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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 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
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 12 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 82 174 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 .859 123 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
13 Seasons 1439 5466 4765 614 1232 290 13 175 705 25 18 583 1114 .259 .344 .435 .779 99 2073 124 57 19 42 57
162 Game Avg. 162 615 536 69 139 33 1 20 79 3 2 66 125 .259 .344 .435 .779 99 233 14 6 2 5 6

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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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 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 6.0 0.6 6 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 6.0 0.6 6 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2003
2005 (C)
2008 *

Gold Gloves
2005-AL-C

Silver Sluggers
2005-AL-C

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2003-AL-24-1%
2004-AL-30-0%
2005-AL-21-1%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

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

Doubles s c a p y
1999 AL--39--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active--583--44th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Active--1114--30th
Career--1114--173rd

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

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active--57--46th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 39 (471), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (641), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Damion Easley (912)
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  8. Mike Stanley (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike Lieberthal (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  11. Mike Stanley (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1993 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed April 20, 1995.

July 31, 1997: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Derek Lowe to the Boston Red Sox for Heathcliff Slocumb.

November 1, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 24, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 30, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

January 30, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1998Boston Red Sox$170,000
1999Boston Red Sox$237,500
2000Boston Red Sox$375,000
2001Boston Red Sox$1,800,000
2002Boston Red Sox$3,500,000
2003Boston Red Sox$4,700,000
2004Boston Red Sox$6,900,000
2005Boston Red Sox$8,000,000
2006Boston Red Sox$10,000,000
2007Boston Red Sox$11,000,000
2008Boston Red Sox$10,442,030
2009Boston Red Sox$5,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$62,124,530
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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