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JASON VARITEK

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

CLUB LEADER: Is the all-time RedSox leader in games caught with1,488...Passed Carlton Fisk for thetop spot during the 2006 season...Here are the top 5 on the list:

PLAYER GAMESJason Varitek 1,488Carlton Fisk 990Sammy White 967Rich Gedman 858Bill Carrigan 649

BOSTON YOURE MY HOME:Spent entire Major League career

with the Red Sox after making debutwith the club in 1997...At 15 sea-sons, is the 4th-longest tenured RedSox without ever playing for anotherMajor League team behind Carl Yas-trzemski (23), Ted Williams (19) andJim Rice (16)...Here is a list of playerswho spent their entire career withthe Sox (min. 10 seasons).

PLAYER SEASONS YEARSCarl Yastrzemski 23 1961-83Ted Williams 19 1939-42, 46-60Jim Rice 16 1974-89Bobby Doerr 14 1937-44, 46-51Jason Varitek 15 1997-2011

Bob Stanley 13 1977-89Rico Petrocelli 13 1963-76Mike Greenwell 12 1985-96Dom DiMaggio 11 1940-42, 46-53Bob Montgomery 10 1970-79Mel Parnell 10 1947-56Bill Carrigan 10 1906-16

THE CAPTAIN: Tabbed the 18th full-time captain in Red Sox historyupon signing a 4-year contract on 12/24/04Below is a full list ofRed Sox captains based on research by Howard W. Rosenberg.

YEARS PLAYER1901-05 Jimmy Collins1906 Chick Stahl1907 Bob Unglaub1908 Deacon McGuire1909 Doc Gessler1910 Harry Lord1911, 1913-14 Heinie Wagner1912 Jake Stahl1915-17 Jack Barry1918 Dick Hoblitzell1919-20 Harry Hooper1921 Everett Scott1922 Derrill Pratt1923 George Burns1940-42 Jimmie Foxx1966, 1969-83 Carl Yastrzemski1985-89 Jim Rice2005-11 Jason Varitek

NOTE: Mike Menosky served as acting captain for 1 game in 1923.

GOOD COMPANY: Is 1 of only 5 backstops to catch at least 1,400games for a single franchise while spending his entire playing careerwith that club...Here is the full list:

GAMES CAUGHT PLAYER CLUB YEARS1,742 Johnny Bench Reds 1967-831,708 Bill Dickey Yankees 1928-461,581 Bill Freehan Tigers 1961-761,574 Jorge Posada Yankees 1995-20111,488 Jason Varitek Red Sox 1997-2011

Joins the Yankees Jorge Posada as the only players to catch a gamefor a single team in all 15 seasons since 1997Ivan Rodriguez isthe only other player with at least 1 game caught overall in each ofthose 15 years.

TROPHY CASE: Became the 1st Boston catcher ever to win a SilverSlugger Award when he received the honor in 2005...Also won 1stcareer Gold Glove Award that year...Named Red Sox Rookie of the Yearin 1998 and won clubs MVP Award in 2003...Also the 1999 recipient ofthe Jackie Jensen Hustle Award from the Boston Chapter of the BBWAAand the 2006 Red Sox Heart and Hustle Award.

NO-HIT WONDERS: Is the only backstop in Major League history tocatch 4 no-hitters in his career: 4/4/01 by Hideo Nomo, 4/27/02 byDerek Lowe, 9/1/07 by Clay Buchholz and 5/19/08 by Jon Lester...RaySchalk was originally credited with 4, but 1 of those no-hitters, JimScott on 5/14/14, was later rescinded by a rule change in 1991...Hereis a list of the most official no-hitters caught in a career (since 1900):

PLAYER NO-HITTERSJason Varitek 4Alan Ashby 3Roy Campanella 3Bill Carrigan 3Del Crandell 3Jim Hegan 3Charles Johnson 3Ed McFarland 3Val Picinich 3Ray Schalk 3Luke Sewell 3Jeff Torborg 3

SOX LEADERBOARD: Ranks among Bostons all-time leaders inoverall 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 theall-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 mostfor a Boston player at the position...Passed Carlton Fisk (157) for theteam lead on 9/15/08 at TB...Has produced 10 or more homers in 11seasons with Boston, 2 more than Fisk (9) for the most among Soxcatchers...His 85 career homers at Fenway Park are 17th all-time atthe ballpark...During the 2011 season, became the oldest Sox catch-er ever to homer at Fenway.

POSTSEASON LEADER: Won World Series Championships withBoston in 2004 and 2007 and is the clubs all-time postseason lead-er in games (63) and at-bats (228)...Also ranks 2nd among Red Soxpostseason leaders in runs (37), hits (54), doubles (12) and homeruns (tied, 11), and is 3rd in RBI (33)...Played in 14 total playoffseries since 1998, more than any other player in club historyAp-peared in 52 of Bostons 57 playoff games beginning in 2003...Is 3rdin all-time postseason starts (58) and games at catcher (62), behindJorge Posada (106, 119) and Yogi Berra (61, 63).