Jon Lester - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-450Position when DraftedPPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameJonathan Tyler Lester
Height6-3Weight200BatsLeftThrowsLeft
Born DateJanuary 7,1984 [34.106]PlaceTacoma,Washington
High SchoolBellarmine Prep (Tacoma,WA)

DraftedSelected by the Boston Red Sox [Team Picks] in the 2nd round (57th overall) of the 2002 Amateur Entry Draft [Signed]
Signing Bonus$1,000,000Signing ScoutsGary RajsichService Time11.075 (2017)
Prospect Rankings[BA] 2003-BOS-#8 ... 2004-BOS-#8 ... 2005-BOS-#4 ... 2006-MLB-#22 ... 2006-BOS-#2
MLB DebutJune 10,2006 [22.155]
OrganizationsBOS [13] CHN [4] OAK [1] Awards19Awards Voting3-181
TBC Player ID21903Retrosheet IDlestj001MLBAM ID452657
Pitch Repertoire Fastball (40.98%) -- Cutter (21.59%) -- Sinker (14.88%) -- Curveball (14.20%) -- Changeup (8.36%)
Fastball Velocity [2018] - 90.71 - [2017] - 91.41 - [2016] - 92.01 - [2015] - 91.96 - [2014] - 91.52 - [2013] - 92.52 - [2012] - 92.05 - [2011] - 92.77 - [2010] - 93.41
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Player Notes: � Opening Day Starter for Boston Red Sox in 2011-2014 and Chicago Cubs in 2015,2017-2018

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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
2002	Gulf Coast Red Sox	GCL	Rk	bos	-	ST	18	0	1	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9.00	67.50	--	13.50	13.50	1.00	.000	-
2003	Augusta GreenJackets	SAL	A	bos	-	ST	19	6	9	3.65	24	21	3	0	0	2	0	106.0	102	54	43	7	44	71	2	0	0	1.38	8.66	0.59	3.74	6.03	1.61	.400	-
2004	Gulf Coast Red Sox	GCL	Rk	bos	-	ST	20	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2.00	--	--	18.00	9.00	0.50	-	-
2004	Sarasota Red Sox	FSL	A+	bos	31	ST	20	7	6	4.28	21	20	1	0	0	0	0	90.0	82	46	43	2	37	97	1	0	0	1.32	8.17	0.20	3.69	9.66	2.62	.538	-
2004	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor	MLB	-	-	ST	0	7	6	4.24	22	21	1	0	0	0	0	91.0	82	46	43	2	39	98	2	0	0	1.32	8.08	0.20	3.84	9.66	2.51	.538	2.47
2005	Portland Sea Dogs	East	AA	bos	31	ST	21	11	6	2.61	26	26	0	3	1	0	0	148.0	114	52	43	10	57	163	10	1	0	1.15	6.92	0.61	3.46	9.89	2.86	.647	-
2006	Pawtucket Red Sox	IL	AAA	bos	11	ST	22	3	4	2.70	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	46.2	43	17	14	5	25	43	0	0	0	1.46	8.29	0.96	4.82	8.29	1.72	.429	-
2006	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	62	ST	22	7	2	4.76	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	81.0	91	43	43	7	43	60	5	0	5	1.65	10.07	0.77	4.76	6.64	1.40	.778	4.56
2007	Greenville Drive	SAL	A	bos	-	ST	23	0	0	2.08	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	11	3	3	2	2	15	0	0	0	1.00	7.62	1.38	1.38	10.38	7.50	-	-
2007	Portland Sea Dogs	East	AA	bos	-	ST	23	1	0	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	1.50	7.50	--	6.00	6.00	1.00	1.000	-
2007	Pawtucket Red Sox	IL	AAA	bos	31	ST	23	4	5	3.89	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	71.2	67	32	31	4	31	51	4	0	0	1.37	8.41	0.50	3.89	6.40	1.65	.444	-
2007	Minor Totals (3 teams)	Minor	MLB	-	-	ST	0	5	5	3.47	18	18	0	2	0	0	0	90.2	83	36	35	6	37	70	4	0	0	1.32	8.24	0.60	3.67	6.95	1.89	.500	3.78
2007	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	ST	23	4	0	4.57	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	63.0	61	33	32	10	31	50	1	0	1	1.46	8.71	1.43	4.43	7.14	1.61	1.000	5.24
2008	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	ST	24	16	6	3.21	33	33	0	2	2	0	0	210.0	202	78	75	14	66	152	3	1	10	1.27	8.64	0.60	2.82	6.50	2.30	.727	3.64
2009	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	ST	25	15	8	3.41	32	32	0	2	0	0	0	203.0	186	80	77	20	64	225	6	0	3	1.23	8.23	0.89	2.83	9.96	3.52	.652	3.15
2010	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	ST	26	19	9	3.25	32	32	0	2	0	0	0	208.0	167	81	75	14	83	225	6	0	10	1.20	7.23	0.61	3.59	9.74	2.71	.679	3.13
2011	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	ST	27	15	9	3.47	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	191.2	166	77	74	20	75	182	4	0	11	1.26	7.79	0.94	3.52	8.55	2.43	.625	3.83
2012	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	ST	28	9	14	4.82	33	33	0	3	0	0	0	205.0	216	117	110	25	68	166	6	0	4	1.38	9.47	1.10	2.98	7.28	2.44	.391	4.11
2013	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	ST	29	15	8	3.75	33	33	0	1	1	0	0	213.0	209	94	89	19	67	177	5	0	7	1.29	8.82	0.80	2.83	7.47	2.64	.652	3.59
2014	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	ST	30	10	7	2.52	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	143.0	128	52	40	9	32	149	2	0	0	1.12	8.06	0.57	2.01	9.38	4.66	.588	2.54
2014	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	31	ST	30	6	4	2.35	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	76.2	66	24	20	7	16	71	1	0	1	1.07	7.75	0.82	1.88	8.33	4.44	.600	3.13
2015	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	34	ST	31	11	12	3.34	32	32	0	1	0	0	0	205.0	183	83	76	16	47	207	8	0	7	1.12	8.03	0.70	2.06	9.09	4.40	.478	2.92
2016	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	34	ST	32	19	5	2.44	32	32	0	2	0	0	0	202.2	154	57	55	21	52	197	4	0	6	1.02	6.84	0.93	2.31	8.75	3.79	.792	3.41
2017	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	34	ST	33	13	8	4.33	32	32	0	1	0	0	0	180.2	179	101	87	26	60	180	3	0	4	1.32	8.92	1.30	2.99	8.97	3.00	.619	4.10
2018	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn		ST	34	2	0	3.10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	19	9	7	1	8	18	1	0	2	1.33	8.41	0.44	3.54	7.97	2.25	1.000	0.34
MLB Totals - 13 Season(s)Filter								161	92	3.51	353	352	1	15	4	0	0	2201.2	2027	929	860	209	712	2059	55	1	71	1.24	8.27	0.85	2.91	8.41	2.89	.636	0.43
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)Filter								32	31	3.33	102	98	4	5	1	2	0	481.2	429	211	179	30	203	446	18	1	0	1.31	7.98	0.56	3.78	8.30	2.20	.508	-
AAA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								7	9	3.42	25	25	0	2	0	0	0	117.0	110	49	45	9	56	94	4	0	0	1.40	8.37	0.68	4.26	7.15	1.68	.438	-
AA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								12	6	2.57	27	27	0	3	1	0	0	154.0	119	53	44	10	61	167	10	1	0	1.17	6.94	0.58	3.56	9.74	2.74	.667	-
A+ Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								7	6	4.28	21	20	1	0	0	0	0	90.0	82	46	43	2	37	97	1	0	0	1.32	8.17	0.20	3.69	9.66	2.62	.538	-
A Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								6	9	3.48	27	24	3	0	0	2	0	119.0	113	57	46	9	46	86	2	0	0	1.34	8.55	0.68	3.48	6.50	1.87	.400	-
Rk Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								0	1	5.40	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	5	6	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	4.80	27.00	--	16.20	10.80	0.67	.000	-
Boston Red Sox Totals - 9 Season(s)Filter								110	63	3.64	242	241	1	10	3	0	0	1517.0	1426	655	615	138	529	1386	38	1	51	1.29	8.45	0.82	3.13	8.21	2.62	.636	-
Chicago Cubs Totals - 4 Season(s)Filter								45	25	3.33	100	100	0	4	0	0	0	607.2	535	250	225	64	167	602	16	0	19	1.15	7.91	0.95	2.47	8.90	3.60	.643	-
Oakland Athletics Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								6	4	2.35	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	76.2	66	24	20	7	16	71	1	0	1	1.07	7.75	0.82	1.88	8.33	4.44	.600	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								16	9	3.51	35	35	0	1	0	0	0	220.0	202	93	86	21	71	205	5	0	7	1.24	8.27	0.85	2.91	8.41	2.89	.640	0.43
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								15	14	3.33	46	45	1	2	0	1	0	220.0	195	96	81	14	92	203	8	0	0	1.31	7.98	0.56	3.78	8.30	2.20	.517	-

Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
2006	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	62	p	22	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	75.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2008	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	p	24	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2009	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	p	25	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2010	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	p	26	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	6	.000	.000	.333	.140	16.67	33.33	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2011	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	p	27	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	60.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2012	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	p	28	33	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2013	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	p	29	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	57.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2014	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	31	p	30	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2014	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	31	p	30	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2014	Totals for AL	-	AL	�	�	�	�	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	60.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2015	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	34	p	31	32	62	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	30	0	6	0	0	1	.065	.108	.065	.173	4	0	71	.125	.000	.048	.086	4.23	42.25	10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2016	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	34	p	32	30	59	3	6	3	0	0	6	0	0	6	18	0	0	10	0	2	.102	.160	.153	.313	9	3	75	.118	.051	.153	.140	8.00	24.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	50.00
2017	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	34	p	33	30	54	5	8	3	0	1	6	1	0	4	26	0	6	1	0	0	.148	.203	.259	.462	14	4	65	.250	.111	.204	.203	6.15	40.00	6.50	1.54	54.00	50.00
2018	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn		p	34	5	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	11	.200	.000	.000	.099	0.00	36.36	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Totals - 12 Season(s)Filter								205	220	14	19	6	0	1	14	1	0	14	100	0	19	12	0	5	.086	.134	.127	.261	28	7	265	.137	.041	.109	.000	5.28	37.74	7.14	0.38	220.00	36.84
Chicago Cubs Totals - 4 Season(s)Filter								97	184	14	19	6	0	1	13	1	0	13	78	0	14	11	0	4	.103	.154	.152	.306	28	7	222	.155	.049	.125	.000	5.86	35.14	6.00	0.45	184.00	36.84
Boston Red Sox Totals - 8 Season(s)Filter								97	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	21	0	5	1	0	1	.000	.028	.000	.028	0	0	41	.000	.000	.029	.000	2.44	51.22	21.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Oakland Athletics Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	174	11	15	5	0	1	11	1	0	11	79	0	15	9	0	4	.086	.134	.127	.261	22	6	209	.137	.041	.109	.000	5.28	37.74	7.14	0.38	220.00	36.84

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
2002	Gulf Coast Red Sox	GCL	Rk	bos	18	P	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	1	100.0	1.7
2003	Augusta GreenJackets	SAL	A	bos	19	P	24	-	-	4	14	-	-	18	18	1.000	0.75	-	-	-	--	-	24	100.0	17.6
2004	Gulf Coast Red Sox	GCL	Rk	bos	20	P	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	1	100.0	1.7
2004	Sarasota Red Sox	FSL	A+	bos	20	P	21	-	-	5	15	2	-	22	20	.909	0.95	-	-	-	--	-	21	100.0	15.4
2005	Portland Sea Dogs	East	AA	bos	21	P	26	-	-	2	18	-	1	20	20	1.000	0.77	-	-	-	--	-	26	100.0	18.3
2006	Pawtucket Red Sox	IL	AAA	bos	22	P	11	-	-	3	15	-	-	18	18	1.000	1.64	-	-	-	--	-	11	100.0	7.6
2006	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	22	P	15	15	81	-	11	-	-	11	11	1.000	0.73	0.14	-	-	--	-	15	100.0	9.3
2007	Greenville Drive	SAL	A	bos	23	P	3	-	-	5	2	-	-	7	7	1.000	2.33	-	-	-	--	-	3	100.0	2.2
2007	Pawtucket Red Sox	IL	AAA	bos	23	P	14	-	-	3	11	-	1	14	14	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	14	100.0	9.9
2007	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	23	P	12	11	63	6	4	1	-	11	10	.909	0.83	0.16	-	-	--	-	12	100.0	7.4
2008	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	24	P	33	33	210	19	21	2	3	42	40	.952	1.21	0.19	-	-	--	-	33	100.0	20.4
2009	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	25	P	32	32	203	7	24	2	1	33	31	.939	0.97	0.15	-	-	--	-	32	100.0	19.8
2010	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	26	P	32	32	208	5	35	3	2	43	40	.930	1.25	0.19	-	-	--	-	32	100.0	19.8
2011	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	27	P	31	31	191	9	19	1	2	29	28	.966	0.90	0.15	-	-	--	-	31	100.0	19.1
2012	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	28	P	33	33	205	14	21	2	3	37	35	.946	1.06	0.17	13	3	81.3	-	33	100.0	20.4
2013	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	29	P	33	33	213	12	18	2	1	32	30	.938	0.91	0.14	12	4	75.0	-	33	100.0	20.4
2014	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	30	P	21	21	143	4	12	2	1	18	16	.889	0.76	0.11	10	3	76.9	-	21	100.0	13.0
2014	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	30	P	11	11	76	4	4	-	-	8	8	1.000	0.73	0.11	6	2	75.0	-	11	100.0	6.8
2015	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	31	P	32	32	205	10	17	3	1	30	27	.900	0.84	0.13	44	11	80.0	-	32	100.0	19.8
2016	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	32	P	32	32	202	18	17	-	1	35	35	1.000	1.09	0.17	28	13	68.3	-	32	100.0	19.9
2017	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	33	P	32	32	180	14	23	-	1	37	37	1.000	1.16	0.21	19	12	61.3	-	32	100.0	19.8
MLB Totals for P - 12 season(s)				-	�	P	349	348	2180	122	226	18	16	366	348	.951	1.00	0.16	132	48	73.3	-	349	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	25	-	-	6	26	-	1	32	32	1.000	1.28	-	-	-	--	-	25	0.0	0.0
AA Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	26	-	-	2	18	-	1	20	20	1.000	0.77	-	-	-	--	-	26	0.0	0.0
A+ Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	21	-	-	5	15	2	-	22	20	.909	0.95	-	-	-	--	-	21	0.0	0.0
A Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	27	-	-	9	16	-	-	25	25	1.000	0.93	-	-	-	--	-	27	0.0	0.0
Rk Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.50	-	-	-	--	-	2	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
2002	Gulf Coast Red Sox	GCL	Rk	bos	18	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Augusta GreenJackets	SAL	A	bos	19	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Gulf Coast Red Sox	GCL	Rk	bos	20	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Sarasota Red Sox	FSL	A+	bos	20	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Portland Sea Dogs	East	AA	bos	21	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Pawtucket Red Sox	IL	AAA	bos	22	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	22	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Greenville Drive	SAL	A	bos	23	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Pawtucket Red Sox	IL	AAA	bos	23	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	23	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	24	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	25	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	26	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	27	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	28	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	29	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	30	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	30	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	31	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	32	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	33	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	RA9	WPct
2006	Boston Red Sox	MLB Spring Training	MLB	22	0	2	19.50	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	12	13	13	3	6	2	2	0		3.00	18.00	4.50	9.00	3.00	0.33	19.50	.000
2008	Boston Red Sox	MLB Spring Training	MLB	24	1	0	6.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	12	9	8	0	7	10	4	0		1.58	9.00	0.00	5.25	7.50	1.43	6.75	1.000
2008	Boston Red Sox	Div Series	MLB	24	1	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	10	1	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0.93	6.43	0.00	1.93	7.07	3.67	0.64	1.000
2008	Boston Red Sox	Champ. Series	MLB	24	0	2	4.97	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	12.2	14	8	7	3	2	15	0	0	0	1.31	9.95	2.13	1.42	10.66	7.50	5.68	.000
2009	Boston Red Sox	MLB Spring Training	MLB	25	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	15	0	0	2	3	1	0	0		0.95	7.11	0.95	1.42	0.47	0.33	0.00	.000
2009	Boston Red Sox	Div Series	MLB	25	0	1	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	3	3	1	4	5	0	0	0	1.33	6.00	1.50	6.00	7.50	1.25	4.50	.000
2010	Boston Red Sox	MLB Spring Training	MLB	26	1	2	3.12	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	22	12	9	1	10	22	1	0		1.23	7.62	0.35	3.46	7.62	2.20	4.15	.333
2011	Boston Red Sox	MLB Spring Training	MLB	27	1	1	3.38	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	18	7	6	0	7	16	0	0		1.56	10.13	0.00	3.94	9.00	2.29	3.94	.500
2012	Boston Red Sox	MLB Spring Training	MLB	28	2	1	3.50	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	16	7	7	1	7	14	0	0		1.28	8.00	0.50	3.50	7.00	2.00	3.50	.667
2013	Boston Red Sox	MLB Spring Training	MLB	29	3	0	0.75	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	8	2	2	0	4	20	0	0		0.50	3.00	0.00	1.50	7.50	5.00	0.75	1.000
2013	Boston Red Sox	Div Series	MLB	29	1	0	2.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	3	2	2	2	3	7	0	0	0	0.83	3.52	2.35	3.52	8.22	2.33	2.35	1.000
2013	Boston Red Sox	Champ. Series	MLB	29	1	1	2.31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	11.2	13	3	3	0	4	7	0	0	0	1.52	10.03	0.00	3.09	5.40	1.75	2.31	.500
2013	Boston Red Sox	World Series	MLB	29	2	0	0.59	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	15.1	9	1	1	1	1	15	0	0	0	0.66	5.28	0.59	0.59	8.80	15.00	0.59	1.000
2014	Boston Red Sox	MLB Spring Training	MLB	30	1	1	0.71	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	12.2	7	1	1	0	3	14	0	0		0.82	4.97	0.00	2.13	9.95	4.67	0.71	.500
2015	Chicago Cubs	MLB Spring Training	MLB	31	0	1	6.48	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	8.1	11	6	6	2	1	9	0	0		1.48	11.88	2.16	1.08	9.72	9.00	6.48	.000
2015	Chicago Cubs	Div Series	MLB	31	0	1	3.68	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	5	3	3	1	1	9	2	0	0	0.85	6.14	1.23	1.23	11.05	9.00	3.68	.000
2015	Chicago Cubs	Champ. Series	MLB	31	0	1	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	4	4	2	1	5	0	0	0	1.45	10.80	2.70	1.35	6.75	5.00	5.40	.000
2016	Chicago Cubs	MLB Spring Training	MLB	32	2	0	2.12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	15	8	4	0	3	19	1	0		1.06	7.94	0.00	1.59	10.06	6.33	4.24	1.000
2016	Chicago Cubs	Div Series	MLB	32	1	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.63	5.63	0.00	0.00	5.63	0	0.00	1.000
2016	Chicago Cubs	Champ. Series	MLB	32	1	0	1.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	9	2	2	1	2	9	0	0	0	0.85	6.23	0.69	1.38	6.23	4.50	1.38	1.000
2016	Chicago Cubs	World Series	MLB	32	1	1	3.68	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	14.2	13	7	6	2	4	16	1	0	0	1.20	7.98	1.23	2.45	9.82	4.00	4.30	.500
2017	Chicago Cubs	MLB Spring Training	MLB	33	0	1	5.73	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	7	7	1	1	10	0	0		1.18	9.82	0.82	0.82	8.18	10.00	5.73	.000
2017	Chicago Cubs	Div Series	MLB	33	0	0	1.86	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	9.2	3	2	2	1	3	5	1	0	0	0.65	2.79	0.93	2.79	4.66	1.67	1.86	.000
2017	Chicago Cubs	Champ. Series	MLB	33	0	0	1.93	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	1.90	5.79	0.00	9.64	3.86	0.40	1.93	.000
2018	Chicago Cubs	MLB Spring Training	MLB	34	3	1	2.81	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	16	5	5	1	5	15	0	0		1.31	9.00	0.56	2.81	8.44	3.00	2.81	.750
MLB Spring Training Totals - 12 yrs					14	10	3.29	44	38	6	0	0	0	0	186.0	164	77	68	11	57	152	8	0		1.19	7.94	0.53	2.76	7.35	2.67	3.73	.583
MLB Playoffs - Divisional Series Totals - 6 yrs					3	2	1.71	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	52.7	30	11	10	5	14	42	3	0		0.84	5.13	0.85	2.39	7.18	3.00	1.88	.600
MLB Playoffs - Championship Series Totals - 5 yrs					2	4	3.14	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	48.7	47	18	17	6	14	38	0	0		1.25	8.69	1.11	2.59	7.03	2.71	3.33	.333
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 2 yrs					3	1	2.10	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	30.0	22	8	7	3	5	31	1	0		0.90	6.60	0.90	1.50	9.30	6.20	2.40	.750

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
2009	Boston Red Sox	MLB Spring Training	MLB	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2013	Boston Red Sox	World Series	MLB	29	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2014	Boston Red Sox	MLB Spring Training	MLB	30	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2015	Chicago Cubs	Div Series	MLB	31	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2015	Chicago Cubs	Champ. Series	MLB	31	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2016	Chicago Cubs	MLB Spring Training	MLB	32	3	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	4	1	5	.000	.750	.750	0.00	20.00	0.00	20.00	4.00	100.00
2016	Chicago Cubs	Div Series	MLB	32	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2016	Chicago Cubs	Champ. Series	MLB	32	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	5	.000	.000	.667	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2016	Chicago Cubs	World Series	MLB	32	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2017	Chicago Cubs	MLB Spring Training	MLB	33	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666	1	0	3	.500	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2017	Chicago Cubs	Div Series	MLB	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2017	Chicago Cubs	Champ. Series	MLB	33	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	2	1.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2018	Chicago Cubs	MLB Spring Training	MLB	34	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666	1	0	3	1.000	.000	.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Spring Training Totals - 6 yrs					13	14	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	.214	.214	.429	.643	6	1	15	.250	.215	.214	0.00	33.33	0.00	6.67	14.00	33.33
MLB Playoffs - Divisional Series Totals - 3 yrs					4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	0.00	42.86	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Playoffs - Championship Series Totals - 3 yrs					4	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	1	0	9	.250	.000	.286	22.22	33.33	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 2 yrs					4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	0.00	60.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Year	Awards (Notes)	# Awards
2005	Baseball America Minor League 2nd All-Star Team (SP) ... Boston Red Sox Minor League Player of the Year ... Double-A All-Star (SP) ... Eastern League All-Star Team (LHP) ... Eastern League Pitcher of the Year	5
2007	Tony Conigliaro Award (Overcoming Adversity)	1
2008	AL Pitcher of the Month (September) ... AL Pitcher of the Month (July) ... American League Player of the Week (May 19-May 25) ... Boston Red Sox Player of the Year	4
2009	Boston Red Sox Player of the Year ... Major League 2nd All-Star (end of season) (SP)	2
2010	AL Pitcher of the Month (May) ... Boston Red Sox Player of the Year	2
2014	American League Player of the Week (September 8-September 14)	1
2016	National League Player of the Week (June 6 - June 12) ... NL Pitcher of the Month (June) ... NL Pitcher of the Month (September) ... NLCS Most Valuable Player (Co-Winner)	4

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
2017-09-01	SP	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Activated from DL	33.238	Team Roster on 2017-09-01
2017-08-18	SP	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Y	DL-10	Injured	DL10 Left shoulder fatigue	33.224	Team Roster on 2017-08-18
2014-12-11	SP	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Y	Active	Contract	Signed to 6-year contract for 2015-2020 ($155m) Vesting option year for 2021 @$25m	30.339	Team Roster on 2014-12-11
2014-10-31	SP	Free Agent	�	-	Free Agent	Free Agent	Granted free agency	30.298	�
2014-07-31	SP	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Y	Active	Traded	Traded from Red Sox with Jonny Gomes to Athletics for Yoenis Cespedes	30.206	Team Roster on 2014-07-31
2013-11-02	SP	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Y	Active	Contract	Red Sox exercised option for 2014 ($13m)	29.300	Team Roster on 2013-11-02
2012-05-04	SP	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Y	Active	--		28.118	Team Roster on 2012-05-04
Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
2011-07-25						Injured	Activated from DL		�
2011-07-06						Injured	Disabled -- Strained lower lat muscle		�
2009-03-10						Contract	Signed by Red Sox (1-year)		�
2008-03-06						Contract	Signed by Red Sox (1-year)		�
2007-06-11						Injured	Activated from DL		�
2007-03-28						Injured	Disabled -- Cancer treatment		�
2006-11-06						Injured	Activated from DL		�
2006-09-02						Injured	Transferred to 60-day DL		�
2006-08-28						Injured	Disabled -- back strain		�
2002-08-13						Contract	signed		�

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Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
2002	Boston Red Sox	-	18	1,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,000,000	Signing Bonus out of 2002 Draft (2nd round - 57th overall)
2006	Boston Red Sox	Team Payroll	22	327,000	-	742	49	-		2,365,072	327,000	1,327,000
2007	Boston Red Sox	Team Payroll	23	384,000	-	684	29	15		2,459,737	380,000	1,711,000
2008	Boston Red Sox	Team Payroll	24	421,500	-	541	25	41		2,696,252	390,000	2,132,500
2009	Boston Red Sox	Team Payroll	25	1,000,000	-	413	24	48		2,746,792	400,000	3,132,500
2010	Boston Red Sox	Team Payroll	26	3,750,000	-	228	14	75	++	2,812,412	400,000	6,882,500
2011	Boston Red Sox	Team Payroll	27	5,750,000	-	157	12	83	++	2,722,607	414,000	12,632,500
2012	Boston Red Sox	Team Payroll	28	7,625,000	-	121	9	87	++	2,954,887	480,000	20,257,500
2013	Boston Red Sox	Team Payroll	29	11,625,000	-	75	6	92	++	3,023,990	490,000	31,882,500
2014	Oakland Athletics	Team Payroll	30	13,000,000	-	69	2	93	++	3,256,497	500,000	44,882,500	2013-11-02 - Red Sox exercised option for 2014 ($13m)
2014	Boston Red Sox	Team Payroll	30	13,000,000	-	69	6	93	++	3,256,497	500,000	44,882,500	2013-11-02 - Red Sox exercised option for 2014 ($13m)
2015	Chicago Cubs	Team Payroll	31	20,000,000	9.075	24	1	98	++	3,571,283	507,500	64,882,500	2014-12-11 - Signed to 6-year contract for 2015-2020 ($155m) Vesting option year for 2021 @$25m
2016	Chicago Cubs	Team Payroll	32	20,000,000	10.075	24	1	97	++	3,498,245	507,500	84,882,500
2017	Chicago Cubs	Team Payroll	33	20,000,000	11.075	27	2	97	++	3,651,709	535,000	104,882,500
2018	Chicago Cubs	Team Payroll	34	22,500,000	-	19	2	98	++	4,360,045	545,000	127,382,500

* Career earnings are a simple calculation of available yearly salaries listed here. They include only base salary and draft signing bonus. Minor league salaries are excluded. The value is not meant to reflect a player's actual career earnings.
* League minimum salaries are displayed in red

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