Jim Bronstad vs. Jon Lester — Career Comparison

Jim Bronstad
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jon Lester
MillenialWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jon Lester built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Bronstad as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jon Lester posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.283 compared to 5.48 and 1.591 for Jim Bronstad. By the career numbers, Jon Lester had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bronstad and Jon Lester

Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.32
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.48
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.66
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.67
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.38
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.09
63.09
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
5.48
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1114
3.66
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
10.57
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2610
8.57
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.06
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
0.97
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
3.56
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
2.93
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
4.32
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2488
8.17
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.875
0.875
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.77
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.21
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.3
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
39.68
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11487
37.73
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.92
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.86
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1215
3.99
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.2
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.22
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
0.82
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.569
1.569
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
35.94
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10377
34.09
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.73
37.73

Fielding Stats for Jim Bronstad and Jon Lester

Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.32
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.48
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.96
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.48
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.92
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
0.87
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.07
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.88
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
1.42
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.88
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
1.36
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.38
95.38
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bronstad and Jon Lester

Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
1566.67
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
458
649.65
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
423
600
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
566.67
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
366
519.15
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
59.57
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
39.72
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.18
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.67
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
19.86
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.21
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.43
17.63
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.78
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
89.36
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.3
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
43.97
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.6
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.5
-49.89
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.76
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
29.79
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
333.33
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
229.79
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.61
2.61
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
48.23
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.84
Jim Bronstad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.51
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Jim Bronstad
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100