MLB / Players

Jason Varitek

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 230 lb

BornApril 11, 1972 · Rochester, MI, USA

MLB debutSeptember 24, 1997

Final gameSeptember 25, 2011

Seasons15 (1997–2011)

Boston Red Sox 1997–2011

Percentile snapshot

2007 season — qualified batters

131

6.8

518

9.3

435

2.5

7.5

111

2.5

55.3

45.3

RBI

32.9

75.8

122

19.9

51.6

.255

16.1

OBP

.367

SLG

.421

29.8

OPS

.787

41.6

wRC+

104.9

OPS+

104.3

39.8

wOBA

.351

44.7

sWAR

3.1

60.9

of 162 qualified 2007 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

99.4

40.5

OPS+

99.9

41.2

sWAR

31.2

96.7

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1997	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	466.7	423.1	.903	0.1
1998	86	247	221	31	56	13	0	7	33	17	45	2	2	.253	.309	.407	.716	82.1	84.3	.314	0.8
1999	144	544	483	70	130	39	2	20	76	46	85	1	2	.269	.330	.482	.813	101.5	104.1	.351	2.9
2000	139	519	448	55	111	31	1	10	65	60	84	1	1	.248	.342	.388	.730	84.7	83.3	.328	1.7
2001	51	198	174	19	51	11	1	7	25	21	35	0	0	.293	.371	.489	.859	123.9	124.4	.371	1.6
2002	132	519	467	58	124	27	1	10	61	41	95	4	3	.266	.332	.392	.724	90.8	90.3	.321	2.2
2003	142	521	451	63	123	31	1	25	85	51	106	3	2	.273	.351	.512	.863	118.7	121.6	.367	4.0
2004	137	536	463	67	137	30	1	18	73	62	126	10	3	.296	.390	.482	.872	123.8	122.8	.380	4.4
2005	133	539	470	70	132	30	1	22	70	62	117	2	0	.281	.366	.489	.856	125.2	123.2	.372	4.6
2006	103	416	365	46	87	19	2	12	55	46	87	1	2	.238	.325	.400	.725	82.0	84.4	.317	1.3
2007	131	518	435	57	111	15	3	17	68	71	122	1	2	.255	.367	.421	.787	104.9	104.3	.351	3.1
2008	131	483	423	37	93	20	0	13	43	52	122	0	1	.220	.313	.359	.672	75.7	75.2	.305	1.3
2009	109	425	364	41	76	24	0	14	51	54	90	0	0	.209	.313	.390	.703	79.0	81.6	.309	1.2
2010	39	123	112	18	26	6	0	7	16	10	35	0	0	.232	.293	.473	.766	95.4	101.6	.327	0.7
2011	68	250	222	32	49	10	1	11	36	21	67	0	0	.221	.300	.423	.723	92.3	91.2	.320	1.2

Career totals

1,546

5,839

5,099

664

1,307

306

467th-most career 2B

193

415th-most career HR

RBI

757

614

1,216

225th-most career SO

.2563

OBP

.3407

SLG

.4354

OPS

.7761

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
2001-05-20	BOS @ KC Gameday	4	3	4	0	3	7	13
2003-07-04	BOS @ NYY Gameday	5	2	4	2	2	4	12
1999-05-19	NYY @ BOS Gameday	4	3	4	0	2	2	10
2004-08-21	BOS @ CWS Gameday	5	3	3	1	2	2	10
1999-10-10	CLE @ BOS Gameday	5	5	4	2	1	3	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× Gold Glove1× Silver Slugger3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.