Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Hisashi Iwakuma

43.5

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Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Pitching Comparison

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Totals

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: 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	Hisashi Iwakuma	31-36	2012	2017	63	39	.618	3.42	150	136	6	1	1	2	883.2	825	352	336	115	185	13	714	15	0	23	3574	1046	111	3.86	1.143	8.4	1.2	1.9	7.3
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. Hisashi Iwakuma: 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	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. Hisashi Iwakuma: Value

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Hisashi Iwakuma	31-36	2012	2017	150	136	883.2	17.0	9.0
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	43.6	19.2

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Totals Against

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: 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	Hisashi Iwakuma	31-36	2012	2017	150	136	883.2	1046	3342	540	162	8	25	25	50.00	1	88	14	18	.247	.288	.403	.691	94	.156	.281	394	1348	285	1025	1046
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. Hisashi Iwakuma: 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	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. Hisashi Iwakuma: Starting & Relieving

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Hisashi Iwakuma	31-36	2012	2017	82	60	55.7	3	2	67	0	100.0	6	14
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	261	58	53.9	0	0		0		0	1

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	15	68	60.6	3	3	100	0		2	4

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Ratios

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Hisashi Iwakuma	31-36	2012	2017	150	136	883.2	20.0	5.2	14.8
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	21.7	7.8	13.9

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	22	154.0	21.8	6.6	15.2

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Pitch Summary

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Hisashi Iwakuma	31-36	2012	2017	150	136	883.2	12742	92	8577	67.31
2	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	41641	101	26140	62.77

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	22	154.0	2381	101	1517	63.71

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Totals

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: 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	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	24	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	10.5
2	Hisashi Iwakuma	0	1	.000	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	8	5	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	18	3.000	24.0	3.0	3.0	6.0

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Game Logs

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Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: 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	Hisashi Iwakuma	SEA	2016-07-29	GS-3, L	3.0	8	5	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	18	9	16	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	3	24	60	40	-0.3	-3.50			0.90
2	Jon Lester	CHC	2016-07-29	GS-6, W	6.0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	24	6	22	3	1	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	69	95	58	0.2	3.00			0.74

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Hisashi Iwakuma (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Hisashi Iwakuma (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	2016	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Hisashi Iwakuma (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Hisashi Iwakuma (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2016	2016-07-29	CHC	SEA	tied 0-0	b2	12-	1	4 (1-2)	Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; J. Báez to 3B; D. Ross to 2B
2	2016	2016-07-29	CHC	SEA	ahead 0-5	b3	1--	2	4 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking

Hisashi Iwakuma (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Hisashi Iwakuma (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	2016	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Hisashi Iwakuma (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Hisashi Iwakuma (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2016	2016-07-29	SEA	CHC	tied 0-0	t2	-2-	2	2 (0-1)	Groundout: SS-1B

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Batting Comparison

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Batting Totals

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: 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	Hisashi Iwakuma	31-36	2012	2017	9	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.083	.000	.083	-73	0	0	0	3	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. Hisashi Iwakuma: 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	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. Hisashi Iwakuma: Batting Value

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Hisashi Iwakuma	31-36	2012	2017	9	15	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-3	0	0	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. Hisashi Iwakuma: Batting Sabermetric

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: 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	Hisashi Iwakuma	31-36	2012	2017	9	15	0	1	1	14	0	.000	0	-4	-0.4	.000	1.4		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. Hisashi Iwakuma: 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	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	24	0	3	3	21	1	.100	0			.000	1.9		0

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Batting Win Probability

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Hisashi Iwakuma	31-36	2012	2017	9	15	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-3.67	-0.4	-2.98	1.11
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. Hisashi Iwakuma: Head-to-Head Batting

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Totals

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: 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	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Hisashi Iwakuma	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: Game Logs

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Jon Lester vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: 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	Hisashi Iwakuma	SEA	2016-07-29	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.034	1.17	-0.02%	-0.32			P
2	Jon Lester	CHC	2016-07-29	*	7	9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.75	-0.033	0.60	-0.02%	-0.16			P

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