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.

2005 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2005 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	47	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 8	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	5	Apr 9	BOS	@	TOR	L,5-12	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	6	Apr 10	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	8 (1)	Apr 13	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
7	9	Apr 14	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	10	Apr 15	BOS		TBD	W,10-0	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	11	Apr 16	BOS		TBD	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
10	13 (1)	Apr 18	BOS		TOR	W,12-7	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
11	14	Apr 19	BOS		TOR	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	15	Apr 20	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-0	GS	27	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	16	Apr 21	BOS	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	17	Apr 22	BOS	@	TBD	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
15	18	Apr 23	BOS	@	TBD	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	19	Apr 24	BOS	@	TBD	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
17	20	Apr 25	BOS		BAL	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
18	21	Apr 26	BOS		BAL	L,8-11	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	23 (1)	Apr 30	BOS	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	24	May 1	BOS	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	25	May 2	BOS	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
22	26	May 3	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	28 (1)	May 5	BOS	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
24	29	May 6	BOS		SEA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
25	31 (1)	May 8 (2)	BOS		SEA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
26	33 (1)	May 10	BOS		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	34	May 11	BOS		OAK	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	35	May 13	BOS	@	SEA	L,7-14	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	36	May 14	BOS	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
30	38 (1)	May 16	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	39	May 17	BOS	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	40	May 18	BOS	@	OAK	L,6-13	GS	27	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
33	41	May 20	BOS		ATL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	42	May 21	BOS		ATL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
35	43	May 22	BOS		ATL	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	44	May 24	BOS	@	TOR	L,6-9	CG	37	8.1	2	1	1	4	0	C
37	45	May 25	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	46	May 26	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-8	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
39	47	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	48	May 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,17-1	GS	28	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	50 (1)	May 30	BOS		BAL	L,1-8	GS	32	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
42	51	May 31	BOS		BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	52	Jun 1	BOS		BAL	L,3-9	GS	30	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	53	Jun 2	BOS		BAL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	54	Jun 3	BOS		LAA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
46	55	Jun 4	BOS		LAA	L,6-13	GF	10	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH C
47	56	Jun 5	BOS		LAA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	57	Jun 6	BOS	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	58	Jun 7	BOS	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
50	59	Jun 8	BOS	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	60	Jun 10	BOS	@	CHC	L,6-14	GS	32	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
52	61	Jun 11	BOS	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
53	63 (1)	Jun 13	BOS		CIN	W,10-3	GS	29	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
54	64	Jun 14	BOS		CIN	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	65	Jun 15	BOS		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
56	66	Jun 17	BOS		PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	68 (1)	Jun 19	BOS		PIT	W,8-0	GS	25	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
58	69	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
59	70	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	71	Jun 22	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	73 (1)	Jun 25	BOS	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	74	Jun 26	BOS	@	PHI	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	75	Jun 27	BOS		CLE	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
64	76	Jun 28	BOS		CLE	L,8-12	CG	49	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	78 (1)	Jul 1	BOS		TOR	L,2-15	GS	41	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	79	Jul 2	BOS		TOR	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	80	Jul 3	BOS		TOR	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	81	Jul 4	BOS	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	83 (1)	Jul 6	BOS	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
70	85 (1)	Jul 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	86	Jul 9	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
72	87	Jul 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
73	88	Jul 14	BOS		NYY	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
74	89	Jul 15	BOS		NYY	W,17-1	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	90	Jul 16	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
76	92 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		TBD	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
77	93	Jul 19	BOS		TBD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	95 (1)	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
79	97 (1)	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	98	Jul 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
81	99	Jul 25	BOS	@	TBD	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
82	100	Jul 26	BOS	@	TBD	W,10-9	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	102 (1)	Jul 29	BOS		MIN	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
84	103	Jul 30	BOS		MIN	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	104	Jul 31	BOS		MIN	W,4-3	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	106 (1)	Aug 3	BOS		KCR	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	107	Aug 4	BOS		KCR	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
88	108	Aug 5	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-12	GS	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	109	Aug 6	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	111 (1)	Aug 8	BOS		TEX	W,11-6	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	112	Aug 9	BOS		TEX	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
92	113	Aug 10	BOS		TEX	W,16-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
93	114	Aug 12	BOS		CHW	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
94	116 (1)	Aug 15	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
95	117	Aug 16	BOS	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	42	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
96	118	Aug 17	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
97	120 (1)	Aug 19	BOS	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
98	121	Aug 20	BOS	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	122	Aug 21	BOS	@	LAA	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
100	123	Aug 23	BOS	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
101	124	Aug 24	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	49	10.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
102	125	Aug 25	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
103	127 (1)	Aug 27	BOS		DET	L,8-12	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
104	128	Aug 28	BOS		DET	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
105	129	Aug 29	BOS		TBD	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
106	130	Aug 30	BOS		TBD	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	132 (1)	Sep 1	BOS		TBD	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
108	133	Sep 2	BOS		BAL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
109	134	Sep 3	BOS		BAL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
110	136 (1)	Sep 5	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
111	138 (1)	Sep 7	BOS		LAA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
112	139	Sep 8	BOS		LAA	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
113	140	Sep 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
114	141	Sep 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
115	143 (1)	Sep 12	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	44	11.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
116	144	Sep 13	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	145	Sep 14	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
118	146	Sep 15	BOS		OAK	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
119	148 (1)	Sep 17	BOS		OAK	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
120	149	Sep 18	BOS		OAK	L,3-12	GS	32	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
121	150	Sep 19	BOS	@	TBD	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
122	151	Sep 20	BOS	@	TBD	W,15-2	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
123	153 (1)	Sep 23	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
124	154	Sep 24	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
125	155	Sep 25	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
126	157 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	BOS		TOR	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
127	158	Sep 28	BOS		TOR	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
128	159	Sep 29	BOS		TOR	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
129	160	Sep 30	BOS		NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
130	162 (1)	Oct 2	BOS		NYY	W,10-1	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							130gm		1089.0	784	32	8	824	4