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.

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	BOS		TBR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
2	2	Apr 8	BOS		TBR	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	BOS		TBR	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 11	BOS	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
5	6	Apr 12	BOS	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
6	7	Apr 13	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
7	8	Apr 14	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	53	11.2	13	0	0	13	0	C
8	10 (1)	Apr 17	BOS		BAL	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
9	11	Apr 18	BOS		BAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
10	13 (1)	Apr 20	BOS		BAL	W,12-1	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	15 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	BOS		MIN	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	16	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	52	11.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
13	17	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,16-11	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	18	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	20 (1)	Apr 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	47	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	21	Apr 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	23 (1)	May 1	BOS	@	TBR	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	9	3	0	12	0	C
18	25 (1)	May 3	BOS	@	TBR	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
19	26	May 4	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
20	27	May 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
21	28	May 6	BOS		CLE	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
22	30 (1)	May 8	BOS		TBR	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	31	May 9	BOS		TBR	L,5-14	GS	36	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	32	May 10	BOS		TBR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
25	33	May 12	BOS	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	35 (1)	May 14	BOS	@	LAA	L,4-5	GS	42	11.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
27	36	May 15	BOS	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
28	37	May 16	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	38	May 17	BOS	@	SEA	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
30	40 (1)	May 20	BOS		TOR	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	41	May 21	BOS		TOR	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	42	May 22	BOS		NYM	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
33	43	May 23	BOS		NYM	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	45 (1)	May 25	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
35	46	May 26	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	48 (1)	May 28	BOS	@	MIN	W,3-1	GS	23	6.1	6	3	0	9	0	C
37	50 (1)	May 30	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	51	May 31	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	52	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
40	53	Jun 3	BOS	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
41	55 (1)	Jun 5	BOS		TEX	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
42	56	Jun 6	BOS		TEX	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
43	57	Jun 7	BOS		TEX	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
44	58	Jun 9	BOS		NYY	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
45	60 (1)	Jun 11	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	61	Jun 12	BOS	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	51	13.0	20	0	0	20	0	C
47	62	Jun 13	BOS	@	PHI	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
48	65 (2)	Jun 17	BOS		FLA	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
49	66	Jun 18	BOS		FLA	L,1-2	CG	22	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
50	67	Jun 19	BOS		ATL	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	68	Jun 20	BOS		ATL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
52	70 (1)	Jun 23	BOS	@	WSN	W,11-3	GS	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
53	71	Jun 24	BOS	@	WSN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
54	72	Jun 25	BOS	@	WSN	L,3-9	GS	31	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	73	Jun 26	BOS	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
56	75 (1)	Jun 28	BOS	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
57	76	Jun 29	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
58	77	Jun 30	BOS	@	BAL	L,10-11	GS	21	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	78	Jul 1	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	80 (1)	Jul 4	BOS		SEA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
61	81	Jul 5	BOS		SEA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
62	82	Jul 6	BOS		OAK	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
63	83	Jul 7	BOS		OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	85 (1)	Jul 9	BOS		KCR	L,6-8	GS	39	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
65	86	Jul 10	BOS		KCR	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
66	87	Jul 11	BOS		KCR	W,15-9	CG	45	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
67	88	Jul 12	BOS		KCR	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	89	Jul 17	BOS	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	91 (1)	Jul 19	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	92	Jul 20	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
71	93	Jul 21	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
72	94	Jul 22	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
73	95	Jul 24	BOS		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
74	96	Jul 25	BOS		BAL	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
75	98 (1)	Jul 27	BOS		OAK	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
76	100 (1)	Jul 29	BOS		OAK	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	101	Jul 30	BOS		OAK	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	102	Jul 31	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	103	Aug 1	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	105 (1)	Aug 4	BOS	@	TBR	L,2-4	CG	57	12.2	16	0	0	16	0	C
81	106	Aug 5	BOS	@	TBR	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
82	108 (1)	Aug 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	58	14.2	14	1	0	15	1	C
83	110 (1)	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
84	112 (1)	Aug 11	BOS		DET	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
85	113	Aug 12	BOS		DET	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
86	115 (1)	Aug 14	BOS	@	TEX	W,8-4	GS	35	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
87	116	Aug 15	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	121 (4)	Aug 21	BOS		NYY	L,11-20	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
89	122	Aug 22	BOS		NYY	W,14-1	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	123	Aug 23	BOS		NYY	L,4-8	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
91	125 (1)	Aug 25	BOS		CHW	W,6-3	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	128 (2)	Aug 28	BOS		TOR	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	19	0	0	19	0	C
93	130 (1)	Aug 30	BOS		TOR	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	132 (1)	Sep 2	BOS	@	TBR	L,5-8	GS	30	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
95	134 (1)	Sep 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-12	GS	29	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
96	137 (2)	Sep 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	139 (1)	Sep 9	BOS		BAL	W,7-5	GS	31	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
98	140	Sep 12	BOS		TBR	W,9-1	CG	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	142 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	BOS		TBR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
100	143	Sep 15	BOS		LAA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
101	144	Sep 16	BOS		LAA	W,9-8	GS	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
102	145	Sep 17	BOS		LAA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
103	148 (2)	Sep 20	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
104	150 (1)	Sep 22	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
105	153 (2)	Sep 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	45	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
106	155 (1)	Sep 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
107	160 (4)	Oct 2	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
108	162 (1)	Oct 4	BOS		CLE	W,12-7		16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							108gm		924.0	856	37	3	896	4