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.

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	5	Apr 6	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	9 (3)	Apr 10	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
4	11 (1)	Apr 12	BOS		TBR	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
5	12	Apr 15	BOS		TOR	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	13	Apr 16	BOS		TOR	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
7	15 (1)	Apr 18	BOS		TOR	W,9-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	17 (1)	Apr 20	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
9	18	Apr 21	BOS	@	LAA	W,4-2	CG	38	11.0	8	0	0	8	0
10	20 (1)	Apr 23	BOS	@	LAA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
11	22 (1)	Apr 26	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
12	23	Apr 27	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
13	25 (1)	Apr 29	BOS		SEA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	28 (2)	May 2	BOS		LAA	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	30 (1)	May 4	BOS		LAA	L,3-5	CG	57	13.0	11	2	0	13	0
16	34 (3)	May 8	BOS		MIN	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
17	35	May 9	BOS		MIN	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
18	36	May 10	BOS	@	TOR	L,6-7	GF	10	2.2	3	0	0	3	0
19	39 (2)	May 14	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
20	41 (1)	May 16	BOS		BAL	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	43 (1)	May 19	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
22	45 (1)	May 21	BOS		CHC	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
23	48 (2)	May 24	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
24	50 (1)	May 26	BOS	@	DET	W,14-1	CG	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
25	52 (1)	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	53	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
27	55 (1)	May 31	BOS		CHW	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	58 (2)	Jun 4	BOS		OAK	W,9-8	GS	36	8.1	7	0	0	7	0
29	61 (2)	Jun 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
30	62	Jun 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
31	64 (1)	Jun 11	BOS	@	TOR	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
32	67 (2)	Jun 15	BOS	@	TBR	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	69 (1)	Jun 17	BOS		MIL	W,10-4	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
34	72 (2)	Jun 20	BOS		SDP	W,14-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
35	74 (1)	Jun 22	BOS		SDP	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
36	75	Jun 24	BOS	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
37	78 (2)	Jun 28	BOS	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	80 (1)	Jun 30	BOS	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	83 (2)	Jul 3	BOS	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
40	85 (1)	Jul 5	BOS		TOR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
41	88 (2)	Jul 8	BOS		BAL	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
42	90 (1)	Jul 10	BOS		BAL	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
43	93 (2)	Jul 17	BOS	@	TBR	W,1-0	CG	54	16.0	13	0	0	13	0
44	96 (2)	Jul 20	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	98 (1)	Jul 23	BOS		SEA	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
46	101 (2)	Jul 26	BOS		KCR	W,13-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
47	103 (1)	Jul 28	BOS		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
48	106 (2)	Jul 31	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	108 (1)	Aug 2	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
50	110 (1)	Aug 4	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
51	113 (2)	Aug 7	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
52	115 (1)	Aug 9	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
53	118 (2)	Aug 13	BOS	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
54	121 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	BOS		TBR	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
55	123 (1)	Aug 18	BOS	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
56	126 (2)	Aug 21	BOS	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
57	129 (2)	Aug 24	BOS	@	TEX	W,13-2	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
58	132 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	BOS		OAK	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	135 (2)	Aug 31	BOS		NYY	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	137 (1)	Sep 2	BOS		TEX	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
61	140 (2)	Sep 5	BOS	@	TOR	L,0-1	CG	43	10.2	15	0	0	15	0
62	143 (2)	Sep 8	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
63	146 (2)	Sep 11	BOS	@	TBR	L,1-9	GS	42	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	148 (1)	Sep 14	BOS		TOR	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
65	150 (1)	Sep 16	BOS		TBR	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	7	0	1	8	0
66	154 (3)	Sep 19 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,18-9	CG	43	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
67	156 (1)	Sep 21	BOS		BAL	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
68	159 (2)	Sep 25 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS	23	6.0	4	0	1	5	0
							68gm		574.2	519	28	4	551	1