John Lackey

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 235lb (198cm, 106kg)

Born: October 23, 1978 in Abilene, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 2nd round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Grayson College (Denison, TX).

High School: Abilene HS (Abilene, TX)

Schools: Grayson College (Denison, TX), University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX)

Debut: June 24, 2002 (Age 23-244d, 18,102nd in major league history)
vs. TEX 7.0 IP, 6 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: October 1, 2017 (Age 38-343d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Agents: Steve Hilliard • Previously: Joe Urbon

Full Name: John Derran Lackey

Nicknames: Lack

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.3

188

147

ERA

3.92

448

446

2840.1

2294

WHIP

1.295

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-13 / in Starts: 18-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2014 Pitching Game Log

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2014 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	325	2	Apr 2	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	3	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.00	3.80	22	90	68	16	8	4	11	3	3	0	63			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.088	.91	0.06%	0.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
2	326	7	Apr 7	BOS		TEX	W,5-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	1.38	3.13	27	95	65	18	14	10	10	5	1	0	68			2	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.60	0.326	1.45	0.18%	2.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
3	327	12	Apr 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	5.2	10	6	6	0	6	4	0	3.86	5.27	26	95	69	20	13	10	10	2	1	0	31			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.336	.68	-0.22%	-3.43	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d4
4	328	17	Apr 18	BOS		BAL	L,4-8	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	5.1	10	6	6	4	6	0	0	5.25	4.80	29	100	60	16	12	6	13	5	2	0	26			1	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.328	.85	-0.20%	-3.99	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d3
5	329	22	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,5-1	GS-8	W(3-2)	4	8.0	7	1	1	0	11	0	0	4.22	3.69	31	111	84	20	14	12	8	2	1	0	75			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	.82	0.290	.74	0.16%	2.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
6	330	27	Apr 29	BOS		TBR	W,7-4	GS-8	W(4-2)	5	8.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.83	3.41	31	112	74	18	10	15	10	5	1	0	66			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	1	0	.98	0.207	.98	0.12%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	331	32	May 4	BOS		OAK	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.72	3.39	25	107	70	20	8	6	12	3	2	0	55			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.021	.87	0.01%	0.90	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
8	332	37	May 11	BOS	@	TEX	W,5-2	GS-7	W(5-2)	6	7.0	7	2	2	0	9	1	0	3.57	3.26	27	105	75	16	12	8	10	3	1	0	64			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.200	.85	0.11%	1.38	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a3
9	333	42	May 17	BOS		DET	L,1-6	GS-6	L(5-3)	5	5.1	9	6	5	2	4	1	0	4.01	3.44	27	96	70	15	9	6	15	8	3	0	30			0	0	0	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.230	.78	-0.13%	-2.77	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d4
10	334	47	May 23	BOS	@	TBR	L,0-1	GS-8		5	7.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.58	3.36	28	108	65	16	6	17	7	3	1	0	69			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.359	.79	0.13%	2.78	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out tie
11	335	52	May 28	BOS		ATL	W,4-0	GS-7	W(6-3)	4	6.1	8	0	0	0	9	0	0	3.27	3.09	27	105	77	15	18	7	11	5	3	0	66			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.283	.48	0.08%	2.49	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	336	57	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-4)	4	8.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.28	3.09	31	96	63	21	4	17	9	4	0	0	55			3	0	0	29	0	1	0	3	0	0	.59	-0.080	.47	-0.04%	0.83	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
13	337	62	Jun 8	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	GS-8	W(7-4)	5	8.0	7	3	2	1	5	0	0	3.18	3.02	31	112	74	19	6	13	12	7	0	0	62			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.18	-0.091	.56	-0.03%	0.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
14	338	67	Jun 13	BOS		CLE	W,10-3	GS-7	W(8-4)	4	6.2	7	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.24	3.09	29	110	72	22	6	9	14	7	1	0	52			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.021	.46	0.01%	0.07	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a2
15	339	72	Jun 18	BOS		MIN	W,2-1	GS-9		4	9.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.96	2.95	30	105	74	18	14	9	11	4	3	0	89			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.675	.63	0.23%	4.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
16	340	77	Jun 23	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-12	GS-4	L(8-5)	4	3.2	7	7	7	2	3	1	0	3.45	3.08	19	74	53	13	5	8	6	5	0	0	20			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.518	.68	-0.18%	-5.57	1b start a 1	4b --3 2 out d5
17	341	82	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-5	GS-5	W(9-5)	5	5.0	6	5	4	1	2	2	0	3.62	3.30	22	96	65	20	2	11	8	4	0	0	38			1	0	0	21	1	1	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.179	.51	-0.06%	-2.68	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	342	87	Jul 5(2)	BOS		BAL	L,4-7	GS-6	L(9-6)	5	5.1	10	5	5	1	11	2	0	3.84	3.35	28	120	82	24	17	8	8	5	0	0	38			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.160	.54	-0.05%	-0.99	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
19	343	93	Jul 11	BOS	@	HOU	W,8-3	GS-6	W(10-6)	5	6.0	4	2	2	5	3	1	0	3.79	3.52	27	117	67	19	8	8	11	4	3	0	54			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.178	.17	0.02%	0.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
20	344	99	Jul 21	BOS	@	TOR	W,14-1	GS-7	W(11-6)	9	7.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.66	3.45	23	76	58	16	7	7	13	5	2	0	72			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.102	.16	0.03%	2.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out a13
21	345	104	Jul 26	BOS	@	TBR	L,0-3	GS-7	L(11-7)	4	7.0	8	3	2	4	4	1	0	3.60	3.56	32	112	72	24	8	16	8	3	3	0	51			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	1	.87	-0.047	.14	0.00%	0.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Cardinals
22	346	110	Aug 3	STL		MIL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(12-7)	7	7.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.55	3.58	28	109	77	12	9	7	17	10	5	0	59			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.031	1.41	0.04%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
23	347	115	Aug 9	STL	@	BAL	L,3-10	GS-6	L(12-8)	5	5.0	13	9	9	2	3	3	0	3.98	3.82	29	105	71	22	8	11	13	2	3	0	6			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.509	1.32	-0.53%	-7.59	1b start a 1	6b 12- 0 out d6
24	348	120	Aug 14	STL		SDP	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.91	3.78	28	110	79	28	9	10	10	5	2	0	61			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.105	2.68	0.12%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
25	349	125	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	4	4	2	1	7	1	0	3.88	3.77	25	91	65	16	13	7	10	6	2	0	58			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.217	1.98	-0.25%	-1.35	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
26	350	130	Aug 25	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS-7	W(13-8)	5	7.0	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.77	3.81	26	91	68	19	6	10	12	4	1	0	61			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.210	2.16	0.28%	2.06	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
27	351	136	Aug 31	STL		CHC	W,9-6	GS-7		5	6.1	9	5	2	1	6	1	1	3.74	3.82	30	95	73	13	16	12	10	3	1	0	46			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.81	-0.244	1.81	-0.33%	-2.14	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	352	141	Sep 5	STL	@	MIL	L,2-6	GS-6	L(13-9)	4	6.0	9	6	6	1	6	1	0	3.91	3.82	27	99	67	14	14	14	6	2	1	0	35			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.224	1.27	-0.28%	-3.27	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
29	353	146	Sep 10	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-3		4	2.0	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.97	3.91	11	43	24	6	3	4	4	3	1	0	39			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.168	1.08	-0.09%	-1.48	1b start a 2	3b 1-- 0 out tie
30	354	154	Sep 19	STL		CIN	W,2-1	GS-8	W(14-9)	8	7.2	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.86	3.82	28	87	66	23	8	7	16	8	4	0	68			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.400	1.39	0.29%	2.33	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
31	355	159	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-7	L(14-10)	4	6.2	5	2	2	4	8	0	0	3.82	3.78	29	107	70	14	20	3	14	8	2	0	60			0	0	0	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.02	0.043	1.67	0.04%	0.95	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d1
							18-13		W-L:14-10	4.8	198.0	206	94	84	47	164	24	1	3.82	3.78	833	3079	69%	18%	10%	0.89		23%	9%	0	53		---%	17	3	0	776	41	5	1	19	3	10	.94	0.208	.98	-0.47%	-3.04

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