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Jason Varitek

Red Sox Career team 1997 to 2011
Number #33
Position Catcher
Bats Both
Throws Right
Height 6' 2"
Weight 230 lbs
Birth Place Rochester, MI
Born Apr 11, 1972

Key Insights

2011
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Varitek more often than Roy Halladay: 84 plate appearances, in which Varitek has hit .205/.262/.333.

16 hits, 2 home runs and 23 strikeouts across 84 plate appearances.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Arthur Rhodes has struck Varitek out 6 times in 10 plate appearances, 60% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

Against the arms currently on the ATL, Varitek has hit .111 and slugged .127 over 68 plate appearances, his worst of any club.

7 hits, 0 home runs and 17 strikeouts, against a .415 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Varitek is 10 for 16 against Mike Maroth, a .625 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

20 career plate appearances.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Varitek has hit .000/.100/.000 against Joel Pineiro in 20 plate appearances, his worst line against anyone he has seen this often.

0 for 16 with 0 home runs and 5 strikeouts, against a .727 OPS median across his matchups.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Varitek swings through more against Scott Schoeneweis than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

13 plate appearances between them. 97th percentile of the 134 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 11, 1972
Birth Place Rochester, MI
Height 6' 2"
Weight 230 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Both/Right
College/Draft Georgia Tech