JASON VARITEK

15 SEASONS RED SOX CAPTAIN 3-TIME ALL-STAR 2 WS TITLES

CLUB LEADER: Is the all-time Red Sox leader in games caught with 1,488...Passed Carlton Fisk for the top spot during the 2006 season... Here are the top 5 on the list: PLAYER GAMES Jason Varitek 1,488 Carlton Fisk 990 Sammy White 967 Rich Gedman 858 Bill Carrigan 649 BOSTON YOU RE MY HOME: Spent entire Major League career with the Red Sox after making debut with the club in 1997...At 15 seasons, is the 4th-longest tenured Red Sox without ever playing for another Major League team behind Carl Yastrzemski (23), Ted Williams (19) and Jim Rice (16)...Here is a list of players who spent their entire career with the Sox (min. 10 seasons). SEASONS YEARS 23 1961-83 19 1939-42, 46-60 16 1974-89 14 1937-44, 46-51 15 1997-2011 13 1977-89 13 1963-76 12 1985-96 11 1940-42, 46-53 10 1970-79 10 1947-56 10 1906-16

TROPHY CASE: Became the 1st Boston catcher ever to win a Silver Slugger Award when he received the honor in 2005...Also won 1st career Gold Glove Award that year...Named Red Sox Rookie of the Year in 1998 and won club s MVP Award in 2003...Also the 1999 recipient of the Jackie Jensen Hustle Award from the Boston Chapter of the BBWAA and the 2006 Red Sox Heart and Hustle Award. NO-HIT WONDERS: Is the only backstop in Major League history to catch 4 no-hitters in his career: 4/4/01 by Hideo Nomo, 4/27/02 by Derek Lowe, 9/1/07 by Clay Buchholz and 5/19/08 by Jon Lester...Ray Schalk was originally credited with 4, but 1 of those no-hitters, Jim Scott on 5/14/14, was later rescinded by a rule change in 1991...Here is a list of the most of cial no-hitters caught in a career (since 1900): PLAYER NO-HITTERS Jason Varitek 4 Alan Ashby 3 Roy Campanella 3 Bill Carrigan 3 Del Crandell 3 Jim Hegan 3 Charles Johnson 3 Ed McFarland 3 Val Picinich 3 Ray Schalk 3 Luke Sewell 3 Jeff Torborg 3 SOX LEADERBOARD: Ranks among Boston s all-time leaders in overall games played (9th, 1,546), doubles (9th, 306), extra-base hits (9th, 513), RBI (10th, 757), at-bats (11th, 5,099), home runs (11th, 193), total bases (12th, 2,220) and walks (13th, 614)...He is also the all-time leader among Red Sox switch-hitters in games, at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, walks, extra-base hits and total bases.

GOING DEEP: Knocked 190 career home runs as a catcher, the most for a Boston player at the position...Passed Carlton Fisk (157) for the team lead on 9/15/08 at TB...Has produced 10 or more homers in 11 more than Fisk (9) for the THE CAPTAIN: Tabbed the 18th full-time captain in Red Sox history seasons with Boston, 2 homers at Fenway Park aremost among Sox catchers...His 85 career 17th upon signing a 4-year contract on 12/24/04 Below is a full list of the ballpark...During the 2011 season, became the oldest all-time at Sox catchRed Sox captains based on research by Howard W. Rosenberg. er ever to homer at Fenway. YEARS PLAYER 1901-05 Jimmy Collins POSTSEASON LEADER: Won World Series Championships with 1906 Chick Stahl Boston in 2004 and 2007 and is the club s all-time postseason lead1907 Bob Unglaub er in games (63) and at-bats (228)...Also ranks 2nd among Red Sox 1908 Deacon McGuire postseason leaders in runs (37), hits (54), doubles (12) and home 1909 Doc Gessler runs (tied, 11), and is 3rd in RBI (33)...Played in 14 total playoff 1910 Harry Lord series since 1998, more than any other player in club history Ap1911, 1913-14 Heinie Wagner peared in 52 of Boston s 57 playoff games beginning in 2003...Is 3rd 1912 Jake Stahl in all-time postseason starts (58) and games at catcher (62), behind 1915-17 Jack Barry Jorge Posada (106, 119) and Yogi Berra (61, 63). 1918 Dick Hoblitzell 1919-20 Harry Hooper 1921 Everett Scott 1922 Derrill Pratt 1923 George Burns 1940-42 Jimmie Foxx 1966, 1969-83 Carl Yastrzemski 1985-89 Jim Rice 2005-11 Jason Varitek
NOTE: Mike Menosky served as acting captain for 1 game in 1923.

PLAYER Carl Yastrzemski Ted Williams Jim Rice Bobby Doerr Jason Varitek Bob Stanley Rico Petrocelli Mike Greenwell Dom DiMaggio Bob Montgomery Mel Parnell Bill Carrigan

GOOD COMPANY: Is 1 of only 5 backstops to catch at least 1,400 games for a single franchise while spending his entire playing career with that club...Here is the full list: GAMES CAUGHT PLAYER CLUB YEARS 1,742 Johnny Bench Reds 1967-83 1,708 Bill Dickey Yankees 1928-46 1,581 Bill Freehan Tigers 1961-76 1,574 Jorge Posada Yankees 1995-2011 1,488 Jason Varitek Red Sox 1997-2011 Joins the Yankees Jorge Posada as the only players to catch a game for a single team in all 15 seasons since 1997 Ivan Rodriguez is the only other player with at least 1 game caught overall in each of those 15 years.