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    Jon Lester

    JonLester

    • Starting Pitcher
    • Birthdate
      7/1/1984
    • BAT/THR
      Left/Left
    • Birthplace
      Tacoma, WA

    2021 season stats

    • W-L
      7-6
    • ERA
      4.71
    • K
      91
    • WHIP
      1.51
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      Lester retires with 200 wins, 3 World Series rings

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        'Maybe the best playoff pitcher ever': What made Jon Lester an October legend and potential Hall of Famer

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          Lester wins 200th as Cards keep streak going

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          Lester wins 200th as Cards keep streak going
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            Cardinals acquire left-handers Happ, Lester

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            Cardinals acquire left-handers Happ, Lester
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              Scherzer (triceps) scratched from start at Orioles

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              Scherzer (triceps) scratched from start at Orioles
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              Lester still has hunger to win every fifth day
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              Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani strikes out 11 in final spring start

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              Reds pitcher Lodolo will start season on IL due to blister

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              Sources: Pete Crow-Armstrong's Cubs deal for 6 years, $115M

              Sources: Pete Crow-Armstrong's Cubs deal for 6 years, $115M

              Pete Crow-Armstrong's new contract extension with the Chicago Cubs is for six years and $115 million, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Tuesday.
              Yankees' Gerrit Cole strikes out 3 in final spring training test

              Yankees' Gerrit Cole strikes out 3 in final spring training test

              Gerrit Cole, who sat out all of last season for the Yankees, "had fun" in his final spring outing, striking out three. He'll return to Florida before rejoining the team later this season.
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