Jason Vargas
Jason M. Vargas
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 2, 1983 in Seattle, WA
High School: Apple Valley (Apple Valley, CA)
School: California State University, Long Beach
Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2005 22 FLA NL 5 5 .500 4.03 17 13 0 1 0 0 73.2 71 34 33 4 31 4 59 4 0 0 325 99 1.385 8.7 0.5 3.8 7.2 1.90 RoY-8
2006 23 FLA NL 1 2 .333 7.33 12 5 3 0 0 0 43.0 50 39 35 9 30 3 25 4 0 2 213 59 1.860 10.5 1.9 6.3 5.2 0.83
2007 24 NYM NL 0 1 .000 12.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 17 14 14 4 2 1 4 0 1 1 51 35 1.839 14.8 3.5 1.7 3.5 2.00
2009 26 SEA AL 3 6 .333 4.91 23 14 4 0 0 0 91.2 98 53 50 16 24 1 54 3 0 1 385 88 1.331 9.6 1.6 2.4 5.3 2.25
4 Seasons 9 14 .391 5.43 54 34 7 1 0 0 218.2 236 140 132 33 87 9 142 11 1 4 974 77 1.477 9.7 1.4 3.6 5.8 1.63
162 Game Avg. 7 11 .391 5.43 42 26 5 1 0 0 169 182 108 102 26 67 7 110 9 1 3 753 77 1.477 9.7 1.4 3.6 5.8 1.63
FLA (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 5.25 29 18 3 1 0 0 116.2 121 73 68 13 61 7 84 8 0 2 538 78 1.560 9.3 1.0 4.7 6.5 1.38
NYM (1 yr) 0 1 .000 12.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 17 14 14 4 2 1 4 0 1 1 51 35 1.839 14.8 3.5 1.7 3.5 2.00
SEA (1 yr) 3 6 .333 4.91 23 14 4 0 0 0 91.2 98 53 50 16 24 1 54 3 0 1 385 88 1.331 9.6 1.6 2.4 5.3 2.25
NL (3 yrs) 6 8 .429 5.81 31 20 3 1 0 0 127.0 138 87 82 17 63 8 88 8 1 3 589 71 1.583 9.8 1.2 4.5 6.2 1.40
AL (1 yr) 3 6 .333 4.91 23 14 4 0 0 0 91.2 98 53 50 16 24 1 54 3 0 1 385 88 1.331 9.6 1.6 2.4 5.3 2.25

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 22 FLA NL 17 325 285 34 71 17 5 4 11 0 31 59 .249 .330 .386 .716 .300 110 4 4 4 1 4
2006 23 FLA NL 12 213 171 39 50 13 2 9 6 0 30 25 .292 .402 .550 .952 .291 94 3 4 4 4 3
2007 24 NYM NL 2 51 49 14 17 0 0 4 2 0 2 4 .347 .373 .592 .964 .317 29 0 0 0 0 1
2009 26 SEA AL 23 385 349 53 98 18 1 16 2 6 24 54 .281 .327 .476 .803 .288 166 11 3 3 6 1
4 Seasons 54 974 854 140 236 48 8 33 21 6 87 142 .276 .347 .467 .814 .294 399 18 11 11 11 9
162 Game Avg. 42 753 660 108 182 37 6 26 16 5 67 110 .276 .347 .467 .814 .294 308 14 9 9 9 7
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2005 22 FLA NL 17 13 4 5 4 2 1 6 7 .462 0 2 1 0 4 31% 50 77 21 7 3 1 2 4.9 3.9 5.2 89 2 7 4 0 117
2006 23 FLA NL 12 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 .400 1 1 0 0 2 40% 43 69 23 5 2 0 3 7.0 8.3 4.7 94 1 2 2 0 110
2007 24 NYM NL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 25 47 2 3 3 0 2 4.7 3.6 5.2 89 0 2 0 0 90
2009 26 SEA AL 23 14 2 6 6 0 0 6 8 .429 2 1 0 0 3 21% 44 75 14 16 5 1 8 3.2 3.3 5.4 90 3 9 2 0 109
4 Seasons 54 34 7 13 14 2 1 15 19 .441 3 5 1 0 9 26% 45 77 2 31 13 2 15 4.5 4.2 5.2 90 6 20 8 0 117
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2005 22 FLA NL 17 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.934 0 3 1 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 2 1 4.8 26
2006 23 FLA NL 12 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 1 0.734 1 0 6 2 1 4 4 3 6 1 6 0 8.3 51
2009 26 SEA AL 23 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0% 6 0.940 1 4 4 0 1 8 9 0 6 3 7 0 5.2 24
3 Seasons 52 20 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 9% 0.890 2 7 11 2 3 15 14 6 14 4 15 1 6.2 34

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2005 22 FLA NL 325 75% 1.2% 18.2% 9.5% 8.0% 37% 0.45 0.57 69% 19% 3.2% 20% 58 4 7%
2006 23 FLA NL 213 76% 4.2% 11.7% 14.1% 11.3% 48% 0.46 0.54 66% 16% 10.8% 19% 50 3 6%
2007 24 NYM NL 51 92% 7.8% 7.8% 3.9% 7.8% 24% 0.38 0.27 80% 16% 16.0% 22% 10 0 0%
2009 26 SEA AL 385 70% 4.2% 14.0% 6.2% 9.1% 36% 0.60 0.88 74% 22% 10.0% 14% 81 11 14%
4 Seasons 974 74% 3.4% 14.6% 8.9% 9.1% 38% 0.50 0.66 71% 19% 8.4% 18% 199 18 9%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 22 FLA NL 325 1260 3.88 794 63% 26% 15% 30% 29% 74% 2% 46% 80% 58% 6% 18 11 22% 71 37 5 29% 7 3 0 0 0
2006 23 FLA NL 213 825 3.87 475 58% 29% 13% 26% 32% 71% 3% 41% 82% 56% 12% 25 15 21% 44 22 1 16% 6 8 0 0 0
2007 24 NYM NL 51 177 3.47 113 64% 23% 5% 32% 40% 77% 5% 49% 93% 57% 2% 1 0 20% 10 6 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0
2009 26 SEA AL 385 1475 3.83 896 61% 26% 15% 25% 34% 74% 1% 45% 80% 51% 5% 18 12 17% 67 36 4 20% 10 5 0 0 0
4 Seasons 974 3737 3.84 2278 61% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 81% 55% 6% 62 38 20% 192 101 10 24% 25 16 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2005 22 FLA NL 325 71 1 0 4 0 8 4 0 2 2 22 11 2 50% 4 0 0 123 11 0 100% 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2006 23 FLA NL 213 50 1 0 9 0 8 7 2 1 8 14 8 0 57% 3 2 0 89 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2007 24 NYM NL 51 17 4 0 4 0 3 4 0 2 2 4 2 0 50% 1 1 0 15 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 26 SEA AL 385 98 9 1 16 0 7 10 6 5 11 25 16 1 64% 6 1 0 137 2 6 25% 1 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 0
4 Seasons 974 236 15 1 33 0 26 25 8 10 23 65 37 3 57% 14 4 0 364 21 6 78% 15 6 6 0 0 0 3 1 20 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2005 22 5 5 .500 4.03 17 13 0 1 0 0 73.2 71 34 33 4 31 4 59 4 0 0 325 99 1.385 8.7 0.5 3.8 7.2 1.90 99
2006 23 6 7 .462 5.25 29 18 3 1 0 0 116.2 121 73 68 13 61 7 84 8 0 2 538 78 1.560 9.3 1.0 4.7 6.5 1.38 78
2007 24 6 8 .429 5.81 31 20 3 1 0 0 127.0 138 87 82 17 63 8 88 8 1 3 589 71 1.583 9.8 1.2 4.5 6.2 1.40 71
2008 25 6 8 .429 5.81 31 20 3 1 0 0 127.0 138 87 82 17 63 8 88 8 1 3 589 71 1.583 9.8 1.2 4.5 6.2 1.40 71
2009 26 9 14 .391 5.43 54 34 7 1 0 0 218.2 236 140 132 33 87 9 142 11 1 4 974 77 1.477 9.7 1.4 3.6 5.8 1.63 77

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2005 22 4 4 .500 4.38 72.0 73 39 35 4 32 58 4 1.458 9.1 4.0 7.3 1.81 0.5 17
2006 23 1 3 .250 7.12 43.0 50 38 34 9 30 25 4 1.860 10.5 6.3 5.2 0.83 1.9 12
2007 24 0 1 .000 10.64 11.0 17 14 13 4 2 4 0 1.727 13.9 1.6 3.3 2.00 3.3 2
2009 26 3 6 .333 5.23 86.0 99 56 50 16 24 51 3 1.430 10.4 2.5 5.3 2.13 1.7 23
4 Seasons 8 14 .364 5.60 212.0 239 147 132 33 88 138 11 1.542 10.1 5.9 1.57 1.4 54

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Similarity Scores

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  6. Denis Boucher (978)
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  8. Seth Greisinger (977)
  9. Homer Bailey (976)
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  1. Eric Bell (987)
  2. Billy Traber (980)
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  5. Denis Boucher (978)
  6. Odell Jones (978)
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  8. Joe Slusarski (976)
  9. Wandy Rodriguez (976)
  10. Bill Whitrock (975)
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  2. Scott Aldred (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Eric Bell (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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