	1656	8.6	17.1	40.0	19.4
2014	Four Seamer	1572	1167	405	45.0	92.4	373	339	87	58	18	2	9	76	268	.257		.401		.317					7.0	20.4	18.6	18.7
2014	Cutter	915	670	245	26.2	88.1	246	227	55	35	13	1	6	63	167	.242		.388		.301					5.7	25.6	21.2	18.6
2014	Curve	572	444	128	16.4	75.5	149	144	23	16	7	0	0	67	79	.160		.208		.171					2.0	45.0	39.8	26.7
2014	Sinker	331	257	74	9.5	91.4	95	90	23	19	3	0	1	11	79	.256		.322		.278					5.3	11.6	12.6	18.6
2014	Changeup	101	89	12	2.9	85.7	22	21	6	4	2	0	0	3	19	.286		.381		.279					0.0	13.6	33.3	21.4
2013	Four Seamer	1643	1293	350	46.2	93.4	407	364	90	57	23	0	10	68	298	.247		.393		.318					9.8	16.7	15.7	14.9
2013	Cutter	667	489	178	18.7	90.1	205	189	47	32	11	1	3	53	136	.249		.365		.300					5.9	25.9	18.2	17.9
2013	Changeup	446	428	18	12.5	86.0	120	114	25	15	8	0	2	23	91	.219		.342		.265					5.0	19.2	34.3	16.2
2013	Curve	425	290	135	11.9	76.3	81	78	19	14	4	0	1	21	57	.244		.333		.269					1.2	25.9	27.5	14.6
2013	Sinker	377	273	104	10.6	92.4	89	82	28	18	6	1	3	12	70	.341		.549		.409					7.9	13.5	12.4	18.2
2012	Four Seamer	1831	1274	557	53.6	92.9	449	396	122	74	26	5	17	70	335	.308		.528		.385					9.6	15.6	16.9	15.6
2012	Curve	489	309	180	14.3	76.6	109	106	24	16	6	0	2	37	69	.226		.340		.256					1.8	33.9	31.9	19.4
2012	Cutter	402	283	119	11.8	90.6	141	130	29	20	6	0	3	42	88	.223		.338		.277					7.8	29.8	23.6	23.0
2012	Changeup	389	378	11	11.4	86.4	103	96	23	15	6	0	2	15	83	.240		.365		.276					3.9	14.6	32.8	18.8
2012	Sinker	304	244	60	8.9	92.6	72	64	18	12	5	0	1	2	63	.281		.406		.335					8.3	2.8	13.7	8.3
2011	Four Seamer	1347	982	365	42.4	93.3	290	240	63	41	9	1	12	57	185	.263		.458		.374					15.5	19.7	16.1	15.9
2011	Cutter	772	533	239	24.3	89.4	240	218	40	27	9	1	3	85	134	.183		.275		.243					6.7	35.4	28.1	25.1
2011	Curve	427	271	156	13.4	76.0	94	90	18	8	6	1	3	32	59	.200		.389		.263					2.1	34.0	29.1	18.1
2011	Sinker	330	260	70	10.4	92.7	82	75	23	18	4	0	1	3	72	.307		.400		.342					7.3	3.7	10.7	9.7
2011	Changeup	299	282	17	9.4	85.3	90	84	21	16	3	1	1	5	79	.250		.345		.288					6.7	5.6	28.0	11.9
2010	Four Seamer	1335	984	351	39.9	94.0	301	254	78	53	12	2	11	69	189	.307		.500		.399					14.3	22.9	19.9	19.4
2010	Cutter	652	480	172	19.5	90.1	204	188	33	24	8	0	1	67	121	.176		.234		.221					5.9	32.8	26.2	28.9
2010	Curve	531	373	158	15.9	78.2	137	127	17	11	4	1	1	66	63	.134		.205		.177					3.6	48.2	37.5	25.5
2010	Sinker	446	323	123	13.3	93.1	124	101	26	20	6	0	0	10	94	.257		.317		.320					13.7	8.1	19.0	16.7
2010	Changeup	386	361	25	11.5	85.9	93	86	13	11	1	0	1	13	74	.151		.198		.189					6.5	14.0	30.9	26.5
2009	Four Seamer	1210	839	371	35.8	94.8	303	260	69	44	12	1	12	80	185	.265		.458		.355					12.2	26.4	19.4	20.6
2009	Curve	656	460	196	19.4	78.8	163	160	30	23	7	0	0	79	81	.188		.231		.194					1.2	48.5	37.4	26.6
2009	Cutter	640	529	111	19.0	89.7	171	156	38	28	8	0	2	50	109	.244		.333		.280					7.0	29.2	29.6	27.9
2009	Sinker	637	381	256	18.9	93.1	160	148	41	32	3	1	5	13	135	.277		.412		.329					7.5	8.1	17.3	14.4
2009	Changeup	234	228	6	6.9	86.2	38	37	7	6	0	0	1	2	35	.189		.270		.214					0.0	5.3	38.2	9.5
2008	Four Seamer	1199	802	397	38.1	93.1	325	282	79	52	21	0	6	54	234	.280		.418		.347					10.8	16.6	15.6	15.7
2008	Cutter	761	616	145	24.2	89.0	183	166	46	34	11	0	1	34	135	.277		.361		.311					6.6	18.6	19.5	17.4
2008	Curve	544	392	152	17.3	76.6	131	125	25	20	2	0	3	43	82	.200		.288		.236					0.8	32.8	28.6	21.3
2008	Sinker	515	302	213	16.4	91.8	160	147	31	23	6	1	1	15	132	.211		.286		.256					7.5	9.4	15.7	18.5
2008	Changeup	128	111	17	4.1	83.8	28	28	7	5	2	0	0	1	27	.250		.321		.250					0.0	3.6	22.2	7.7

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.

						Vertical Movement (inches)			Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year	Pitch	Team	Hand	#	MPH	Inches of Drop	vs Avg	% vs Avg	Inches of Break	vs Avg	% Break vs Avg
2019	Sinker	CHC	L	209	89.5	26.2	2.0	8	13.8	-0.4	-3
2019	Curveball	CHC	L	350	74.7	55.1	-6.3	-10	11.6	0.4	3
2019	Changeup	CHC	L	275	84.5	31.3	0.2	1	13.5	-0.3	-2
2019	4-Seamer	CHC	L	705	90.6	17.8	-0.3	-2	7.5	0.4	6
2019	Cutter	CHC	L	810	87.9	24.9	3.1	11	1.5	-0.5	-27
2018	4-Seamer	CHC	L	1413	91.0	17.5	-0.2	-1	7.7	0.4	5
2018	Cutter	CHC	L	768	88.1	25.1	2.1	8	1.8	-0.2	-9
2018	Changeup	CHC	L	287	84.9	32.4	0.9	3	14.0	0.4	3
2018	Curveball	CHC	L	489	74.8	56.0	-5.3	-9	11.9	1.2	11
2018	Sinker	CHC	L	152	90.2	26.6	2.6	11	13.7	-0.6	-4
2017	Changeup	CHC	L	266	84.6	30.9	1.1	4	13.0	-0.5	-4
2017	4-Seamer	CHC	L	1189	91.4	16.1	-0.2	-1	7.6	-0.4	-5
2017	Curveball	CHC	L	410	75.6	53.2	-4.1	-7	10.8	0.5	5
2017	Sinker	CHC	L	371	90.3	25.4	2.6	11	14.0	-0.7	-5
2017	Cutter	CHC	L	888	87.8	24.9	1.6	6	3.0	1.1	59
2016	4-Seamer	CHC	L	1571	92.7	14.8	0.1	1	7.2	-1.6	-18
2016	Cutter	CHC	L	574	89.1	24.5	0.2	1	1.9	1.4	282
2016	Curveball	CHC	L	390	75.1	54.7	-3.4	-6	10.7	1.0	10
2016	Changeup	CHC	L	152	85.4	30.0	0.7	2	13.1	-0.5	-4
2016	Sinker	CHC	L	400	91.7	22.5	1.7	8	12.7	-2.0	-14
2015	Sinker	CHC	L	343	91.5	23.3	1.8	9	12.0	-3.1	-20
2015	4-Seamer	CHC	L	1404	92.6	14.8	0.2	1	6.6	-2.2	-25
2015	Changeup	CHC	L	150	85.1	30.7	1.4	5	12.7	-1.0	-7
2015	Curveball	CHC	L	483	75.6	54.0	-2.3	-4	11.1	2.2	25
2015	Cutter	CHC	L	748	88.6	25.9	-1.0	-4	3.1	2.9	1437

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Plate Discipline

Season	Pitches	Zone %	Zone Swing %	Zone Contact %	Chase %	Chase Contact %	Edge %	1st Pitch Swing %	Swing %	Whiff %	Meatball %	Meatball Swing %
2015	3185	43.8	64.8	85.5	30.1	58.6	41.9	26.9	45.3	24.5	6.0	77.4
2016	3161	46.4	67.4	85.2	28.6	57.1	42.6	29.8	46.6	24.0	6.2	71.9
2017	3131	43.3	66.6	83.2	28.5	59.6	44.5	25.7	45.0	25.3	5.5	79.5
2018	3121	47.4	67.4	85.6	22.3	62.7	42.0	23.5	43.7	20.5	6.7	80.3
2019	2349	44.4	66.3	85.4	27.8	67.5	44.0	26.9	44.9	20.8	5.0	80.5
ALL	14947	45.1	66.5	85.0	27.5	60.6	42.9	26.6	45.1	23.2	5.9	77.7
MLB		48.5	66.0	83.0	28.2	59.8	42.7	28.2	46.6	24.3	7.2	75.1

Batted Ball Profile

Season	GB %	FB %	LD %	PU %	Pull %	Straight %	Oppo %	Weak %	Topped %	Under %	Flare/Burner %	Solid %	Barrel %
2015	50.5	17.0	25.6	6.9	37.8	36.4	25.8	6.4	39.0	21.9	24.7	3.5	4.4
2016	47.5	19.4	25.9	7.2	40.5	32.9	26.6	5.5	37.2	23.7	24.8	4.6	4.3
2017	47.8	20.4	27.0	4.8	34.3	41.0	24.7	6.2	35.5	21.4	26.0	5.6	5.4
2018	40.0	23.2	30.3	6.5	40.0	38.6	21.4	3.5	30.8	25.5	26.4	7.2	6.6
2019	43.6	21.1	29.5	5.8	38.8	36.0	25.2	4.3	31.7	22.1	27.6	6.0	8.4
ALL	46.0	20.2	27.5	6.3	38.3	37.0	24.7	5.2	35.0	22.9	25.8	5.3	5.7
MLB	45.5	22.0	25.5	7.1	36.4	38.1	25.5	4.6	34.2	24.5	24.9	5.6	6.3

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Statcast Shift Statistics

			vs RHH			vs LHH
Year	PA	wOBA	PA	Shifts	%	PA	Shifts	%
2016	779	.260	602	18	3.0	177	6	3.4
2017	760	.320	590	1	0.2	170	4	2.4
2018	756	.321	600	30	5.0	156	5	3.2
2019	589	.334	458	45	9.8	131	27	20.6

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Statcast Running Statistics

Season	Age	Sprint Speed (ft/s)	Pos Rank	Age Rank	Lg Rank	% Rank
2015	31	22.0	81	46	666	2.2
2016	32	21.9	91	37	680	1.7
2017	33	23.1	71	25	650	4.0
2018	34	20.2	91	22	676	0.0
2019	35	22.1	64	13	601	1.5

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Lester relies on 5 pitches. Cutter (34.5%), Four Seamer (30%), Curve (14.9%), Changeup (11.7%), Sinker (8.9%),

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