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Name	Team	Age
Phil Varitek	Retired (1980, Age 34)	Died (2026, Age 80)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 5, Pick 75 (1969)	RP	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Cool Papa Bell League	0	0 years (96 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	D+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D-	D-	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D-	D	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
D	A-	B-
Leadership	Mentor Value
A-	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	4/11/1946
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1969	Majors	24.00	0 / 0	3 / 9	6 / 15	9 / 24
1970	Majors	23.00	0 / 0	6 / 17	4 / 6	10 / 23
1971	Majors	18.00	0 / 0	2 / 8	4 / 10	6 / 18
1972	Majors	24.00	0 / 0	3 / 10	4 / 14	7 / 24
1973	Majors	26.00	0 / 0	1 / 14	2 / 12	3 / 26
1974	Majors	26.00	0 / 0	3 / 13	4 / 13	7 / 26
1975	Minors	12.00	0 / 0	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 12
1976	Minors	10.00	0 / 0	1 / 4	0 / 6	1 / 10
1976	Majors	12.17	0 / 0	2 / 6	1 / 6	3 / 12
1977	Minors	13.00	0 / 0	1 / 6	1 / 7	2 / 13
1977	Majors	2.95	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2
1978	Majors	22.00	0 / 0	3 / 14	0 / 8	3 / 22
1979	Majors	28.00	0 / 1	0 / 11	2 / 16	2 / 28
1980	Minors	22.00	0 / 0	0 / 7	0 / 15	0 / 22
1980	Majors	2.87	-2 / 0	-1 / 0	-3 / 2	-6 / 2
Total			-2 / 1	24 / 125	25 / 138	47 / 264

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1980-11-01	Phil Varitek has retired from the Kansas City Athletics
1980-09-19	The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Phil Varitek to the major league team.
1980-03-07	The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Phil Varitek from the waiver wire.
1977-07-20	The Kansas City Athletics have waived Phil Varitek.
1977-05-30	The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Sachio Harimoto to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Les Williams to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Billy Sadowski for assignment. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Phil Varitek for assignment.
1977-05-15	The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Phil Varitek to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Lou Strang for assignment.
1977-03-01	The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Kiko Wiedman to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Joe Sherry to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Phil Varitek for assignment.
1976-07-16	The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Phil Varitek to the major league team.
1976-04-05	The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Phil Varitek from the waiver wire.
1976-04-01	The Kansas City Athletics have waived Phil Varitek.
1975-06-26	The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Phil Varitek from the waiver wire.
1969-04-01	The Detroit Autoworkers have waived Phil Varitek.