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Jason Varitek
Jason Andrew Varitek

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.
School Georgia Institute of Technology

Debut September 24, 1997

Born April 11, 1972 in Rochester, MI

Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed April 20, 1995. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 25 BOS AL   1    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  422    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1998 26 BOS AL  86  221   31   56  13  0   7   33   2  2  17  45  .253  .309  .407   83   90   4   3   1   2   8
 1999 27 BOS AL 144  483   70  130  39  2  20   76   1  2  46  85  .269  .330  .482  101  233   5   8   2   2  12
 2000 28 BOS AL 139  448   55  111  31  1  10   65   1  1  60  84  .248  .342  .388   82  174   1   4   3   6  16
 2001 29 BOS AL  51  174   19   51  11  1   7   25   0  0  21  35  .293  .371  .489  123   85   1   1   3   1   6
 2002 30 BOS AL 132  467   58  124  27  1  10   61   4  3  41  95  .266  .332  .392   90  183   1   3   3   7  13
 2003 31 BOS AL 142  451   63  123  31  1  25   85   3  2  51 106  .273  .351  .512  120  231   5   7   8   7  10 MVP-24,AS
 2004 32 BOS AL 137  463   67  137  30  1  18   73  10  3  62 126  .296  .390  .482  121  223   0   1   9  10  11 MVP-30
 2005 33 BOS AL 133  470   70  132  30  1  22   70   2  0  62 117  .281  .366  .489  122  230   1   3   3   3  10 SS,MVP-21,AS
 2006 34 BOS AL 103  365   46   87  19  2  12   55   1  2  46  87  .238  .325  .400   83  146   1   2   7   2  10
 2007 35 BOS AL 131  435   57  111  15  3  17   68   1  2  71 122  .255  .367  .421  103  183   0   4   9   8   9
 2008 36 BOS AL 115  379   34   87  19  0  12   38   0  1  47 109  .230  .320  .375   80  142   0   1   2   4  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons         4357      1150     13      649     18    1011  .264  .347  .441  101       19  37  50  52 116
               1314       570      265    160       25    524                            1921
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        537   70  142  33  2  20   80   3  2  65 125  .264  .347  .441  101  237   2   5   6   6  14
 Career High    144  483   70  137  39  3  25   85  10  3  71 126  .296  .390  .512  122  233   5   8   9  10  16
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 25 BOS AL    1    0    1         111|1.000  .273|1.000  .343|1.000  .433|2.000  .776| 422         0.5   0.0   0%
 1998 26 BOS AL  247  182   26   3.8   111| .253  .274| .309  .343| .407  .436| .716  .779|  83  .363  -5.7  -0.5  50%
 1999 27 BOS AL  544  380   76   5.3   117| .269  .280| .330  .353| .482  .448| .812  .801| 101  .494   0.4   0.0  33%
 2000 28 BOS AL  519  359   60   4.5   119| .248  .281| .342  .355| .388  .452| .730  .807|  82  .404 -11.5  -1.0  50%
 2001 29 BOS AL  198  131   31   6.3   109| .293  .270| .371  .337| .489  .433| .860  .770| 123  .601   6.1   0.6   0%
 2002 30 BOS AL  519  363   60   4.4   108| .266  .268| .332  .336| .392  .431| .724  .766|  90  .449  -6.7  -0.6  57%
 2003 31 BOS AL  521  352   82   6.2   111| .273  .274| .351  .340| .512  .438| .863  .778| 120  .597  13.8   1.3  60%
 2004 32 BOS AL  536  341   89   7.0   115| .296  .278| .390  .346| .482  .445| .872  .792| 121  .634  16.0   1.5  76%
 2005 33 BOS AL  539  352   86   6.5   108| .281  .273| .366  .336| .489  .433| .855  .769| 122  .628  16.1   1.5 100%
 2006 34 BOS AL  416  293   47   4.3   115| .238  .281| .325  .347| .400  .447| .725  .794|  83  .410  -9.7  -0.9  33%
 2007 35 BOS AL  518  339   70   5.5   112| .255  .278| .367  .346| .421  .435| .788  .781| 103  .540   2.7   0.3  33%
 2008 36 BOS AL  431  305   45   4.0   111| .230  .275| .320  .344| .375  .432| .695  .776|  80  .396 -11.7  -1.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4989 3397  673   5.3   113| .264  .276| .347  .344| .441  .440| .788  .784| 101  .513  10.2   1.1  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1997 25 BOS AL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 6.10 9.00 7.20 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1998 26 BOS AL C 75 367 32 5 3 .988 .990 5.32 6.17 6.96 7.13 56 516.0 18 20 49 19 DH 3 1999 27 BOS AL C 140 972 66 11 8 .990 .991 7.41 6.11 8.10 6.98 130 1153.0 25 22 124 46 DH 2 2000 28 BOS AL C 128 867 46 7 3 .992 .991 7.13 6.02 7.64 6.93 119 1076.0 14 16 104 34 DH 1 2001 29 BOS AL C 50 425 32 2 2 .996 .990 9.14 6.12 9.64 7.17 47 426.7 3 11 51 18 2002 30 BOS AL C 127 912 55 4 8 .996 .993 7.61 6.16 8.17 6.96 121 1064.7 10 19 81 31 DH 1 2003 31 BOS AL C 137 854 43 9 8 .990 .991 6.55 5.88 7.51 6.79 119 1075.3 6 28 61 23 AS DH 4 AS 2004 32 BOS AL C 130 880 49 2 11 .998 .992 7.15 6.19 7.87 7.12 121 1062.7 5 20 77 23 DH 1 2005 33 BOS AL C 130 783 33 8 4 .990 .992 6.28 5.96 6.74 6.80 127 1089.0 7 43 65 21 GG,AS 2006 34 BOS AL C 99 648 27 4 3 .994 .992 6.82 6.32 7.39 7.09 94 822.3 1 24 46 13 2007 35 BOS AL C 125 937 39 6 8 .994 .991 7.81 6.41 8.26 7.28 121 1064.0 4 16 63 20 2008 36 BOS AL C 115 795 40 4 7 .995 .991 7.26 6.53 8.18 7.22 105 919.0 3 20 52 16
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 25 BOS AL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 6.10 9.00 7.20 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1998 26 BOS AL C 75 367 32 5 3 .988 .990 5.32 6.17 6.96 7.13 56 516.0 18 20 49 19 1999 27 BOS AL C 140 972 66 11 8 .990 .991 7.41 6.11 8.10 6.98 130 1153.0 25 22 124 46 2000 28 BOS AL C 128 867 46 7 3 .992 .991 7.13 6.02 7.64 6.93 119 1076.0 14 16 104 34 2001 29 BOS AL C 50 425 32 2 2 .996 .990 9.14 6.12 9.64 7.17 47 426.7 3 11 51 18 2002 30 BOS AL C 127 912 55 4 8 .996 .993 7.61 6.16 8.17 6.96 121 1064.7 10 19 81 31 2003 31 BOS AL C 137 854 43 9 8 .990 .991 6.55 5.88 7.51 6.79 119 1075.3 6 28 61 23 2004 32 BOS AL C 130 880 49 2 11 .998 .992 7.15 6.19 7.87 7.12 121 1062.7 5 20 77 23 2005 33 BOS AL C 130 783 33 8 4 .990 .992 6.28 5.96 6.74 6.80 127 1089.0 7 43 65 21 2006 34 BOS AL C 99 648 27 4 3 .994 .992 6.82 6.32 7.39 7.09 94 822.3 1 24 46 13 2007 35 BOS AL C 125 937 39 6 8 .994 .991 7.81 6.41 8.26 7.28 121 1064.0 4 16 63 20 2008 36 BOS AL C 115 795 40 4 7 .995 .991 7.26 6.53 8.18 7.22 105 919.0 3 20 52 16 1998 26 BOS AL DH 3 1999 27 BOS AL DH 2 2000 28 BOS AL DH 1 2002 30 BOS AL DH 1 2003 31 BOS AL DH 4 2004 32 BOS AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1257 8441 462 62 65 .993 .991 7.08 6.16 7.80 7.03 1160 10269.7 96 239 773 264 DH 12 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1257 8441 462 62 65 .993 .991 7.08 6.16 7.80 7.02 1160 10270
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1998   ALDS  BOS CLE     L   1   4   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1999   ALDS  BOS CLE     W   5  21   7   5  3  0  1   3   0   4  .238  .273  .524   0  0   0   0   1 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   5  20   1   4  1  1  1   1   1   4  .200  .238  .500   0  0   1   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  BOS OAK     W   5  14   4   4  0  0  2   2   2   2  .286  .375  .714   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   6  20   4   6  2  0  2   3   1   5  .300  .333  .700   0  0   0   0   0 
 2004   ALDS  BOS ANA     W   3  12   3   2  0  0  1   2   2   5  .167  .333  .417   0  0   0   0   1 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     W   7  28   5   9  1  0  2   7   2   6  .321  .355  .571   0  0   0   1   0 
        WS    BOS STL     W   4  13   2   2  0  1  0   2   1   4  .154  .267  .308   0  0   0   0   1 
 2005   ALDS  BOS CHW     L   3  10   1   3  0  0  0   1   0   2  .300  .300  .300   0  0             
 2007   ALDS  BOS LAA     W   3  11   1   2  1  0  0   1   0   4  .182  .182  .273   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS CLE     W   7  26   3   7  3  0  1   4   2   5  .269  .345  .500   0  0   0   0   1 
        WS    BOS COL     W   4  15   2   5  1  0  0   5   1   5  .333  .333  .400   0  0   0   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  6 Lg Div Series       4-2  20  72  16  17  4  0  4  10   4  18  .236  .295  .458   0  0   0   0   2 
  4 Lg Champ Series     2-2  25  94  13  26  7  1  6  15   6  20  .277  .324  .564   0  0   1   1   1 
  2 World Series        2-0   8  28   4   7  1  1  0   7   2   9  .250  .303  .357   0  0   0   2   1 
 12 Postseason Series   8-4  53 194  33  50 12  2 10  32  12  47  .258  .310  .495   0  0   1   3   4 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2003   BOS AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 2005   BOS AL   *   1   1   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      1   1   1   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2003
2005 (C)

Gold Gloves
2005-AL--C

Silver Sluggers
2005-AL--C

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2003-AL-24-0.01
2004-AL-30-0.00
2005-AL-21-0.01
Car-1314-0.02 shares

On-base %
2004 AL-.390-10

Doubles
1999 AL-39-9

Sac. Flies
1999 AL-8-10

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2071) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.9 (591) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 36.0 (492) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1993 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed April 20, 1995.

July 31, 1997: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Derek Lowe to the Boston Red Sox for Heathcliff Slocumb.

November 1, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 24, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998Boston Red Sox$170,000
1999Boston Red Sox$237,500
2000Boston Red Sox$375,000
2001Boston Red Sox$1,800,000
2002Boston Red Sox$3,500,000
2003Boston Red Sox$4,700,000
2004Boston Red Sox$6,900,000
2005Boston Red Sox$8,000,000
2006Boston Red Sox$10,000,000
2007Boston Red Sox$11,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$46,682,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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