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Jason Varitek
- Won the Silver Slugger Award as the American League's top offensive catcher in 2005
- Received his first Gold Glove Award for defensive excellence
- 2005 - Hit at least 20 homers for the third time in his career
- Captain of the Boston Red Sox for the 2005 season, just the third Red Sox player to hold that title in the last 63 years
- Selected as A.L. starting All-Star catcher in 2005
- Career high of .296 batting average in 2004
- Made his major league debut by appearing in one game with Boston in September 1997 after being acquired in a trade with the Seattle Mariners in July 1997
- Played a key role for the Red Sox when they won the World Series in 2004
- Caught all but two innings of Boston's marathon ALCS series vs. the Yankees
- Varitek and his wife, Karen, have two daughters
- Graduated from Georgia Tech where he played with Jay Payton, Nomar Garciaparra and Darren Bragg
"Varitek's most unique trait as a catcher is his almost uncanny ability to block the path of baserunners in search of a run. Varitek invariably gets his body in perfect position to set up a human roadblock to the plate, often times stopping the runner in his tracks and then tagging him out." www.bostonredsox.com
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That's the most important job that I have, to work with the pitchers and help them be the best they can be," Varitek said after winning his first Gold Glove in November -www.bostonredsox.com
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Born: 4/11/72
Hometown: Suwanee, GA
Sport: Baseball
Event: Catcher
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