Jason Varitek

Position: Catcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 230lb (188cm, 104kg)

Born: April 11, 1972 in Rochester, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 23rd round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lake Brantley HS (Altamonte Springs, FL), the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (21st) of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) and the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (14th) of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA).

High School: Lake Brantley HS (Altamonte Springs, FL)

School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: September 24, 1997 (Age 25-166d, 17,181st in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 2011 (Age 39-167d)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (WBC,College)

Full Name: Jason Andrew Varitek

Nicknames: Tek

Pronunciation: \VAIR-uh-teck\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.2

5099

1307

193

.256

664

RBI

757

OBP

.341

SLG

.435

OPS

.776

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 2	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	5 (2)	Apr 5	BOS	@	SEA	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	C
3	6	Apr 6	BOS	@	ANA	L,1-2	CG	44	10.1	9	2	0	11	0	C
4	9 (2)	Apr 10	BOS		SEA	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
5	11 (1)	Apr 12	BOS		SEA	W,8-7	GS	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	12	Apr 13	BOS		OAK	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
7	15 (2)	Apr 17	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
8	18 (2)	Apr 20	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
9	20 (1)	Apr 22	BOS	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
10	23 (2)	Apr 27	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	25 (1)	Apr 29	BOS		ANA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	29 (3)	May 3	BOS		TEX	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	C
13	33 (3)	May 8	BOS	@	KCR	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	35 (1)	May 10	BOS	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	38 (2)	May 13	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
16	39	May 14	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-2	GF	18	4.2	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
17	40	May 15	BOS		KCR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
18	41	May 16	BOS		KCR	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	42	May 17	BOS		KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
20	44 (1)	May 20	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
21	45	May 22	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
22	46	May 23	BOS		NYY	L,3-12	CG	51	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
23	47	May 24	BOS		NYY	L,4-14	GS	36	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	48	May 25	BOS		TOR	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
25	50 (1)	May 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
26	53 (2)	May 31	BOS	@	NYY	W,13-7	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	56 (2)	Jun 3	BOS		BAL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
28	58 (1)	Jun 5	BOS		NYM	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
29	61 (2)	Jun 8	BOS	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	44	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	63 (1)	Jun 10	BOS	@	ATL	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
31	65 (1)	Jun 14	BOS		TBD	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	66	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
33	68 (1)	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
34	69	Jun 18	BOS	@	TBD	W,7-5	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
35	70	Jun 19	BOS	@	TBD	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
36	76 (5)	Jun 25	BOS	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
37	78 (1)	Jun 27	BOS	@	FLA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
38	80 (1)	Jun 30	BOS		MON	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	83 (2)	Jul 3	BOS		CHW	W,15-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	88 (4)	Jul 11	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
41	89	Jul 12	BOS	@	BAL	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
42	94 (4)	Jul 17	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
43	96 (1)	Jul 19	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
44	98 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	7.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
45	99	Jul 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
46	106 (6)	Jul 30	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	107	Jul 31	BOS	@	ANA	W,7-2	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	108	Aug 1	BOS	@	ANA	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	113 (4)	Aug 7	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
50	114	Aug 8	BOS	@	TEX	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	117 (2)	Aug 12	BOS		KCR	L,4-8	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	119 (1)	Aug 14	BOS		MIN	W,13-12	CG	51	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	121 (1)	Aug 16	BOS		MIN	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	123 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	BOS		TEX	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	125 (1)	Aug 20	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	126	Aug 21	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	129 (2)	Aug 25	BOS		OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
58	130	Aug 26	BOS		OAK	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
59	132 (1)	Aug 28	BOS		ANA	L,6-7	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
60	135 (2)	Aug 31	BOS		SEA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	136	Sep 1	BOS		SEA	L,3-7	GS	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
62	138 (1)	Sep 3	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-4	GF	15	3.2	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
63	139	Sep 4	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-12	GF	16	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
64	141 (1)	Sep 6	BOS	@	TOR	L,7-8	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
65	142	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	144 (1)	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
67	149 (4)	Sep 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	150	Sep 16	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	152 (1)	Sep 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,9-11	CG	45	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
70	153	Sep 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
71	154	Sep 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
72	155	Sep 21 (1)	BOS		TBD	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
73	160 (4)	Sep 25	BOS		BAL	W,8-3	GS	24	6.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
74	161	Sep 26	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	162	Sep 27	BOS		BAL	W,6-4	GS	37	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
							75gm		516.0	367	32	5	404	3