Jon Lester

P | St. Louis Cardinals Age: 37 (1/7/1984) Throws:

SP Rank #

2021 Season Stats

W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
7-6	141.1	4.71	1.48	14.6%	8.0%	24.0%

Jon Lester P | STL

Four-Seamer | 42%
Changeup | 26%
Cutter | 23%
Curveball | 8%
All

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 All

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	91.2	49.5%	19.8%	46.1%	7.3%	19.0%	26.3%	58.9%	48.0%	28.3%	.268	.297	44.2%
2018	90.9	49.9%	17.8%	50.3%	6.6%	21.0%	27.6%	61.6%	32.9%	35.4%	.256	.270	44.3%
2019	90.3	37.9%	20.9%	49.0%	6.8%	19.0%	25.7%	62.1%	38.8%	33.8%	.316	.336	43.2%
2020	89.2	44.1%	21.6%	50.0%	5.2%	19.8%	25.0%	62.2%	48.4%	37.9%	.271	.261	45.5%
2021	88.6	41.5%	21.8%	49.6%	6.8%	19.2%	26.1%	62.5%	43.4%	30.2%	.311	.323	46.6%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	1,553	392	66	16	1	12	66	34	914	639	.268
2018	1,560	376	54	12	3	14	61	44	961	599	.256
2019	1,154	308	63	10	3	13	46	22	717	437	.316
2020	444	118	18	5	1	5	11	10	276	168	.271
2021	993	256	42	18	0	10	36	23	621	372	.311

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	48.0%	23.2%	28.3%	4.2%	10.2%	68.5%	21.3%	21.7%	22.8%	.297	.326
2018	32.9%	31.6%	35.4%	4.8%	7.2%	62.9%	30.0%	28.3%	18.6%	.270	.307
2019	38.8%	27.4%	33.8%	5.4%	9.6%	63.5%	26.9%	27.4%	17.8%	.336	.372
2020	48.4%	13.7%	37.9%	5.6%	8.4%	63.2%	28.4%	26.3%	14.7%	.261	.299
2021	43.4%	26.5%	30.2%	5.3%	7.9%	65.6%	26.5%	30.7%	15.9%	.323	.357

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	19.8%	46.1%	7.3%	19.0%	26.3%	81.7%	68.1%	86.8%	39.9%	58.9%
2018	17.8%	50.3%	6.6%	21.0%	27.6%	83.8%	69.6%	87.7%	40.6%	61.6%
2019	20.9%	49.0%	6.8%	19.0%	25.7%	84.3%	72.4%	88.3%	43.2%	62.1%
2020	21.6%	50.0%	5.2%	19.8%	25.0%	87.8%	75.0%	92.1%	42.3%	62.2%
2021	21.8%	49.6%	6.8%	19.2%	26.1%	84.2%	73.4%	87.9%	43.3%	62.5%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	23.4%	17.9%	65.3%	54.8%
2018	27.2%	13.6%	67.8%	56.9%
2019	23.8%	15.7%	65.3%	52.6%
2020	22.7%	17.2%	79.7%	58.5%
2021	22.7%	19.1%	72.3%	58.2%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	48.7%	23.2%	28.1%	24.9%	31.2%	43.9%	6.1%	60.9%	31.0%	25.9%	46.1%	12.1%
2018	45.5%	23.3%	31.2%	28.7%	33.5%	37.8%	7.1%	57.2%	33.8%	28.3%	50.3%	11.3%
2019	40.8%	23.0%	36.2%	27.6%	30.1%	42.4%	6.5%	61.8%	31.6%	23.7%	49.0%	14.3%
2020	47.5%	20.9%	31.5%	21.8%	28.8%	49.3%	6.5%	65.5%	33.6%	20.9%	50.0%	18.9%
2021	76.3%	4.2%	19.4%	32.0%	29.6%	38.4%	1.4%	62.9%	30.5%	23.7%	49.6%	16.0%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	84.7	8.7%	42.7%	32.2%	17.9%	8.4%	26.4%	62.3%	50.0%	25.9%	.224	.255	46.2%
2018	85.0	9.2%	39.3%	38.2%	12.8%	7.3%	20.1%	63.5%	47.8%	24.6%	.189	.229	39.9%
2019	84.4	11.8%	37.3%	35.1%	12.5%	6.4%	18.9%	59.3%	62.0%	18.3%	.277	.319	40.9%
2020	83.5	13.5%	34.8%	34.6%	16.2%	8.1%	24.3%	60.3%	63.0%	14.8%	.257	.333	44.1%
2021	83.1	26.1%	35.6%	37.9%	13.1%	8.6%	21.8%	60.6%	45.8%	25.7%	.253	.262	43.8%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	273	84	11	3	0	3	18	7	170	103	.224
2018	288	94	13	3	0	1	19	4	183	105	.189
2019	359	101	21	2	0	3	20	6	213	146	.277
2020	136	38	6	3	0	0	8	3	82	54	.257
2021	625	179	31	6	0	4	19	15	379	246	.253

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	50.0%	24.1%	25.9%	7.1%	25.9%	57.4%	16.7%	33.3%	13.0%	.255	.293
2018	47.8%	27.5%	24.6%	5.9%	10.1%	75.4%	14.5%	40.6%	14.5%	.229	.239
2019	62.0%	19.7%	18.3%	15.4%	22.5%	59.2%	18.3%	42.3%	7.0%	.319	.347
2020	63.0%	22.2%	14.8%	0.0%	14.8%	74.1%	11.1%	29.6%	7.4%	.333	.333
2021	45.8%	28.5%	25.7%	2.7%	6.9%	69.4%	23.6%	27.1%	14.6%	.262	.283

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	42.7%	32.2%	17.9%	8.4%	26.4%	66.7%	58.2%	76.5%	53.8%	62.3%
2018	39.3%	38.2%	12.8%	7.3%	20.1%	77.2%	61.4%	89.1%	56.3%	63.5%
2019	37.3%	35.1%	12.5%	6.4%	18.9%	76.3%	69.0%	82.5%	52.9%	59.3%
2020	34.8%	34.6%	16.2%	8.1%	24.3%	69.0%	51.6%	82.5%	52.2%	60.3%
2021	35.6%	37.9%	13.1%	8.6%	21.8%	74.8%	65.9%	81.3%	52.0%	60.6%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	12.9%	39.2%	36.9%	29.8%
2018	10.4%	33.9%	26.6%	16.0%
2019	9.4%	29.8%	23.8%	16.8%
2020	12.5%	31.9%	15.8%	13.2%
2021	9.9%	31.0%	38.5%	29.1%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	61.9%	19.4%	18.7%	5.9%	15.8%	78.4%	2.6%	51.3%	24.9%	37.4%	32.2%	15.7%
2018	58.3%	27.1%	14.6%	3.8%	21.9%	74.3%	3.1%	50.0%	21.5%	42.0%	38.2%	20.8%
2019	56.0%	27.9%	16.2%	2.8%	15.6%	81.6%	2.8%	53.5%	27.3%	36.5%	35.1%	16.7%
2020	63.2%	25.7%	11.0%	5.1%	12.5%	82.4%	0.7%	52.9%	31.6%	34.6%	34.6%	19.4%
2021	90.4%	1.0%	8.6%	13.0%	21.6%	65.4%	0.2%	61.6%	35.4%	23.2%	37.9%	21.0%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	87.7	28.5%	42.4%	46.7%	13.0%	16.0%	29.0%	71.6%	40.9%	36.0%	.245	.286	54.5%
2018	88.1	25.1%	31.4%	49.2%	10.3%	12.8%	23.1%	67.4%	40.9%	30.5%	.259	.288	48.4%
2019	87.9	34.9%	28.1%	47.5%	9.3%	17.0%	26.4%	66.6%	43.2%	32.8%	.266	.313	46.4%
2020	87.4	29.7%	32.7%	49.8%	9.0%	15.7%	24.7%	68.6%	38.2%	47.1%	.230	.238	47.8%
2021	86.3	23.5%	22.6%	48.7%	7.3%	14.3%	21.6%	61.1%	31.8%	42.1%	.295	.306	44.0%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	893	238	34	13	1	6	51	11	639	254	.245
2018	783	238	40	9	0	8	44	13	528	255	.259
2019	1,062	298	42	18	2	10	67	21	707	355	.266
2020	299	92	11	4	0	5	19	4	205	94	.230
2021	561	148	24	6	0	9	27	12	343	218	.295

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	40.9%	22.6%	36.0%	11.9%	19.5%	65.2%	15.2%	32.9%	14.6%	.286	.310
2018	40.9%	28.7%	30.5%	16.0%	11.6%	70.1%	18.3%	40.2%	13.4%	.288	.320
2019	43.2%	24.0%	32.8%	15.9%	16.1%	55.7%	28.1%	37.5%	14.6%	.313	.346
2020	38.2%	14.7%	47.1%	3.1%	11.8%	63.2%	25.0%	36.8%	16.2%	.238	.294
2021	31.8%	26.2%	42.1%	8.9%	15.0%	57.9%	27.1%	25.2%	15.9%	.306	.364

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	42.4%	46.7%	13.0%	16.0%	29.0%	76.6%	64.9%	84.7%	55.5%	71.6%
2018	31.4%	49.2%	10.3%	12.8%	23.1%	81.1%	71.2%	85.1%	54.7%	67.4%
2019	28.1%	47.5%	9.3%	17.0%	26.4%	81.2%	70.1%	85.9%	49.5%	66.6%
2020	32.7%	49.8%	9.0%	15.7%	24.7%	82.9%	73.5%	87.2%	52.8%	68.6%
2021	22.6%	48.7%	7.3%	14.3%	21.6%	84.4%	76.9%	86.9%	46.9%	61.1%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	19.1%	27.7%	42.0%	35.7%
2018	14.5%	18.5%	35.3%	25.6%
2019	19.7%	18.3%	42.6%	34.9%
2020	19.7%	17.3%	28.3%	21.7%
2021	17.7%	14.2%	45.9%	35.1%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	21.9%	19.9%	58.1%	16.8%	31.2%	52.0%	6.8%	56.3%	37.1%	27.1%	46.7%	14.5%
2018	25.8%	18.0%	56.2%	17.8%	35.1%	47.1%	7.8%	52.7%	38.6%	29.6%	49.2%	18.6%
2019	33.4%	18.5%	48.1%	19.4%	37.4%	43.2%	6.4%	54.1%	33.6%	30.3%	47.5%	16.3%
2020	26.8%	20.1%	53.2%	18.7%	34.8%	46.5%	9.0%	49.2%	36.5%	32.8%	49.8%	21.1%
2021	55.8%	6.6%	37.6%	27.8%	34.8%	37.4%	2.3%	52.2%	34.4%	32.6%	48.7%	15.7%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	75.5	13.1%	36.2%	26.8%	19.7%	15.1%	34.8%	54.0%	54.1%	35.1%	.151	.222