League Leaders Who Led?
John Lackey

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John Lackey

2002–2017  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'6", 235 lb  ·  b. 1978 Abilene, TX

Career 188–147 · 3.92 ERA · 2,294 SO · 2840.1 IP · 450 G · 26 H · 8 RBI · .110 AVG

Seasons leading his league
4
0 best in baseball 4 league only
14 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
2 Categories led
2007 Best season

Spanning 2003–2007, peaking at 2 titles in 2007.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 490th League titles 4
  • 810th Top-5 finishes 14

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Shutouts 3 1st 2 yrs (2006–2007) 2003 AL 2 2006 AL 2 2007 AL 2
Earned Run Average 1 1st — 2007 AL 3.01
Complete Games — #3 — 2006 #3
Strikeouts / 9 — #2 — 2005 #2
Strikeouts — #3 — 2005 #3 2006 #3
Wins — #2 — 2007 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
2007 2 ERA 3.01 SHO 2
2006 1 SHO 2
2003 1 SHO 2

Pitching

15 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
2002 ANA AL 9 4 3.66 18 18 0 108.1 113 44 10 33 69 1.35
2003 ANA AL 10 16 4.63 33 33 0 204.0 223 105 31 66 151 1.42
2004 ANA AL 14 13 4.67 33 32 0 198.1 215 103 22 60 144 1.39
2005 LAA AL 14 5 3.44 33 33 0 209.0 208 80 13 71 199 1.34
2006 LAA AL 13 11 3.56 33 33 0 217.2 203 86 14 72 190 1.26
2007 LAA AL 19 9 3.01 33 33 0 224.0 219 75 18 52 179 1.21
2008 LAA AL 12 5 3.75 24 24 0 163.1 161 68 26 40 130 1.23
2009 LAA AL 11 8 3.83 27 27 0 176.1 177 75 17 47 139 1.27
2010 BOS AL 14 11 4.40 33 33 0 215.0 233 105 18 72 156 1.42
2011 BOS AL 12 12 6.41 28 28 0 160.0 203 114 20 56 108 1.62
2013 BOS AL 10 13 3.52 29 29 0 189.1 179 74 26 40 161 1.16
2014 BOS +1 AL 14 10 3.82 31 31 0 198.0 206 84 24 47 164 1.28
2015 SLN NL 13 10 2.77 33 33 0 218.0 211 67 21 53 175 1.21
2016 CHN NL 11 8 3.35 29 29 0 188.1 146 70 23 53 180 1.06
2017 CHN NL 12 12 4.59 31 30 0 170.2 165 87 36 53 149 1.28
Career — — 188 147 3.92 448 446 0 2840.1 2,862 1,237 319 815 2,294 1.30

Batting

15 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2002 ANA AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
2003 ANA AL 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2004 ANA AL 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2005 LAA AL 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2006 LAA AL 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2007 LAA AL 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 LAA AL 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2009 LAA AL 27 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
2010 BOS AL 34 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000
2011 BOS AL 28 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
2013 BOS AL 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2014 BOS +1 AL 31 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .133 .133 .133 .267
2015 SLN NL 33 62 0 7 2 0 0 3 4 24 0 .113 .167 .145 .312
2016 CHN NL 29 63 1 6 2 0 0 2 2 31 0 .095 .123 .127 .250
2017 CHN NL 32 53 2 7 1 0 0 1 3 23 1 .132 .179 .151 .330
Career — — 450 236 6 26 7 0 0 8 9 97 1 .110 .143 .140 .283

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 448 222 299 28 29 .949