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.

2003 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2003 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	BOS	@	TBD	L,4-6	CG	37	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 1	BOS	@	TBD	W,9-8	GF	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 2	BOS	@	TBD	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 3	BOS	@	TBD	W,14-5	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
5	5	Apr 4	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	6	Apr 5	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	8 (1)	Apr 8	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	C
8	9	Apr 9	BOS	@	TOR	L,5-10	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
9	10	Apr 10	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	11	Apr 12	BOS		BAL	L,6-13	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
11	12	Apr 13	BOS		BAL	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	13	Apr 15	BOS		TBD	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
13	14	Apr 16	BOS		TBD	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	15	Apr 17	BOS		TBD	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	17 (1)	Apr 19	BOS		TOR	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	18	Apr 20	BOS		TOR	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	19	Apr 21	BOS		TOR	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
18	20	Apr 22	BOS	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	C
19	21	Apr 23	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
20	22	Apr 24	BOS	@	TEX	L,5-16	CG	50	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
21	24 (1)	Apr 26	BOS	@	ANA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
22	25	Apr 27	BOS	@	ANA	W,6-4	CG	54	14.0	16	1	0	17	0	C
23	27 (1)	Apr 30	BOS		KCR	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	28	May 1	BOS		KCR	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
25	29	May 2	BOS		MIN	L,7-11	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
26	30	May 3	BOS		MIN	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
27	32 (1)	May 5	BOS	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
28	34 (1)	May 7	BOS	@	KCR	W,9-6	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
29	35	May 9	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	36	May 10	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
31	37	May 11	BOS	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	38	May 13	BOS		TEX	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	40 (1)	May 15	BOS		TEX	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
34	42 (1)	May 17	BOS		ANA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	43	May 18	BOS		ANA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	44	May 19	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
37	45	May 20	BOS		NYY	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
38	47 (1)	May 23	BOS		CLE	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	48	May 24	BOS		CLE	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	49	May 25	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	51 (1)	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	52	May 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
43	53	May 30	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-13	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	55 (1)	Jun 1	BOS	@	TOR	L,8-11	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
45	56	Jun 4 (1)	BOS	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	58 (1)	Jun 5	BOS	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
47	59	Jun 6	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-9	GF	10	2.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	60	Jun 7	BOS	@	MIL	W,11-10	CG	42	9.0	10	3	2	15	1	C
49	61	Jun 8	BOS	@	MIL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
50	62	Jun 10	BOS		STL	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	63	Jun 11	BOS		STL	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
52	64	Jun 12	BOS		STL	L,7-8	GF	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
53	65	Jun 13	BOS		HOU	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	66	Jun 14	BOS		HOU	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	67	Jun 15	BOS		HOU	W,3-2	GS	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	68	Jun 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	69	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
58	71 (1)	Jun 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
59	72	Jun 21	BOS	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	53	12.1	14	0	0	14	0	C
60	73	Jun 22	BOS	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	75 (1)	Jun 24	BOS		DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
62	76	Jun 25	BOS		DET	W,11-2	GS	28	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
63	77	Jun 26	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
64	78	Jun 27	BOS		FLA	W,25-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	80 (1)	Jun 29	BOS		FLA	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	81	Jul 1	BOS	@	TBD	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
67	82	Jul 2	BOS	@	TBD	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
68	84 (1)	Jul 4	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	85	Jul 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	86	Jul 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	87	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	13	0	0	13	0	C
72	88	Jul 8	BOS	@	TOR	W,2-1	GF	9	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
73	89	Jul 9	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-7	GS	33	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
74	90	Jul 10	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
75	91	Jul 11	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
76	92	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	45	11.0	14	0	1	15	0	C
77	94 (1)	Jul 17	BOS		TOR	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
78	95	Jul 18	BOS		TOR	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
79	96	Jul 19	BOS		TOR	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	9	3	0	12	1	C
80	97	Jul 20	BOS		TOR	W,9-4	GS	23	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
81	98	Jul 21	BOS		DET	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	99	Jul 22	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
83	100	Jul 23	BOS		TBD	W,10-4	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
84	101	Jul 24	BOS		TBD	L,9-15	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
85	102	Jul 25	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
86	103	Jul 26	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
87	104	Jul 27	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
88	106 (1)	Jul 30	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
89	107	Jul 31	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	48	10.2	12	0	0	12	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	108	Aug 1	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
91	109	Aug 2	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
92	111 (1)	Aug 5	BOS		ANA	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
93	112	Aug 6	BOS		ANA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
94	113	Aug 7	BOS		ANA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	115 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
96	117 (1)	Aug 10	BOS		BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
97	118	Aug 11	BOS	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
98	119	Aug 12	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	120	Aug 13	BOS	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
100	121	Aug 14	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
101	122	Aug 15	BOS	@	SEA	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
102	123	Aug 16	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
103	124	Aug 17	BOS	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
104	125	Aug 19	BOS		OAK	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	127 (1)	Aug 21	BOS		OAK	W,14-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
106	128	Aug 22	BOS		SEA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
107	129	Aug 23	BOS		SEA	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
108	130	Aug 24	BOS		SEA	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
109	131	Aug 25	BOS		SEA	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
110	132	Aug 26	BOS		TOR	L,9-12	GF	12	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
111	133	Aug 27	BOS		TOR	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
112	134	Aug 29	BOS		NYY	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
113	135	Aug 30	BOS		NYY	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
114	136	Aug 31	BOS		NYY	L,4-8	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	137	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHI	W,13-9	GS	41	7.1	5	1	1	7	0	C
116	138	Sep 2	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
117	139	Sep 3	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
118	140	Sep 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
119	142 (1)	Sep 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
120	143	Sep 8	BOS	@	BAL	L,10-13	GS	35	6.1	0	1	1	2	0	C
121	144	Sep 9	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
122	145	Sep 10	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
123	146	Sep 12	BOS		CHW	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
124	147	Sep 13	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
125	148	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
126	149	Sep 15	BOS		TBD	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
127	150	Sep 16	BOS		TBD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
128	151	Sep 17	BOS		TBD	L,0-7	CG	47	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
129	153 (1)	Sep 19	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
130	154	Sep 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-13	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
131	155	Sep 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
132	156	Sep 22	BOS		BAL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
133	157	Sep 23	BOS		BAL	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
134	158	Sep 24	BOS		BAL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
135	159	Sep 25	BOS		BAL	W,14-3	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
136	160	Sep 26	BOS	@	TBD	W,7-2	GS	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
137	162 (1)	Sep 28	BOS	@	TBD	L,1-3	GS	23	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							137gm		1075.1	854	43	9	906	8