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| Varitek calls it quits : Jason Varitek has officially announced his retirement, bringing to an end a 15-year career with the Boston Red Sox. Varitek made the announcement on Thursday night at the team's spring training facility in Fort Myers, Fla. The Red Sox offered the 39-year-old a chance to come to camp on a minor-league contract, but he declined. He says "the hardest thing to do is walk away from your teammates." The captain helped lead the Red Sox to two World Series titles. He caught a record four no-hitters and played in three All-Star games. (Updated 03/01/2012) |
| Injury Report |
| No information available at this time (Updated 5/26/12). |
| Fantasy Analysis |
| Varitek had played in less than 100 games the last two seasons and had become a backup catcher for the Sox. He wasn't going to have much Fantasy appeal even if he returned in 2012, so Fantasy owners can ignore him in all formats. (Updated 03/01/2012). |
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| October 30, 2011: Red Sox use option on shortstop Marco Scutaro The Boston Red Sox have exercised their option on shortstop Marco Scutaro for the 2012 season. |
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| CBSSports.com Player Ranking | |||
| Position | Current | Last Week | Rating |
| Catchers | DNQ | 28 | |
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| Situational Stats | ||||||
| 9/28/2011 vs Baltimore | ||||||
| Situation | AB | H | HR | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| vs Baltimore | 29 | 5 | 0 | .226 | .241 | .172 |
| vs Simon (Career) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| vs RHP | 150 | 30 | 9 | .277 | .433 | .200 |
| Last 7 Games |
| OPP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SB | |
| 09/08 | @TOR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 09/11 | @TB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/14 | TOR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/16 | TB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 09/19 | BAL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 09/21 | BAL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/25 | @NYY | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| MAY /JUNE | ||||||
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 20 @Phi W5-1 | 21 @Balt W8-6 | 22 @Balt L1-4 | 23 @Balt W6-5 | 24 | 25 TB L4-7 | 26 TB 7:15 pm |
| 27 TB 1:35 pm | 28 Det 1:35 pm | 29 Det 7:10 pm | 30 Det 7:10 pm | 31 Det 7:10 pm | 1 @Tor 7:07 pm | 2 @Tor 1:07 pm |
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| Batting Stats | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| 1997 | BOS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 1998 | BOS | 86 | 221 | 31 | 56 | 7 | 33 | 17 | 45 | 2 | 2 | .309 | .407 | .253 |
| 1999 | BOS | 144 | 483 | 70 | 130 | 20 | 76 | 46 | 85 | 1 | 2 | .330 | .482 | .269 |
| 2000 | BOS | 139 | 448 | 55 | 111 | 10 | 65 | 60 | 84 | 1 | 1 | .342 | .388 | .248 |
| 2001 | BOS | 51 | 174 | 19 | 51 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 35 | 0 | 0 | .371 | .489 | .293 |
| 2002 | BOS | 132 | 467 | 58 | 124 | 10 | 61 | 41 | 95 | 4 | 3 | .332 | .392 | .266 |
| 2003 | BOS | 142 | 451 | 63 | 123 | 25 | 85 | 51 | 106 | 3 | 2 | .351 | .512 | .273 |
| 2004 | BOS | 137 | 463 | 67 | 137 | 18 | 73 | 62 | 126 | 10 | 3 | .390 | .482 | .296 |
| 2005 | BOS | 133 | 470 | 70 | 132 | 22 | 70 | 62 | 117 | 2 | 0 | .366 | .489 | .281 |
| 2006 | BOS | 103 | 365 | 46 | 87 | 12 | 55 | 46 | 87 | 1 | 2 | .325 | .400 | .238 |
| 2007 | BOS | 131 | 435 | 57 | 111 | 17 | 68 | 71 | 122 | 1 | 2 | .367 | .421 | .255 |
| 2008 | BOS | 131 | 423 | 37 | 93 | 13 | 43 | 52 | 122 | 0 | 1 | .313 | .359 | .220 |
| 2009 | BOS | 109 | 364 | 41 | 76 | 14 | 51 | 54 | 90 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .390 | .209 |
| 2010 | BOS | 39 | 112 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 0 | .293 | .473 | .232 |
| 2011 | BOS | 68 | 222 | 32 | 49 | 11 | 36 | 21 | 67 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .423 | .221 |
| Total | 1546 | 5099 | 664 | 1307 | 193 | 757 | 614 | 1216 | 25 | 18 | .341 | .435 | .256 | |
| Fielding Stats | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | Posn | G | GS | TC | PO | A | E | DP | FLD% |
| 1997 | BOS | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1998 | BOS | C | 75 | 56 | 404 | 367 | 32 | 5 | 3 | .988 |
| 1999 | BOS | C | 140 | 130 | 1049 | 972 | 66 | 11 | 8 | .990 |
| 2000 | BOS | C | 128 | 119 | 920 | 867 | 46 | 7 | 3 | .992 |
| 2001 | BOS | C | 50 | 47 | 459 | 425 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .996 |
| 2002 | BOS | C | 127 | 121 | 970 | 912 | 54 | 4 | 8 | .996 |
| 2003 | BOS | C | 137 | 119 | 906 | 854 | 43 | 9 | 8 | .990 |
| 2004 | BOS | C | 130 | 121 | 931 | 880 | 49 | 2 | 11 | .998 |
| 2005 | BOS | C | 130 | 127 | 824 | 784 | 32 | 8 | 4 | .990 |
| 2006 | BOS | C | 99 | 94 | 679 | 647 | 28 | 4 | 3 | .994 |
| 2007 | BOS | C | 125 | 121 | 982 | 937 | 39 | 6 | 8 | .994 |
| 2008 | BOS | C | 131 | 120 | 949 | 903 | 42 | 4 | 7 | .996 |
| 2009 | BOS | C | 108 | 106 | 896 | 856 | 37 | 3 | 4 | .997 |
| 2010 | BOS | C | 39 | 27 | 255 | 242 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 |
| 2011 | BOS | C | 68 | 64 | 551 | 519 | 28 | 4 | 1 | .993 |
| Total | 1488 | 1372 | 10776 | 10166 | 541 | 69 | 72 | .994 | ||
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| Year | Team | 2B | 3B | TB | SF | SH | HBP | IBB | GDP |
| 1997 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | BOS | 13 | 0 | 90 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 1999 | BOS | 39 | 2 | 233 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 2000 | BOS | 31 | 1 | 174 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 2001 | BOS | 11 | 1 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2002 | BOS | 27 | 1 | 183 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 2003 | BOS | 31 | 1 | 231 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| 2004 | BOS | 30 | 1 | 223 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| 2005 | BOS | 30 | 1 | 230 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 | BOS | 19 | 2 | 146 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 2007 | BOS | 15 | 3 | 183 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| 2008 | BOS | 20 | 0 | 152 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 2009 | BOS | 24 | 0 | 142 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 2010 | BOS | 6 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | BOS | 10 | 1 | 94 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 306 | 14 | 2220 | 43 | 22 | 61 | 59 | 129 | |
| Postseason Batting Stats | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| 1998 | BOS | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| 1999 | BOS | 10 | 41 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .512 | .220 |
| 2003 | BOS | 11 | 34 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .351 | .706 | .294 |
| 2004 | BOS | 14 | 53 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .328 | .472 | .245 |
| 2005 | BOS | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .300 |
| 2007 | BOS | 14 | 52 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .423 | .269 |
| 2008 | BOS | 10 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .206 | .118 |
| Total | 63 | 228 | 37 | 54 | 11 | 33 | 14 | 56 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .452 | .237 | |
| Minor League Batting Stats | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG | ||
| 1995 | AA-Port City | 104 | 352 | 42 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 44 | 61 | 126 | 0 | 1 | .340 | .361 | .224 | ||
| 1996 | AA-Port City | 134 | 503 | 63 | 132 | 34 | 1 | 12 | 67 | 66 | 93 | 7 | 6 | .350 | .406 | .262 | ||
| 1997 | AAA-Pawtucket | 20 | 66 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .318 | .197 | ||
| 1997 | AAA-Tacoma | 87 | 307 | 54 | 78 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 48 | 34 | 71 | 0 | 1 | .329 | .443 | .254 | ||
| 2006 | AAA-Pawtucket | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -- | 3 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .857 | .429 | ||
| 2010 | AAA-Pawtucket Red Sox | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -- | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .400 | .400 | ||
| Total | 349 | 1240 | 167 | 307 | 66 | 3 | 39 | 166 | 169 | 306 | 7 | 8 | .335 | .400 | .248 | |||
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