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Jon Lester	#31 \| Pitcher \| Boston Red Sox

Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 Throws: L Bats: L
Born: Jan 7, 1984, Tacoma, WA
Contract: Signed through 2008

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2009 Statistics
Period	G	GS	CG	SHO	W	L	SV	BS	IP	H	BB	ER	HR	K	ERA	WHIP
Yesterday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Last 7 Days	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	2	1	0	0	7	0.00	0.47
Last 14 Days	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.2	10	4	5	1	10	5.19	1.62
Last 21 Days	3	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	14.2	20	4	8	3	14	4.91	1.64
2009	32	32	2	0	15	8	0	0	203.1	186	64	77	20	225	3.41	1.23

Career Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	ER	HR	K	ERA	K/9	BB/9	H/9	WHIP
2006	BOS	15	15	0	7	2	0	81.1	91	43	43	7	60	4.76	6.64	4.76	10.07	1.65
2007	BOS	12	11	0	4	0	0	63.0	61	31	32	10	50	4.57	7.14	4.43	8.71	1.46
2008	BOS	33	33	2	16	6	0	210.1	202	66	75	14	152	3.21	6.50	2.82	8.64	1.27
2009	BOS	32	32	2	15	8	0	203.1	186	64	77	20	225	3.41	9.96	2.83	8.23	1.23
Career		92	91	4	42	16	0	558.0	540	204	227	51	487	3.66	7.85	3.29	8.71	1.33

Player Notes

October 9, 2009
According to the Boston Globe, the Red Sox are considering pitching Jon Lester on short rest if they can force a a Game 4 in the ALDS.

Our View:Lester pitched very well in Game 1 aside from the three-run homer he served up to Torii Hunter, and threw around 100 pitches. Manager Terry Francona says that ideally he would go in Game 4 and if it came down to it they would use Josh Beckett once again in Game 5. Looks like they're straying from having to pitch Dice-K.

October 8, 2009
Jon Lester allowed only four hits in six innings on Thursday, but unfortunately for Boston, one of them was a three-run Torii Hunter home run. Boston would go on to lose 5-0 in Anaheim.

Our View:The strikeout artist struck out five. Boston will now turn to Josh Beckett on Friday to try and even the series at 1-1.

October 4, 2009
The Boston Globe reports that the Red Sox have named Jon Lester as the Game 1 starter for the AL Division series.

Our View:Lester will be followed by Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz in Games 2 and 3, but the Sox did not announce who would go in Game 4 (if necessary). Dice-K is the obvious option, but if Lester dominates in the opening game he could be brought back on short rest. The Angels will combat that order with John Lackey, Jared Weaver, Scott Kazmir and Joe Saunders respectively.

October 1, 2009
After being forced out of his last start with a knee injury, Jon Lester threw six shutout innings on Thursday, picking up his 15th win, as Boston blanked the Indians 3-0.

Our View:Lester finishes 2009 with a 15-8 record, 3.41 ERA and 225 strikeouts in 203 innings pitched. He is now unquestionably one of the best left-handed pitchers in all of baseball.

September 29, 2009
MLB.com reports that starter Jon Lester has been cleared to make his next start on Thursday. He threw a successful side session on Monday while recovering from a line drive that hit him in his right knee on Friday night.

Our View:Francona nad Lester both expressed plenty of confidence after the side session, so it sounds like there's no reason to be concerned. Lester remains a good start as this will be his final tune up before throwing Game 1 of the ALDS for the Red Sox.