Jon Lester
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Lester pitching in the 2016 World Series
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| Chicago Cubs – No. 34 | |||
| Starting pitcher | |||
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Born: January 7, 1984 Tacoma, Washington |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 10, 2006, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 146-84 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.44 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1861 | ||
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Jonathan Tyler "Jon" Lester (born January 7, 1984) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox from 2006 to 2014 and the Oakland Athletics in 2014. Less than two years after being diagnosed with lymphoma, Lester started and won the final game of the 2007 World Series for the Red Sox, and in May 2008, pitched a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals. He won the 2016 World Series with the Chicago Cubs.
Lester attended Bellarmine Preparatory School in Tacoma, Washington. Playing for the school's baseball team, Lester was a three-time MVP and three-time All-Area selection. In addition, he was named Gatorade State Player of the Year for Washington in 2000.
The Red Sox selected Lester in the second round, with the 57th overall selection, of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft and gave him the highest signing bonus of any second-rounder that year, $1 million.
Lester quickly moved through the Red Sox organization, posting an 11–7 win–loss record, a league-leading 2.61 earned run average (ERA) and a league-best 163 strikeouts for the Portland Sea Dogs of the Class AA Eastern League in 2005. He was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Year and Red Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Year and was selected as the left-handed pitcher on the Eastern League's year-end All-Star team and on the year-end Topps Class AA All-Star squad.
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