Jon Lester

Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	1/7/1984 (39)
Height, Weight	6'4", 240 lb
Hometown	Tacoma, WA

2021 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	6 W	112 IP	4.48 ERA	1.30 WHIP	22.4% K%	8.0% BB%	28.5% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	-	-	-	-	-	-

	93.1 FB MPH	11.9% SwStr%	26.8% HC%	44.8% GB%	4.90 PLV	4.47 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Show 2021 MLB Percentile | Show 2021 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	CHC	32	32	181.2	18	6	3.32	-	4.40	-	1.31	8.6	19.6%	8.4%	.294	-	-	1.19	-	80.3%	9.0%	26.3%	-
2019	CHC	31	31	171.2	13	10	4.46	-	4.27	-	1.50	10.8	21.6%	6.8%	.350	-	-	1.36	-	71.4%	9.6%	26.5%	-
2020	CHC	12	12	61.0	3	3	5.16	4.23	5.14	5.19	1.33	9.4	15.8%	6.4%	.277	28.9%	45.8%	1.62	15.5%	71.4%	8.0%	25.2%	4.75
2021	WSH/STL	28	28	141.1	7	6	4.71	5.57	5.42	5.08	1.51	10.1	14.5%	8.8%	.300	28.4%	45.8%	1.59	17.5%	73.1%	9.3%	24.0%	4.70
SP MLB Percentile		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG		21	21	112.0	6	7	4.48	4.47	4.46	4.43	1.30	8.7	22.4%	8.0%	.292	26.8%	44.8%	-	15.8%	72.8%	11.9%	28.5%	4.90
4 Years		103	103	555.2	41	25	4.23	-	-	-	1.42	9.8	18.5%	7.8%	.311	19.1%	45.8%	1.39	40.2%	74.6%	9.2%	25.6%	4.71

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 29%
Cutter | 27%
Changeup | 18%
Sinker | 16%
Curveball | 8%
All Pitches

2018 2019 2020 2021 All

Show 2021 MLB Percentile | Show 2021 MLB Average

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	91.1	13.5%	-	-	8.3%	24.6%	32.9%	64.0%	60.7%	-	-	.189	.293	.204	-	-	-	-	-
2019	90.5	14.8%	-	-	5.3%	22.2%	27.5%	60.5%	53.4%	-	-	.311	.382	.347	-	-	-	-	-
2020	89.4	28.9%	14.4%	49.8%	3.1%	23.4%	26.5%	62.5%	56.4%	31.7%	46.7%	.286	.413	.241	17.9%	.281	.394	38.4%	2,209
2021	88.7	29.5%	18.4%	48.9%	7.3%	21.5%	28.8%	63.1%	55.8%	37.3%	33.3%	.354	.433	.381	19.0%	.359	.450	32.0%	2,179
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	93.1	40.9%	25.3%	51.3%	9.6%	18.1%	27.7%	65.4%	59.7%	35.9%	40.5%	.268	.354	.299	15.4%	.269	.361	30.5%	2,245

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.281	.394	.251	.368	38.4%	21.7%	45.0%	37.0%	92.7	92.2	20.4	5.1	8.9	2.5	5.5	6.6	2,209
2021	.359	.450	.381	.481	32.0%	8.7%	44.4%	33.1%	88.2	89.2	14.1	3.7	8.6	2.3	5.7	6.5	2,179
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.269	.361	.298	.408	30.5%	9.9%	41.7%	28.7%	90.0	88.3	18.0	4.8	9.3	-0.5	5.8	6.3	2,245

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	422	87	7	4	0	3	18	12	0	0	270	152	.189	.365	.293
2019	451	115	23	2	1	6	22	12	0	0	273	178	.311	.524	.382
2020	291	73	8	4	1	5	4	9	0	0	182	109	.286	.619	.413
2021	701	169	32	11	0	8	24	18	1	0	442	259	.354	.597	.433
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	653	159	22	8	1	7	34	15	1	0	434	219	.268	.478	.354

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.1%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	31.7%	21.7%	46.7%	15.0%	17.9%	40.0%	31.7%	28.3%	15.5%	3.3%	18.3%	33.3%	20.0%	3.3%	36.7%
2021	37.3%	29.4%	33.3%	9.5%	19.0%	38.1%	38.9%	23.0%	16.3%	7.1%	23.8%	24.6%	28.6%	7.1%	41.3%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	35.9%	23.6%	40.5%	12.1%	15.4%	30.9%	37.5%	31.5%	20.9%	4.5%	23.0%	30.8%	24.3%	7.6%	38.6%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.189	.293	.204	.246	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.311	.382	.347	.395	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	38.4%	21.7%	45.0%	37.0%	.286	.413	.241	.305	.281	.394	.251	.368	92.7	92.2	20.4
2021	32.0%	8.7%	44.4%	33.1%	.354	.433	.381	.421	.359	.450	.381	.481	88.2	89.2	14.1
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	30.5%	9.9%	41.7%	28.7%	.268	.354	.299	.343	.269	.361	.298	.408	90.0	88.3	18.0

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	8.3%	24.6%	32.9%	64.0%	60.7%	21.1%	39.3%	78.9%	-	-	32.5%	-	61.8%	53.7%
2019	-	-	5.3%	22.2%	27.5%	60.5%	53.4%	13.9%	38.4%	86.1%	-	-	27.6%	-	55.0%	44.3%
2020	14.4%	49.8%	3.1%	23.4%	26.5%	62.5%	56.4%	7.9%	39.2%	92.1%	90.5%	92.5%	26.1%	15.4%	60.6%	45.0%
2021	18.4%	48.9%	7.3%	21.5%	28.8%	63.1%	55.8%	17.5%	41.5%	82.5%	69.7%	86.2%	26.8%	18.9%	60.6%	50.6%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	25.3%	51.3%	9.6%	18.1%	27.7%	65.4%	59.7%	20.2%	47.3%	79.8%	69.7%	83.4%	23.1%	21.2%	62.7%	51.6%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	54.0%	15.6%	30.3%	-	9.6%	14.1%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57.0%	15.5%	27.5%	-	13.2%	17.7%
2020	39.9%	24.1%	36.1%	27.8%	32.6%	39.5%	8.2%	31.3%	44.7%	64.6%	13.1%	22.3%	49.8%	18.1%	6.2%
2021	41.4%	21.1%	37.5%	30.7%	32.1%	37.2%	6.7%	23.4%	55.5%	60.1%	15.0%	25.0%	48.9%	14.0%	13.7%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	32.9%	27.6%	39.4%	46.6%	28.0%	25.4%	7.9%	30.7%	41.7%	58.4%	13.7%	27.9%	51.3%	14.0%	16.9%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	422	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	451	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	291	4.66	1,357	37.8%	19.2%	43.0%	-5.2%	0.3	5.65	-1
2021	701	4.77	3,312	36.4%	20.9%	42.7%	-6.3%	9.6	5.10	+10
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	653	4.79	3,131	38.5%	21.1%	40.4%	-1.9%	-2.2	-	-4

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	88.0	6.6%	-	-	12.6%	11.2%	23.8%	65.0%	56.8%	-	-	.340	.381	.457	-	-	-	-	-
2019	87.8	18.6%	-	-	9.2%	19.3%	28.5%	68.0%	61.6%	-	-	.257	.328	.316	-	-	-	-	-
2020	87.4	31.7%	33.5%	49.5%	9.4%	15.0%	24.5%	69.3%	62.4%	36.0%	45.3%	.227	.297	.239	14.7%	.236	.297	26.5%	2,326
2021	86.5	27.4%	24.5%	46.1%	7.2%	14.7%	22.0%	61.6%	55.0%	36.7%	38.3%	.287	.367	.306	19.6%	.267	.341	25.1%	2,295
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	87.6	20.0%	29.8%	46.4%	11.5%	14.7%	26.3%	64.3%	58.2%	40.4%	36.4%	.277	.340	.308	17.4%	.279	.348	26.1%	2,329

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.236	.297	.262	.348	26.5%	6.7%	38.2%	28.2%	86.8	85.3	16.5	0.9	6.5	2.5	5.6	6.6	2,326
2021	.267	.341	.287	.388	25.1%	9.2%	37.5%	26.9%	86.4	82.6	16.8	1.0	6.3	2.3	5.7	6.5	2,295
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.279	.348	.307	.400	26.1%	8.6%	40.9%	29.2%	88.0	86.6	14.7	1.7	4.5	-0.5	5.7	6.3	2,329

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	206	56	13	3	0	1	14	6	0	0	134	72	.340	.460	.381
2019	565	152	20	8	2	6	39	9	2	0	384	181	.257	.471	.328
2020	319	103	13	4	0	5	21	5	1	0	221	98	.227	.423	.297
2021	651	167	26	8	0	9	32	13	2	0	401	250	.287	.520	.367
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	255	67	10	3	0	2	12	5	1	0	170	85	.277	.477	.340

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	36.0%	18.7%	45.3%	6.7%	14.7%	43.4%	32.9%	23.7%	21.0%	6.7%	24.0%	30.7%	21.3%	10.7%	41.3%
2021	36.7%	25.0%	38.3%	15.8%	19.6%	39.2%	35.8%	25.0%	21.2%	6.7%	27.5%	28.3%	22.5%	5.8%	36.7%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	40.4%	23.2%	36.4%	8.9%	17.4%	43.8%	34.5%	21.7%	20.1%	4.4%	27.7%	29.0%	25.5%	4.8%	39.1%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.340	.381	.457	.472	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.257	.328	.316	.356	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	26.5%	6.7%	38.2%	28.2%	.227	.297	.239	.289	.236	.297	.262	.348	86.8	85.3	16.5
2021	25.1%	9.2%	37.5%	26.9%	.287	.367	.306	.358	.267	.341	.287	.388	86.4	82.6	16.8
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	26.1%	8.6%	40.9%	29.2%	.277	.340	.308	.344	.279	.348	.307	.400	88.0	86.6	14.7