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Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Pitching Comparison

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	153	80	.657	3.18	317	317	0	8	5	0	1954.0	1627	740	690	217	500	7	2251	61	9	58	7861	2233	130	3.16	1.089	7.5	1.0	2.3	10.4
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	200	117	.631	3.66	452	451	0	15	4	0	2740.0	2610	1215	1114	294	892	13	2488	90	1	63	11487	3691	117	3.78	1.278	8.6	1.0	2.9	8.2

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	11	6	.647	2.77	22	22	0	0	0	0	133.1	100	50	41	19	36	1	156	3	0	1	537	145		2.84	1.020	6.8	1.3	2.4	10.5
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	9	7	.563	2.51	26	22	2	0	0	0	154.0	117	46	43	15	40	0	133	3	0	4	610	163		2.79	1.019	6.8	0.9	2.3	7.8

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Value

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	317	317	1954.0	42.7	26.1
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	43.6	19.2

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals Against

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	317	317	1954.0	2233	7231	1069	316	25	158	46	77.45	4	140	36	31	.225	.280	.366	.645	77	.141	.294	746	2644	558	2188	2233
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	3691	10376	1759	517	40	246	108	69.49	28	250	61	67	.252	.314	.394	.708	90	.143	.302	1303	4089	851	3592	3691

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	22	133.1	145	495	62	17	2	5	1	83.33	0	6	0	3	.202	.259	.360	.618		.158	.251	51	178	38	139	145
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	22	154.0	163	559	80	22	0	11	5	68.75	1	5	6	2	.209	.265	.329	.594		.120	.247	52	184	37	160	163

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Starting & Relieving

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	210	66	58.9				0		0	0
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	261	58	53.9	0	0		0		0	1

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	13	59	60.4						0	0
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	15	68	60.6	3	3	100	0		2	4

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Ratios

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	317	317	1954.0	28.6	6.4	22.3
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	21.7	7.8	13.9

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	22	133.1	29.1	6.7	22.3
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	22	154.0	21.8	6.6	15.2

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Pitch Summary

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	317	317	1954.0	29643	98	19519	65.85
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	41641	101	26140	62.77

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	22	133.1	2083	95	1383	66.39
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	22	154.0	2381	101	1517	63.71

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Jon Lester	1	2	.333	1.74	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.2	16	4	4	1	3	0	22	0	0	1	79	0.919	7.0	0.4	1.3	9.6
2	Gerrit Cole	2	1	.667	1.29	3	3	0	0	0	0	21.0	14	3	3	0	3	0	23	0	0	0	78	0.810	6.0	0.0	1.3	9.9

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Game Logs

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Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Gerrit Cole	PIT	2016-05-15	GS-8, W	8.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	27	3	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	83	95	65	0.6	4.00			1.09
2	Jon Lester	CHC	2016-05-15	GS-7, L	6.2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	24	4	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	73	109	68	0.2	2.18			1.06
3	Gerrit Cole	PIT	2015-09-25	GS-7, W	7.0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	26	6	24	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	71	109	68	0.3	2.19			1.33
4	Jon Lester	CHC	2015-09-25	GS-7, L	7.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	25	5	24	3	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	2	65	102	72	0.0	1.19			1.11
5	Gerrit Cole	PIT	2015-05-16	GS-6, L	6.0	7	2	2	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	25	9	23	7	0	0	2	1	0	7	1	0	1	0	57	107	70	0.0	0.73			0.96
6	Jon Lester	CHC	2015-05-16	GS-7, W	7.0	9	1	1	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	1	30	10	28	7	1	0	2	0	0	13	1	1	0	2	61	110	74	0.3	2.19			1.60

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Gerrit Cole (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Gerrit Cole (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2015	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2016	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Gerrit Cole (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Gerrit Cole (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2015	2015-05-16	CHC	PIT	ahead 0-1	b2	-2-	1	6 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2015	2015-05-16	CHC	PIT	ahead 1-2	b4	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
3	2015	2015-09-25	CHC	PIT	tied 0-0	b2	-23	2	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	2015	2015-09-25	CHC	PIT	tied 1-1	b5	---	0	5 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
5	2016	2016-05-15	CHC	PIT	tied 0-0	b3	---	0	7 (2-2)	Groundout: 1B-P
6	2016	2016-05-15	CHC	PIT	tied 0-0	b5	---	2	2 (1-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)

Gerrit Cole (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Gerrit Cole (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2015	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	0	0	0	0
2	2016	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	0	0	0	0

Gerrit Cole (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Gerrit Cole (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2015	2015-05-16	PIT	CHC	tied 1-1	t3	1--	0	2 (1-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice (Weak 2B-1B); C. Stewart to 2B
2	2015	2015-05-16	PIT	CHC	down 2-1	t5	---	1	4 (2-1)	Single to RF (Ground Ball)
3	2015	2015-09-25	PIT	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	-2-	1	2 (0-1)	Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); J. Mercer Scores
4	2015	2015-09-25	PIT	CHC	tied 1-1	t5	-2-	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	2016	2016-05-15	PIT	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
6	2016	2016-05-15	PIT	CHC	tied 0-0	t6	---	0	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Comparison

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Totals

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	128	286	251	17	41	2	0	3	15	0	0	6	112	.163	.186	.207	.393	8	52	4	1	28	0	0
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	366	27	42	10	0	4	31	1	0	21	162	.115	.162	.175	.337	-10	64	6	0	34	2	0

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	24	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.048	.130	.048	.178	1	0	0	1	0	0

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Value

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	128	286	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.0	-34	0	-1	0
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-60	0	-2	0

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Sabermetric

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	128	286	5	48	50	242	12	.279	29	-32	-3.4	.044	2.2		0
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	14	63	67	366	14	.188	54	-59	-5.9	.060	2.3	100.0	1

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	8	0	1	1	7	0	.250	1			.000	2.0		0
2	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	24	0	3	3	21	1	.100	0			.000	1.9		0

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Win Probability

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	128	286	-3.2	-3.5	0.2	-35.62	-3.7	-37.23	0.98
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	-4.9	-5.4	0.0	-59.67	-5.9	-56.61	0.92

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Head-to-Head Batting

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Jon Lester	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Gerrit Cole	3	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	1	0	0

Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Game Logs

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Jon Lester vs. Gerrit Cole: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Gerrit Cole	PIT	2016-05-15	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	-0.135	1.92	-0.09%	-1.24			P
2	Jon Lester	CHC	2016-05-15	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.79	-0.040	0.87	-0.03%	-0.34			P
3	Gerrit Cole	PIT	2015-09-25	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.056	1.14	0.03%	0.54			P
4	Jon Lester	CHC	2015-09-25	*	7	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.090	0.28	-0.01%	-0.79			P
5	Gerrit Cole	PIT	2015-05-16	*	7	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.018	1.22	0.01%	0.06			P
6	Jon Lester	CHC	2015-05-16	*	7	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.75	-0.040	0.92	-0.03%	-0.43			P

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