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.

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 25	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
2	2	Mar 26	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	3	Apr 1	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
4	4	Apr 2	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 4	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
6	6	Apr 5	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-10	GS	33	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
7	7	Apr 6	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
8	8	Apr 8	BOS		DET	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
9	9	Apr 9	BOS		DET	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
10	11 (1)	Apr 11	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	12	Apr 12	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
12	13	Apr 13	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	14	Apr 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
14	15	Apr 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
15	16	Apr 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,9-15	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	17	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
17	18	Apr 18	BOS		TEX	W,11-3	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	19	Apr 19	BOS		TEX	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	25 (5)	Apr 25	BOS	@	TBR	L,4-5	GF	13	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	26	Apr 26	BOS	@	TBR	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
21	27	Apr 27	BOS	@	TBR	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
22	28	Apr 29	BOS		TOR	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
23	29	Apr 30	BOS		TOR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	31 (1)	May 2	BOS		TBR	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
25	32	May 3	BOS		TBR	W,12-4	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
26	33	May 4	BOS		TBR	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	34	May 5	BOS	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
28	36 (1)	May 7	BOS	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	47	8.2	7	2	0	9	1	C
29	37	May 8	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
30	38	May 9	BOS	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	39	May 10	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
32	41 (1)	May 12	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	42	May 13	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
34	43	May 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	44	May 17 (1)	BOS		MIL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
36	46 (1)	May 18	BOS		MIL	W,11-7	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
37	47	May 19	BOS		KCR	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
38	48	May 20	BOS		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
39	49	May 21	BOS		KCR	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	52 (2)	May 24	BOS	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
41	53	May 25	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	54	May 26	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	55	May 27	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	56	May 28	BOS	@	SEA	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
45	57	May 30	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	55	13.0	17	0	1	18	0	C
46	58	May 31	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	59	Jun 1	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
48	61 (1)	Jun 3	BOS		TBR	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
49	62	Jun 4	BOS		TBR	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
50	63	Jun 5	BOS		TBR	W,7-1	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	64	Jun 6	BOS		SEA	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	66 (1)	Jun 8	BOS		SEA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	67	Jun 10	BOS		BAL	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
54	68	Jun 11	BOS		BAL	W,6-3	GS	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
55	72 (3)	Jun 15	BOS	@	CIN	W,9-0	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	73	Jun 16	BOS	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
57	74	Jun 17	BOS	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
58	75	Jun 18	BOS	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	76	Jun 20	BOS		STL	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	77	Jun 21	BOS		STL	L,3-9	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	78	Jun 22	BOS		STL	W,5-3	CG	55	13.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
62	79	Jun 23	BOS		ARI	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
63	80	Jun 24	BOS		ARI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	82 (1)	Jun 27	BOS	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
65	83	Jun 28	BOS	@	HOU	L,10-11	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
66	84	Jun 29	BOS	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	85	Jun 30	BOS	@	TBR	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	86	Jul 1	BOS	@	TBR	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
69	87	Jul 2	BOS	@	TBR	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
70	88	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
71	89	Jul 4	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	90	Jul 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	91	Jul 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	7	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
74	92	Jul 7	BOS		MIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	93	Jul 8	BOS		MIN	W,6-5	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
76	94	Jul 9	BOS		MIN	W,18-5	GS	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	95	Jul 11	BOS		BAL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
78	97 (1)	Jul 13	BOS		BAL	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
79	98	Jul 18	BOS	@	LAA	L,3-11	GS	35	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	99	Jul 19	BOS	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	101 (1)	Jul 21	BOS	@	SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
82	102	Jul 22	BOS	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	103	Jul 23	BOS	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	49	12.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
84	104	Jul 25	BOS		NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
85	106 (1)	Jul 27	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
86	107	Jul 28	BOS		LAA	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
87	108	Jul 29	BOS		LAA	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
88	109	Jul 30	BOS		LAA	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	110	Aug 1	BOS		OAK	W,2-1	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	111	Aug 2	BOS		OAK	W,12-2	GS	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
91	112	Aug 3	BOS		OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
92	113	Aug 4	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
93	114	Aug 5	BOS	@	KCR	W,8-2	GS	28	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
94	116 (1)	Aug 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	117	Aug 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
96	118	Aug 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
97	119	Aug 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
98	120	Aug 12	BOS		TEX	W,19-17	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
99	121	Aug 13	BOS		TEX	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
100	122	Aug 14	BOS		TEX	W,10-0	GS	28	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
101	123	Aug 16	BOS		TOR	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
102	124	Aug 17	BOS		TOR	L,4-15	GS	26	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
103	125	Aug 18	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
104	126	Aug 19	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
105	128 (1)	Aug 22	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
106	129	Aug 23	BOS	@	TOR	L,0-11	GS	34	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
107	130	Aug 24	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
108	132 (1)	Aug 27	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
109	133	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	11	1	0	12	0	C
110	134	Aug 29	BOS		CHW	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
111	135	Aug 30	BOS		CHW	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	137 (1)	Sep 1	BOS		BAL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
113	138	Sep 2	BOS		BAL	W,14-2	GS	27	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
114	139	Sep 3	BOS		BAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
115	140	Sep 5	BOS	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
116	142 (1)	Sep 7	BOS	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
117	143	Sep 8	BOS		TBR	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
118	144	Sep 9	BOS		TBR	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	145	Sep 10	BOS		TBR	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
120	147 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	BOS		TOR	L,1-8	GS	29	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
121	148	Sep 13 (2)	BOS		TOR	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
122	149	Sep 14	BOS		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
123	150	Sep 15	BOS	@	TBR	W,13-5	GS	21	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
124	151	Sep 16	BOS	@	TBR	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	9	0	0	9	0	C
125	153 (1)	Sep 19	BOS	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
126	154	Sep 20	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
127	155	Sep 21	BOS	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
128	156	Sep 22	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
129	158 (1)	Sep 24	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
130	159	Sep 25	BOS		CLE	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
131	161 (1)	Sep 28 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-6	GS	27	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							131gm		1041.1	903	42	4	949	7