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Jason Vargas

Jason Matthew Vargas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 2, 1983 in Apple Valley, CA
High School: Apple Valley HS (Apple Valley, CA)
School: California State University Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)
Drafted
by the Florida Marlins in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 2005
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Marlins/Mets 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$4.85M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.114, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo) [*]
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Standard Pitching

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 37 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 87 1.331 9.6 1.6 2.4 5.3 2.25
2010 27 SEA AL 9 12 .429 3.78 31 31 0 0 0 0 192.2 187 86 81 18 54 3 116 1 4 1 811 104 1.251 8.7 0.8 2.5 5.4 2.15
2011 28 SEA AL 10 13 .435 4.25 32 32 0 4 3 0 201.0 205 105 95 22 59 4 131 4 1 3 857 89 1.313 9.2 1.0 2.6 5.9 2.22
2012 29 SEA AL 6 4 .600 3.45 12 12 0 0 0 0 78.1 61 30 30 10 20 0 50 0 0 2 309 110 1.034 7.0 1.1 2.3 5.7 2.50
7 Yrs 34 43 .442 4.40 129 109 7 5 3 0 690.2 689 361 338 83 220 16 439 16 6 10 2951 90 1.316 9.0 1.1 2.9 5.7 2.00
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .442 4.40 37 31 2 1 1 0 197 197 103 97 24 63 5 125 5 2 3 843 90 1.316 9.0 1.1 2.9 5.7 2.00
SEA (4 yrs) 28 35 .444 4.09 98 89 4 4 3 0 563.2 551 274 256 66 157 8 351 8 5 7 2362 96 1.256 8.8 1.1 2.5 5.6 2.24
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 79 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 37 1.839 14.8 3.5 1.7 3.5 2.00
AL (4 yrs) 28 35 .444 4.09 98 89 4 4 3 0 563.2 551 274 256 66 157 8 351 8 5 7 2362 96 1.256 8.8 1.1 2.5 5.6 2.24
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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2005 22 FLA NL 73.2 17 13 34 4.15 4.51 -0.44 0.12 95.0 4.82 5 0.6 .8 -0.1 1.1 13 .533 .504 $ RoY-8
2006 23 FLA NL 43.0 12 5 39 8.16 4.90 -0.19 -0.01 97.7 4.97 -15 -1.3 .5 0.1 -0.9 -11 .388 .492 $327,000
2007 24 NYM NL 10.1 2 2 14 12.19 4.65 0.28 0.19 103.9 4.75 -9 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -8 .207 .496 $
2009 26 SEA AL 91.2 23 14 53 5.20 4.85 0.50 0.10 98.0 4.36 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 3 .461 .495 $
2010 27 SEA AL 192.2 31 31 86 4.02 4.59 0.07 0.17 93.8 4.40 7 0.7 -0.1 2.3 30 .524 .504 $412,500
2011 28 SEA AL 201.0 32 32 105 4.70 4.50 0.07 0.16 93.4 4.30 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.7 14 .470 .494 $2,450,000
2012 29 SEA AL 78.1 12 12 30 3.45 4.54 0.60 0.17 102.2 4.21 6 0.7 -0.1 1.3 15 .560 .504 $
7 Seasons 690.2 129 109 361 4.70 4.61 0.12 0.14 95.7 4.43 -24 -1.8 .8 -0.4 3.9 56 .486 .498 $3,189,500
SEA (4 yrs) 563.2 98 89 274 4.37 4.60 0.21 0.15 95.5 4.33 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.4 4.2 62 .496 .499 $2,862,500
FLA (2 yrs) 116.2 29 18 73 5.63 4.66 -0.35 0.07 96.0 4.87 -10 -0.8 .6 0.0 0.2 2 .473 .498 $327,000
NYM (1 yr) 10.1 2 2 14 12.19 4.65 0.28 0.19 103.9 4.75 -9 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -8 .207 .496 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 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 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 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 6
2010 27 SEA AL 31 811 744 86 187 48 4 18 9 1 54 116 .251 .300 .399 .699 .274 297 9 1 4 7 3 11
2011 28 SEA AL 32 857 787 105 205 38 2 22 18 5 59 131 .260 .314 .398 .712 .287 313 15 4 3 4 4 10
2012 29 SEA AL 12 309 285 30 61 12 0 10 3 3 20 50 .214 .264 .361 .625 .225 103 5 0 2 2 0 1
7 Yrs 129 2951 2670 361 689 146 14 83 51 15 220 439 .258 .316 .416 .732 .279 1112 47 16 20 24 16 36
162 Game Avg. 37 843 763 103 197 42 4 24 15 4 63 125 .258 .316 .416 .732 .279 318 13 5 6 7 5 10
MLB Averages .262 .330 .415 .745 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 22 FLA NL 0.5 0.0 334 0.3 5.2 -4.9 .93 0.0 0.3 3.3 0.3 0.93 0.8 0 2 2
2006 23 FLA NL -15.3 -1.4 220 -1.0 2.2 -3.2 .73 -1.3 -0.1 -15.6 -1.4 0.73 -13.2 1 0 5
2007 24 NYM NL -8.6 -0.7 55 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .77 -0.4 -0.5 -6.8 -0.6 0.77 -5.1 0 0 0
2009 26 SEA AL -6.0 -0.6 396 -0.0 6.6 -6.6 .94 -0.1 0.1 -1.5 -0.2 0.94 -1.5 1 4 3
2010 27 SEA AL 4.2 0.4 829 0.6 15.5 -14.8 1.06 0.3 0.3 10.8 1.1 1.06 4.6 0 0 0
2011 28 SEA AL -10.4 -1.0 886 0.4 15.1 -14.6 .98 -0.6 1.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.98 -5.3 0 0 0
2012 29 SEA AL 4.4 0.5 317 1.4 5.5 -4.1 .91 0.9 0.7 11.0 1.2 0.91 8.9 0 0 0
7 Yrs -31.2 -2.7 3037 1.0 50.6 -49.6 .96 -1.3 2.4 -1.7 0.3 0.96 -10.7 2 6 10

Starting Pitching*

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% 50.0 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 2 0 0 2 40% 38.3 69 17 5 2 1 3 7.0 8.7 4.5 92 1 3 2 0 110
2007 24 NYM NL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 24.5 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% 44.3 75 14 16 5 1 8 3.2 3.3 5.4 90 3 9 2 0 109
2010 27 SEA AL 31 31 9 12 10 0 4 12 19 .387 4 4 0 0 21 68% 51.9 75 24 20 12 0 16 3.2 3.2 6.2 97 0 16 15 0 111
2011 28 SEA AL 32 32 10 13 9 1 1 15 17 .469 3 1 4 3 18 56% 50.2 85 13 13 9 0 20 3.3 3.4 6.3 102 1 9 21 1 121
2012 29 SEA AL 12 12 6 4 2 2 2 6 6 .500 2 0 0 0 8 67% 56.6 74 38 6 2 0 5 4.2 4.2 6.5 98 0 6 6 0 111
7 Yrs 129 109 32 42 35 5 8 48 61 .440 12 11 5 3 56 51% 49 85 2 70 36 3 56 3.7 3.7 5.9 96 7 52 50 1 121
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 .930 0 2 2 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% 2 .733 1 0 5 1 1 4 4 2 5 1 5 0 8.0 46
2009 26 SEA AL 23 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0% 6 .938 1 4 3 0 1 8 9 0 6 3 7 0 5.2 24
3 Yrs 52 20 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 9% .888 2 6 10 1 3 15 14 5 13 4 14 1 6.0 31

Ratio Pitching*

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 25% 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 24% 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 8% 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 30% 4.2% 14.0% 6.2% 9.1% 36% 0.59 0.88 74% 22% 10.0% 14% 81 11 14%
2010 27 SEA AL 811 24% 2.2% 14.3% 6.7% 8.6% 37% 0.55 0.66 76% 21% 5.2% 15% 134 9 7%
2011 28 SEA AL 857 25% 2.6% 15.3% 6.9% 7.2% 30% 0.61 0.71 74% 21% 6.5% 17% 145 15 10%
2012 29 SEA AL 309 24% 3.2% 16.2% 6.5% 7.1% 36% 0.69 1.00 73% 15% 8.7% 17% 49 5 10%
7 Yrs 2951 25% 2.8% 14.9% 7.5% 8.2% 35% 0.56 0.71 74% 20% 7.0% 17% 527 47 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 386 1477 3.83 898 61% 27% 15% 25% 34% 73% 1% 45% 80% 52% 5% 18 12 17% 67 36 4 20% 10 5 -1 0 0
2010 27 SEA AL 812 3020 3.72 1968 65% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 1% 47% 82% 62% 4% 33 20 25% 205 122 13 25% 18 10 -1 0 0
2011 28 SEA AL 859 3250 3.78 2120 65% 30% 13% 26% 31% 70% 1% 46% 81% 63% 4% 31 21 25% 217 116 12 27% 22 6 -2 0 0
2012 29 SEA AL 309 1181 3.82 749 63% 32% 11% 25% 32% 68% 0% 43% 84% 59% 5% 15 10 26% 81 47 6 30% 7 5 0 0 0
7 Yrs 2955 11190 3.79 7117 64% 29% 13% 26% 32% 71% 1% 45% 82% 60% 5% 141 89 24% 695 386 41 26% 72 37 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2010 27 SEA AL 811 187 26 5 18 0 7 15 3 8 10 43 21 6 49% 11 1 2 295 9 1 90% 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 23 0
2011 28 SEA AL 857 205 21 4 22 1 14 18 4 12 10 30 17 3 57% 10 3 2 310 18 5 78% 17 5 1 0 0 0 3 2 11 0
2012 29 SEA AL 309 61 7 0 10 0 3 8 2 1 9 7 3 2 43% 1 2 0 97 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Yrs 2951 689 69 10 83 1 50 66 17 31 52 145 78 14 54% 36 10 4 1066 51 15 77% 42 15 9 0 0 0 8 3 58 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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 79 1.560 9.3 1.0 4.7 6.5 1.38 79
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
2010 27 18 26 .409 4.66 85 65 7 1 0 0 411.1 423 226 213 51 141 12 258 12 5 5 1785 87 1.371 9.3 1.1 3.1 5.6 1.83 87
2011 28 28 39 .418 4.53 117 97 7 5 3 0 612.1 628 331 308 73 200 16 389 16 6 8 2642 88 1.352 9.2 1.1 2.9 5.7 1.95 88
2012 29 34 43 .442 4.40 129 109 7 5 3 0 690.2 689 361 338 83 220 16 439 16 6 10 2951 90 1.316 9.0 1.1 2.9 5.7 2.00 90

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 4.25 72.0 73 38 34 4 32 58 4 1.458 9.1 4.0 7.3 1.81 0.5 17
2006 23 1 3 .250 6.95 44.0 49 38 34 9 29 25 4 1.773 10.0 5.9 5.1 0.86 1.8 12
2007 24 0 1 .000 11.45 11.0 17 16 14 4 2 4 0 1.727 13.9 1.6 3.3 2.00 3.3 2
2009 26 3 6 .333 5.44 86.0 100 58 52 16 24 51 3 1.442 10.5 2.5 5.3 2.13 1.7 23
2010 27 9 11 .450 4.38 185.0 197 100 90 19 57 112 1 1.373 9.6 2.8 5.4 1.96 0.9 31
2011 28 8 13 .381 5.12 190.0 219 120 108 24 63 124 4 1.484 10.4 3.0 5.9 1.97 1.1 32
2012 29 4 4 .500 4.14 74.0 65 38 34 11 21 47 0 1.162 7.9 2.6 5.7 2.24 1.3 12
7 Yrs 29 42 .408 4.98 662.0 720 408 366 87 228 421 16 1.432 9.8 5.7 1.85 1.2 129

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y
2012 AL  6 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2012 AL  1.034 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 AL  7.009 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2012 AL  78.3 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
2012 AL  12 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
2011 AL  4 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2011 AL  3 (3rd)
Active  3 (46th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  10 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
2011 AL  13 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2012 AL  309 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
2012 AL  11.00 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2012 AL  1.4 (6th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2012 AL  0.9 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
2012 AL  1.2 (5th)

                           

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (846), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 13 (1326), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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