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Name	Team	Age
John "Hannibal" Lester	Retired (1979, Age 37)	Died (2008, Age 66)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 2 (1965)	SP	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Dom DiMaggio League	0	14 years (23 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A-	C
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D-	F	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D-	D-	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	B+	B-
Leadership	Mentor Value
D	C-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	1/17/1942
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HBP	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
1965	BOS	4	3	10	10	0	0	0	0	56.1	60	37	35	1	17	44	1.37	5.59
1966	BOS	12	7	29	29	4	1	0	0	190.0	156	73	71	3	65	136	1.16	3.36
1967	BOS	8	17	33	33	3	1	0	0	202.0	213	119	114	3	93	148	1.51	5.08
1968	BOS	9	15	36	36	1	0	0	0	222.1	213	121	111	2	98	186	1.40	4.49
1969	BOS	9	18	36	36	1	0	0	0	227.1	213	132	129	7	104	162	1.39	5.11
1970	BOS	6	19	36	36	4	1	0	0	220.0	209	127	119	3	88	166	1.35	4.87
1971	BOS	7	19	36	36	3	0	0	0	224.1	241	133	128	5	92	174	1.48	5.14
1972	BOS-BAL	11	13	33	33	5	0	0	0	223.2	236	121	116	6	76	184	1.39	4.67
1973	BAL	11	10	28	28	6	0	0	0	215.0	199	90	88	4	76	161	1.28	3.68
1974	BAL	9	10	24	24	5	1	0	0	172.1	161	76	69	0	56	121	1.26	3.60
1975	BAL	10	9	33	33	1	0	0	0	222.1	199	93	89	2	68	184	1.20	3.60
1976	BAL	4	10	21	17	3	0	0	0	119.1	112	64	59	3	46	88	1.32	4.45
1977	BAL	4	3	13	10	0	0	1	0	73.2	47	18	18	3	30	51	1.05	2.20
1978	STL	13	13	30	30	4	0	0	0	191.0	211	103	95	3	78	130	1.51	4.48
1979	STL	3	9	23	18	0	0	0	0	103.1	126	81	72	1	49	85	1.69	6.27
2075		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Total		120	175	421	409	40	4	1	0	2663.0	2596	1388	1313	46	1036	2020	1.36	4.44

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1979-11-01	John "Hannibal" Lester has retired from the St. Louis Red Birds
1978-04-15	The St. Louis Red Birds have acquired John "Hannibal" Lester from the waiver wire.
1978-04-11	The Baltimore Bureaucrats have promoted Larry McLean to the major league team. The Baltimore Bureaucrats have designated John "Hannibal" Lester for assignment.
1973-09-17	John "Hannibal" Lester of the Baltimore GirlyMen is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1972-04-23	The Baltimore GirlyMen have renamed John "Mo" Lester to John "Hannibal" Lester.
1972-04-23	The Baltimore GirlyMen have renamed John Lester to John "Mo" Lester.
1972-04-23	A trade has been completed between the Boston Americans and the Baltimore GirlyMen. The Baltimore GirlyMen receive John Lester, Denny Doyle from the Boston Americans in exchange for Tommy Gorman, Dan Grimes, Gene Foster.
1966-08-17	The Boston RedSox have promoted John Lester to the major league team. The Boston RedSox have designated Rico Petrocelli for assignment.
1966-07-24	The Boston RedSox have promoted John Ruffin to the major league team. The Boston RedSox have sent John Lester to the minors.
1965-08-12	The Boston RedSox have promoted John Lester to the major league team. The Boston RedSox have designated Jim Person for assignment.
1965-04-01	The Boston RedSox have renamed Lohn Lester to John Lester.
1965-04-01	The Boston RedSox have renamed Snuffy Hanson to Lohn Lester.