Illustration of Jon Lester wearing the Boston Red Sox uniform

Jon Lester

Red Sox
P
Position
Jan 7, 1984
Birthdate
6'4"
Height
240 lbs
Weight
16 years
Experience
3x
WS Champ
1x
NLCS MVP
Career Regular Season
200-117
Record
3.66
ERA
2,488
SO
892
BB
1.28
WHIP
2740.0
IP
452
G
451
GS
0
SV
8.2
K/9
Career Postseason
9-7
Record
2.51
ERA
133
SO
40
BB
1.02
WHIP
154.0
IP
26
G
22
GS
0
SV
7.8
K/9

Summary

Jon Lester played 16 seasons for 5 teams, including the Red Sox and Cubs. He had 200 wins, 117 losses, an ERA of 3.66 and 2,488 strikeouts. He won 1 League Championship MVP award and 3 World Series.

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More Red Sox Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

9

Contreras

Willson Contreras

RBI

25

Contreras

Willson Contreras

AVG

.307

Abreu

Wilyer Abreu
Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Gray

Sonny Gray

K

45

Early

Connelly Early

ERA

2.05

Tolle

Payton Tolle
Team Rankings

HR

33

28th

R

166

27th

SO

365

20th

ERA

3.71

8th

2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
Rays Rays
29
15
.659
Yankees Yankees
28
17
.622
1.5
Blue Jays Blue Jays
20
25
.444
9.5
Orioles Orioles
20
26
.435
10.0
Red Sox Red Sox
19
26
.422
10.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
5/17
BOS BOS
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Mon
5/18
BOS BOS
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Tue
5/19
BOS BOS
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Wed
5/20
BOS BOS
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Fri
5/22
MIN MIN
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Last Game
BOS Red Sox

19 - 26

3

Final

2

ATL Braves

31 - 15

Sat 16 May 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

20

Schwarber

Kyle Schwarber

17

Murakami

Munetaka Murakami

16

Judge

Aaron Judge
RBI Leaders

40

Hicks

Liam Hicks

38

Pages

Andy Pages

37

Abrams

CJ Abrams
Batting Average Leaders

.341

Lopez

Otto Lopez

.338

Vargas

Ildemaro Vargas

.337

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers
Hit Leaders

61

Lopez

Otto Lopez

56

Baldwin

Drake Baldwin

56

Witt

Bobby Witt Jr.
Run Leaders

39

Baldwin

Drake Baldwin

38

Wood

James Wood

37

Judge

Aaron Judge
OBP Leaders

.429

Kurtz

Nick Kurtz

.429

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

.424

Ward

Taylor Ward
SLG Leaders

.686

Rice

Ben Rice

.664

Moniak

Mickey Moniak

.649

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez
SB Leaders

20

Ramírez

José Ramírez

19

Nuñez

Nasim Nuñez

16

Cruz

Oneil Cruz

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

8

Ashby

Aaron Ashby

6

Skenes

Paul Skenes

6

Schlittler

Cam Schlittler
Strikeout Leaders

80

Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski

80

Sánchez

Cristopher Sánchez

75

Cease

Dylan Cease
ERA Leaders

1.35

Schlittler

Cam Schlittler

1.51

Martinez

Nick Martinez

1.61

Martin

Davis Martin
WHIP Leaders

0.64

Skenes

Paul Skenes

0.78

Schlittler

Cam Schlittler

0.88

McGreevy

Michael McGreevy
K/9 Leaders

14.12

Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski

12.90

Cease

Dylan Cease

11.22

Warren

Will Warren
K/BB Leaders

8.00

Skenes

Paul Skenes

7.63

deGrom

Jacob deGrom

6.18

Schlittler

Cam Schlittler
Walk Leaders

7

Skenes

Paul Skenes

8

deGrom

Jacob deGrom

9

Gausman

Kevin Gausman

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

788.9

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

675.6

Schwarber

Kyle Schwarber

658.1

Wood

James Wood
DraftKings Points Leaders

534.6

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

497

Schwarber

Kyle Schwarber

486

Judge

Aaron Judge

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS
Braves

30-16

Cardinals

29-16

Nationals

28-18

Reds

28-18

Brewers

26-17

Rays

26-18
Worst Record ATS
Phillies

14-32

Mariners

17-30

Mets

17-27

Royals

18-28

Red Sox

18-27

Giants

18-27

MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
Braves Braves
31
15
.674
Phillies Phillies
23
23
.500
8.0
Nationals Nationals
23
23
.500
8.0
Marlins Marlins
21
25
.457
10.0
Mets Mets
18
26
.409
12.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
Cubs Cubs
29
17
.630
Brewers Brewers
26
17
.605
1.5
Cardinals Cardinals
27
18
.600
1.5
Pirates Pirates
24
22
.522
5.0
Reds Reds
24
22
.522
5.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
Padres Padres
27
18
.600
Dodgers Dodgers
27
18
.600
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
21
23
.477
5.5
Giants Giants
18
27
.400
9.0
Rockies Rockies
18
28
.391
9.5
AL EastWLPCTGB
Rays Rays
29
15
.659
Yankees Yankees
28
17
.622
1.5
Blue Jays Blue Jays
20
25
.444
9.5
Orioles Orioles
20
26
.435
10.0
Red Sox Red Sox
19
26
.422
10.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
Guardians Guardians
25
22
.532
White Sox White Sox
23
22
.511
1.0
Twins Twins
20
26
.435
4.5
Tigers Tigers
20
26
.435
4.5
Royals Royals
19
27
.413
5.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
Athletics Athletics
23
21
.523
Mariners Mariners
22
25
.468
2.5
Rangers Rangers
21
24
.467
2.5
Astros Astros
19
28
.404
5.5
Angels Angels
16
29
.356
7.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
5/1
BAL BAL
@
NYY NYY
2-7
Fri
5/1
TOR TOR
@
MIN MIN
7-3
Sat
5/2
BAL BAL
@
NYY NYY
4-9
Sat
5/2
TOR TOR
@
MIN MIN
11-4
Sat
5/2
AZ AZ
@
CHC CHC
0-2

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
5/17
MIA MIA
@
TBR TBR
12:15 PM
Sun
5/17
BOS BOS
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
5/17
PHI PHI
@
PIT PIT
1:35 PM
Sun
5/17
BAL BAL
@
WSH WSH
1:35 PM
Sun
5/17
NYY NYY
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM