Jason Varitek
Jason Andrew Varitek
Born: April 11, 1972
Rochester, MI USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, DH, PH, PR
Bats: B
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 230
College: Georgia Institute of Technology
Career: 1997-2011
Draft: Round 23 (1990 June Amateur Draft, Houston Astros)
Draft: Round 1 (1993 June Amateur Draft, Minnesota Twins)
Draft: Round 1 (1994 June Amateur Draft, Seattle Mariners)
School: Lake Brantley HS (Longwood, FL)
Georgia Tech
Minor League Statistics
Jason Varitek compiled a career batting average of .256 with 193 home runs and 757 RBI in his 1546-game career with the Boston Red Sox. He began playing during the 1997 season and last took the field during the 2011 campaign.
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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 |
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1997 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 86 | 247 | 221 | 31 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 45 | .253 | .309 | .407 | .716 | 90 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 144 | 544 | 483 | 70 | 130 | 39 | 2 | 20 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 85 | .269 | .330 | .482 | .813 | 233 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
2000 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 139 | 519 | 448 | 55 | 111 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 84 | .248 | .342 | .388 | .730 | 174 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
2001 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 51 | 198 | 174 | 19 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 35 | .293 | .371 | .489 | .859 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2002 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 132 | 519 | 467 | 58 | 124 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 95 | .266 | .332 | .392 | .724 | 183 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
2003 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 142 | 521 | 451 | 63 | 123 | 31 | 1 | 25 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 106 | .273 | .351 | .512 | .863 | 231 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
2004 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 137 | 536 | 463 | 67 | 137 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 73 | 10 | 3 | 62 | 126 | .296 | .390 | .482 | .872 | 223 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
2005 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 133 | 539 | 470 | 70 | 132 | 30 | 1 | 22 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 117 | .281 | .366 | .489 | .856 | 230 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
2006 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 103 | 416 | 365 | 46 | 87 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 87 | .238 | .325 | .400 | .725 | 146 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
2007 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 131 | 518 | 435 | 57 | 111 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 122 | .255 | .367 | .421 | .787 | 183 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
2008 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 131 | 483 | 423 | 37 | 93 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 122 | .220 | .313 | .359 | .672 | 152 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
2009 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 109 | 425 | 364 | 41 | 76 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 90 | .209 | .313 | .390 | .703 | 142 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
2010 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 39 | 123 | 112 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 35 | .232 | .293 | .473 | .766 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2011 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 68 | 250 | 222 | 32 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 67 | .221 | .300 | .423 | .723 | 94 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1546 | 5839 | 5099 | 664 | 1307 | 306 | 14 | 193 | 757 | 25 | 18 | 614 | 1216 | .256 | .341 | .435 | .776 | 2220 | 129 | 61 | 22 | 43 | 59 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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1997 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1998 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 75 | 56 | 516.0 | 367 | 32 | 5 | 3 | .988 | 6.959 | 5.320 | 18 | 0 | 49 | 19 | 27.9 |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 140 | 130 | 1153.0 | 972 | 66 | 11 | 8 | .990 | 8.102 | 7.414 | 25 | 0 | 124 | 46 | 27.1 |
2000 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 128 | 119 | 1076.0 | 867 | 46 | 7 | 3 | .992 | 7.637 | 7.133 | 14 | 0 | 104 | 34 | 24.6 |
2001 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 50 | 47 | 426.7 | 425 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .996 | 9.640 | 9.140 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 18 | 26.1 |
2002 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 127 | 121 | 1064.7 | 912 | 54 | 4 | 8 | .996 | 8.166 | 7.606 | 10 | 0 | 81 | 31 | 27.7 |
2003 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 137 | 119 | 1075.3 | 854 | 43 | 9 | 8 | .990 | 7.507 | 6.547 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 23 | 27.4 |
2004 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 130 | 121 | 1062.7 | 880 | 49 | 2 | 11 | .998 | 7.868 | 7.146 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 23 | 23.0 |
2005 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 130 | 127 | 1089.0 | 784 | 32 | 8 | 4 | .990 | 6.744 | 6.277 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 21 | 24.4 |
2006 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 99 | 94 | 822.3 | 647 | 28 | 4 | 3 | .994 | 7.388 | 6.818 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 13 | 22.0 |
2007 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 125 | 121 | 1064.0 | 937 | 39 | 6 | 8 | .994 | 8.256 | 7.808 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 20 | 24.1 |
2008 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 131 | 120 | 1041.3 | 903 | 42 | 4 | 7 | .996 | 8.167 | 7.214 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 16 | 22.2 |
2009 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 108 | 106 | 924.0 | 856 | 37 | 3 | 4 | .997 | 8.698 | 8.269 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 16 | 12.9 |
2010 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 39 | 27 | 275.3 | 242 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.335 | 6.538 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 20.9 |
2011 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 68 | 64 | 574.7 | 519 | 28 | 4 | 1 | .993 | 8.567 | 8.044 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 12 | 14.1 |
Totals | 1488 | 1372 | 12166.0 | 10166 | 541 | 69 | 72 | .994 | 7.921 | 7.196 | 105 | 0 | 992 | 301 | 23.3 |
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 |
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1998 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .238 | .273 | .524 | .797 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 5 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .238 | .500 | .738 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS2 | 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 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 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 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .167 | .333 | .417 | .750 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2004 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 7 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .321 | .355 | .571 | .926 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2004 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .154 | .267 | .308 | .574 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 7 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .269 | .345 | .500 | .845 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 4 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .333 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2008 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 6 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .050 | .174 | .200 | .374 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 63 | 252 | 228 | 37 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 56 | .237 | .292 | .452 | .744 | 103 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
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1998 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | C | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | C | 5 | 5 | 41.3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.710 | 8.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | C | 5 | 5 | 43.0 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 9.419 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2003 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS2 | C | 4 | 4 | 38.7 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.216 | 7.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2003 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | C | 6 | 5 | 45.0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.400 | 6.167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
2004 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | C | 3 | 3 | 28.0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.964 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2004 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | C | 7 | 7 | 67.0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.985 | 7.429 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
2004 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | C | 4 | 3 | 30.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.100 | 6.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2005 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | C | 3 | 2 | 19.0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.211 | 3.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2007 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | C | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.333 | 7.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2007 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | C | 7 | 6 | 58.0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.534 | 7.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2007 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | C | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2008 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | C | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 8.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
2008 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | C | 6 | 6 | 51.0 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.824 | 8.333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 62 | 58 | 528.0 | 459 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .998 | 8.080 | 7.645 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Awards
2005 - AL Silver Slugger C
2005 - AL TSN All-Star C
2005 - AL Gold Glove C
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