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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	BOS		TOR	L,11-12	CG	52	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 5	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
4	5	Apr 9	BOS		KCR	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	6	Apr 10	BOS		KCR	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	C
6	7	Apr 11	BOS		KCR	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	9 (1)	Apr 13	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
8	10	Apr 14	BOS		NYY	L,2-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	11	Apr 15	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
10	12	Apr 16	BOS	@	TOR	W,14-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	14 (1)	Apr 19	BOS	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	16 (1)	Apr 21 (2)	BOS	@	KCR	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
13	17	Apr 23	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	18	Apr 24	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
15	19	Apr 25	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
16	21 (1)	Apr 27	BOS		TBD	W,10-0	CG	28	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	22	Apr 29	BOS		BAL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	24 (1)	May 1	BOS		BAL	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	25	May 3	BOS	@	TBD	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
20	26	May 4	BOS	@	TBD	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
21	27	May 5	BOS	@	TBD	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	29 (1)	May 7	BOS	@	OAK	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
23	30	May 8	BOS	@	OAK	W,12-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	31	May 9	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
25	32	May 10	BOS	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	34 (1)	May 12	BOS	@	SEA	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
27	35	May 14	BOS		OAK	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
28	36	May 15	BOS		OAK	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
29	37	May 16	BOS		OAK	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	39 (1)	May 18	BOS		SEA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
31	40	May 19	BOS		SEA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
32	41	May 20	BOS		CHW	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
33	43 (1)	May 22	BOS		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	44	May 23	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
35	45	May 24	BOS		NYY	W,9-8	CG	52	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
36	46	May 25	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
37	48 (1)	May 27	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
38	49	May 28	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
39	51 (1)	May 31	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	52	Jun 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
41	54 (1)	Jun 3	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	41	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	55	Jun 4	BOS	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	56	Jun 5	BOS	@	DET	W,11-0	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	57	Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	59 (1)	Jun 8	BOS		ARI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	C
46	60	Jun 9	BOS		ARI	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
47	61	Jun 10	BOS		COL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
48	62	Jun 11	BOS		COL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	64 (1)	Jun 14	BOS	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	65	Jun 15	BOS	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
51	66	Jun 16	BOS	@	ATL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
52	67	Jun 18	BOS	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
53	68	Jun 19	BOS	@	SDP	L,2-3	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
54	69	Jun 20	BOS	@	SDP	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
55	71 (1)	Jun 22	BOS	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	30	8.0	4	3	1	8	0	C
56	72	Jun 23	BOS	@	LAD	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	73	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
58	74	Jun 26	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
59	75	Jun 28	BOS		ATL	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	76	Jun 29	BOS		ATL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	78 (1)	Jul 1	BOS		TOR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
62	80 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	BOS		TOR	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	81	Jul 3	BOS		TOR	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	82	Jul 4	BOS		TOR	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	84 (1)	Jul 6	BOS		DET	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
66	85	Jul 7	BOS		DET	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
67	86	Jul 11	BOS	@	TOR	W,10-3	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	87	Jul 12	BOS	@	TOR	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	89 (1)	Jul 14	BOS	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
70	90	Jul 15	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	39	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
71	91	Jul 16	BOS	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
72	92	Jul 17	BOS	@	TBD	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	93	Jul 18	BOS	@	TBD	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
74	94	Jul 19	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
75	95	Jul 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,8-9	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	96	Jul 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
77	98 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	BOS		TBD	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	100 (1)	Jul 25	BOS		TBD	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
79	101	Jul 26	BOS		BAL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
80	102	Jul 27	BOS		BAL	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
81	103	Jul 28	BOS		BAL	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	104	Jul 29	BOS	@	ANA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
83	105	Jul 30	BOS	@	ANA	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	107 (1)	Aug 1	BOS	@	TEX	L,7-19	CG	50	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	108	Aug 2	BOS	@	TEX	W,13-0	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	109	Aug 3	BOS	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	110	Aug 4	BOS	@	TEX	W,11-3	GS	24	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
88	112 (1)	Aug 7	BOS		OAK	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
89	113	Aug 8	BOS		OAK	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
90	114	Aug 9	BOS		MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	6	2	1	9	1	C
91	115	Aug 10	BOS		MIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
92	117 (1)	Aug 13	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	118	Aug 14	BOS	@	SEA	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
94	119	Aug 15	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
95	120	Aug 16	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
96	122 (1)	Aug 18	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
97	123	Aug 20	BOS		TEX	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
98	124	Aug 21	BOS		TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
99	125	Aug 22	BOS		TEX	W,12-3	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
100	126	Aug 23	BOS		ANA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
101	128 (1)	Aug 25	BOS		ANA	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
102	129	Aug 26	BOS		ANA	W,10-9	CG	52	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
103	130	Aug 27	BOS		NYY	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
104	131	Aug 28	BOS		NYY	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
105	132	Aug 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,15-5	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
106	133	Aug 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	38	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	135 (1)	Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-4	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
108	136	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
109	137	Sep 4	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
110	138	Sep 5	BOS		TOR	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
111	140 (1)	Sep 7	BOS		TOR	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
112	141	Sep 8	BOS		TOR	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
113	142	Sep 9	BOS	@	TBD	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
114	144 (1)	Sep 11	BOS	@	TBD	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
115	145	Sep 12	BOS	@	TBD	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
116	146	Sep 13	BOS		BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
117	147	Sep 14	BOS		BAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
118	148	Sep 15	BOS		BAL	L,3-8	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	149	Sep 16 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
120	153 (3)	Sep 20	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
121	154	Sep 21	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
122	155	Sep 22	BOS	@	BAL	W,13-2	GS	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
123	156	Sep 23	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH C
124	157	Sep 24	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
125	158	Sep 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
126	160 (1)	Sep 27	BOS		TBD	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
127	162 (1)	Sep 29	BOS		TBD	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
							127gm		1064.2	912	54	4	970	8