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.

2007 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2007 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 4	BOS	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
3	3	Apr 5	BOS	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 7	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	6	Apr 8	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
6	7	Apr 10	BOS		SEA	W,14-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
7	8	Apr 11	BOS		SEA	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	10 (1)	Apr 14	BOS		LAA	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
9	11	Apr 16	BOS		LAA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
10	12	Apr 17	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
11	14 (1)	Apr 19	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	15	Apr 20	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	16	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
14	17	Apr 22	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
15	19 (1)	Apr 24	BOS		TOR	L,3-10	GS	37	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
16	20	Apr 25	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
17	21	Apr 26	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	22	Apr 27	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
19	24 (1)	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	25	May 1	BOS		OAK	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
21	26	May 2	BOS		OAK	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
22	27	May 3	BOS		SEA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	29 (1)	May 5	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	30	May 6	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	31	May 8	BOS	@	TOR	W,9-2	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	32	May 9	BOS	@	TOR	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
27	34 (1)	May 11	BOS		BAL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	35	May 12	BOS		BAL	W,13-4	GS	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	36	May 13	BOS		BAL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
30	37	May 14	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	40 (2)	May 17 (2)	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
32	41	May 19 (1)	BOS		ATL	W,13-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	43 (1)	May 20	BOS		ATL	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
34	45 (1)	May 22	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	46	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	47	May 25	BOS	@	TEX	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
37	49 (1)	May 27	BOS	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
38	50	May 28	BOS		CLE	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
39	51	May 29	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	52	May 30	BOS		CLE	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	54 (1)	Jun 2	BOS		NYY	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	55	Jun 3	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
43	57 (1)	Jun 5	BOS	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
44	59 (1)	Jun 7	BOS	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	60	Jun 8	BOS	@	ARI	W,10-3	GS	29	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
46	61	Jun 9	BOS	@	ARI	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
47	62	Jun 10	BOS	@	ARI	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
48	64 (1)	Jun 13	BOS		COL	L,2-12	GS	35	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	65	Jun 14	BOS		COL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	66	Jun 15	BOS		SFG	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	67	Jun 16	BOS		SFG	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
52	69 (1)	Jun 18	BOS	@	ATL	L,4-9	GS	37	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
53	70	Jun 19	BOS	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
54	71	Jun 20	BOS	@	ATL	W,11-0	GS	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	72	Jun 22	BOS	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
56	74 (1)	Jun 24	BOS	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
57	75	Jun 25	BOS	@	SEA	L,4-9	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	76	Jun 26	BOS	@	SEA	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
59	77	Jun 27	BOS	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	38	10.1	10	0	0	10	0	C
60	78	Jun 29	BOS		TEX	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
61	79	Jun 30	BOS		TEX	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	80	Jul 1	BOS		TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	81	Jul 2	BOS		TEX	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
64	82	Jul 3	BOS		TBD	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
65	84 (1)	Jul 5	BOS		TBD	W,15-4	GS	29	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
66	85	Jul 6	BOS	@	DET	L,2-9	GS	31	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
67	86	Jul 7	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	51	12.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
68	87	Jul 8	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
69	89 (1)	Jul 13	BOS		TOR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	90	Jul 14	BOS		TOR	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	92 (1)	Jul 16	BOS		KCR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
72	94 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		KCR	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
73	95	Jul 19	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
74	96	Jul 20	BOS		CHW	W,10-3	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
75	97	Jul 21	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
76	99 (1)	Jul 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
77	100	Jul 24	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	101	Jul 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
79	102	Jul 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,14-9	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
80	104 (1)	Jul 28	BOS	@	TBD	W,12-6	CG	48	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	106 (1)	Jul 31	BOS		BAL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	107	Aug 1	BOS		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
83	109 (1)	Aug 3	BOS	@	SEA	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
84	110	Aug 4	BOS	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
85	111	Aug 5	BOS	@	SEA	W,9-2	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	112	Aug 6	BOS	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
87	114 (1)	Aug 8	BOS	@	LAA	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
88	115	Aug 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
89	116	Aug 11	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
90	117	Aug 12	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	119 (1)	Aug 14	BOS		TBD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
92	120	Aug 15	BOS		TBD	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
93	121	Aug 17 (1)	BOS		LAA	W,8-4	GF	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
94	122	Aug 17 (2)	BOS		LAA	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
95	123	Aug 18	BOS		LAA	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
96	126 (2)	Aug 21	BOS	@	TBD	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
97	127	Aug 22	BOS	@	TBD	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
98	128	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
99	131 (2)	Aug 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
100	132	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
101	133	Aug 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
102	134	Aug 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
103	135	Aug 31	BOS		BAL	L,8-9	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	136	Sep 1	BOS		BAL	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
105	138 (1)	Sep 3	BOS		TOR	W,13-10	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
106	139	Sep 4	BOS		TOR	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
107	140	Sep 5	BOS		TOR	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
108	141	Sep 6	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
109	142	Sep 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
110	143	Sep 8	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-11	GS	29	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
111	144	Sep 9	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
112	145	Sep 10	BOS		TBD	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
113	147 (1)	Sep 12	BOS		TBD	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
114	148	Sep 14	BOS		NYY	L,7-8	CG	47	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
115	149	Sep 15	BOS		NYY	W,10-1	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
116	150	Sep 16	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	152 (1)	Sep 18	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
118	153	Sep 19	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
119	154	Sep 21	BOS	@	TBD	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
120	155	Sep 22	BOS	@	TBD	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
121	157 (1)	Sep 25	BOS		OAK	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
122	158	Sep 26	BOS		OAK	W,11-6	CG	45	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	C
123	159	Sep 27	BOS		MIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
124	160	Sep 28	BOS		MIN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
125	162 (1)	Sep 30	BOS		MIN	L,2-3	GS	23	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
							125gm		1064.0	937	39	6	982	8