Jose
Vargas
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: April 16, 1974 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
OTBA Championships Won 2009   
All-Star Selections 2005    2007    2010   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 30 FCA HL $ 7,430,000   8 8 9 7 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
2005 31 MLD HL $ 7,430,000   8 8 9 7 6 7 7 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
2006 32 MLD HL $ 7,430,000   8 8 9 7 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
2007 33 MLD HL $ 7,430,000   8 8 9 7 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
2008 34 MLD HL $ 15,750,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 5 10 10 10 7 6 6
2009 35 MLD HL     7 7 8 6 5 5 5 4 5 10 10 10 6 5 6
2010 36 NE KL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 3 2 2 5 4 4 10 10 10 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 3 2 2 5 4 4 10 10 10 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,750,000   8 8 9 7 6 7 7 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hank Aaron Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 30 FCA HL 159 530 69 158 31 3 16 81 23 14 80 109 .298 .390 .458 .848 92.6 21.7
2005 31 MLD HL 154 604 120 205 30 2 18 78 30 15 91 119 .339 .426 .485 .911 120.6 29.7
2006 32 MLD HL 157 599 109 185 35 2 20 68 7 10 93 99 .309 .406 .474 .880 109.7 21.4
2007 33 MLD HL 154 540 105 167 28 5 25 97 7 8 124 109 .309 .438 .519 .956 119.5 25.9
2008 34 MLD HL 133 501 76 150 16 4 17 64 2 2 82 97 .299 .401 .449 .850 91.7 20.2
2009 35 MLD HL 125 341 40 84 6 0 5 39 0 4 57 89 .246 .355 .308 .663 39.2 5.3
2010 36 NE KL 157 539 76 154 19 1 11 69 1 3 69 144 .286 .372 .386 .758 76.7 17.7
7 Years Sim 1039 3654 595 1103 165 17 112 496 70 56 596 766 .302 .402 .448 .850 649.9 141.9
162 Game Average 569 92 171 25 2 17 77 10 8 92 119 .302 .402 .448 .850 101.3  
Career Highs 159 604 120 205 35 5 25 97 30 15 124 144 .339 .438 .519 .956 120.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2579 400 755 111 13 72 331 46 35 409 536 .293 .391 .430 .821 437.7
vs LH   1075 195 348 54 4 40 165 24 21 187 230 .324 .426 .493 .919 217.0
Home 524 1833 305 571 91 7 56 247 34 25 319 396 .312 .416 .460 .876 347.4
Away 515 1821 290 532 74 10 56 249 36 31 277 370 .292 .387 .436 .823 307.3
RISP   854 0 265 39 3 34 374 0 0 153 159 .310 .410 .482 .893 170.1
Pinch Hitting   79 7 17 5 0 0 6 0 0 11 19 .215 .308 .278 .586 7.4
Close/Late   491 74 144 25 3 7 45 0 0 100 98 .293 .414 .399 .813 86.4
Mar/Apr 151 543 81 181 27 1 15 77 13 12 102 89 .333 .441 .470 .911 109.5
May 185 669 113 202 28 4 26 96 11 6 100 151 .302 .391 .472 .864 123.0
June 173 619 98 185 29 1 13 72 13 12 95 137 .299 .394 .412 .806 100.8
July 168 589 97 156 26 2 16 75 5 6 111 131 .265 .384 .397 .781 95.0
August 180 625 101 184 27 5 18 87 14 12 98 128 .294 .393 .440 .833 107.2
Sep/Oct 182 609 105 195 28 4 24 89 14 8 90 130 .320 .410 .498 .907 119.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 30 FCA HL 2B 151 143 1303.7 251 434 8 74 .988 4.73   7.4
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
2005 31 MLD HL 2B 152 146 1332.3 254 420 11 82 .984 4.55   5.3
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
2006 32 MLD HL 2B 154 148 1334.3 232 447 9 89 .987 4.58   6.7
2007 33 MLD HL 2B 153 147 1322.0 263 474 8 82 .989 5.02   8.6
2008 34 MLD HL 2B 133 130 1179.3 215 375 8 66 .987 4.50   6.9
2009 35 MLD HL 2B 106 75 751.3 129 257 8 52 .980 4.62   4.8
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2010 36 NE KL LF 148 141 1269.7 271 3 10 0 .965 1.94   3.6
    2B 4 2 19.0 9 7 0 1 1.000 7.58   0.2
    CF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  2B 853 791 7242.0 1353 2414 52 446 .986 4.68   40.0
  LF 148 141 1269.7 271 3 10 0 .965 1.94   3.6
  SS 3 1 15.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
  CF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1006 934 8536.6 1625 2422 62 446 .985 4.27   43.7
Career Highs   154 148 1341.3 280 474 11 89 .989 5.02    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2007 33 MLD HL 4 13 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 7 .308 .500 .385 .885
2009 35 MLD HL 16 54 7 14 2 0 1 7 0 0 6 16 .259 .333 .352 .685
2010 36 NE KL 4 15 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 .333 .412 .467 .878
Career Post-Season Batting 24 82 8 23 5 0 1 10 0 2 13 25 .280 .379 .378 .757
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2005-3-.339
CAR-23-.302
On-Base Pct
2005-4-.426
2007-2-.438
2008-8-.401
2010-9-.372
CAR-8-.402
Slugging Pct
2007-8-.519
CAR-36-.448
OPS
2004-9-.848
2005-10-.911
2007-5-.956
CAR-21-.850
XR
2005-3-120.6
2007-6-119.5
CAR-18-649.9
Games
2004-7-159
2010-5-157
CAR-38-1039
At-Bats
CAR-42-3654
Runs
2005-2-120
2006-6-109
CAR-17-595
Hits
2005-3-205
CAR-29-1103
Total Bases
2005-10-293
CAR-31-1638
Singles
2005-2-155
2010-6-123
CAR-23-809
Homeruns
CAR-39-112
RBIs
CAR-40-496
Caught Stealing
CAR-40-56
Walks
2004-8-80
2005-5-91
2006-4-93
2007-1-124
2008-10-82
2010-9-69
CAR-5-596
Strikeouts
2010-9-144
CAR-16-766
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 2
   Gray Ink Test: 30
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 35th overall pick, by Fist City in 2004
Had first career hit (double) on 4/7/2004, off Aldo Cobos (NJP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/2004, off Adrian Martinez (CCC)
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Local on 9/3/2005
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2005, hitting .441 with 5 HR, 17 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Johnsonville on 4/15/2006
Won Player of the Week award on 4/23/2007, hitting .632 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2007, hitting .456 with 5 HR, 18 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/14/2007, hitting .381 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Inner Harbor on 9/25/2007
Won Player of the Week award on 10/1/2007, hitting .550 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Mildenhall on 2/9/2008 to a 4-year deal worth $15,750,000 per year
Injured on 9/13/2008 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Won OTBA Championship with Mildenhall in 2009
Released by Mildenhall on 11/2/2009
Signed as a free agent by New England on 2/14/2010 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/17/2010, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game