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.

2000 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2000 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	BOS	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
2	2	Apr 5	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 6	BOS	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 8	BOS	@	ANA	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
5	6	Apr 9	BOS	@	ANA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
6	7	Apr 11	BOS		MIN	W,13-4	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
7	8	Apr 12	BOS		MIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	9	Apr 13	BOS		MIN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
9	10	Apr 14	BOS		OAK	L,6-13	GS	40	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
10	11	Apr 15	BOS		OAK	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
11	12	Apr 16	BOS		OAK	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
12	13	Apr 17	BOS		OAK	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
13	15 (1)	Apr 19	BOS	@	DET	W,10-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	16	Apr 24	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
15	17	Apr 25	BOS	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
16	18	Apr 26	BOS	@	TEX	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	20 (1)	Apr 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	21	Apr 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	22	May 1	BOS		DET	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
20	23	May 2	BOS		DET	L,6-7	CG	58	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
21	25 (1)	May 5	BOS		TBD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	26	May 6	BOS		TBD	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	17	0	0	17	0	C
23	27	May 7	BOS		TBD	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	28	May 8	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	30 (1)	May 10	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
26	31	May 11	BOS	@	BAL	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
27	32	May 12	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
28	34 (1)	May 14	BOS	@	BAL	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	38 (3)	May 19	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
30	40 (1)	May 21	BOS		DET	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	41	May 23	BOS		TOR	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
32	42	May 24	BOS		TOR	W,6-3	CG	43	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	44 (1)	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	45	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
35	46	May 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	47	May 30	BOS		KCR	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	49 (1)	Jun 1	BOS		KCR	L,11-13	CG	47	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
38	50	Jun 2	BOS	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	45	10.1	4	2	0	6	0	C
39	51	Jun 3	BOS	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	52	Jun 4	BOS	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	20	4.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	53	Jun 5	BOS	@	FLA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	54	Jun 6	BOS	@	FLA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
43	55	Jun 7	BOS	@	FLA	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
44	56	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	C
45	57	Jun 9	BOS	@	ATL	L,4-6	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
46	58	Jun 10	BOS	@	ATL	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	59	Jun 11	BOS	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	60	Jun 13	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	61	Jun 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
50	63 (1)	Jun 17	BOS		TOR	L,10-11	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
51	64	Jun 18	BOS		TOR	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	65	Jun 19	BOS		NYY	L,1-22	GS	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	66	Jun 20	BOS		NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
54	68 (1)	Jun 22	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	69	Jun 23	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
56	70	Jun 24	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
57	73 (2)	Jun 28	BOS		BAL	L,7-8	CG	56	11.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
58	74	Jun 29	BOS		BAL	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	75	Jun 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	76	Jul 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
61	78 (1)	Jul 3	BOS	@	MIN	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
62	79	Jul 4	BOS	@	MIN	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	81 (1)	Jul 6	BOS	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	82	Jul 7	BOS		ATL	L,3-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
65	83	Jul 8	BOS		ATL	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
66	84	Jul 9	BOS		ATL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	85	Jul 13	BOS		NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
68	86	Jul 14	BOS		NYM	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
69	87	Jul 15	BOS		NYM	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
70	88	Jul 16	BOS		MON	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	90 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		MON	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
72	91	Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
73	93 (1)	Jul 21	BOS		CHW	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	94	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
75	95	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
76	97 (1)	Jul 25	BOS		MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	98	Jul 27	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
78	99	Jul 28	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
79	101 (1)	Jul 30	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	102	Jul 31	BOS	@	SEA	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	103	Aug 1	BOS	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	68	18.0	16	1	1	18	0	C
82	104	Aug 2	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	105	Aug 4	BOS		KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
84	106	Aug 5	BOS		KCR	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
85	108 (1)	Aug 7	BOS	@	ANA	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
86	109	Aug 8	BOS	@	ANA	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
87	110	Aug 9	BOS	@	ANA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
88	111	Aug 11	BOS	@	TEX	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
89	112	Aug 12	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	113	Aug 13	BOS	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
91	114	Aug 14	BOS		TBD	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
92	115	Aug 15	BOS		TBD	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
93	116	Aug 16	BOS		TBD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
94	117	Aug 17	BOS		TEX	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
95	118	Aug 18	BOS		TEX	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
96	119	Aug 19	BOS		TEX	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
97	120	Aug 20	BOS		TEX	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	121	Aug 21	BOS		ANA	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
99	122	Aug 22	BOS		ANA	L,4-11	GS	36	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
100	123	Aug 23	BOS		ANA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	124	Aug 24	BOS	@	KCR	W,9-7	CG	40	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
102	126 (1)	Aug 26	BOS	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
103	128 (1)	Aug 28	BOS	@	TBD	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
104	129	Aug 29	BOS	@	TBD	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
105	130	Aug 30	BOS	@	TBD	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	131	Sep 1	BOS		SEA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
107	132	Sep 2	BOS		SEA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
108	133	Sep 3	BOS		SEA	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
109	134	Sep 4	BOS		SEA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
110	136 (1)	Sep 6	BOS		OAK	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
111	137	Sep 7	BOS		MIN	W,11-6	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
112	138	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
113	139	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
114	141 (1)	Sep 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
115	142	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
116	143	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-10	GS	40	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
117	144	Sep 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
118	146 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	148 (1)	Sep 17	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
120	149	Sep 19	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
121	150	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
122	152 (1)	Sep 21 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
123	153	Sep 21 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
124	154	Sep 22	BOS		BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
125	157 (2)	Sep 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
126	158	Sep 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
127	159	Sep 28	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
128	160	Sep 29	BOS	@	TBD	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
							128gm		1076.0	867	46	7	920	3