Jason Varitek stats

Last played for the Boston Red Sox, 2011

Catcher · #33

Age 54 · 6' 2"

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Jason Varitek played 15 MLB seasons, 1997 to 2011.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,546
AB
5,099
R
664
H
1,307
HR
193
RBI
757
SB
25
AVG
.256
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1997BOS11010001.000
1998BOS8622131567332.253
1999BOS1444837013020761.269
2000BOS1394485511110651.248
2001BOS5117419517250.293
2002BOS1324675812410614.266
2003BOS1424516312325853.273
2004BOS13746367137187310.296
2005BOS1334707013222702.281
2006BOS103365468712551.238
2007BOS1314355711117681.255
2008BOS131423379313430.220
2009BOS109364417614510.209
2010BOS3911218267160.232
2011BOS68222324911360.221

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
63
AB
228
R
37
H
54
HR
11
RBI
33
SB
0
AVG
.237

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,839
TB
2,220
XBH
513
HBP
61
IBB
59
GIDP
129
P/PA
2.95

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1997BOS1100000
1998BOS24790202180
1999BOS5442336122130
2000BOS5191744263160
2001BOS19885191360
2002BOS5191833873133.7
2003BOS5212315778103.9
2004BOS53622349109114.1
2005BOS5392305333104.2
2006BOS4161463327104.0
2007BOS518183358994.1
2008BOS4831523363134
2009BOS425142383663.8
2010BOS12353130213.8
2011BOS25094224034.1

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
21.3
RC
754.4
RC/27
5.10
ISOP
.179
SECA
.301
BB/K
0.50
AB/HR
26.4
GO/FO
0.80

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1997BOS0.10.60.0000000
1998BOS-0.126.13.9.1540.20.431.60
1999BOS1.775.15.3.2130.30.524.20
2000BOS1.059.24.5.1410.30.744.80
2001BOS1.330.16.2.1950.30.624.90
2002BOS1.859.34.4.1260.20.446.70
2003BOS2.880.36.2.2390.40.5180
2004BOS3.786.66.9.1860.30.525.70.7
2005BOS3.683.86.4.2090.30.521.40.9
2006BOS0.546.84.3.1620.30.530.40.8
2007BOS2.069.75.6.1660.30.625.60.8
2008BOS0.346.43.6.1390.30.432.50.7
2009BOS1.346.74.2.1810.30.6260.6
2010BOS0.615.84.8.2410.30.3160.4
2011BOS0.728.54.3.2030.30.320.20.8

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
54 yearsApr 11, 1972
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1997
Birthplace
Rochester, MI
Draft
1994Rd 1, Pk 14
College
Georgia Tech
AL Gold Glove
2005
AL Silver Slugger
2005

Latest performance

Jason Varitek

Sep 25 · @ NYY · W 7-4 F/14

AB
2
R
0
H
1
HR
0
RBI
1
BB
0
SO
0
AVG
.221

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sun, Sep 25atNYYW 7-4 F/1420101
Wed, Sep 21vsBALL 6-430001
Mon, Sep 19vsBALW 18-941000
Fri, Sep 16vsTBW 4-310000
Wed, Sep 14vsTORL 5-430001
Sun, Sep 11atTBL 9-130000

What were Jason Varitek's career stats?

Jason Varitek played 15 seasons for the Red Sox. He was a career .256 hitter with 1,307 hits, 193 home runs and 757 RBI. His best season was 1997: a 1.000 batting average, 0 home runs and 0 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

15 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1997 to 2011

Championships ×2

Awards

More on Jason Varitek

Playoff series

Jason Varitek played 39 games across 4 MLB postseasons in 9 series — 7 won, 2 lost.

Jason Varitek's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2008LAAWon 3-1414300
2008TBLost 3-3620111
2007LAAWon 3-0311201
2007CLEWon 4-3726714
2007COLWon 4-0415505
2005CHWLost 0-228301
2004LAAWon 3-0312212
2004NYYWon 4-3728927
2004STLWon 3-0311202

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Jason Varitek’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.