What years did Jason Vargas play?

Jason Vargas played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2019.

Was Jason Vargas a pitcher?

Yes. Jason Vargas pitched in the major leagues, recording 99 wins and 1147 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jason Vargas hit?

Jason Vargas hit 0 career home runs with 24 hits.

What teams did Jason Vargas play for?

Jason Vargas played for 6 teams: the Florida Marlins (2005–2006), the New York Mets (2007, 2018–2019), the Seattle Mariners (2009–2012), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2013), the Kansas City Royals (2014–2017), and the Philadelphia Phillies (2019).

Did Jason Vargas win a Cy Young Award?

No. Jason Vargas did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Jason Vargas win?

Jason Vargas was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Jason Vargas's career stats?

In 298 games, Jason Vargas went 99-99 with a 4.29 ERA, 1,147 strikeouts, and 1,643.0 innings pitched.

What was Jason Vargas's salary?

Jason Vargas's last recorded salary was $8,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $8,500,000, in 2013, and his lowest was $327,000, in 2006. The Salary History table lists each season from 2006 to 2016.

What position did Jason Vargas play?

Jason Vargas played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jason Vargas and how much did he weigh?

Jason Vargas was listed at 6 feet and 215 pounds.

What was Jason Vargas's career ERA?

Jason Vargas finished with a 4.29 career ERA, going 99-99 with 1,147 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jason Vargas have?

Jason Vargas recorded 1,147 career strikeouts.

Is Jason Vargas in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jason Vargas has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jason Vargas

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2005-2019)

Jason Vargas was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2019 for 6 teams, including the Florida Marlins, a span of 15 seasons. Across 298 career appearances, he went 99-99 with a 4.29 ERA and 1,147 strikeouts. Jason Vargas was an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 99–99

ERA 4.29

WHIP 1.32

SO 1,147

Pitcher PIV -13443.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 215 lb
Born: 2/2/1983 in Apple Valley, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2005-07-14
Last Game: 2019-09-26
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Jason Matthew Vargas

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jason Vargas — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
99	99	298	277	13	8	0	1643.0	1,664	784	216	508	1,147	4.29	-13443.8

Career ERA 4.29 vs. league average 4.17 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jason Vargas Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2005	FLO	NL	5	5	17	13	1	0	73.2	71	33	31	59	4.03	4.29 (+6%)	1386.3
2006	FLO	NL	1	2	12	5	0	0	43.0	50	35	30	25	7.33	4.53 (-62%)	-2741.4
2007	NYN	NL	0	1	2	2	0	0	10.1	17	14	2	4	12.19	4.47 (-173%)	-931.4
2009	SEA	AL	3	6	23	14	0	0	91.2	98	50	24	54	4.91	4.32 (-14%)	-1718.5
2010	SEA	AL	9	12	31	31	0	0	192.2	187	81	54	116	3.78	4.08 (+7%)	670.9
2011	SEA	AL	10	13	32	32	4	3	201.0	205	95	59	131	4.25	3.94 (-8%)	-716.9
2012	SEA	AL	14	11	33	33	2	0	217.1	201	93	55	141	3.85	4.01 (+4%)	-3676.8
2013	LAA	AL	9	8	24	24	3	2	150.0	162	67	46	109	4.02	3.87 (-4%)	-833.9
2014	KCA	AL	11	10	30	30	1	1	187.0	197	77	41	128	3.71	3.74 (+1%)	-455.8
2015	KCA	AL	5	2	9	9	0	0	43.0	46	19	12	27	3.98	3.96 (avg)	-360.0
2016	KCA	AL	0	0	3	3	0	0	12.0	8	3	3	11	2.25	4.19 (+46%)	313.8
2017	KCA	AL	18	11	32	32	1	1	179.2	181	83	58	134	4.16	4.36 (+5%)	-1408.4
2018	NYN	NL	7	9	20	20	0	0	92.0	100	59	30	84	5.77	4.15 (-39%)	-2002.1
2019	NYN	NL	6	5	19	18	1	1	94.1	81	42	39	81	4.01	4.51 (+11%)	-455.5
2019	PHI	NL	1	4	11	11	0	0	55.1	60	33	24	43	5.37	4.51 (-19%)	-514.2
Career · 15 seasons			99	99	298	277	13	8	1,643.0	1,664	784	508	1,147	4.29	—	-13,444

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jason Vargas — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
300	132	8	24	3	0	0	4	0	4	47	.182	.206	.205	.410	0

Career AVG .182 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — 29.3% below league average.

Career OBP .206 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 36.5% below league average.

Career SLG .205 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 50.4% below league average.

Career OPS .410 vs. league average .736 across their career seasons — 44.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Jason Vargas Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2005	FLO	NL	18	26	3	8	2	2	1	7	.308	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	FLO	NL	12	16	1	5	1	1	1	2	.312	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	NYN	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	SEA	AL	23	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	SEA	AL	31	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SEA	AL	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	SEA	AL	33	5	2	2	0	1	1	2	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	LAA	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	KCA	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	KCA	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	KCA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	KCA	AL	32	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	NYN	NL	21	27	2	4	0	0	1	8	.148	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	NYN	NL	19	28	0	2	0	0	0	16	.071	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	PHI	NL	11	12	0	1	0	0	0	6	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			300	132	8	24	3	4	4	47	.182	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jason Vargas — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jason Vargas — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2014	ALCS	KCA	1	0	0	.000
2014	ALDS1	KCA	1	0	0	.000
2014	WS	KCA	1	2	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jason Vargas — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	3	3	0	15.1	11	6	6	11	3.52

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jason Vargas — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2014	ALCS	KCA	1	1	1	5.1	2	1	3	6	1.69
2014	ALDS1	KCA	0	1	1	6.0	3	2	1	2	3.00
2014	WS	KCA	0	1	1	4.0	6	3	2	3	6.75

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jason Vargas — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	150	50	2	6	0	2	.120
Away	150	82	6	18	0	2	.220

Pitching — Home / Away

Jason Vargas — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	148	841.0	806	348	233	623	3.72
Away	150	802.0	858	436	275	524	4.89

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jason Vargas — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
2019-09-26	PHI	WAS	L	1	1
2019-09-21	PHI	CLE	W	0	0
2019-09-15	PHI	BOS	L	0	0
2019-09-10	PHI	ATL	W	1	0
2019-09-05	PHI	CIN	L	1	0
2019-08-31	PHI	NYN	L	1	0
2019-08-26	PHI	PIT	W	2	1
2019-08-18	PHI	SDP	L	2	1
2019-08-13	PHI	CHC	W	1	1
2019-08-07	PHI	AZ	L	1	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jason Vargas — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2019-09-26	PHI	WAS	L	4.1	6	5	4	5	3	1
2019-09-21	PHI	CLE	W	6.2	5	4	2	2	8	1
2019-09-15	PHI	BOS	L	3.0	3	5	4	1	6	1
2019-09-10	PHI	ATL	—	3.0	6	4	2	3	3	0
2019-09-05	PHI	CIN	—	5.1	4	2	2	0	6	1
2019-08-31	PHI	NYN	L	4.0	9	5	5	3	2	0
2019-08-26	PHI	PIT	—	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	0
2019-08-18	PHI	SDP	—	5.2	6	2	2	2	4	1
2019-08-13	PHI	CHC	—	6.0	5	2	2	3	1	1
2019-08-07	PHI	AZ	L	5.0	4	4	4	3	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jason Vargas — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	298	277	58	207	9	16

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jason Vargas — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2005	FLO	P	17	13	2	13	0	1
2006	FLO	P	12	5	1	7	0	1
2007	NYN	P	2	2	0	0	0	0
2009	SEA	P	23	14	3	13	0	3
2010	SEA	P	31	31	9	17	0	0
2011	SEA	P	32	32	4	24	1	2
2012	SEA	P	33	33	7	28	2	0
2013	LAA	P	24	24	7	19	1	2
2014	KCA	P	30	30	7	22	2	3
2015	KCA	P	9	9	1	6	0	1
2016	KCA	P	3	3	1	1	0	0
2017	KCA	P	32	32	9	23	0	2
2018	NYN	P	20	20	3	17	0	0
2019	NYN	P	19	18	2	8	1	1
2019	PHI	P	11	11	2	9	2	0

Career Games by Position

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Jason Vargas Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	298

Awards & Honors

Jason Vargas — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2013	Pitcher of the Month	May
2012	Pitcher of the Month	July

Salary History

Jason Vargas's recorded salaries total $33,933,500 over 8 seasons, 2006 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Vargas's career ran from 2005 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2014.

Jason Vargas — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	KCA	AL	$8,500,000
2015	KCA	AL	$8,500,000
2013	LAA	AL	$8,500,000
2012	SEA	AL	$4,850,000
2011	SEA	AL	$2,450,000
2010	SEA	AL	$412,500
2008	NYN	NL	$394,000
2006	FLO	NL	$327,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$33,933,500

College History

Jason Vargas — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Cypress College	Cypress	CA	2003
California State University Long Beach	Long Beach	CA	2004
Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge	LA	2002

Award Voting History

Jason Vargas — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2005	Rookie of the Year	NL	8th	1.0	160	0

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Career Spans

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Jason Vargas: the record in brief

Jason Vargas's major league career runs from a debut on July 14, 2005 to a final game on September 26, 2019. The team column moves through the Florida Marlins (2005 through 2006), the New York Mets (2007 through 2019), the Seattle Mariners (2009 to 2012), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2013), the Kansas City Royals (2014 to 2017), and the Philadelphia Phillies (2019). At 6'0" and 215 pounds, Vargas is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Vargas batted and threw left-handed. The recorded birth is February 2, 1983, in Apple Valley, CA, USA. On the record, Jason Vargas was born Jason Matthew Vargas.

The pitching table credits Vargas with a 99-99 record and a 4.29 ERA in 298 games. Also on Vargas's record: 1,147 strikeouts, 13 complete games, and 8 shutouts. Vargas's 4.29 ERA was close to the 4.17 league figure for those seasons. Vargas won 18 games in 2017, the most of any season listed. Vargas struck out 141 batters in 2012, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jason Vargas

What years did Jason Vargas play?: Jason Vargas played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2019.
Was Jason Vargas a pitcher?: Yes. Jason Vargas pitched in the major leagues, recording 99 wins and 1147 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jason Vargas hit?: Jason Vargas hit 0 career home runs with 24 hits.
What teams did Jason Vargas play for?: Jason Vargas played for 6 teams: the Florida Marlins (2005–2006), the New York Mets (2007, 2018–2019), the Seattle Mariners (2009–2012), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2013), the Kansas City Royals (2014–2017), and the Philadelphia Phillies (2019).
Did Jason Vargas win a Cy Young Award?: No. Jason Vargas did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Jason Vargas win?: Jason Vargas was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Jason Vargas's career stats?: In 298 games, Jason Vargas went 99-99 with a 4.29 ERA, 1,147 strikeouts, and 1,643.0 innings pitched.
How much did Jason Vargas earn in his career?: Jason Vargas's recorded salaries total $33,933,500 over 8 seasons, 2006 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Vargas's career ran from 2005 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2014.
What was Jason Vargas's salary?: Jason Vargas's last recorded salary was $8,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $8,500,000, in 2013, and his lowest was $327,000, in 2006. The Salary History table lists each season from 2006 to 2016.
What position did Jason Vargas play?: Jason Vargas played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jason Vargas and how much did he weigh?: Jason Vargas was listed at 6 feet and 215 pounds.
What was Jason Vargas's career ERA?: Jason Vargas finished with a 4.29 career ERA, going 99-99 with 1,147 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jason Vargas have?: Jason Vargas recorded 1,147 career strikeouts.
Is Jason Vargas in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jason Vargas has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.