Until today, nobody had ever gone more than 57 at bats into their career without a hit (at least in the last 101 years). Having gone 0 for 2 today, Jon Lester has now gone 59 at bats without a hit; he’s 0-for-59 on his career.
Here’s the new top 15 list, by at bats, of hitless streaks to begin a career since 1914.
| Name | Team(s) | Pos | PA | AB | First hitless game | Last hitless game | Hitless Games | RBI | SO | BB | HBP | SH | SF |
| Jon Lester | BOS-OAK-CHC | P | 66 | 59 | 6/16/2006 | 5/27/2015 | 25 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Joey Hamilton | SDP | P | 66 | 57 | 5/24/1994 | 6/3/1995 | 24 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Ron Herbel | SFG | P | 63 | 55 | 5/6/1964 | 5/11/1965 | 27 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Marv Breuer | NYY | P | 57 to 60 | 47 to 49 | 4/27/1940 | 9/4/1940 | 20 | 1 | 22 or 23 | 4 or 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Luke Walker | PIT | P | 56 | 48 | 4/18/1966 | 4/18/1970 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Carman | PHI | P | 53 | 48 | 9/13/1984 | 5/11/1987 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Fred Gladding | DET-HOU | P | 49 | 47 | 7/1/1961 | 7/5/1969 | 40 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Short | PHI | P | 45 | 44 | 4/19/1959 | 6/24/1961 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Randy Tate | NYM | P | 47 | 41 | 4/14/1975 | 9/18/1975 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pat Jarvis | ATL | P | 45 | 41 | 8/13/1966 | 6/12/1967 | 18 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Miguel Batista | CHC-MON | P | 43 | 41 | 8/11/1997 | 9/25/1998 | 24 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Stone | SFG | P | 50 | 40 | 4/8/1971 | 5/16/1972 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Roberto Hernandez | CLE-TBR-PHI | P | 47 | 40 | 6/12/2007 | 6/18/2014 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Denny Neagle | PIT | P | 47 | 40 | 4/21/1992 | 5/16/1994 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Cuellar | CIN-STL-HOU | P | 42 | 40 | 4/18/1959 | 4/25/1966 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
I do have posts on things other than Jon Lester’s hitless streak in the works, I promise.
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