Jon Lester vs. Jess Todd — Career Comparison

Jon Lester
MillenialWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jess Todd
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jon Lester built a career as a starting pitcher and Jess Todd 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 7.62 and 1.976 for Jess Todd. By the career numbers, Jon Lester had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jon Lester and Jess Todd

Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.48
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
7.94
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.66
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.38
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.09
63.09
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1114
3.66
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
7.62
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2610
8.57
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
13.66
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.66
13.66
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
0.97
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
2.93
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.81
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2488
8.17
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
9.21
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.17
8.17
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.21
9.21
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.234
1.234
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.21
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.3
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11487
37.73
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
44.15
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.54
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1215
3.99
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
7.62
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.2
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.22
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
0.82
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.941
1.941
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10377
34.09
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
38.75
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.73
37.73
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15

Fielding Stats for Jon Lester and Jess Todd

Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.48
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
7.94
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.48
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.95
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.87
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.07
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
1.42
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.59
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
1.36
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.59
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.38
95.38
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Lester and Jess Todd

Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
458
649.65
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
25
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
423
600
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
366
519.15
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
59.57
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
39.72
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.18
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.67
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
19.86
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.43
17.63
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.78
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
89.36
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.3
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
43.97
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.6
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.76
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
29.79
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
162
229.79
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.61
2.61
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
48.23
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.84
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.51
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA