Jason Varitek
Jason Andrew Varitek
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 11, 1972 in Rochester, MI
High School: Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs, FL)
School: Georgia Institute of Technology
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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1997 BOS AL 25 C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 7.20 6.10 0 0 0 0
1998 BOS AL 26 C 75 56 516.0 404 367 32 5 3 .988 -4.0 -9.3 -4 6.96 5.32 .990 7.13 6.17 18 20 49 19 28%
1998 BOS AL 26 DH 3
1999 BOS AL 27 C 140 130 1153.0 1049 972 66 11 8 .990 -3.0 -3.1 -3 8.10 7.41 .991 6.98 6.11 25 22 124 46 27%
1999 BOS AL 27 DH 2
2000 BOS AL 28 C 128 119 1076.0 920 867 46 7 3 .992 -1.0 -1.1 -1 7.64 7.13 .991 6.93 6.02 14 16 104 34 25%
2000 BOS AL 28 DH 1
2001 BOS AL 29 C 50 47 426.2 459 425 32 2 2 .996 1.0 2.8 1 9.64 9.14 .990 7.17 6.12 3 11 51 18 26%
2002 BOS AL 30 C 127 121 1064.2 971 912 55 4 8 .996 4.0 4.5 4 8.17 7.61 .993 6.96 6.16 10 19 81 31 28%
2002 BOS AL 30 DH 1
2003 BOS AL 31 C 137 119 1075.1 906 854 43 9 8 .990 1.0 1.1 1 7.51 6.55 .991 6.79 5.88 6 28 61 23 27% AS,MVP-24
2003 BOS AL 31 DH 4 AS,MVP-24
2004 BOS AL 32 C 130 121 1062.2 931 880 49 2 11 .998 3.0 3.4 3 7.87 7.15 .992 7.12 6.19 5 20 77 23 23% MVP-30
2004 BOS AL 32 DH 1 MVP-30
2005 BOS AL 33 C 130 127 1089.0 824 783 33 8 4 .990 -4.0 -4.4 -4 6.74 6.28 .992 6.80 5.96 7 43 65 21 24% AS,MVP-21,GG,SS
2006 BOS AL 34 C 99 94 822.1 679 648 27 4 3 .994 0.0 0.0 0 7.39 6.82 .992 7.09 6.32 1 24 46 13 22%
2007 BOS AL 35 C 125 121 1064.0 982 937 39 6 8 .994 6.0 6.8 6 8.26 7.81 .991 7.28 6.41 4 16 63 20 24%
2008 BOS AL 36 C 131 120 1041.1 949 903 42 4 7 .996 3.0 3.5 3 8.17 7.21 .991 7.26 6.47 4 23 56 16 22% AS
2009 BOS AL 37 C 108 106 924.0 896 856 37 3 4 .997 -6.0 -7.8 -6 8.70 8.27 .992 7.48 6.63 1 108 16 13%
13 Seasons C 1381 1281 11316.0 9971 9405 501 65 69 .993 0.0 0.0 0 7.88 7.17 .991 7.07 6.20 98 242 885 280 24%
6 Seasons DH 12
13 Seasons TOT 1381 1281 11316.0 9971 9405 501 65 69 .993 0.0 0.0 0 7.88 7.17 .985 7.07 6.20 98 242 885 280 24%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1997 BOS AL 25 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 BOS AL 26 86 56 86 75 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1999 BOS AL 27 144 131 144 140 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
2000 BOS AL 28 139 120 139 128 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 0
2001 BOS AL 29 51 47 51 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2002 BOS AL 30 132 122 132 127 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
2003 BOS AL 31 142 122 142 137 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 0
2004 BOS AL 32 137 122 137 130 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 0
2005 BOS AL 33 133 127 133 130 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2006 BOS AL 34 103 94 103 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2007 BOS AL 35 131 121 131 125 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2008 BOS AL 36 131 120 131 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2009 BOS AL 37 109 106 109 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Seasons 1439 1288 1439 1381 0 1381 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 115 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1997 BOS AL 25 3 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 BOS AL 26 2361 4.29 4.78 22 73% 0 0 367 10 2 9 346 33 4 1 0 8 5 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 5 40%
1999 BOS AL 27 5143 3.98 4.48 47 96% 2 1 973 34 4 16 919 66 9 0 0 8 11 1 5 5 2 8 0 0 2 11 91%
2000 BOS AL 28 4707 3.96 4.29 40 98% 1 0 867 29 2 16 819 46 9 0 0 10 7 0 2 5 1 3 0 0 0 3 100%
2001 BOS AL 29 1848 2.97 3.29 22 91% 0 1 425 16 3 3 403 32 4 0 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 67%
2002 BOS AL 30 4578 3.74 4.12 42 95% 0 0 923 25 2 14 882 45 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 8 0 1 2 9 89%
2003 BOS AL 31 4770 4.49 4.90 34 100% 0 0 854 25 4 10 815 43 11 0 0 12 9 1 0 8 0 8 0 2 2 3 100%
2004 BOS AL 32 4675 4.18 4.73 34 97% 0 1 880 26 3 8 843 49 8 0 0 14 2 0 0 2 0 11 0 2 3 6 83%
2005 BOS AL 33 4954 5.02 5.37 48 100% 0 0 784 41 4 12 726 32 6 2 0 4 8 0 0 8 0 4 0 1 1 4 100%
2006 BOS AL 34 3662 4.84 5.11 22 95% 1 0 647 14 1 8 624 28 5 1 0 8 4 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 3 67%
2007 BOS AL 35 4579 3.80 4.06 35 91% 1 0 937 28 5 6 898 39 4 0 0 12 6 1 1 4 0 8 0 0 0 6 83%
2008 BOS AL 36 4526 3.66 3.92 38 97% 0 0 903 28 1 9 865 42 10 0 0 16 4 0 0 4 0 7 0 1 2 7 100%
2009 BOS AL 37 4133 3.87 4.21 36 97% 0 0 856 27 3 8 818 37 8 1 0 12 3 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 2 8 88%
13 Seasons 49939 4.11 4.48 420 95% 5 3 9417 303 34 119 8959 492 91 6 0 114 65 5 10 50 5 69 0 9 16 68 85%
MLB Averages 4.44 4.83 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1997 BOS AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 BOS AL 26 18 20 838 49 19 16 28% 39 14 10 3 0 2 0 0 120 22 1.29 1.37
1999 BOS AL 27 25 22 1868 124 46 41 27% 109 41 15 3 0 2 0 0 208 53 1.44 1.10
2000 BOS AL 28 14 16 1536 104 34 24 25% 80 31 24 2 0 1 0 0 159 40 1.26 1.18
2001 BOS AL 29 3 11 632 51 18 15 26% 42 17 9 0 0 1 0 0 77 19 1.54 1.33
2002 BOS AL 30 10 19 1579 81 31 29 28% 65 28 16 3 0 0 0 0 134 34 1.22 1.20
2003 BOS AL 31 6 28 1691 61 23 19 27% 52 21 9 2 0 0 0 0 130 23 1.55 1.12
2004 BOS AL 32 5 20 1666 77 23 20 23% 60 21 17 2 0 0 2 0 128 31 1.33 1.68
2005 BOS AL 33 7 43 1830 65 21 16 24% 50 20 14 1 1 0 2 1 142 29 1.16 1.12
2006 BOS AL 34 1 24 1330 46 13 10 22% 39 11 6 2 1 0 0 0 93 18 1.29 1.42
2007 BOS AL 35 4 16 1608 63 20 19 24% 55 19 8 1 0 0 0 0 107 24 1.33 1.05
2008 BOS AL 36 4 23 1615 56 16 13 22% 45 15 11 1 0 0 0 0 122 20 1.41 1.28
2009 BOS AL 37 1 21 1462 108 16 10 13% 95 14 13 2 0 0 0 0 163 20 1.30 0.94
13 Seasons 98 263 17655 885 280 232 24% 731 252 152 22 2 6 4 1 1583 333 1.34 1.22
MLB Averages 30% 1.27 1.23

* 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.

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