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Jason Vargas

Jason Matthew Vargas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 2, 1983 in Apple Valley, CA
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
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Marlins/Mets 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.45M (11), 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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:13AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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 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 88 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 90 1.313 9.2 1.0 2.6 5.9 2.22
6 Seasons 28 39 .418 4.53 117 97 7 5 3 0 612.1 628 331 308 73 200 16 389 16 6 8 2642 89 1.352 9.2 1.1 2.9 5.7 1.95
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .418 4.53 37 31 2 2 1 0 195 200 105 98 23 64 5 124 5 2 3 840 89 1.352 9.2 1.1 2.9 5.7 1.95
SEA (3 yrs) 22 31 .415 4.19 86 77 4 4 3 0 485.1 490 244 226 56 137 8 301 8 5 5 2053 95 1.292 9.1 1.0 2.5 5.6 2.20
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 (3 yrs) AL 22 31 .415 4.19 86 77 4 4 3 0 485.1 490 244 226 56 137 8 301 8 5 5 2053 95 1.292 9.1 1.0 2.5 5.6 2.20
NL (3 yrs) NL 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2005 22 FLA NL 73.2 13 34 43 -3 .9 9 0.9 $ RoY-8
2006 23 FLA NL 43.0 5 39 26 0 .7 -13 -1.2 $327,000
2007 24 NYM NL 10.1 2 14 6 0 .7 -8 -0.7 $
2009 26 SEA AL 91.2 14 53 51 6 .9 -2 -0.3 $
2010 27 SEA AL 192.2 31 86 107 6 1.1 21 2.3 $412,500
2011 28 SEA AL 201.0 32 105 120 -1 1.0 15 1.6 $2,450,000
6 Seasons 612.1 97 331 354 8 1.0 23 2.6 $3,189,500
SEA (3 yrs) 485.1 77 244 279 11 1.0 35 3.6 $2,862,500
FLA (2 yrs) 116.2 18 73 69 -3 .8 -4 -0.3 $327,000
NYM (1 yr) 10.1 2 14 6 0 .7 -8 -0.7 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2005 22 FLA NL 18 27 26 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .308 .333 .385 .718 93 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-8
2006 23 FLA NL 12 17 16 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .313 .353 .375 .728 92 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 24 NYM NL 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2009 26 SEA AL 23 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 27 SEA AL 31 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2011 28 SEA AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 87 60 56 4 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .250 .276 .304 .579 56 17 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 112 104 7 26 6 0 0 6 0 0 4 26 .250 .276 .304 .579 56 32 0 0 4 0 0
SEA (3 yrs) 55 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 1 0 0 1 0 0
FLA (2 yrs) 30 44 42 4 13 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .310 .341 .381 .722 93 16 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 55 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 1 0 0 1 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 32 47 44 4 13 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .295 .326 .364 .690 84 16 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 22 FLA NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1 RoY-8
2006 23 FLA NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $327,000 1
2007 24 NYM NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
2009 26 SEA AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2010 27 SEA AL 7 -2 0 -0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $412,500 1
2011 28 SEA AL 2 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $2,450,000 1
6 Seasons 60 -3 0 -0 0 0 6 1 4 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $3,189,500
SEA (3 yrs) 13 -2 0 -0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $2,862,500
FLA (2 yrs) 44 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $327,000
NYM (1 yr) 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2005 FLA NL 22 P 17 73.2 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 1 3 1.83 0.88 .960 1.75 1.73 RoY-8
2006 FLA NL 23 P 12 43.0 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 1 5 1.67 0.67 .958 1.72 1.71
2007 NYM NL 24 P 2 10.1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -19 0.00 0.00 1.65 1.65
2009 SEA AL 26 P 23 91.2 16 3 13 0 3 1.000 4 9 1.57 0.70 .953 1.53 1.51
2010 SEA AL 27 P 31 192.2 26 9 17 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.21 0.84 .953 1.63 1.61
2011 SEA AL 28 P 32 32 4 201.0 29 4 24 1 2 .966 1 1 1.25 0.88 .949 1.60 1.59 18 5 22% 2
6 Seasons P 117 32 4 612.1 94 19 74 1 7 .989 6 1 1.37 0.79 .953 1.63 1.61 18 5 22% 2
6 Seasons TOT 117 32 4 612.1 94 19 74 1 7 .989 6 11 1.37 0.79 .953 1.63 1.61 18 5 22% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

Shutouts s c a p y
2011 AL  3 (3rd)
Active  3 (48th)

Losses s c a p y
2011 AL  13 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200623Florida Marlins$327,000
200825New York Mets$394,000
201027Seattle Mariners$412,500
201128Seattle Mariners$2,450,000
201229Seattle Mariners$4,850,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,583,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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