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Jason Varitek

Jason Andrew Varitek (Tek)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: April 11, 1972 in Rochester, MI
High School: Lake Brantley HS (Altamonte Springs, FL)
School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed April 20, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1997
Team: RedSox 1997-2011
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 25, 2011   vs. NYY 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1997 25 BOS AL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 422 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1998 26 BOS AL 86 247 221 31 56 13 0 7 33 2 2 17 45 .253 .309 .407 .716 83 90 8 2 4 3 1 2/D
1999 27 BOS AL 144 544 483 70 130 39 2 20 76 1 2 46 85 .269 .330 .482 .813 101 233 13 2 5 8 2 *2/D
2000 28 BOS AL 139 519 448 55 111 31 1 10 65 1 1 60 84 .248 .342 .388 .730 83 174 16 6 1 4 3 *2/D
2001 29 BOS AL 51 198 174 19 51 11 1 7 25 0 0 21 35 .293 .371 .489 .859 124 85 6 1 1 1 3 2
2002 30 BOS AL 132 519 467 58 124 27 1 10 61 4 3 41 95 .266 .332 .392 .724 90 183 13 7 1 3 3 *2/D
2003 31 BOS AL 142 521 451 63 123 31 1 25 85 3 2 51 106 .273 .351 .512 .863 120 231 10 7 5 7 8 *2/D AS,MVP-24
2004 32 BOS AL 137 536 463 67 137 30 1 18 73 10 3 62 126 .296 .390 .482 .872 121 223 11 10 0 1 9 *2/D MVP-30
2005 33 BOS AL 133 539 470 70 132 30 1 22 70 2 0 62 117 .281 .366 .489 .856 122 230 10 3 1 3 3 *2 AS,MVP-21,GG,SS
2006 34 BOS AL 103 416 365 46 87 19 2 12 55 1 2 46 87 .238 .325 .400 .725 83 146 10 2 1 2 7 2
2007 35 BOS AL 131 518 435 57 111 15 3 17 68 1 2 71 122 .255 .367 .421 .787 103 183 9 8 0 4 9 *2
2008 36 BOS AL 131 483 423 37 93 20 0 13 43 0 1 52 122 .220 .313 .359 .672 73 152 13 6 0 2 3 *2 AS
2009 37 BOS AL 109 425 364 41 76 24 0 14 51 0 0 54 90 .209 .313 .390 .703 80 142 6 3 0 4 6 2
2010 38 BOS AL 39 123 112 18 26 6 0 7 16 0 0 10 35 .232 .293 .473 .766 100 53 1 0 0 1 2 2
2011 39 BOS AL 68 250 222 32 49 10 1 11 36 0 0 21 67 .221 .300 .423 .723 92 94 3 4 3 0 0 2
15 Yrs 1546 5839 5099 664 1307 306 14 193 757 25 18 614 1216 .256 .341 .435 .776 99 2220 129 61 22 43 59
162 Game Avg. 162 612 534 70 137 32 1 20 79 3 2 64 127 .256 .341 .435 .776 99 233 14 6 2 5 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1997 25 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 .547 .500 0.1 0.0 0 $ /2
1998 26 BOS AL 86 247 -7 -3 0 -4 3 -10 -0.9 8 -2 -0.1 .489 .494 0.3 -0.0 2 $170,000 2/D
1999 27 BOS AL 144 544 -2 -2 -1 -3 7 -1 0.1 18 17 1.7 .499 .499 2.0 0.5 20 $237,500 *2/D
2000 28 BOS AL 139 519 -11 -1 -2 -1 7 -8 -0.6 17 9 1.0 .495 .496 1.1 0.6 10 $375,000 *2/D
2001 29 BOS AL 51 198 4 -0 -1 1 3 7 0.7 7 13 1.3 .513 .504 1.2 0.4 12 $1,800,000 2
2002 30 BOS AL 132 519 -9 -1 1 4 7 1 0.2 17 19 1.8 .501 .501 1.5 1.2 15 $3,500,000 *2/D
2003 31 BOS AL 142 521 9 -2 0 -4 7 11 1.2 17 28 2.8 .507 .506 3.2 0.4 32 $4,700,000 *2/D AS,MVP-24
2004 32 BOS AL 137 536 14 -0 -0 0 7 20 2.1 18 38 3.7 .514 .512 3.6 0.8 38 $6,900,000 *2/D MVP-30
2005 33 BOS AL 133 539 19 -0 1 -8 7 19 2.0 18 37 3.6 .514 .511 4.4 0.0 45 $8,000,000 *2 AS,MVP-21,GG,SS
2006 34 BOS AL 103 416 -11 -2 -0 -1 6 -9 -0.8 14 5 0.5 .492 .495 0.6 0.5 6 $10,000,000 2
2007 35 BOS AL 131 518 -0 -3 1 -1 7 3 0.5 17 21 2.0 .502 .502 2.2 0.7 22 $11,000,000 *2
2008 36 BOS AL 131 483 -18 -4 -2 2 7 -14 -1.2 16 2 0.3 .489 .491 0.0 1.0 0 $10,442,030 *2 AS
2009 37 BOS AL 109 425 -12 -1 -1 7 6 -1 0.0 14 13 1.3 .499 .499 0.6 1.4 6 $5,000,000 2
2010 38 BOS AL 39 123 -2 -1 -0 3 2 2 0.2 4 6 0.6 .505 .501 0.3 0.5 3 $3,000,000 2
2011 39 BOS AL 68 250 -2 -2 0 -1 4 -1 -0.0 8 8 0.7 .499 .499 0.9 0.3 9 $2,000,000 2
15 Seasons 1546 5839 -28 -23 -3 -6 79 20 3.6 195 215 21.3 .501 .501 22.0 8.5 221 $67,124,530

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1997 25 BOS AL 1 0 1 111 1.000 1.000 .273 1.000 .343 1.000 .433 2.000 .776 422 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
1998 26 BOS AL 247 182 26 3.8 111 .285 .253 .274 .309 .343 .407 .436 .716 .779 83 .362 -5.7 -0.5 .623 .231 .154 3.1
1999 27 BOS AL 544 381 76 5.3 117 .285 .269 .280 .330 .353 .482 .448 .813 .801 101 .492 0.4 0.0 .761 .306 .213 1.9
2000 28 BOS AL 519 359 60 4.5 118 .282 .248 .280 .342 .353 .388 .450 .730 .804 83 .404 -10.8 -1.0 .678 .275 .141 1.8
2001 29 BOS AL 198 131 31 6.3 108 .331 .293 .268 .371 .336 .489 .431 .859 .766 124 .601 6.3 0.6 .829 .316 .195 .0
2002 30 BOS AL 519 363 60 4.4 108 .312 .266 .268 .332 .336 .392 .431 .724 .766 90 .449 -6.7 -0.6 .646 .216 .126 5.7
2003 31 BOS AL 521 352 82 6.2 111 .300 .273 .274 .351 .340 .512 .438 .863 .778 120 .597 13.8 1.3 .853 .355 .239 5.4
2004 32 BOS AL 536 341 89 7.0 115 .372 .296 .278 .390 .346 .482 .445 .872 .792 121 .634 16.0 1.5 .888 .335 .186 12.9
2005 33 BOS AL 539 352 86 6.5 108 .329 .281 .273 .366 .336 .489 .433 .856 .769 122 .628 16.1 1.5 .853 .345 .209 3.7
2006 34 BOS AL 416 293 47 4.3 115 .280 .238 .281 .325 .347 .400 .447 .725 .794 83 .410 -9.7 -0.9 .666 .285 .162 1.8
2007 35 BOS AL 518 339 70 5.5 112 .313 .255 .278 .367 .346 .421 .435 .787 .781 103 .540 2.7 0.3 .779 .326 .166 1.9
2008 36 BOS AL 483 346 47 3.6 111 .276 .220 .276 .313 .345 .359 .434 .672 .779 73 .361 -17.2 -1.6 .608 .260 .139 .0
2009 37 BOS AL 425 298 47 4.2 112 .235 .209 .273 .313 .343 .390 .438 .703 .781 80 .416 -10.4 -1.0 .677 .330 .181 .0
2010 38 BOS AL 123 88 16 4.9 105 .268 .232 .267 .293 .336 .473 .418 .766 .754 100 .517 -0.5 -0.1 .724 .330 .241 .0
2011 39 BOS AL 250 179 29 4.4 103 .264 .221 .264 .300 .330 .423 .418 .723 .747 92 .472 -3.2 -0.3 .676 .297 .203 .0
15 Yrs 5839 4004 767 5.1 112 .298 .256 .275 .341 .343 .435 .438 .776 .781 99 .502 -8.4 -0.8 .737 .301 .179 44.3
162 Game Avg. 612 420 80 5.1 112 .298 .256 .275 .341 .343 .435 .438 .776 .781 99 .502 -8.4 -0.8 .737 .301 .179 5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 26 BOS AL ALDS CLE L 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 27 BOS AL ALDS CLE W 5 22 21 7 5 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .238 .273 .524 .797 11 0 1 0 0 0
1999 27 BOS AL ALCS NYY L 5 22 20 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 .200 .238 .500 .738 10 1 0 1 0 0
2003 31 BOS AL ALDS OAK W 5 16 14 4 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 .286 .375 .714 1.089 10 0 0 0 0 1
2003 31 BOS AL ALCS NYY L 6 21 20 4 6 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 5 .300 .333 .700 1.033 14 0 0 0 0 1
2004 32 BOS AL ALDS ANA W 3 15 12 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 5 .167 .333 .417 .750 5 1 1 0 0 2
2004 32 BOS AL ALCS NYY W 7 31 28 5 9 1 0 2 7 0 0 2 6 .321 .355 .571 .926 16 0 0 0 1 0
2004 32 BOS AL WS STL W 4 15 13 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .154 .267 .308 .574 4 0 1 0 0 0
2005 33 BOS AL ALDS CHW L 3 10 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .300 .600 3 0 0 0 0 0
2007 35 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 3 11 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .273 .455 3 1 0 0 0 0
2007 35 BOS AL ALCS CLE W 7 29 26 3 7 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 5 .269 .345 .500 .845 13 1 1 0 0 0
2007 35 BOS AL WS COL W 4 18 15 2 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .333 .333 .400 .733 6 0 0 0 2 0
2008 36 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 4 15 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .214 .214 .429 3 2 0 1 0 0
2008 36 BOS AL ALCS TBR L 6 23 20 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 8 .050 .174 .200 .374 4 0 1 0 0 0
7 Yrs (14 Series) 63 252 228 37 54 12 2 11 33 0 0 14 56 .237 .292 .452 .744 103 6 5 2 3 4
7 ALDS 24 93 86 18 20 4 0 4 10 0 0 4 19 .233 .283 .419 .701 36 4 2 1 0 3
5 ALCS 31 126 114 15 27 7 1 7 16 0 0 8 28 .237 .296 .500 .796 57 2 2 1 1 1
2 WS 8 33 28 4 7 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 9 .250 .303 .357 .660 10 0 1 0 2 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 BOS AL 31 DNP
2005 BOS AL 33 as C 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 BOS AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (2 GP) 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1997 25 BOS AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100% 0%
1998 26 BOS AL 247 2.8% 18.2% 6.9% 8.1% 36% 2.65 4.9 31.6 6.7 0.81 1.31 70% 22% 8.0% 11%
1999 27 BOS AL 544 3.7% 15.6% 8.5% 11.2% 47% 1.85 5.7 24.2 6.4 0.68 0.92 71% 21% 9.7% 14%
2000 28 BOS AL 519 1.9% 16.2% 11.6% 8.1% 38% 1.40 5.3 44.8 6.9 0.72 1.03 69% 24% 5.8% 17%
2001 29 BOS AL 198 3.5% 17.7% 10.6% 9.6% 37% 1.67 5.0 24.9 7.0 0.90 1.33 67% 25% 11.9% 16%
2002 30 BOS AL 519 1.9% 18.3% 7.9% 7.3% 31% 2.32 4.9 46.7 7.7 0.71 1.08 70% 27% 5.6% 15%
2003 31 BOS AL 521 4.8% 20.4% 9.8% 10.9% 46% 2.08 4.3 18.0 5.3 0.77 1.44 63% 15% 13.7% 8%
2004 32 BOS AL 536 3.4% 23.5% 11.6% 9.1% 36% 2.03 3.7 25.7 6.3 0.69 1.01 60% 20% 10.1% 11%
2005 33 BOS AL 539 4.1% 21.7% 11.5% 9.8% 40% 1.89 4.0 21.4 6.7 0.90 1.23 62% 17% 13.2% 10%
2006 34 BOS AL 416 2.9% 20.9% 11.1% 7.9% 38% 1.89 4.2 30.4 6.6 0.82 1.11 64% 17% 8.5% 8%
2007 35 BOS AL 518 3.3% 23.6% 13.7% 6.8% 32% 1.72 3.6 25.6 6.4 0.75 0.95 58% 18% 11.0% 15%
2008 36 BOS AL 483 2.7% 25.3% 10.8% 6.8% 36% 2.35 3.5 32.5 9.8 0.72 0.92 60% 15% 9.2% 19%
2009 37 BOS AL 425 3.3% 21.2% 12.7% 8.9% 50% 1.67 4.0 26.0 7.1 0.64 0.74 62% 14% 10.1% 18%
2010 38 BOS AL 123 5.7% 28.5% 8.1% 10.6% 50% 3.50 3.2 16.0 7.0 0.38 0.51 58% 18% 14.6% 14%
2011 39 BOS AL 250 4.4% 26.8% 8.4% 8.8% 45% 3.19 3.3 20.2 6.2 0.79 1.05 58% 18% 14.5% 12%
15 Yrs 5839 3.3% 20.8% 10.5% 8.8% 39% 1.98 4.2 26.4 6.7 0.74 1.04 64% 19% 10.0% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 1.98 5.2 32.5 7.6 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.9% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1997 25 BOS AL 0.5 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.10 0.4 0.00 1
1998 26 BOS AL -5.7 -0.5 252 -0.4 4.1 -4.5 1.00 -0.3 -0.1 -6.9 -0.6 0.98 -6.9 2.37 21
1999 27 BOS AL 0.4 0.0 552 -0.5 9.3 -9.8 .96 0.2 -0.7 -6.5 -0.6 0.94 -1.4 1.67 8
2000 28 BOS AL -11.5 -1.0 523 -2.7 8.3 -11.0 1.07 -0.8 -1.7 -11.7 -1.0 0.94 -9.4 2.29 14
2001 29 BOS AL 6.1 0.6 202 0.3 3.8 -3.5 1.00 0.5 -0.2 1.9 0.2 0.94 4.5 2.61 3
2002 30 BOS AL -6.7 -0.6 529 -0.1 8.4 -8.5 .97 -0.4 0.3 -9.9 -0.9 0.98 -10.4 1.80 6
2003 31 BOS AL 13.8 1.3 529 2.3 10.6 -8.3 .98 1.3 1.1 9.8 0.9 0.98 9.3 1.98 12
2004 32 BOS AL 16.0 1.5 557 -0.6 9.2 -9.8 .99 1.4 -2.0 13.2 1.2 0.99 17.6 1.92 12
2005 33 BOS AL 16.1 1.5 549 2.0 10.5 -8.5 .97 2.2 -0.1 24.0 2.2 0.98 25.4 1.66 5
2006 34 BOS AL -9.7 -0.9 420 0.0 7.8 -7.8 1.05 -0.5 0.5 -8.4 -0.8 1.00 -6.1 2.69 6
2007 35 BOS AL 2.7 0.3 523 -0.2 9.7 -9.9 1.08 0.2 -0.4 -6.1 -0.6 0.99 3.1 1.41 7
2008 36 BOS AL -17.7 -1.7 485 -1.9 7.0 -8.9 .96 -1.7 -0.3 -29.1 -2.7 0.98 -22.5 2.07 4
2009 37 BOS AL -10.9 -1.0 428 -0.0 7.3 -7.3 1.00 -0.7 0.7 -6.9 -0.6 0.97 -7.7 0.19 1
2010 38 BOS AL -0.5 -0.1 124 0.0 1.9 -1.9 .86 -0.1 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.87 -1.0 0
2011 39 BOS AL -3.2 -0.3 250 -0.9 3.7 -4.6 1.02 -0.0 -0.9 -5.8 -0.6 1.04 -1.5 0
15 Yrs -10.3 -1.0 5924 -2.6 101.7 -104.3 1.00 1.3 -3.9 -43.6 -4.0 0.98 -6.8 2.03 100

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1997 25 BOS AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 BOS AL 2 0 35% 86 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 33% 14 9 5 6 4 0 10 5 5
1999 27 BOS AL 5 0 32% 191 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 11 28% 35 28 5 5 5 0 21 8 12
2000 28 BOS AL 6 0 27% 193 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 27% 23 22 1 11 6 4 15 7 8
2001 29 BOS AL 0 0 18% 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 19% 7 7 0 1 1 0 8 5 3
2002 30 BOS AL 2 0 30% 193 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 11 36% 30 24 6 10 6 4 15 5 10
2003 31 BOS AL 2 0 24% 168 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 29% 23 19 4 8 7 1 14 6 8
2004 32 BOS AL 3 0 26% 216 10 3 77% 10 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 16 30% 29 24 5 14 9 5 21 11 9
2005 33 BOS AL 9 0 27% 239 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 25% 36 31 5 9 6 2 23 11 10
2006 34 BOS AL 3 0 28% 139 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 29% 21 17 4 8 6 2 13 7 6
2007 35 BOS AL 2 0 23% 203 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 15% 28 26 2 4 4 0 15 10 5
2008 36 BOS AL 2 0 17% 165 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 14% 29 25 4 3 3 0 18 15 3
2009 37 BOS AL 4 0 23% 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 17% 20 18 2 3 3 0 13 8 4
2010 38 BOS AL 0 0 38% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15% 7 7 0 2 1 1 4 2 1
2011 39 BOS AL 2 0 33% 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 15% 14 13 1 9 7 2 3 2 1
15 Yrs 42 0 26% 2121 25 18 58% 25 17 0 1 0 0 6 3 52 110 25% 316 270 44 93 68 21 193 102 85

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1997 25 BOS AL 1 100% 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 BOS AL 247 100% 56 9 0 21 6 0 2 2.37 7 0 7 4 3 1 6 0 4 4 100% 55 8 15% 31 14 45% 171 26 15% 18 10 56% 13 6 46% 0
1999 27 BOS AL 544 100% 130 12 2 8 3 1 1 1.67 20 0 22 17 3 12 8 0 6 5 83% 119 13 11% 65 26 40% 378 57 15% 36 17 47% 26 15 58% 0
2000 28 BOS AL 519 100% 111 7 0 14 4 0 2 2.29 10 0 24 7 3 2 8 0 1 1 100% 91 16 18% 43 16 37% 362 57 16% 28 17 61% 15 9 60% 0
2001 29 BOS AL 198 100% 51 5 0 3 0 0 0 2.61 7 0 4 6 1 2 5 0 1 1 100% 38 6 16% 14 5 36% 115 19 17% 11 7 64% 5 4 80% 0
2002 30 BOS AL 519 100% 124 10 2 6 2 0 0 1.80 10 0 20 8 2 6 4 0 3 1 33% 111 13 12% 53 17 32% 363 51 14% 36 16 44% 21 10 48% 0
2003 31 BOS AL 521 100% 123 4 0 12 3 1 1 1.98 25 0 30 15 10 13 12 0 5 5 100% 105 10 10% 51 24 47% 388 62 16% 36 20 56% 32 23 72% 0
2004 32 BOS AL 536 100% 137 9 1 12 4 0 2 1.92 18 0 21 12 6 8 10 0 1 0 0% 118 11 9% 50 14 28% 410 56 14% 32 13 41% 22 12 55% 0
2005 33 BOS AL 539 100% 132 10 1 5 2 0 1 1.66 22 1 17 13 9 7 15 0 2 1 50% 116 10 9% 48 15 31% 378 52 14% 32 15 47% 19 7 37% 0
2006 34 BOS AL 416 100% 87 5 0 6 0 0 0 2.69 12 1 25 8 4 2 10 0 1 1 100% 83 10 12% 44 14 32% 316 46 15% 28 15 54% 19 8 42% 0
2007 35 BOS AL 518 100% 111 10 0 7 3 0 2 1.41 17 0 32 12 5 9 8 0 0 0 103 9 9% 49 14 29% 413 54 13% 39 22 56% 28 16 57% 0
2008 36 BOS AL 483 100% 93 4 1 4 1 1 1 2.07 13 0 19 8 5 4 9 0 1 0 0% 107 13 12% 51 10 20% 345 31 9% 33 10 30% 23 11 48% 0
2009 37 BOS AL 425 100% 76 7 0 1 0 0 0 0.19 14 1 20 8 6 10 4 0 0 0 76 6 8% 35 7 20% 309 42 14% 25 13 52% 20 9 45% 0
2010 38 BOS AL 123 100% 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 4 3 4 3 0 1 0 0% 12 1 8% 7 2 29% 67 10 15% 9 5 56% 3 1 33% 0
2011 39 BOS AL 250 100% 49 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 9 2 5 6 0 3 3 100% 52 3 6% 26 9 35% 172 27 16% 25 12 48% 8 4 50% 0
15 Yrs 5839 100% 1307 97 8 100 29 3 12 2.03 193 3 256 131 62 85 108 0 29 22 76% 1187 129 11% 567 187 33% 4188 590 14% 388 192 49% 254 135 53% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1997 25 BOS AL 1 2 2.00 2 100% 0% 50% 0% 50% 100% 100% 50% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 BOS AL 248 882 3.56 549 62% 24% 17% 25% 33% 76% 1% 47% 77% 36% 4% 11 1 15% 36 19 8% 19 10 20% -1 0 0
1999 27 BOS AL 544 1902 3.50 1174 62% 26% 15% 25% 35% 74% 1% 46% 80% 35% 6% 31 3 17% 90 33 11% 59 35 20% 0 0 0
2000 28 BOS AL 520 1925 3.70 1175 61% 26% 14% 29% 31% 74% 1% 45% 81% 35% 8% 42 1 16% 85 23 8% 39 17 26% -1 0 0
2001 29 BOS AL 198 785 3.96 478 61% 33% 14% 24% 29% 67% 3% 41% 80% 21% 7% 13 0 21% 41 13 11% 22 11 17% 0 0 0
2002 30 BOS AL 519 1922 3.70 1236 64% 29% 15% 26% 30% 71% 2% 46% 79% 25% 5% 28 2 14% 73 22 10% 51 30 15% 0 0 0
2003 31 BOS AL 522 2011 3.85 1262 63% 25% 17% 30% 28% 75% 4% 47% 77% 29% 6% 31 1 15% 80 29 9% 45 20 20% -1 0 0
2004 32 BOS AL 536 2191 4.09 1337 61% 24% 21% 30% 25% 76% 3% 46% 72% 29% 6% 31 4 15% 80 32 10% 55 27 17% 0 0 0
2005 33 BOS AL 539 2234 4.14 1368 61% 32% 14% 28% 26% 68% 1% 41% 80% 21% 7% 39 1 17% 92 20 12% 62 32 23% 0 0 0
2006 34 BOS AL 416 1672 4.02 1019 61% 30% 16% 27% 28% 70% 4% 43% 77% 20% 9% 36 5 19% 80 25 12% 50 29 22% 0 0 0
2007 35 BOS AL 519 2138 4.12 1292 60% 29% 18% 28% 25% 71% 4% 43% 75% 21% 7% 34 2 18% 94 36 10% 50 24 23% -1 0 0
2008 36 BOS AL 483 1932 4.00 1166 60% 29% 18% 27% 26% 71% 2% 43% 74% 27% 6% 28 1 17% 82 37 12% 58 33 31% 0 0 0
2009 37 BOS AL 427 1619 3.79 988 61% 29% 19% 24% 28% 71% 3% 43% 73% 24% 8% 33 2 19% 80 28 10% 41 22 26% -2 0 0
2010 38 BOS AL 123 471 3.83 298 63% 27% 22% 25% 26% 73% 3% 46% 70% 31% 7% 8 1 16% 20 7 7% 9 5 17% 0 0 0
2011 39 BOS AL 250 1024 4.10 641 63% 26% 22% 27% 25% 74% 0% 46% 71% 32% 4% 10 1 13% 33 14 8% 19 13 22% 0 0 0
15 Yrs 5845 22710 3.89 13985 62% 28% 17% 27% 28% 72% 2% 45% 77% 27% 6% 375 25 17% 966 338 10% 579 308 22% -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 25 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 422 1 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 87 248 222 31 57 13 0 7 33 2 2 17 45 .257 .311 .410 .721 85 91 8 2 4 3 1
1999 27 231 792 705 101 187 52 2 27 109 3 4 63 130 .265 .324 .460 .784 96 324 21 4 9 11 3
2000 28 370 1311 1153 156 298 83 3 37 174 4 5 123 214 .258 .331 .432 .763 91 498 37 10 10 15 6
2001 29 421 1509 1327 175 349 94 4 44 199 4 5 144 249 .263 .336 .439 .776 95 583 43 11 11 16 9
2002 30 553 2028 1794 233 473 121 5 54 260 8 8 185 344 .264 .335 .427 .762 94 766 56 18 12 19 12
2003 31 695 2549 2245 296 596 152 6 79 345 11 10 236 450 .265 .338 .444 .783 99 997 66 25 17 26 20
2004 32 832 3085 2708 363 733 182 7 97 418 21 13 298 576 .271 .347 .451 .798 103 1220 77 35 17 27 29
2005 33 965 3624 3178 433 865 212 8 119 488 23 13 360 693 .272 .350 .456 .807 106 1450 87 38 18 30 32
2006 34 1068 4040 3543 479 952 231 10 131 543 24 15 406 780 .269 .348 .450 .798 103 1596 97 40 19 32 39
2007 35 1199 4558 3978 536 1063 246 13 148 611 25 17 477 902 .267 .350 .447 .797 103 1779 106 48 19 36 48
2008 36 1330 5041 4401 573 1156 266 13 161 654 25 18 529 1024 .263 .346 .439 .785 100 1931 119 54 19 38 51
2009 37 1439 5466 4765 614 1232 290 13 175 705 25 18 583 1114 .259 .344 .435 .779 99 2073 125 57 19 42 57
2010 38 1478 5589 4877 632 1258 296 13 182 721 25 18 593 1149 .258 .343 .436 .778 99 2126 126 57 19 43 59
2011 39 1546 5839 5099 664 1307 306 14 193 757 25 18 614 1216 .256 .341 .435 .776 99 2220 129 61 22 43 59

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1997 25 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 1
1998 26 86 243 218 28 53 12 0 7 30 2 16 45 .243 .297 .394 .692 25 86
1999 27 144 530 473 61 120 36 2 18 67 1 42 85 .254 .312 .452 .765 68 144
2000 28 139 505 439 48 102 28 1 9 57 1 55 84 .232 .323 .362 .686 51 139
2001 29 51 197 173 18 50 11 1 7 24 0 21 35 .289 .367 .486 .853 30 51
2002 30 132 515 464 56 121 26 1 10 58 4 40 95 .261 .327 .386 .713 57 132
2003 31 142 513 445 58 117 29 1 24 79 3 49 106 .263 .341 .494 .835 74 142
2004 32 137 520 453 59 127 28 1 17 65 9 57 126 .280 .371 .459 .830 75 137
2005 33 133 533 466 67 128 29 1 21 67 2 60 117 .275 .359 .476 .835 80 133
2006 34 103 408 360 42 82 18 2 11 50 1 43 87 .228 .312 .381 .693 43 103
2007 35 131 508 429 52 105 14 3 16 62 1 67 122 .245 .354 .403 .758 60 131
2008 36 131 477 419 34 89 19 0 12 40 0 50 122 .212 .304 .344 .648 43 131
2009 37 109 420 361 38 73 23 0 13 47 0 52 90 .202 .305 .374 .679 41 109
2010 38 39 123 112 18 26 6 0 7 16 0 10 35 .232 .293 .473 .766 16 39
2011 39 68 250 222 32 49 10 1 11 36 0 21 67 .221 .300 .423 .723 27 68
15 Yrs 1546 5743 5035 611 1243 289 14 183 698 24 583 1216 .247 .330 .419 .749 691 1546
162 Game Avg. 162 602 528 64 130 30 1 19 73 3 61 127 .247 .330 .419 .749 72 1546

* 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

All-Star Games
2003
2005 (C)
2008 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 AL (24, 1%)
2004 AL (30, 0%)
2005 AL (21, 1%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Gold Gloves
2005 AL (C)

Silver Sluggers
2005 AL (C)

On-Base% s c a p y
2004 AL  .390 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1999 AL  39 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,216 (142nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1999 AL  8 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
2011 AL  born 1972-04-11 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 54 (363), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (291), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Ramon Hernandez (912)
  2. Del Crandall (909)
  3. Terry Steinbach (904)
  4. Sherm Lollar (903)
  5. Bill Freehan (889)
  6. Darrell Porter (882)
  7. Walker Cooper (882)
  8. A.J. Pierzynski (875)
  9. Frankie Hayes (861)
  10. Mike Lieberthal (861)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Roy Campanella (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Stan Lopata (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Stan Lopata (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dick Dietz (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sandy Alomar (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ed Taubensee (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Darrin Fletcher (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Darrin Fletcher (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike Lieberthal (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Terry Steinbach (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Sherm Lollar (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Sherm Lollar (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Walker Cooper (863)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

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