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Jon Lester

Red Sox Career team 2006–2014
Number #31
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 42
Height 6' 4"
Weight 249 lbs
Birth Place Tacoma, WA
Born Jan 7, 1984

Key Insights

2021
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Cody Bellinger has hit .583/.615/1.250 against Lester over 13 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

7 for 12 with 2 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .745 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Lester has struck Carlos Gonzalez out 6 times in 11 plate appearances, 54.5% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Lucas Duda squares Lester up like nobody else: 107.0 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 88.3 across the hitters he has faced.

9 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Lester throws than Jeff Francoeur: 68% of the swings between them come up empty.

12 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 92 matchups on his own record.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Carlos Ruiz is 0 for 13 against Lester, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

13 career plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Lester has faced Joey Votto more than any other hitter: 59 plate appearances, and Joey Votto has hit .226/.305/.453 in them.

12 hits, 2 home runs and 12 strikeouts across 59 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 7, 1984
Birth Place Tacoma, WA
Height 6' 4"
Weight 249 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left