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Jon Lester

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Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	1/7/1984 (38)
Height, Weight	6'4", 240 lb
Hometown	Tacoma, WA

2021 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%				FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	xERA	xwOBA
	7-6	141.1	4.71	1.52	14.5%	8.8%	24.0%				88.7	9.3%	28.4%	45.8%	5.71	.384

	76^th 6 W	65^th 112 IP	129^th 4.48 ERA	161^st 1.31 WHIP	190^th 22.4% K%	138^th 8.0% BB%	197^th 28.4% CSW%				196^th 93.1 FB MPH	173^rd 11.9% SwStr%	136^th 26.8% HC%	86^th 44.8% GB%	179^th 4.48 xERA	179^th .340 xwOBA

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2022 Projection

W	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
8	145	4.78	1.46	17.3%	8.1%

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Show 2021 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	xBABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%
2018	CHC	32	32	181.2	18	6	3.32	4.68	4.38	4.35	1.31	8.6	19.6%	8.4%	.294	.310	24.8%	41.4%	14.5%	80.3%	9.0%	26.3%
2019	CHC	31	31	171.2	13	10	4.46	4.99	4.25	4.36	1.50	10.8	21.6%	6.8%	.350	.338	24.0%	47.2%	17.1%	71.4%	9.6%	26.5%
2020	CHC	12	12	61.0	3	3	5.16	5.25	5.14	5.19	1.33	9.4	15.8%	6.4%	.277	.290	28.9%	45.8%	15.5%	71.4%	8.0%	25.2%
2021	WSH/STL	28	28	141.1	7	6	4.71	5.71	5.42	5.08	1.52	10.1	14.5%	8.8%	.300	.314	28.4%	45.8%	17.5%	73.1%	9.3%	24.0%
SP MLB AVG		21	21	112.0	6	7	4.48	4.48	4.46	4.43	1.31	8.7	22.4%	8.0%	.292	.307	26.8%	44.8%	15.8%	72.8%	11.9%	28.5%
4 Years		103	103	555.2	41	25	4.23	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.42	9.8	18.5%	7.8%	.311	.317	25.9%	44.9%	16.2%	74.6%	9.2%	25.6%

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 29%
Cutter | 27%
Changeup | 18%
Sinker | 16%
Curveball | 8%
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2018 2019 2020 2021 All

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	91.0	45.3%	17.4%	48.4%	6.4%	22.4%	28.8%	62.4%	57.5%	30.6%	38.3%	.267	.367	.290	17.5%	.295	.397	29.1%	2,230
2019	90.5	27.4%	21.2%	46.2%	6.2%	21.3%	27.6%	63.1%	55.9%	34.4%	40.9%	.311	.380	.350	17.5%	.307	.382	27.7%	2,250
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%	.341	.498	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%	.367	.463	32.0%	2,179
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%	.280	.377	30.5%	2,245

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2018	.295	.397	.325	.349	29.1%	10.0%	43.4%	29.5%	91.2	89.1	18.4	0.6	1.3	2.8	5.6	6.3	2,230
2019	.307	.382	.343	.355	27.7%	10.4%	44.2%	31.9%	89.0	90.1	17.3	0.6	1.3	2.7	5.6	6.3	2,250
2020	.341	.498	.272	.469	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	.367	.463	.384	.433	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 AVG	.280	.377	.308	.336	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	1,413	312	43	12	1	14	57	41	2	0	882	531	.267	.481	.367
2019	834	213	40	6	3	11	42	17	0	0	526	308	.311	.544	.380
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 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	30.6%	32.5%	38.3%	9.1%	17.5%	45.9%	22.0%	33.5%	18.6%	3.8%	20.6%	33.0%	26.3%	7.7%	44.0%
2019	34.4%	24.7%	40.9%	9.7%	17.5%	40.3%	27.9%	32.5%	17.0%	5.8%	19.5%	30.5%	27.9%	5.8%	39.6%
2020	31.7%	21.7%	46.7%	15.0%	17.9%	48.3%	21.7%	30.0%	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%	44.4%	26.2%	29.4%	16.3%	7.1%	23.8%	24.6%	28.6%	7.1%	41.3%
SP MLB AVG	35.9%	23.6%	40.5%	12.1%	15.4%	38.3%	22.4%	39.6%	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	29.1%	10.0%	43.4%	29.5%	.267	.367	.290	.338	.295	.397	.325	.349	91.2	89.1	18.4
2019	27.7%	10.4%	44.2%	31.9%	.311	.380	.350	.397	.307	.382	.343	.355	89.0	90.1	17.3
2020	38.4%	21.7%	45.0%	37.0%	.286	.413	.241	.305	.341	.498	.272	.469	92.7	92.2	20.4
2021	32.0%	8.7%	44.4%	33.1%	.354	.433	.381	.421	.367	.463	.384	.433	88.2	89.2	14.1
SP MLB AVG	30.5%	9.9%	41.7%	28.7%	.268	.354	.299	.343	.280	.377	.308	.336	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	17.4%	48.4%	6.4%	22.4%	28.8%	62.4%	57.5%	16.1%	40.1%	83.9%	68.5%	88.4%	29.8%	15.6%	58.9%	50.5%
2019	21.2%	46.2%	6.2%	21.3%	27.6%	63.1%	55.9%	14.9%	41.7%	85.1%	73.7%	89.3%	27.8%	20.0%	55.6%	47.2%
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 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	43.2%	23.4%	33.4%	34.0%	30.5%	35.5%	6.4%	23.8%	52.8%	56.6%	33.6%	29.1%	48.4%	10.9%	13.9%
2019	35.6%	22.2%	42.2%	36.9%	30.9%	32.1%	6.2%	31.1%	46.8%	57.3%	30.0%	28.2%	46.2%	12.1%	17.4%
2020	39.9%	24.1%	36.1%	27.8%	32.6%	39.5%	8.2%	31.3%	44.7%	64.6%	34.4%	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%	31.4%	25.0%	48.9%	14.0%	13.7%
SP MLB AVG	32.9%	27.6%	39.4%	46.6%	28.0%	25.4%	7.9%	30.7%	41.7%	58.4%	28.7%	27.9%	51.3%	14.0%	16.9%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	88.1	24.6%	32.0%	46.6%	10.4%	12.8%	23.2%	66.9%	59.8%	42.5%	29.4%	.271	.320	.318	14.9%	.268	.322	22.7%	2,380
2019	87.8	33.3%	30.1%	44.5%	9.5%	17.3%	26.8%	66.7%	60.2%	45.6%	30.6%	.274	.337	.333	18.2%	.262	.324	23.4%	2,390
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%	.246	.302	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%	.277	.364	25.1%	2,295
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%	.295	.371	25.6%	2,329

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2018	.268	.322	.318	.294	22.7%	5.6%	37.5%	27.3%	85.3	82.3	14.1	0.2	0.9	2.9	5.7	6.1	2,380
2019	.262	.324	.317	.294	23.4%	7.8%	39.4%	26.8%	86.7	83.9	12.0	0.2	0.9	2.8	5.6	6.1	2,390
2020	.246	.302	.280	.277	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	.277	.364	.286	.332	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 AVG	.295	.371	.329	.341	25.6%	8.6%	38.4%	27.2%	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	768	220	40	8	0	7	45	13	2	0	514	254	.271	.414	.320
2019	1,013	265	39	15	2	10	65	18	2	1	676	337	.274	.477	.337
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 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	42.5%	28.1%	29.4%	10.0%	14.9%	50.6%	20.6%	29.4%	22.9%	6.3%	30.6%	25.6%	25.6%	6.3%	38.8%
2019	45.6%	23.9%	30.6%	8.3%	18.2%	51.7%	17.8%	31.1%	22.2%	6.7%	30.6%	23.3%	26.7%	5.0%	37.2%
2020	36.0%	18.7%	45.3%	6.7%	14.7%	52.0%	14.7%	34.7%	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%	48.3%	20.8%	30.8%	21.2%	6.7%	27.5%	28.3%	22.5%	5.8%	36.7%
SP MLB AVG	40.4%	23.2%	36.4%	8.9%	17.4%	51.2%	19.8%	29.2%	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	22.7%	5.6%	37.5%	27.3%	.271	.320	.318	.348	.268	.322	.318	.294	85.3	82.3	14.1
2019	23.4%	7.8%	39.4%	26.8%	.274	.337	.333	.371	.262	.324	.317	.294	86.7	83.9	12.0
2020	26.5%	6.7%	38.2%	28.2%	.227	.297	.239	.289	.246	.302	.280	.277	86.8	85.3	16.5
2021	25.1%	9.2%	37.5%	26.9%	.287	.367	.306	.358	.277	.364	.286	.332	86.4	82.6	16.8
SP MLB AVG	25.6%	8.6%	38.4%	27.2%	.277	.340	.308	.344	.295	.371	.329	.341	88.0	86.6	14.7

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	32.0%	46.6%	10.4%	12.8%	23.2%	66.9%	59.8%	19.2%	54.2%	80.8%	70.2%	85.6%	14.5%	18.9%	65.5%	47.9%
2019	30.1%	44.5%	9.5%	17.3%	26.8%	66.7%	60.2%	19.2%	49.5%	80.8%	71.0%	85.8%	20.1%	20.1%	62.6%	51.3%
2020	33.5%	49.5%	9.4%	15.0%	24.5%	69.3%	62.4%	17.3%	54.2%	82.7%	72.2%	87.4%	19.1%	18.3%	62.5%	47.9%
2021	24.5%	46.1%	7.2%	14.7%	22.0%	61.6%	55.0%	15.4%	46.9%	84.6%	76.7%	87.7%	17.4%	18.4%	52.9%