Jason Varitek

Position: Catcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 230lb (188cm, 104kg)

Born: April 11, 1972 in Rochester, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 23rd round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lake Brantley HS (Altamonte Springs, FL), the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (21st) of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) and the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (14th) of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA).

High School: Lake Brantley HS (Altamonte Springs, FL)

School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: September 24, 1997 (Age 25-166d, 17,181st in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 2011 (Age 39-167d)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (WBC,College)

Full Name: Jason Andrew Varitek

Nicknames: Tek

Pronunciation: \VAIR-uh-teck\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.2

5099

1307

193

.256

664

RBI

757

OBP

.341

SLG

.435

OPS

.776

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	37-26 / in Starts: 35-23
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1998	ALDS g2	Sep 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	1.08	-0.025	16.54	-0.25%	-0.16	C
1999 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	1999	ALDS g1	Oct 6	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	.84	-0.095	13.21	-0.89%	-0.90	C
3	1999	ALDS g2	Oct 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	.21	-0.023	3.37	-0.21%	-0.81	C
4	1999	ALDS g3	Oct 9	BOS		CLE	W,9-3	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	7	1.26	0.164	13.04	1.00%	0.57	C
5	1999	ALDS g4	Oct 10	BOS		CLE	W,23-7	GS-8	5	5	5	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.688	1.040	7	.35	0.105	6.83	1.13%	4.04	C
6	1999	ALDS g5	Oct 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,12-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.273	.524	.797	7	.52	-0.073	21.75	-1.78%	-1.22	C
7	1999	ALCS g1	Oct 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.269	.480	.749	7	1.49	-0.094	38.78	-1.43%	-0.74	C
8	1999	ALCS g2	Oct 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.310	.607	.917	7	1.62	0.082	42.93	1.29%	0.74	C
9	1999	ALCS g3	Oct 16	BOS		NYY	W,13-1	GS-9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.531	.825	3	.31	-0.018	6.54	-0.22%	-1.15	C
10	1999	ALCS g4	Oct 17	BOS		NYY	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.263	.472	.735	7	.81	-0.111	24.84	-2.05%	-1.63	C
11	1999	ALCS g5	Oct 18	BOS		NYY	L,1-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.256	.512	.768	3	.85	-0.062	15.27	-0.72%	-0.27	C
2003 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	2003	ALDS g1	Oct 1	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.800	1.667	2.467	9	1.42	0.165	22.28	1.47%	1.66	C
13	2003	ALDS g2	Oct 2	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	1.250	1.917	8	.19	-0.005	3.05	-0.04%	-0.34	PH
14	2003	ALDS g3	Oct 4	BOS		OAK	W,3-1	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.500	.750	1.250	7	1.59	0.057	16.46	0.32%	0.38	C
15	2003	ALDS g4	Oct 5	BOS		OAK	W,5-4	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.545	.930	9	1.18	-0.043	22.65	-0.49%	-0.36	C
16	2003	ALDS g5	Oct 6	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.714	1.089	9	.75	0.134	31.25	3.04%	0.77	C
17	2003	ALCS g2	Oct 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.889	1.289	7	.60	0.104	15.35	1.62%	1.21	C
18	2003	ALCS g3	Oct 11	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.348	.762	1.110	9	1.13	-0.095	35.36	-1.85%	-0.64	C
19	2003	ALCS g4	Oct 13	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.727	1.061	9	1.97	0.022	60.05	0.36%	-0.11	PH C
20	2003	ALCS g5	Oct 14	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.321	.654	.975	9	1.35	-0.035	55.80	-0.95%	-0.07	C
21	2003	ALCS g6	Oct 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.267	.333	.700	1.033	9	1.16	0.118	44.69	2.61%	1.10	C
22	2003	ALCS g7	Oct 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.351	.706	1.057	9	.74	0.050	61.25	2.19%	-0.28	C
2004 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	2004	ALDS g1	Oct 5	BOS	@	ANA	W,9-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	.31	-0.006	4.86	-0.06%	-0.87	C
24	2004	ALDS g2	Oct 6	BOS	@	ANA	W,8-3	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.625	1.025	7	1.05	0.250	16.02	2.17%	2.15	C
25	2004	ALDS g3	Oct 8	BOS		ANA	W,8-6	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.333	.417	.750	7	1.10	-0.143	11.38	-0.82%	-2.34	C
26	2004	ALCS g1	Oct 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.368	.625	.993	7	.50	0.039	12.94	0.55%	1.63	C
27	2004	ALCS g2	Oct 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.632	.995	7	1.16	0.070	30.78	1.02%	0.68	C
28	2004	ALCS g3	Oct 16	BOS		NYY	L,8-19	GS-8	4	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.423	.773	1.196	5	.85	0.016	17.76	0.22%	1.40	C
29	2004	ALCS g4	Oct 17	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.355	.630	.984	5	1.97	-0.234	18.75	-1.32%	-1.75	C
30	2004	ALCS g5	Oct 18	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG(14)	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.226	.324	.548	.873	7	2.47	-0.215	43.42	-2.13%	-0.62	C
31	2004	ALCS g6	Oct 19	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.366	.571	.937	7	.84	0.150	31.99	3.66%	1.54	C
32	2004	ALCS g7	Oct 20	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.348	.525	.873	5	.16	-0.009	13.67	-0.50%	0.00	C
33	2004	WS g1	Oct 23	BOS		STL	W,11-9	6-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.262	.333	.500	.833	8	1.09	0.028	56.73	0.80%	0.16	PH C
34	2004	WS g2	Oct 24	BOS		STL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.346	.533	.879	5	.73	0.152	38.61	4.45%	1.59	C
35	2004	WS g3	Oct 26	BOS	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.339	.500	.839	5	.69	-0.056	28.75	-1.51%	-0.65	C
36	2004	WS g4	Oct 27	BOS	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.328	.472	.800	5	.63	-0.125	12.07	-1.54%	-1.49	C
2005 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	2005	ALDS g1	Oct 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.45	0.019	6.99	0.16%	0.30	C
38	2005	ALDS g2	Oct 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	5	1.46	0.059	23.47	0.59%	0.90	C
39	2005	ALDS g3	Oct 7	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	8	2.78	-0.175	28.74	-1.07%	-1.02	PH C
2007 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	2007	ALDS g1	Oct 3	BOS		LAA	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	7	.47	0.009	7.33	0.07%	-0.46	C
41	2007	ALDS g2	Oct 5	BOS		LAA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	7	1.21	-0.128	19.47	-1.17%	-1.13	C
42	2007	ALDS g3	Oct 7	BOS	@	LAA	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	7	.61	-0.097	6.28	-0.64%	0.10	C
43	2007	ALCS g1	Oct 12	BOS		CLE	W,10-3	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.313	.500	7	.42	0.002	11.04	0.02%	-0.34	C
44	2007	ALCS g2	Oct 13	BOS		CLE	L,6-13	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.238	.381	7	.80	-0.130	21.31	-2.03%	-1.50	C
45	2007	ALCS g3	Oct 15	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.160	.360	.520	7	1.12	-0.017	35.25	-0.49%	0.58	C
46	2007	ALCS g4	Oct 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.192	.385	.577	8	.65	0.029	20.96	0.51%	0.40	C
47	2007	ALCS g5	Oct 18	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.226	.367	.592	7	.72	0.041	17.66	0.58%	-0.08	C
48	2007	ALCS g6	Oct 20	BOS		CLE	W,12-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.333	.583	7	.16	-0.003	7.33	-0.07%	-0.32	C
49	2007	ALCS g7	Oct 21	BOS		CLE	W,11-2	CG	4	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.300	.432	.732	7	.50	0.069	41.88	3.15%	1.81	C
50	2007	WS g1	Oct 24	BOS		COL	W,13-1	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.333	.463	.797	6	.50	0.083	26.26	2.38%	1.69	C
51	2007	WS g2	Oct 25	BOS		COL	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.306	.432	.738	7	1.56	-0.124	82.79	-3.73%	-1.45	C
52	2007	WS g3	Oct 27	BOS	@	COL	W,10-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.296	.417	.713	7	.62	-0.070	25.75	-1.84%	-1.22	C
53	2007	WS g4	Oct 28	BOS	@	COL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.310	.423	.733	7	.61	0.081	11.57	0.99%	0.89	C
2008 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	2008	ALDS g1	Oct 1	BOS	@	LAA	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.08	-0.090	16.96	-0.88%	-0.95	C
55	2008	ALDS g2	Oct 3	BOS	@	LAA	W,7-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	8	.67	-0.053	10.25	-0.53%	-1.24	C
56	2008	ALDS g3	Oct 5	BOS		LAA	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	8	1.19	-0.095	12.27	-0.53%	-0.82	C
57	2008	ALDS g4	Oct 6	BOS		LAA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9	.99	0.045	22.39	0.57%	0.10	C
58	2008	ALCS g1	Oct 10	BOS	@	TBR	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.17	-0.148	30.48	-2.44%	-1.48	C
59	2008	ALCS g2	Oct 11	BOS	@	TBR	L,8-9	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	7	1.35	-0.071	34.58	-0.98%	-0.57	C
60	2008	ALCS g3	Oct 13	BOS		TBR	L,1-9	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.192	.125	.317	8	.65	-0.075	20.25	-1.39%	-0.88	C
61	2008	ALCS g5	Oct 16	BOS		TBR	W,8-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.207	.115	.322	8	.51	-0.016	8.94	-0.18%	-0.66	C
62	2008	ALCS g6	Oct 18	BOS	@	TBR	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.212	.233	.445	9	1.12	0.065	42.57	1.54%	-0.26	C
63	2008	ALCS g7	Oct 19	BOS	@	TBR	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.189	.206	.395	8	1.72	-0.183	143.12	-8.43%	-1.12	C
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