Jason
Varitek
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: April 11, 1972 in Usa, MI, ROCHESTER
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 32 LAN NL $ 4,000,000   53 53 56 61 57 58 51 61 58 51 56 54 59 43 48
2005 33 PHI NL $ 3,500,000   46 46 48 55 52 53 42 51 48 41 46 45 53 36 41
2006 34 PHI NL $ 3,500,000   42 42 44 55 52 53 44 53 50 41 46 45 54 37 42
2007 35 PHI NL     37 37 39 50 44 46 30 40 37 34 39 38 50 34 39
2008 36 NYA AL     22 22 24 28 22 24 25 34 31 32 37 36 37 28 31
OOTP6 Min Ratings     22 22 24 28 22 24 25 34 31 32 37 36 37 28 31
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   53 53 56 61 57 58 51 61 58 51 56 54 59 43 48
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1997 25 BOS   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
1998 26 BOS   86 221 31 56 13 0 7 33 2 2 17 45 .253 .307 .407 .714 27.1  
1999 27 BOS   144 483 70 130 39 2 20 76 1 2 46 85 .269 .333 .482 .815 74.8  
2000 28 BOS   139 448 55 111 31 1 10 65 1 1 60 84 .248 .337 .388 .725 60.2  
2001 29 BOS   51 174 19 51 11 1 7 25 0 0 21 35 .293 .369 .489 .858 30.4  
2002 30 BOS   132 467 58 124 27 1 10 61 4 3 41 95 .266 .325 .392 .717 58.7  
2003 31 BOS   142 451 63 123 31 1 25 85 3 2 51 106 .273 .347 .512 .859 78.1  
2004 32 LAN NL 156 610 106 187 37 2 16 84 0 0 85 125 .307 .393 .452 .845 104.7 16.4
2005 33 PHI NL 150 516 82 134 33 2 19 86 1 0 65 117 .260 .348 .442 .790 78.5 13.5
2006 34 PHI NL 131 458 54 105 16 2 15 65 0 0 53 120 .229 .315 .371 .686 56.1 7.5
2007 35 PHI NL 85 276 30 58 13 2 9 42 0 0 17 79 .210 .260 .370 .630 28.0 1.7
2008 36 AAA   139 499 78 127 16 1 19 67 2 0 68 120 .255 .344 .405 .749 73.2  
4 Years Sim 522 1860 272 484 99 8 59 277 1 0 220 441 .260 .342 .417 .759 267.3 39.1
11 Years Pro 1217 4105 568 1080 251 14 138 622 12 10 456 891 .263 .337 .432 .769 596.9  
1 Years AAA 139 499 78 127 16 1 19 67 2 0 68 120 .255 .355 .405 .759 73.2  
162 Game Average 577 84 150 30 2 18 85 0 0 68 136 .260 .342 .417 .759 82.9  
Career Highs 156 610 106 187 37 2 19 86 1 0 85 125 .307 .393 .452 .845 104.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1311 196 339 74 5 41 200 1 0 169 336 .259 .348 .416 .765 191.3
vs LH   549 76 145 25 3 18 77 0 0 51 105 .264 .327 .419 .746 75.1
Home 267 919 142 255 53 2 30 149 0 0 115 209 .277 .362 .437 .799 143.8
Away 255 941 130 229 46 6 29 128 1 0 105 232 .243 .323 .397 .720 122.6
RISP   479 0 139 36 1 20 208 0 0 72 129 .290 .378 .495 .873 88.6
Pinch Hitting   31 2 6 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 5 .194 .219 .290 .509 1.7
Close/Late   216 21 57 13 1 3 33 0 0 25 55 .264 .339 .375 .714 28.0
Mar/Apr 99 337 46 86 21 1 13 54 1 0 47 84 .255 .350 .439 .790 52.4
May 88 313 57 72 14 0 11 43 0 0 41 75 .230 .320 .380 .701 40.2
June 83 292 45 74 17 0 11 47 0 0 31 71 .253 .332 .425 .757 40.7
July 79 269 45 69 15 3 6 44 0 0 39 66 .257 .353 .401 .754 39.1
August 90 340 44 92 14 3 10 47 0 0 34 74 .271 .339 .418 .756 47.9
Sep/Oct 83 309 35 91 18 1 8 42 0 0 28 71 .294 .360 .437 .797 46.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2004 32 LAN NL C 153 151 1357.0 997 80 8 2 .993 7.14 141 44 .312 7 7.2
2005 33 PHI NL C 144 137 1242.7 985 68 11 3 .990 7.63 139 40 .288 8 6.2
2006 34 PHI NL C 124 121 1091.7 877 60 16 5 .983 7.72 151 35 .232 3 2.1
2007 35 PHI NL C 76 74 660.3 457 48 3 3 .994 6.88 96 30 .313 0 2.3
Career Totals   497 483 4351.7 3316 256 38 13 .989 7.39 527 149 .283 18 17.9
Career Highs   153 151 1357.0 997 80 16 5 .994 7.72 151 44 .313 8  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
2004-7-610
Hits
2004-6-187
Singles
2004-5-132
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 15)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 75)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Charles Jerome (960)
  2. Steven Charles (956)
  3. Jorge Posada (954)
  4. Josh Phelps (954)
  5. Ramon Hernandez (949)
  6. Robby Hammock (948)
  7. Edward Koki (941)
  8. Chad Moeller (940)
  9. Bryan Anderson (940)
  10. Cristian Rivera (939)
History
Traded from Minnesota to Los Angeles on 5/1/2004 (Going to LAN: C Jason Varitek, 1B Ron Coomer. Going to MIN: P Cliff Bartosh, P Matt Kinney, C Joe Girardi)
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/5/2005 to a 4-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
Released by Philadelphia on 10/22/2007
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 3/3/2008 to a minor league contract
Injured on 9/6/2008 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks