Jon Lieber  
Starting Pitcher | Boston Red Sox

Pitching
When healthy, Lieber is the prototypical veteran finesse pitcher. He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. Lieber has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. Lieber also has a decent changeup. Dating back to his days in the minors, Lieber has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He has a quick release to the plate, which allows catchers a chance to throw out basestealers. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Lieber is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Lieber has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 LA 72 56 92 34 56 42 45 48 53 53 43 0 50 0 0 0 26 4 Overhand Active 0 6 19 56 287
1999 LA 72 57 92 36 56 42 45 48 53 53 48 0 56 0 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 297
2000 LA 71 67 92 38 56 42 45 48 53 53 48 0 60 0 0 0 28 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 264
2001 LA 75 68 92 38 56 42 45 48 53 53 51 0 62 0 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 275
2002 LA 83 68 92 39 56 42 45 48 53 53 53 0 62 0 0 0 30 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 64 286
2003 LA 83 70 92 39 56 42 45 48 53 57 53 0 62 0 0 0 31 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 64 292
2004 LA 92 69 92 40 56 42 45 48 53 57 54 0 62 0 0 0 32 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 303
2005 MIN 97 69 92 41 56 42 45 48 53 57 54 0 64 0 0 0 33 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 311
2006 OAK 97 67 92 41 56 42 45 48 53 59 55 0 64 0 0 0 34 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 311
2007 OAK 97 70 92 40 56 42 45 48 53 59 55 0 65 0 0 0 35 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 314
2008 BOS 97 70 92 40 56 42 45 48 53 60 56 0 66 0 0 0 36 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 316
2009 BOS 96 69 92 42 56 42 45 48 53 60 56 0 66 0 0 0 37 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 315
2010 BOS 97 69 92 42 56 42 45 48 53 61 56 0 66 0 0 0 38 16 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 316
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.