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Ford Hernandez League
10-29-2219
Josey Varitek Center Field
Retired (1990, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .289 Total Rating A-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .798 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 1774 Age at Death 70 Date of Birth 04-11-1955
HR 167 Drafted Round 1, Pick 21
(1973)		 Majors Svc Time 13 years
(37 games)
RBI 766
SB 250
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity D    Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A+ WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1973 Minors 18 65.00 6 / 6 10 / 11 7 / 7 8 / 8 6 / 9 10 / 10 14 / 14 61 / 65
1973 Pos (1B) 18 43.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 43
1973 Pos (2B) 18 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 4
1974 Minors 19 70.00 6 / 7 8 / 10 7 / 9 10 / 10 3 / 8 8 / 11 14 / 15 56 / 70
1974 Pos (2B) 19 77.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 11 / 77
1975 Minors 20 70.00 6 / 10 4 / 8 4 / 7 8 / 8 2 / 9 9 / 14 8 / 14 41 / 70
1975 Pos (2B) 20 22.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 22
1975 Pos (3B) 20 62.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 62
1976 Minors 21 55.00 2 / 5 4 / 7 8 / 13 3 / 7 1 / 5 4 / 9 4 / 9 26 / 55
1976 Pos (3B) 21 122.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 122
1977 Majors 22 62.96 162 113 0 8 / 12 4 / 7 3 / 6 8 / 12 1 / 6 2 / 9 2 / 10 28 / 62
1978 Majors 23 63.95 162 115 0 8 / 13 4 / 9 2 / 6 6 / 11 4 / 10 5 / 10 1 / 4 30 / 63
1979 Majors 24 62.27 162 110 0 4 / 8 3 / 7 4 / 10 7 / 11 1 / 10 4 / 11 4 / 5 27 / 62
1980 Majors 25 58.64 146 105 16 2 / 7 5 / 7 4 / 8 1 / 11 0 / 10 1 / 8 3 / 7 16 / 58
1981 Majors 26 61.69 162 111 0 3 / 8 0 / 10 1 / 3 1 / 8 0 / 13 3 / 7 3 / 12 11 / 61
1982 Majors 27 62.99 162 115 0 2 / 11 1 / 8 2 / 11 3 / 10 1 / 5 1 / 5 0 / 12 10 / 62
1983 Majors 28 59.13 162 100 0 0 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 17 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 59
1984 Majors 29 56.56 137 111 18 0 / 16 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 56
1985 Majors 30 57.03 141 110 20 0 / 9 0 / 9 1 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 11 1 / 57
1986 Majors 31 67.32 162 135 0 1 / 11 0 / 13 0 / 12 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 13 0 / 8 1 / 67
1987 Majors 32 54.36 130 106 17 0 / 13 0 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 6 0 / 6 2 / 54
1988 Majors 33 61.77 156 110 6 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 13 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 61
1989 Majors 34 65.79 162 119 0 -3 / 6 -1 / 6 -3 / 10 -2 / 15 -7 / 8 -2 / 14 -1 / 6 -19 / 65
1990 Majors 35 27.29 67 53 24 -4 / 6 -3 / 1 -2 / 4 -2 / 6 -1 / 4 -1 / 5 -3 / 1 -16 / 27
Total 2073 1513 101 41 / 162 40 / 144 38 / 146 52 / 168 11 / 132 45 / 167 49 / 155 302 / 1404
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1990-11-01Josey Varitek has retired from the Tampa Bay Devil Bucs
1990-05-19Josey Varitek of the Tampa Bay Devil Bucs is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1988-05-20Josey Varitek of the Tampa Bay Devil Bucs is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1987-09-30Josey Varitek of the Tampa Bay Devil Bucs is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1987-05-02Josey Varitek of the Tampa Bay Devil Bucs is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1985-05-14Josey Varitek of the Tampa Bay Devil Bucs is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1984-04-22Josey Varitek of the Tampa Bay Devil Bucs is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1980-04-01Josey Varitek of the Tampa Bay Devil Bucs is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1977-03-25The Tampa Bay Devil Bucs have promoted Josey Varitek to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Devil Bucs have designated Tyler Poorman for assignment.
1973-04-05The Tampa Bay Devil Bucs have renamed Joe Varitek to Josey Varitek.