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Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Pitching Comparison

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Totals

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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	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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	101	62	.620	3.89	278	257	4	2	2	0	1454.2	1405	672	629	179	458	18	1290	38	3	41	6130	1946	105	4.01	1.281	8.7	1.1	2.8	8.0

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	4	4	.500	5.21	10	8	1	0	0	0	46.2	43	27	27	9	20	4	47	1	0	1	198	64		3.63	1.350	8.3	1.7	3.9	9.1

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Value

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	43.6	19.2
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	17.3	5.2

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Totals Against

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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	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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	1946	5559	910	291	25	55	21	72.37	6	118	33	41	.253	.312	.411	.723	99	.158	.297	722	2283	495	1901	1946

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	8	46.2	64	177	22	11	1	1	0	100.00	0	5	0	0	.243	.323	.469	.792		.226	.281	35	83	21	64	64

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Starting & Relieving

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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	22-37	2006	2021	261	58	53.9	0	0		0		0	1
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	115	45	52.4	8	6	75	1	0.0	4	21

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	4	50	54.9	0	0				1	2

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Ratios

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	21.7	7.8	13.9
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	21.0	7.5	13.6

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	8	46.2	23.7	10.1	13.6

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Pitch Summary

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	41641	101	26140	62.77
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	20631	89	13382	64.86

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	8	46.2	788	90	488	61.93

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Totals

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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	3	0	1.000	3.33	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.1	21	9	9	5	8	1	18	0	0	0	96	1.192	7.8	1.8	3.0	6.7
2	Michael Wacha	0	1	.000	11.48	4	2	1	0	0	0	13.1	23	19	17	8	9	0	14	1	0	0	71	2.400	15.5	5.4	6.1	9.5

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Game Logs

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Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Jon Lester	WSN	2021-06-30	GS-5, W	5.0	7	5	5	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	24	9	21	4	1	0	3	0	0	14	0	0	1	3	34	96	54	-0.3	-2.57			1.14
2	Michael Wacha	TBR	2021-06-30	4-6	3.0	7	5	5	0	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	18	9	16	3	0	1	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	4		70	44	-0.2	-3.54	0	0	0.45
3	Jon Lester	CHC	2018-06-15	GS-6, W	6.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	23	7	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	56	102	64	0.1	0.81			0.59
4	Michael Wacha	STL	2018-06-15	GS-5, L	4.0	7	9	8	1	3	4	0	2	1	0	0	24	13	17	3	1	0	1	0	0	17	0	1	1	4	12	84	48	-0.4	-6.50			0.70
5	Jon Lester	CHC	2018-05-06	GS-6	5.1	6	2	2	0	1	4	1	4	0	0	0	23	10	19	4	1	0	0	1	0	10	2	0	0	2	48			0.2	1.32			1.42
6	Michael Wacha	STL	2018-05-06	GS-6	5.1	6	2	1	1	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	23	9	19	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	2	52			0.0	0.16			1.00
7	Jon Lester	CHC	2016-09-14	GS-8, W	8.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	26	4	25	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	83	104	67	0.4	3.88			0.70
8	Michael Wacha	STL	2016-09-14	9-GF	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	3	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2		28	17	0.0	-2.52	0	0	0.05

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (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	2018	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2018	2018-05-06	STL	CHC	tied 1-1	b3	---	0	6 (2-2)	Single to 3B (Ground Ball)
2	2018	2018-05-06	STL	CHC	down 2-1	b4	123	2	7 (3-2)	Flyball: RF (Short RF)
3	2018	2018-06-15	STL	CHC	down 3-0	b3	---	0	5 (2-2)	Single to SS (Ground Ball)

Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Michael Wacha (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	2018	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0
2	2021	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0

Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2018	2018-05-06	CHC	STL	tied 1-1	t3	---	0	5 (2-2)	Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
2	2018	2018-05-06	CHC	STL	ahead 1-2	t5	---	0	7 (3-2)	Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
3	2018	2018-06-15	CHC	STL	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0	5 (3-1)	Groundout: 2B-1B
4	2018	2018-06-15	CHC	STL	ahead 0-3	t4	1-3	1	2 (0-1)	Reached on E2 (throw)/Sacrifice Bunt; J. Báez Scores; I. Happ to 3B; J. Lester to 2B
5	2021	2021-06-30	WSN	TBR	ahead 5-6	b4	---	0	2 (1-0)	Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
6	2021	2021-06-30	WSN	TBR	ahead 5-8	b5	---	1	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Comparison

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Totals

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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	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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	251	16	23	2	0	0	16	1	0	9	125	.092	.123	.100	.222	-39	25	3	0	29	1	0

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Value

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-60	0	-2	0
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	0.0	-49	1	-1	0

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Sabermetric

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	14	63	67	366	14	.188	54	-59	-5.9	.060	2.3	100.0	1
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	2	32	38	261	5	.181	32	-50	-4.9	.008	2.0	100.0	1

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	10	0	0	0	10	0	.000	2			.000	1.3		0

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Win Probability

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	-4.9	-5.4	0.0	-59.67	-5.9	-56.61	0.92
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	-4.1	-4.6	0.3	-44.91	-4.5	-49.96	0.93

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Head-to-Head Batting

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Totals

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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	4	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Michael Wacha	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0

Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: Game Logs

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Jon Lester vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Jon Lester	WSN	2021-06-30	*	6	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.053	0.76	-0.03%	-0.61			P
2	Michael Wacha	TBR	2021-06-30		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	-0.008	0.48	-0.01%	-0.10			P
3	Jon Lester	CHC	2018-06-15	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.65	0.033	1.06	0.03%	0.65			P
4	Michael Wacha	STL	2018-06-15	*	5	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.90	0.039	1.24	0.03%	0.38			P
5	Jon Lester	CHC	2018-05-06	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	0.012	1.19	0.01%	0.15			P
6	Michael Wacha	STL	2018-05-06	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	-0.059	3.58	-0.05%	-0.37			P
7	Jon Lester	CHC	2016-09-14	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	0.084	0.00	0.00%	0.46			P
8	Michael Wacha	STL	2016-09-14		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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