Jason Vargas

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 215lb (183cm, 97kg)

Born: February 2, 1983 in Apple Valley, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 43rd round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Apple Valley HS (Apple Valley, CA) and the Florida Marlins in the 2nd round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach, CA).

High School: Apple Valley HS (Apple Valley, CA)

Schools: Cypress College (Cypress, CA), Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA), California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)

Debut: July 14, 2005 (Age 22-162d, 18,717th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 26, 2019 (Age 36-236d)
vs. WSN 4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Jason Matthew Vargas

Nicknames: Vargy

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.9

ERA

4.29

298

277

1643.0

1147

WHIP

1.322

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-12 / in Starts: 20-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2017 Pitching Game Log

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2017 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	217	4	Apr 7	KCR	@	HOU	W,5-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	1.50	1.66	23	93	62	17	15	9	7	3	1	0	61			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.097	.99	0.05%	1.36	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out a1
2	218	9	Apr 13	KCR		OAK	W,3-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	7.2	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	0.66	1.55	27	98	66	23	10	9	9	5	1	0	78			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	.80	0.378	.59	0.17%	4.03	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a3
3	219	14	Apr 19	KCR		SFG	W,2-0	GS-7	W(3-0)	5	7.0	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	0.44	1.22	24	92	61	17	13	9	6	3	1	0	78			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.467	.95	0.24%	3.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
4	220	19	Apr 24	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-12	GS-5	L(3-1)	4	5.0	7	4	3	0	5	1	0	1.40	1.72	23	96	60	13	17	6	12	6	1	0	44			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.188	.87	-0.10%	-1.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	221	24	May 1	KCR		CHW	W,6-1	GS-6	W(4-1)	6	6.0	5	1	1	3	1	0	0	1.42	2.21	26	96	59	22	4	7	15	5	2	0	56			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.212	.65	0.07%	2.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
6	222	29	May 6	KCR		CLE	L,1-3	GS-7		4	6.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	1	1.19	2.28	24	92	61	20	9	6	9	3	3	0	68			0	1	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.303	.68	0.11%	2.81	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a1
7	223	34	May 11	KCR	@	TBR	W,6-0	GS-7	W(5-1)	4	7.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.01	2.31	23	96	63	16	15	5	13	6	1	0	74			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.493	.49	0.14%	3.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
8	224	39	May 17	KCR		NYY	L,7-11	GS-4	L(5-2)	5	4.0	7	6	6	2	4	1	0	2.03	2.60	21	91	56	16	9	2	13	6	3	0	26			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.270	.54	-0.10%	-3.87	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
9	225	44	May 22	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-6	L(5-3)	4	6.0	4	3	3	3	6	2	0	2.30	3.08	25	102	63	25	11	2	14	5	1	0	55			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.036	.57	-0.01%	0.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
10	226	48	May 27	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-6	W(6-3)	4	5.2	9	2	2	2	2	1	0	2.39	3.34	27			19	6	8	15	7	3	0	43			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.095	.76	0.04%	1.11	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 2 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	227	53	Jun 2	KCR		CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-3)	5	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.08	3.27	31	103	69	23	6	16	11	6	0	0	75			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	4	0	0	1.11	0.557	.68	0.21%	4.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	228	58	Jun 7	KCR		HOU	W,7-5	GS-5	W(8-3)	4	5.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	1	2.18	3.39	23	89	53	21	9	6	10	2	2	0	51			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.062	.65	0.02%	0.67	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
13	229	63	Jun 13	KCR	@	SFG	W,8-1	GS-7	W(9-3)	5	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.10	3.26	27			22	9	7	13	8	3	0	68			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	.64	0.202	.41	0.08%	2.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out a7
14	230	68	Jun 18	KCR	@	LAA	W,7-3	GS-6	W(10-3)	4	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.27	3.25	27	94	62	19	7	6	16	6	4	0	45			3	1	1	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	.92	0.000	.83	0.00%	0.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
15	231	73	Jun 24	KCR		TOR	W,3-2	GS-7	W(11-3)	5	7.0	8	2	2	0	2	2	0	2.29	3.48	27	98	69	22	11	14	11	5	2	0	55			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	0.162	1.29	0.11%	1.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
16	232	78	Jun 30	KCR		MIN	W,8-1	GS-7	W(12-3)	5	7.0	2	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.22	3.49	27	100	60	21	8	9	10	5	1	0	69			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.176	1.07	0.14%	2.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	233	84	Jul 5	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-6	GS-5		4	5.0	8	6	6	1	4	3	0	2.62	3.80	23	82	54	23	4	6	12	8	2	0	30			2	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.346	1.36	-0.30%	-3.50	1b start a 4	5b 3 out tie
18	234	91	Jul 17	KCR		DET	L,2-10	GS-3	L(12-4)	11	2.2	7	6	6	4	4	2	0	3.06	4.06	19	70	41	19	6	3	8	5	0	0	20			0	0	0	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	.97	-0.341	1.38	-0.29%	-4.78	1t start tie	3t --3 2 out d6
19	235	96	Jul 22	KCR		CHW	W,7-2	GS-6		4	5.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.08	4.12	23	84	50	16	4	8	12	7	1	0	46			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.041	1.20	-0.04%	-0.34	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d2
20	236	101	Jul 28	KCR	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-6	W(13-4)	5	6.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.00	4.09	24	99	61	15	10	9	11	6	2	0	58			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.259	1.61	0.27%	2.33	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	237	106	Aug 2	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-6	GS-5	L(13-5)	4	5.0	4	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.10	4.11	21	96	54	13	13	7	6	4	2	0	51			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.64	-0.124	1.09	-0.13%	-0.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
22	238	112	Aug 8	KCR		STL	L,3-10	GS-5	L(13-6)	5	4.2	8	6	6	3	3	2	1	3.40	4.32	24	88	51	12	13	8	9	6	0	0	24			0	1	1	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.300	2.04	-0.28%	-1.96	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out d1
23	239	117	Aug 13	KCR	@	CHW	W,14-6	GS-6	W(14-6)	4	6.0	6	3	3	2	7	1	1	3.45	4.33	26	92	58	20	9	7	9	4	3	0	53			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.077	.52	0.06%	0.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out a9
24	240	122	Aug 19	KCR		CLE	L,0-5	GS-5	L(14-7)	5	4.2	6	4	4	3	7	0	0	3.59	4.26	23	96	61	18	13	7	6	5	0	0	40			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.165	1.58	-0.15%	-1.67	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d4
25	241	127	Aug 25	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-5	L(14-8)	5	5.0	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.72	4.32	22	97	58	15	5	5	13	8	1	0	39			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.125	1.19	-0.12%	-1.20	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
26	242	132	Aug 30	KCR		TBR	L,3-5	GS-6	L(14-9)	4	6.0	7	5	5	1	1	3	0	3.87	4.54	26	97	63	11	9	9	15	1	7	0	38			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.259	.55	-0.09%	-1.80	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	243	137	Sep 5	KCR	@	DET	L,2-13	GS-2	L(14-10)	5	2.0	6	7	7	1	1	2	1	4.23	4.72	14	54	35	10	4	5	6	2	0	0	16			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.438	.44	-0.16%	-5.93	1b start a 1	2b 3 out d6
28	244	142	Sep 10	KCR		MIN	W,11-3	GS-5	W(15-10)	4	5.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.15	4.65	19	84	54	13	8	6	9	5	1	0	57			0	1	1	17	1	1	0	1	1	1	.75	0.076	.41	0.03%	1.67	1t start tie	5t 3 out a5
29	245	147	Sep 15	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-6	W(16-10)	4	5.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	4.19	4.69	22	90	52	18	8	7	8	1	0	0	46			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.00	-0.096	.16	-0.01%	-0.60	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
30	246	152	Sep 21	KCR	@	TOR	W,1-0	GS-7	W(17-10)	5	6.1	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	4.03	4.60	23	86	53	15	11	7	6	1	1	0	73			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.445	.41	0.09%	3.45	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a1
31	247	157	Sep 26	KCR		DET	W,2-1	GS-6	W(18-10)	4	6.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.94	4.54	20	82	54	19	8	11	5	3	1	0	60			1	1	0	19	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.04	0.244	.00	0.00%	2.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
32	248	162	Oct 1	KCR		ARI	L,2-14	GS-5	L(18-11)	4	4.0	6	6	6	4	4	2	0	4.16	4.67	22	92	51	18	7	4	10	6	1	0	26			3	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.403	.00	0.00%	-3.87	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d4
							20-12		W-L:18-11	4.5	179.2	181	84	83	58	134	27	5	4.16	4.67	756	2729	63%	21%	11%	0.70		27%	9%	0	51		---%	13	6	4	685	33	4	2	22	6	4	.98	1.173	.82	0.02%	10.00

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