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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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Marlins/Angels/Mets 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$8.5M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.114, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo) [*]
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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 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 88 1.313 9.2 1.0 2.6 5.9 2.22
2012 29 SEA AL 14 11 .560 3.85 33 33 0 2 0 0 217.1 201 94 93 35 55 1 141 3 0 5 887 98 1.178 8.3 1.4 2.3 5.8 2.56
2013 30 LAA AL 1 3 .250 4.26 7 7 0 2 1 0 44.1 53 21 21 4 16 1 27 1 0 0 197 90 1.556 10.8 0.8 3.2 5.5 1.69
8 Yrs 43 53 .448 4.35 157 137 7 9 4 0 874.0 882 446 422 112 271 18 557 20 6 13 3726 90 1.319 9.1 1.2 2.8 5.7 2.06
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .448 4.35 36 32 2 2 1 0 202 204 103 98 26 63 4 129 5 1 3 862 90 1.319 9.1 1.2 2.8 5.7 2.06
SEA (4 yrs) 36 42 .462 4.09 119 110 4 6 3 0 702.2 691 338 319 91 192 9 442 11 5 10 2940 95 1.257 8.9 1.2 2.5 5.7 2.30
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
LAA (1 yr) 1 3 .250 4.26 7 7 0 2 1 0 44.1 53 21 21 4 16 1 27 1 0 0 197 90 1.556 10.8 0.8 3.2 5.5 1.69
AL (5 yrs) 37 45 .451 4.10 126 117 4 8 4 0 747.0 744 359 340 95 208 10 469 12 5 10 3137 95 1.274 9.0 1.1 2.5 5.7 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 4.50 -0.44 0.12 95.1 4.82 5 0.6 .8 -0.1 1.1 12 .533 .503 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 4.84 0.50 0.10 98.9 4.39 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.0 2 .462 .495 $405,000
2010 27 SEA AL 192.2 31 31 86 4.02 4.58 0.07 0.17 93.8 4.39 6 0.7 -0.1 2.5 28 .522 .504 $412,500
2011 28 SEA AL 201.0 32 32 105 4.70 4.49 0.07 0.16 93.7 4.30 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.9 12 .469 .494 $2,450,000
2012 29 SEA AL 217.1 33 33 94 3.89 4.52 0.13 0.17 94.3 4.30 10 1.1 -0.2 3.1 32 .532 .506 $4,850,000
2013 30 LAA AL 44.1 7 7 21 4.26 4.31 -0.71 0.17 93.1 4.83 2 0.2 -0.1 0.6 7 .532 .501 $8,500,000
8 Seasons 874.0 157 137 446 4.59 4.57 0.04 0.15 94.8 4.44 -19 -1.3 .8 -0.6 6.9 73 .492 .499 $16,944,500
SEA (4 yrs) 702.2 119 110 338 4.33 4.57 0.14 0.16 94.6 4.34 -3 -0.1 1.0 -0.5 6.6 73 .499 .500 $8,117,500
FLA (2 yrs) 116.2 29 18 73 5.63 4.65 -0.35 0.07 96.1 4.87 -10 -0.8 .6 0.0 0.2 0 .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
LAA (1 yr) 44.1 7 7 21 4.26 4.31 -0.71 0.17 93.1 4.83 2 0.2 -0.1 0.6 7 .532 .501 $8,500,000

Standard Batting

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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 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 29 SEA AL 33 6 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 163 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2013 30 LAA AL 7 0 /1
8 Yrs 158 66 61 6 16 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 16 .262 .297 .311 .608 65 19 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 68 63 6 16 3 0 0 4 3 .262 .297 .311 .608 65 19
SEA (4 yrs) 119 19 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .176 .222 .176 .399 14 3 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
LAA (1 yr) 7 0
AL (5 yrs) 126 19 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .176 .222 .176 .399 14 3 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 Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 22 FLA NL 18 27 -0 -0 0 0 4 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .519 .502 0.3 0.0 4 1 RoY-8
2006 23 FLA NL 12 17 -0 -0 0 0 3 3 0.3 1 3 0.3 .522 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $327,000 1
2007 24 NYM NL 2 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .479 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
2009 26 SEA AL 23 4 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $405,000 1
2010 27 SEA AL 31 7 -2 -0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $412,500 1
2011 28 SEA AL 32 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $2,450,000 1
2012 29 SEA AL 33 6 1 -0 0 0 1 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $4,850,000 1
7 Seasons 151 66 -4 -0 1 0 10 7 0.7 2 9 0.7 .504 .501 0.7 0.1 9 $8,444,500
SEA (4 yrs) 119 19 -2 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 2 $8,117,500
FLA (2 yrs) 30 44 -1 -0 0 0 7 6 0.6 1 7 0.6 .520 .502 0.6 0.0 7 $327,000
NYM (1 yr) 2 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .479 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0

Standard Fielding

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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% lgCS% PO Awards
2005 FLA NL 22 P 17 13 1 73.2 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 1 3 1.83 0.88 .960 1.75 1.73 11 0 0% 29% 1 RoY-8
2006 FLA NL 23 P 12 6 0 43.0 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.67 0.67 .958 1.72 1.71 6 0 0% 28% 0
2007 NYM NL 24 P 2 2 0 10.1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -17 0.00 0.00 1.65 1.65 2 0 0% 24% 0
2009 SEA AL 26 P 23 14 0 91.2 16 3 13 0 3 1.000 4 9 1.57 0.70 .953 1.53 1.51 2 6 75% 26% 2
2010 SEA AL 27 P 31 31 0 192.2 26 9 17 0 0 1.000 1 1 1.21 0.84 .953 1.63 1.61 9 1 10% 26% 1
2011 SEA AL 28 P 32 32 4 201.0 29 4 24 1 2 .966 0 0 1.25 0.88 .949 1.60 1.59 18 5 22% 28% 2
2012 SEA AL 29 P 33 33 2 217.1 37 7 28 2 0 .946 4 4 1.45 1.06 .954 1.57 1.56 10 6 38% 25% 0
2013 LAA AL 30 P 7 7 2 44.1 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 -2 -9 1.83 1.29 .970 1.54 1.53 4 0 0% 24% 1
8 Seasons P 157 138 9 874.0 140 28 109 3 8 .979 7 1 1.41 0.87 .955 1.61 1.60 62 18 23% 27% 7
8 Seasons TOT 157 138 9 874.0 140 28 109 3 8 .979 7 9 1.41 0.87 .955 1.61 1.60 62 18 23% 27% 7
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2012 AL  1.178 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2012 AL  217.3 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
2012 AL  33 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2011 AL  4 (4th)
2012 AL  2 (10th)
2013 AL  2 (1st)
Active  9 (40th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2011 AL  3 (3rd)
2013 AL  1 (2nd)
Active  4 (36th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  35 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
2013 AL  53 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
2011 AL  13 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2012 AL  887 (6th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2010 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (755), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 12 (1380), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 0 (2387), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1135), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1009th), 7.3 career WAR/8.0 7yr-peak WAR/7.6 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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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/Other Sources
200623Florida Marlins$327,000
200825New York Mets$394,000
200926Seattle Mariners$405,000
201027Seattle Mariners$412,500
201128Seattle Mariners$2,450,000
201229Seattle Mariners$4,850,000contracts
201330Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$8,500,000
2013 Status3rd-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$17,338,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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