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Jon Lester played 16 major-league seasons (2006-2021) as a P (452). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 22 | BOS | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2008 | 24 | BOS | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2009 | 25 | BOS | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2010 | 26 | BOS | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | -39 |
| 2011 | 27 | BOS | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2012 | 28 | BOS | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2013 | 29 | BOS | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2014 | 30 | BOS|OAK | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2015 | 31 | CHN | 32 | 62 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .065 | .172 | -50 |
| 2016 | 32 | CHN | 33 | 59 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .102 | .337 | -6 |
| 2017 | 33 | CHN | 32 | 54 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | .148 | .463 | 24 |
| 2018 | 34 | CHN | 34 | 59 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .119 | .288 | -21 |
| 2019 | 35 | CHN | 32 | 48 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .188 | .556 | 50 |
| 2021 | 37 | WAS|SLN | 30 | 48 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .167 | .471 | 29 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 22 | BOS | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 81.1 | 60 | 43 | 4.76 | 96 |
| 2007 | 23 | BOS | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 50 | 31 | 4.57 | 99 |
| 2008 | 24 | BOS | 33 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 210.1 | 152 | 66 | 3.21 | 135 |
| 2009 | 25 | BOS | 32 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 203.1 | 225 | 64 | 3.41 | 131 |
| 2010 | 26 | BOS | 32 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 208 | 225 | 83 | 3.25 | 128 |
| 2011 | 27 | BOS | 31 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 191.2 | 182 | 75 | 3.47 | 117 |
| 2012 | 28 | BOS | 33 | 33 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 205.1 | 166 | 68 | 4.82 | 85 |
| 2013 | 29 | BOS | 33 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 213.1 | 177 | 67 | 3.75 | 106 |
| 2014 | 30 | BOS|OAK | 32 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 219.2 | 220 | 48 | 2.46 | 155 |
| 2015 | 31 | CHN | 32 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 205 | 207 | 47 | 3.34 | 117 |
| 2016 | 32 | CHN | 32 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 202.2 | 197 | 52 | 2.44 | 170 |
| 2017 | 33 | CHN | 32 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 180.2 | 180 | 60 | 4.33 | 100 |
| 2018 | 34 | CHN | 32 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 181.2 | 149 | 64 | 3.32 | 121 |
| 2019 | 35 | CHN | 31 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 171.2 | 165 | 52 | 4.46 | 98 |
| 2020 | 36 | CHN | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 42 | 17 | 5.16 | 86 |
| 2021 | 37 | WAS|SLN | 28 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 141.1 | 91 | 55 | 4.71 | 89 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | P | 15 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | P | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | P | 33 | 33 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | P | 32 | 32 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | P | 32 | 32 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | P | 31 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | P | 33 | 33 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | P | 33 | 33 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | P | 32 | 32 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | P | 32 | 32 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | P | 32 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | P | 32 | 32 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | P | 32 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | P | 31 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | P | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | P | 28 | 28 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Jon Lester won: Babe Ruth Award 2016 (ML), NLCS MVP 2016 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2018, 2016, 2014, 2010.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cy Young Award | AL | 4 | 33 / 196 | 0 |
| 2014 | Cy Young Award | AL | 4 | 46 / 210 | 0 |
| 2016 | Cy Young Award | NL | 2 | 102 / 210 | 1 |
| 2018 | Cy Young Award | NL | 9 | 2 / 210 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.