Jon Lester vs. Bob Turley — Career Comparison

Jon Lester
MillenialWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bob Turley
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Jon Lester and Bob Turley are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 102 for Jon Lester and 98 for Bob Turley, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 96 and 92 respectively. If forced to pick, Jon Lester gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Jon Lester and Bob Turley

Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.48
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.63
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
1.25
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.66
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.53
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.38
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.45
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.09
63.09
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.3
54.3
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.45
76.45
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.41
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1114
3.66
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
3.64
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5138
27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1712.2
9
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2610
8.57
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1366
7.18
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
0.97
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.74
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
2.93
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1068
5.61
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.11
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2488
8.17
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1265
6.65
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.234
1.234
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.362
1.362
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.21
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.2
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.3
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.29
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11487
37.73
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7447
39.13
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.2
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1215
3.99
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
753
3.96
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.2
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.22
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
0.82
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10377
34.09
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6323
33.23
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.73
37.73
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Jon Lester and Bob Turley

Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.48
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.7
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
1.25
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4936
27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1645.1
9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.48
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.48
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
0.87
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.15
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.07
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
1.42
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
1.68
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
1.36
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.64
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.38
95.38
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.08
97.08
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
0.914
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.965
0.965
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.87
73.87
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.09
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Lester and Bob Turley

Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
458
649.65
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
310
300
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
423
600
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
620
600
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
366
519.15
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
547
529.35
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
42
59.57
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
66.77
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
28
39.72
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
53.23
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.18
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
10
9.68
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.67
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.87
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
19.86
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
14
13.55
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.43
17.63
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.55
16.98
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.78
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
88.06
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
63
89.36
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
99.68
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
27
38.3
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
42.58
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
43.97
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
30.97
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.6
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
69.68
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
0.76
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.06
3.92
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.9
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
21
29.79
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
229.79
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
191
184.84
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
2.61
2.61
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
48.23
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
35.81
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.84
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.94
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.51
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.74
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50