Season
Age
2015
31
3185
566
25
4.4
3.0
87.1
115.0
9.5
31.3
.225
.343
.289
.277
.340
28.4
25.0
5.7
3.34
3.12
2016
32
3161
541
22
4.1
2.8
87.4
112.6
11.6
31.2
.220
.339
.264
.272
.328
29.2
24.7
6.5
2.44
3.07
2017
33
3131
519
28
5.4
3.7
86.4
111.1
10.3
34.1
.241
.392
.320
.304
.365
29.5
23.6
7.9
4.33
3.95
2018
34
3121
542
36
6.6
4.7
88.7
113.1
13.7
38.9
.268
.449
.319
.342
.393
35.4
19.6
8.4
3.32
5.06
2019
35
3043
542
40
7.4
5.2
88.6
112.2
12.2
37.1
.274
.456
.344
.337
.402
34.7
21.6
6.8
4.46
5.09
2020
36
1008
203
25
12.3
9.4
88.9
112.5
11.9
34.0
.279
.517
.333
.363
.405
38.9
15.8
6.4
5.16
5.81
2021
37
2380
478
37
7.7
5.9
88.3
116.0
10.4
33.5
.274
.453
.352
.343
.370
37.2
14.5
8.8
4.71
5.09
Player
19029
3391
213
6.3
4.4
87.8
116.0
11.3
34.3
.251
.409
.314
.314
.369
32.7
21.5
7.2
MLB
6.9
4.7
88.4
122.4
12.2
33.1
.245
.406
.316
.315
.369
36.3
22.2
8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.
Lester relies on 5 pitches.
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Pitch %
Average Pitch Velocity
Average Exit Velocity
Average Launch Angle
Average Spin Rate
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Barrel %
Hard Hit %
Swing %
Swing & Miss %
In Zone %
Out Zone %
Edge %
In Zone Swing %
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Avg Release Horizontal (ft)
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xBA
xSLG
xwOBA
BA
Slg
wOBA
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K %
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Month
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Right
Left
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Count
0-0
0-1
0-2
1-0
1-1
1-2
2-0
2-1
2-2
3-0
3-1
3-2
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2021
2020
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2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
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Season
2015
50.5
17.0
25.6
6.9
37.3
36.0
25.6
4.2
38.7
21.9
24.2
3.5
4.4
3.0
2016
47.5
19.4
25.9
7.2
40.7
32.9
26.4
3.5
36.4
23.7
23.8
4.6
4.1
2.8
2017
47.8
20.6
26.8
4.8
34.5
40.8
24.7
4.2
35.5
21.4
25.8
5.6
5.4
3.7
2018
40.0
23.2
30.3
6.5
40.0
37.6
21.8
2.2
30.3
25.3
26.2
7.2
6.6
4.7
2019
43.9
20.7
29.9
5.5
38.7
37.6
23.6
3.3
31.0
22.5
28.6
5.7
7.4
5.2
2020
48.3
29.1
17.7
4.9
35.5
41.4
23.2
4.4
33.0
22.7
22.7
4.9
12.3
9.4
2021
44.8
25.5
24.3
5.4
35.8
41.2
23.0
5.4
34.5
23.4
22.8
6.1
7.7
5.9
Player
45.9
21.4
26.6
6.0
37.7
37.8
24.2
3.8
34.3
23.0
25.1
5.4
6.3
4.4
MLB
44.6
23.5
24.8
7.0
37.0
37.5
25.3
3.9
32.8
24.7
24.4
5.8
6.9
4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.
Similar Pitchers to Jon Lester:
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.
Year
Pitch Type
2021
Changeup
429
81.3
71
12.7
11:00
9:45
75
2021
Curveball
201
72.6
66
13.7
4:00
4:15
-15
2021
Cutter
607
86.4
55
9.9
11:15
12:30
-75
2021
4-Seam Fastball
735
88.7
76
14.9
11:00
11:15
-15
2021
Sinker
394
87.6
73
13.8
11:00
9:45
75
2020
Changeup
114
83.2
80
15.1
10:45
9:45
60
2020
Curveball
122
73.4
63
13.4
4:00
4:00
0
2020
Cutter
262
87.4
59
10.0
11:15
12:15
-60
2020
4-Seam Fastball
269
89.3
82
16.3
10:45
11:00
-15
2020
Sinker
137
88.4
82
15.4
10:45
9:45
60
2021
2020
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2008
937
3,570
23
28
-6
-10
35
2009
863
3,477
12
43
-18
-11
27
2010
859
3,350
15
38
-17
-16
20
2011
795
3,170
11
28
-17
-15
7
2012
874
3,415
0
19
-18
-14
-13
2013
1036
4,082
17
28
-25
-14
6
2014
916
3,602
16
31
-13
-11
23
2015
879
3,397
7
32
-10
-12
17
2016
932
3,670
34
43
-14
-15
47
2017
814
3,367
-8
36
-15
-16
-3
2018
776
3,194
10
40
-24
-16
11
2019
764
3,042
-13
35
-22
-13
-13
2020
265
1,008
1
12
-8
-7
-2
2021
622
2,380
2
20
-28
-12
-17
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Season
2015
3,185
43.7
65.6
84.4
30.5
57.9
41.8
61.3
45.9
24.2
5.9
77.1
2016
3,161
46.5
67.9
84.6
29.1
56.2
42.5
63.1
47.1
23.8
6.2
73.0
2017
3,131
43.3
67.2
82.4
28.8
59.1
44.5
58.1
45.4
25.0
5.4
80.6
2018
3,121
47.4
68.1
84.6
22.7
61.8
42.0
57.4
44.3
20.3
6.7
80.8
2019
3,043
44.0
68.2
84.1
28.1
66.8
43.3
58.9
45.7
21.0
5.0
81.6
2020
1,008
44.4
67.4
88.1
25.9
67.6
40.9
58.9
44.3
18.1
6.1
82.0
2021
2,380
44.0
70.5
83.4
27.4
69.6
42.6
56.9
46.4
20.0
5.9
86.5
Player
19,029
44.8
67.8
84.2
27.8
61.7
42.7
59.4
45.7
22.3
5.9
79.7
MLB
48.6
66.9
82.0
28.4
58.0
42.6
60.9
47.1
24.8
7.3
76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.
Year
2015
80
73
76
75
83
19
67
78
85
78
78
63
60
45
46
63
58
2016
87
81
83
79
89
32
83
78
86
75
72
56
51
42
57
64
74
2017
61
55
58
57
65
17
60
69
78
63
57
55
63
23
37
56
75
2018
14
13
15
20
20
9
45
37
48
31
46
17
4
22
47
64
69
2019
24
13
25
38
34
6
41
50
65
41
71
17
39
12
43
64
72
2020
14
14
8
10
34
1
7
38
38
9
77
4
31
7
31
55
68
2021
19
14
22
33
17
10
51
60
62
4
42
9
45
3
27
45
64
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2016
20.8
24
20.1
4
12
10
11
45.8
2017
21.6
27
27.4
0
14
23
11
40.7
2018
22.9
24
24.3
0
12
19
9
37.5
2019
23.1
26
23.9
2
14
16
11
42.3
2020
22.5
11
9.3
2
7
6
4
36.4
2021
22.9
25
24.5
1
9
16
12
48.0
Player
22.3
137
129.5
8
68
90
58
42.3
Year
HR
2016
24
22
19
22
21
17
21
20
17
16
19
25
20
18
17
21
15
17
24
20
19
21
23
25
17
17
18
26
24
23
18
2017
27
28
23
28
33
27
33
26
24
20
30
37
22
26
28
27
22
24
28
30
27
28
34
30
24
23
25
35
30
29
22
2018
24
29
23
22
26
25
28
22
21
22
25
32
25
23
25
24
23
21
23
27
25
20
30
26
23
19
24
26
26
24
20
2019
26
28
19
22
27
24
29
24
19
16
22
27
27
24
23
21
21
19
25
27
25
28
27
29
23
20
21
30
31
23
15
2020
11
10
11
10
8
10
11
8
6
6
7
11
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
11
12
12
10
8
7
10
10
11
9
8
2021
25
32
23
19
28
22
28
23
19
15
19
24
20
20
23
30
20
21
28
26
23
32
32
31
19
22
30
27
26
26
27
Player
137
149
118
123
143
125
150
123
106
95
122
156
123
120
125
132
110
111
138
140
130
141
158
151
114
108
128
154
148
134
110
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of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and
environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was
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Metric
Fastball Velocity
91.2
91.7
0.5
↑
89.9
-1.8
↓
90.0
0.1
↑
89.1
-0.9
↓
88.4
-0.7
↓
87.6
-0.8
↓
Offspeed Velocity
85.1
85.4
0.3
↑
84.6
-0.8
↓
84.9
0.3
↑
84.3
-0.6
↓
83.3
-1.0
↓
81.3
-2.0
↓
Breaking Velocity
75.5
75.0
-0.5
↓
75.6
0.6
↑
74.8
-0.8
↓
74.5
-0.3
↓
73.4
-1.1
↓
72.6
-0.8
↓
Exit Velocity
87.1
87.4
0.3
↑
86.4
-1.0
↓
88.7
2.3
↑
88.6
-0.1
↓
88.9
0.3
↑
88.3
-0.6
↓
Launch Angle
9.5
11.6
2.1
↑
10.3
-1.3
↓
13.7
3.4
↑
12.2
-1.5
↓
11.9
-0.3
↓
10.4
-1.5
↓
Barrel %
4.4
4.1
-0.3
↓
5.4
1.3
↑
6.6
1.2
↑
7.4
0.8
↑
12.3
4.9
↑
7.7
-4.6
↓
Hard Hit %
28.4
29.2
0.8
↑
29.5
0.3
↑
35.4
5.9
↑
34.7
-0.7
↓
38.9
4.2
↑
37.2
-1.7
↓
Sweet Spot %
31.3
31.2
-0.1
↓
34.1
2.9
↑
38.9
4.8
↑
37.1
-1.8
↓
34.0
-3.1
↓
33.5
-0.5
↓
xBA
.225
.220
-0.005
↓
.241
0.021
↑
.268
0.027
↑
.274
0.006
↑
.279
0.005
↑
.274
-0.005
↓
BA
.240
.211
-0.029
↓
.259
0.048
↑
.256
-0.003
↓
.294
0.038
↑
.262
-0.032
↓
.285
0.023
↑
xwOBA
.277
.272
-0.005
↓
.304
0.032
↑
.342
0.038
↑
.337
-0.005
↓
.363
0.026
↑
.343
-0.020
↓
wOBA
.289
.264
-0.025
↓
.320
0.056
↑
.319
-0.001
↓
.344
0.025
↑
.333
-0.011
↓
.352
0.019
↑
xSLG
.343
.339
-0.004
↓
.392
0.053
↑
.449
0.057
↑
.456
0.007
↑
.517
0.061
↑
.453
-0.064
↓
SLG
.373
.334
-0.039
↓
.430
0.096
↑
.410
-0.020
↓
.470
0.060
↑
.459
-0.011
↓
.478
0.019
↑
K%
25.0
24.7
-0.3
↓
23.6
-1.1
↓
19.6
-4.0
↓
21.6
2.0
↑
15.8
-5.8
↓
14.5
-1.3
↓
BB%
5.7
6.5
0.8
↑
7.9
1.4
↑
8.4
0.5
↑
6.8
-1.6
↓
6.4
-0.4
↓
8.8
2.4
↑
Swing %
45.9
47.1
1.2
↑
45.4
-1.7
↓
44.3
-1.1
↓
45.7
1.4
↑
44.3
-1.4
↓
46.4
2.1
↑
Whiff%
24.2
23.8
-0.4
↓
25.0
1.2
↑
20.3
-4.7
↓
21.0
0.7
↑
18.1
-2.9
↓
20.0
1.9
↑
In Zone %
43.7
46.5
2.8
↑
43.3
-3.2
↓
47.4
4.1
↑
44.0
-3.4
↓
44.4
0.4
↑
44.0
-0.4
↓
Out of Zone %
56.3
53.5
-2.8
↓
56.7
3.2
↑
52.6
-4.1
↓
56.0
3.4
↑
55.6
-0.4
↓
56.0
0.4
↑
Out of Zone Swing %
30.5
29.1
-1.4
↓
28.8
-0.3
↓
22.7
-6.1
↓
28.1
5.4
↑
25.9
-2.2
↓
27.4
1.5
↑
First Pitch Swing %
28.2
30.7
2.5
↑
26.3
-4.4
↓
24.2
-2.1
↓
27.6
3.4
↑
25.7
-1.9
↓
29.2
3.5
↑
First Pitch Strike %
61.3
63.1
1.8
↑
58.1
-5.0
↓
57.4
-0.7
↓
58.9
1.5
↑
58.9
0.0
56.9
-2.0
↓
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Year Alignment Type 2016 Shifts 777 .261 600 20 3.3 177 22 12.4 2017 Shifts 758 .320 589 4 0.7 169 9 5.3 2018 Shifts 756 .321 600 70 11.7 156 17 10.9 2019 Shifts 764 .344 588 59 10.0 176 34 19.3 2020 Shifts 265 .333 232 72 31.0 33 19 57.6 2021 Shifts 622 .352 492 85 17.3 130 49 37.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift:
three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of
their typical responsible slices of the field.
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2010 1020 17.0 24.2% 2.5% 551 24.0 0.4% 12.7% 2011 891 17.7 17.8% 2.7% 510 25.5 0.0% 16.5% 2012 958 16.5 31.8% 1.4% 605 24.6 0.3% 12.2% 2013 1002 16.1 37.3% 1.2% 636 23.8 0.8% 9.9% 2014 1061 16.6 31.0% 2.0% 574 22.7 0.0% 10.3% 2015 953 17.6 28.9% 4.5% 535 24.1 3.4% 23.0% 2016 1017 18.0 24.4% 4.8% 444 24.3 1.6% 25.7% 2017 974 15.9 40.7% 1.0% 501 22.8 0.2% 8.0% 2018 974 16.3 35.1% 0.7% 536 22.0 0.7% 10.4% 2019 854 17.0 28.3% 1.4% 577 23.7 0.0% 8.3% 2020 303 16.7 31.4% 0.7% 187 23.4 0.0% 6.4% 2021 706 16.6 30.9% 1.4% 414 23.5 0.2% 11.6%
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