Jason Vargas

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2004	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A	FLA	5	2	.714	2.09	3.28	11	11	0	0	0	0	60.1	44	22	14	3	15	0	58	3	0	3	235	0.978	6.6	0.4	2.2	8.7	3.87
2004	21	-0.6	Greensboro	SALL	A	FLA	2	1	.667	2.37	2.37	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	9	5	5	1	2	0	17	0	0	0	67	0.579	4.3	0.5	0.9	8.1	8.50
2004	21	-0.4	Jamestown	NYPL	A-	FLA	3	1	.750	1.96	3.70	8	8	0	0	0	0	41.1	35	17	9	2	13	0	41	3	0	3	168	1.161	7.6	0.4	2.8	8.9	3.15
2005	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-A-AA	FLA	7	4	.636	2.50	2.83	17	17	0	0	0	0	108.0	76	34	30	10	31	0	118	2	0	1	428	0.991	6.3	0.8	2.6	9.8	3.81
2005	22	-1.8	Carolina	SOUL	AA	FLA	1	0	1.000	2.84	2.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	13	6	6	3	7	0	25	0	0	0	75	1.053	6.2	1.4	3.3	11.8	3.57
2005	22	-1.0	Jupiter	FLOR	A+	FLA	2	3	.400	3.42	3.90	9	9	0	0	0	0	55.1	47	24	21	6	14	0	60	0	0	0	226	1.102	7.6	1.0	2.3	9.8	4.29
2005	22	0.2	Greensboro	SALL	A	FLA	4	1	.800	0.80	1.07	5	5	0	0	0	0	33.2	16	4	3	1	10	0	33	2	0	1	127	0.772	4.3	0.3	2.7	8.8	3.30
2005	22	-7.2	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	5	5	.500	4.03	4.15	17	13	0	1	0	0	73.2	71	34	33	4	31	4	59	4	0	0	325	1.385	8.7	0.5	3.8	7.2	1.90
2006	23	-3.8	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	FLA	3	6	.333	7.43	7.83	13	13	0	0	0	0	69.0	98	60	57	11	28	3	51	5	1	0	321	1.826	12.8	1.4	3.7	6.7	1.82
2006	23	-6.1	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	1	2	.333	7.33	8.16	12	5	3	0	0	0	43.0	50	39	35	9	30	3	25	4	0	2	213	1.860	10.5	1.9	6.3	5.2	0.83
2006-07	23	-4.3	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	0		2.25	2.25	6	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	31	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00
2007	24	-2.8	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	NYM	9	7	.563	4.97	5.54	24	24	0	0	0	0	125.0	141	77	69	14	44	0	108	3	1	1	556	1.480	10.2	1.0	3.2	7.8	2.45
2007	24	-5.0	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	1	.000	12.19	12.19	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	17	14	14	4	2	1	4	0	1	1	51	1.839	14.8	3.5	1.7	3.5	2.00
2008	25	1.7	Peoria Saguaros	AZFL	Fal		1	0	1.000	2.10	2.45	9	1	0	0	0	0	25.2	20	7	6	1	5	0	13	0	0	1	102	0.974	7.0	0.4	1.8	4.6	2.60
2009	26	-1.0	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	4	3	.571	3.14	3.31	9	9	0	0	0	0	51.2	48	19	18	3	15	0	46	0	0	1	205	1.219	8.4	0.5	2.6	8.0	3.07
2009	26	-2.1	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	3	6	.333	4.91	5.20	23	14	4	0	0	0	91.2	98	53	50	16	24	1	54	3	0	1	385	1.331	9.6	1.6	2.4	5.3	2.25
2010	27	-1.0	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	9	12	.429	3.78	4.02	31	31	0	0	0	0	192.2	187	86	81	18	54	3	116	1	4	1	811	1.251	8.7	0.8	2.5	5.4	2.15
2011	28	-0.2	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	10	13	.435	4.25	4.70	32	32	0	4	3	0	201.0	205	105	95	22	59	4	131	4	1	3	857	1.313	9.2	1.0	2.6	5.9	2.22
2012	29	0.8	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	14	11	.560	3.85	3.89	33	33	0	2	0	0	217.1	201	94	93	35	55	1	141	3	0	5	887	1.178	8.3	1.4	2.3	5.8	2.56
2013	30	3.4	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	0	0		7.71	7.71	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	4	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	1	20	1.500	7.7	5.8	5.8	3.9	0.67
2013	30	1.3	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	9	8	.529	4.02	4.08	24	24	0	3	2	0	150.0	162	68	67	17	46	2	109	5	1	0	644	1.387	9.7	1.0	2.8	6.5	2.37
2014	31	2.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	11	10	.524	3.71	3.95	30	30	0	1	1	0	187.0	197	82	77	19	41	4	128	6	1	1	790	1.273	9.5	0.9	2.0	6.2	3.12
2015	32	7.6	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	1	0	1.000	3.38	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	7	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	24	1.688	11.8	3.4	3.4	3.4	1.00
2015	32	3.7	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	5	2	.714	3.98	4.19	9	9	0	0	0	0	43.0	46	20	19	5	12	0	27	1	0	0	183	1.349	9.6	1.0	2.5	5.7	2.25
2016	33		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-Rk-AA	KCR	0	2	.000	5.85	7.20	6	6	0	0	0	0	20.0	25	16	13	6	1	0	27	0	0	0	88	1.300	11.3	2.7	0.5	12.2	27.00
2016	33	6.3	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	0	2	.000	5.93	5.93	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.2	16	9	9	3	1	0	18	0	0	0	56	1.244	10.5	2.0	0.7	11.9	18.00
2016	33	8.6	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	0	0		7.71	11.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	1.714	15.4	7.7	0.0	3.9
2016	33	12.1	Royals	ARIZ	Rk	KCR	0	0		4.50	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	2	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	19	1.250	11.3	2.3	0.0	18.0
2016	33	4.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	0		2.25	2.25	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	11	0	0	0	47	0.917	6.0	0.8	2.3	8.3	3.67
2017	34	5.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	18	11	.621	4.16	4.21	32	32	0	1	1	0	179.2	181	84	83	27	58	2	134	5	1	6	756	1.330	9.1	1.4	2.9	6.7	2.31
2018	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--AAA	NYM	0	1	.000	2.81	2.81	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	10	5	5	2	2	0	23	0	0	0	58	0.750	5.6	1.1	1.1	12.9	11.50
2018	35	8.4	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	NYM	0	1	.000	6.75	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	16	1.250	6.8	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
2018	35	13.5	Brooklyn	NYPL	A-	NYM	0	0		1.50	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	7	2	2	2	0	0	19	0	0	0	42	0.583	5.3	1.5	0.0	14.3
2018	35	6.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	7	9	.438	5.77	5.87	20	20	0	0	0	0	92.0	100	60	59	18	30	1	84	5	0	0	404	1.413	9.8	1.8	2.9	8.2	2.80
2019	36		2 Teams	NL	Maj	NYM-PHI	7	9	.438	4.51	5.05	30	29	1	1	1	0	149.2	141	84	75	21	63	2	124	6	0	5	649	1.363	8.5	1.3	3.8	7.5	1.97
2019	36	11.7	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	0	0		2.25	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	17	1.250	4.5	2.3	6.8	11.3	1.67
2019	36	7.7	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	6	5	.545	4.01	4.29	19	18	1	1	1	0	94.1	81	45	42	14	39	2	81	1	0	3	400	1.272	7.7	1.3	3.7	7.7	2.08
2019	36	7.7	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	4	.200	5.37	6.34	11	11	0	0	0	0	55.1	60	39	33	7	24	0	43	5	0	2	249	1.518	9.8	1.1	3.9	7.0	1.79
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		99	99	.500	4.29	4.52	298	277	8	13	8	0	1643.0	1664	826	784	216	508	28	1147	47	9	25	7002	1.322	9.1	1.2	2.8	6.3	2.26
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		29	25	.537	4.13	4.66	86	86	0	0	0	0	464.0	455	240	213	55	144	3	440	13	2	7	1952	1.291	8.8	1.1	2.8	8.5	3.06
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		0	0		2.25	2.25	6	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	31	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00
Other (1 season)					Other		1	0	1.000	2.10	2.45	9	1	0	0	0	0	25.2	20	7	6	1	5	0	13	0	0	1	102	0.974	7.0	0.4	1.8	4.6	2.60
All Levels (16 Seasons)							129	124	.510	4.23	4.52	399	364	9	13	8	0	2140.2	2145	1075	1005	272	659	31	1606	60	11	33	9087	1.310	9.0	1.1	2.8	6.8	2.44

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		16	19	.457	5.37	5.78	51	51	0	0	0	0	268.0	310	172	160	34	93	3	229	8	2	3	1174	1.504	10.4	1.1	3.1	7.7	2.46
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		2	0	1.000	3.23	3.52	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.2	26	12	11	8	12	0	33	0	0	0	129	1.239	7.6	2.3	3.5	9.7	2.75
A+ (1 season)					Minors		2	3	.400	3.42	3.90	9	9	0	0	0	0	55.1	47	24	21	6	14	0	60	0	0	0	226	1.102	7.6	1.0	2.3	9.8	4.29
A (2 seasons)					Minors		6	2	.750	1.37	1.54	8	8	0	0	0	0	52.2	25	9	8	2	12	0	50	2	0	1	194	0.703	4.3	0.3	2.1	8.5	4.17
A- (2 seasons)					Minors		3	1	.750	1.86	3.21	10	10	0	0	0	0	53.1	42	19	11	4	13	0	60	3	0	3	210	1.031	7.1	0.7	2.2	10.1	4.62
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		4.50	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	2	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	19	1.250	11.3	2.3	0.0	18.0