Jason Vargas
Jason Matthew Vargas
Born: February 2, 1983
Apple Valley, CA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 215
College: California State University Long Beach, Cypress College, Louisiana State University
Career: 2005-2019
Draft: Round 43 (2001 June Amateur Draft, Minnesota Twins)
Draft: Round 2 (2004 June Amateur Draft, Florida Marlins)
School: Apple Valley HS (Apple Valley, CA)
California St U (CA)
Minor League Statistics
Jason Vargas compiled a career record of 99 wins and 99 losses in his 300-game career with the Florida Marlins, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Kansas City Royals and Philadelphia Phillies. He began playing during the 2005 season and last took the field during the 2019 campaign.
 Florida Marlins |
 New York Mets |
 Seattle Mariners |
 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
 Kansas City Royals |
 Philadelphia Phillies |
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | NL | Florida Marlins | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.03 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.7 | 71 | 34 | 33 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 325 |
| 2006 | NL | Florida Marlins | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 50 | 39 | 35 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 213 |
| 2007 | NL | New York Mets | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| 2009 | AL | Seattle Mariners | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.91 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 | 98 | 53 | 50 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 385 |
| 2010 | AL | Seattle Mariners | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.78 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192.7 | 187 | 86 | 81 | 18 | 54 | 3 | 116 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 811 |
| 2011 | AL | Seattle Mariners | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.25 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 201.0 | 205 | 105 | 95 | 22 | 59 | 4 | 131 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 857 |
| 2012 | AL | Seattle Mariners | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.85 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 217.3 | 201 | 94 | 93 | 35 | 55 | 1 | 141 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 887 |
| 2013 | AL | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.02 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 150.0 | 162 | 68 | 67 | 17 | 46 | 2 | 109 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 644 |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.71 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 187.0 | 197 | 82 | 77 | 19 | 41 | 4 | 128 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 790 |
| 2015 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.98 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 46 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 183 |
| 2016 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | |
| 2017 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 18 | 11 | .621 | 4.16 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 179.7 | 181 | 84 | 83 | 27 | 58 | 2 | 134 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 756 |
| 2018 | NL | New York Mets | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5.77 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 100 | 60 | 59 | 18 | 30 | 1 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 404 |
| 2019 | NL | New York Mets | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.01 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 94.3 | 81 | 45 | 42 | 14 | 39 | 2 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 400 |
| 2019 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.37 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.3 | 60 | 39 | 33 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 249 |
| Totals | 99 | 99 | .500 | 4.29 | 298 | 277 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1643.0 | 1664 | 826 | 784 | 216 | 508 | 28 | 1147 | 47 | 9 | 25 | 7002 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | NL | Florida Marlins | 18 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .308 | .333 | .385 | .718 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | NL | Florida Marlins | 12 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .313 | .353 | .375 | .728 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | NL | New York Mets | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | AL | Seattle Mariners | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | AL | Seattle Mariners | 31 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | AL | Seattle Mariners | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | AL | Seattle Mariners | 33 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | AL | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | NL | New York Mets | 21 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .148 | .179 | .148 | .327 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | NL | New York Mets | 19 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 300 | 146 | 132 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47 | .182 | .206 | .205 | .410 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | NL | Florida Marlins | P | 17 | 13 | 73.7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.833 | .882 |
| 2006 | NL | Florida Marlins | P | 12 | 5 | 43.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.674 | .667 |
| 2007 | NL | New York Mets | P | 2 | 2 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2009 | AL | Seattle Mariners | P | 23 | 14 | 91.7 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.571 | .696 |
| 2010 | AL | Seattle Mariners | P | 31 | 31 | 192.7 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.215 | .839 |
| 2011 | AL | Seattle Mariners | P | 32 | 32 | 201.0 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.254 | .875 |
| 2012 | AL | Seattle Mariners | P | 33 | 33 | 217.3 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.449 | 1.061 |
| 2013 | AL | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | P | 24 | 24 | 150.0 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.560 | 1.083 |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | P | 30 | 30 | 187.0 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .935 | 1.396 | .967 |
| 2015 | AL | Kansas City Royals | P | 9 | 9 | 43.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.465 | .778 |
| 2016 | AL | Kansas City Royals | P | 3 | 3 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .667 |
| 2017 | AL | Kansas City Royals | P | 32 | 32 | 179.7 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.603 | 1.000 |
| 2018 | NL | New York Mets | P | 20 | 20 | 92.0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.957 | 1.000 |
| 2019 | NL | New York Mets | P | 19 | 18 | 94.3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .954 | .526 |
| 2019 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 11 | 11 | 55.3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.789 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 298 | 277 | 1643.0 | 58 | 207 | 9 | 16 | .967 | 1.452 | .889 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | ALDS1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | WS | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | ALDS1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | WS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | ALDS1 | P | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | ALCS | P | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2014 | AL | Kansas City Royals | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 3 | 3 | 15.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .587 | .333 |
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