Jose
Varnado
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 13, 1991 in Venezuela
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 17 WA GE   8 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
2010 18 WA GE   8 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
2011 19 WA GE   8 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
2012 20 WA GE   8 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
2013 21 WI GE   8 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
2014 22 WI GE   8 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3
2015 23 WI GE   8 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3
2016 24 WI GE   8 5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3
2017 25 WI GE   8 5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3
2018 26 WI GE   8 5 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3
2019 27 WI GE   8 6 6 6 1 3 2 3 3 3
2020 28 UT GE   8 6 6 6 1 4 3 3 3 3
2021 29 UT GE $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 1 4 3 3 3 3
2022 30 UT GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 1 4 3 3 3 3
2023 31 UT GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 1 4 2 3 3 3
2024 32 UT GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 1 3 2 3 3 3
2025 33 UT GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 1 3 2 3 4 3
2026 34 UT GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 1 3 2 3 4 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 1 4 3 3 4 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 17 WA GE     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2010 18 WA GE     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2011 19 WA GE     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2012 20 WA GE     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2013 21 WI GE     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2014 22 WI GE     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2015 23 WI GE     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2016 24 WI GE     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2017 25 WI GE     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2018 26 WI GE     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2019 27 WI GE     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2020 28 UT GE     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2021 29 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2022 30 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2023 31 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2024 32 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2025 33 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2026 34 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2009 17 A   11 13 .458 27 27 9 2 0 197.0 188 90 26 65 109 4.11 .247 .306 .426 .732  
2010 18 A   11 13 .458 29 29 8 3 0 220.3 194 90 20 68 115 3.68 .235 .293 .370 .664  
2011 19 A   4 14 .222 22 22 3 0 0 146.3 140 70 18 48 74 4.31 .250 .309 .405 .715  
2012 20 A   8 16 .333 29 29 2 0 0 195.7 185 96 23 93 97 4.42 .248 .331 .402 .733  
2013 21 A   9 10 .474 34 21 0 0 9 150.7 136 64 14 60 74 3.82 .241 .314 .379 .692  
2014 22 A   11 12 .478 30 30 0 0 0 189.3 156 72 18 85 114 3.42 .222 .306 .355 .661  
2015 23 A   6 9 .400 29 29 0 0 0 199.7 159 77 20 74 115 3.47 .213 .284 .355 .639  
2016 24 AA   7 3 .700 14 14 0 0 0 93.0 78 31 9 34 53 3.00 .222 .290 .355 .645  
    A   5 4 .556 10 10 0 0 0 64.3 51 21 8 26 36 2.94 .214 .292 .361 .653  
2017 25 AA   0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 22.0 22 14 4 13 15 5.73 .250 .347 .398 .744  
    A   6 8 .429 17 17 0 0 0 107.3 89 44 10 58 59 3.69 .225 .325 .352 .676  
2018 26 A   8 11 .421 27 27 1 0 0 154.0 152 81 23 89 101 4.73 .260 .358 .436 .793  
2019 27 AA   5 11 .313 18 18 0 0 0 112.7 99 64 20 47 74 5.11 .239 .316 .455 .771  
    A   4 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 44.7 27 5 1 16 32 1.01 .176 .254 .235 .490  
2020 28 AA   2 3 .400 6 6 0 0 0 34.7 26 17 1 24 24 4.41 .203 .329 .281 .610  
    A   1 1 .500 3 2 0 0 0 16.0 9 5 1 6 6 2.81 .164 .246 .273 .519  
2021 29 UT GE 4 6 .400 19 14 0 0 0 85.3 69 42 12 58 55 4.43 .219 .343 .359 .702 1.9
    AAA   5 5 .500 14 14 1 0 0 85.3 87 39 14 48 55 4.11 .260 .353 .449 .803  
2022 30 UT GE 4 7 .364 18 18 0 0 0 102.0 110 51 12 47 51 4.50 .278 .354 .400 .754 2.7
    AAA   2 8 .200 14 14 0 0 0 82.0 93 41 16 37 69 4.50 .280 .352 .494 .846  
2023 31 UT GE 4 15 .211 30 30 1 1 0 173.3 158 78 20 83 87 4.05 .245 .333 .364 .697 8.4
2024 32 AAA   5 10 .333 21 21 0 0 0 119.0 109 59 24 67 76 4.46 .244 .343 .462 .805  
2025 33 UT GE 2 10 .167 15 15 0 0 0 79.0 66 37 15 47 34 4.22 .228 .333 .408 .742 1.7
    AAA   6 8 .429 18 18 0 0 0 114.0 105 49 18 55 67 3.87 .246 .332 .400 .732  
2026 34 AAA   6 14 .300 28 28 1 0 0 165.7 155 76 23 90 113 4.13 .244 .337 .434 .771  
4 Years Sim 14 38 .269 82 77 1 1 0 439.7 403 208 59 235 227 4.26 .245 .340 .380 .719 14.7
5 Years AAA 24 45 .348 95 95 2 0 0 566.0 549 264 95 297 380 4.20 .252 .342 .445 .787  
4 Years AA 14 19 .424 42 42 0 0 0 262.3 225 126 34 118 166 4.32 .229 .312 .392 .703  
12 Years A 84 111 .431 263 249 23 5 9 1685.3 1486 715 182 688 932 3.82 .235 .310 .381 .691  
21 Years Minors 122 175 .411 400 386 25 5 9 2513.6 2260 1105 311 1103 1478 3.96 .238 .317 .397 .714  
Season Average 3 9 .250 20 19 0 0 0 109.9 100 52 14 58 56 4.26 .245 .340 .380 .719  
Career Highs 4 15 .400 30 30 1 1 0 173.3 158 78 20 83 87 4.50 .278 .354 .408 .754  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   246 114 34 119 136   .251 .332 .377 .709
vs LH   157 94 25 116 91   .236 .350 .383 .733
Home 6 15 .286 38 35 1 1 0 199.7 181 91 28 109 115 4.10 .243 .340 .379 .719
Away 8 23 .258 44 42 0 0 0 240.0 222 117 31 126 112 4.39 .247 .339 .380 .719
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 4 4 0 0 0 25.3 22 9 0 10 14 3.20 .234 .308 .277 .584
May 0 4 .000 6 6 0 0 0 33.3 42 19 4 17 16 5.13 .321 .399 .466 .864
June 2 4 .333 9 9 0 0 0 52.0 49 24 8 31 25 4.15 .253 .356 .387 .742
July 2 13 .133 20 20 0 0 0 118.0 109 55 17 48 63 4.20 .244 .317 .371 .689
August 6 8 .429 21 21 1 1 0 118.3 103 59 16 75 65 4.49 .237 .349 .386 .735
Sep/Oct 4 8 .333 22 17 0 0 0 92.7 78 42 14 54 44 4.08 .227 .332 .373 .706
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2021 29 UT GE 19 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .087 .000 .087 -1.1 0.0
2022 30 UT GE 18 36 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .028 .054 .056 .110 -2.2 0.0
2023 31 UT GE 30 54 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 14 .037 .103 .111 .215 -1.6 0.0
2025 33 UT GE 15 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.4 0.0
4 Years Sim 82 134 4 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 7 40 .022 .071 .060 .131 -7.4 0.0
162 Game Average 264 7 5 3 0 1 3 0 0 13 79 .022 .071 .060 .131 -14.5  
Career Highs 30 54 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 15 .037 .103 .111 .215 -1.1  
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   88 3 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 24 .034 .045 .091 .136 -4.9
vs LH   46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 .000 .115 .000 .115 -2.4
Home 38 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 .000 .053 .000 .053 -4.2
Away 44 80 3 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 4 22 .038 .083 .100 .183 -3.2
RISP   27 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .037 .037 .074 .111 -1.8
Mar/Apr 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
May 6 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .182 .348 0.1
June 9 14 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .286 .357 0.2
July 20 33 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .030 .086 .061 .146 -1.7
August 21 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .000 .023 .000 .023 -3.7
Sep/Oct 22 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .000 .069 .000 .069 -1.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2021 29 UT GE P 19 14 85.3 1 16 1 0 .944 1.79    
2022 30 UT GE P 18 18 102.0 4 17 1 3 .955 1.85    
2023 31 UT GE P 30 30 173.3 11 32 1 1 .977 2.23    
2025 33 UT GE P 15 15 79.0 6 11 0 0 1.000 1.94    
Career Totals   82 77 439.7 22 76 3 4 .970 2.01    
Career Highs   30 30 173.3 11 32 1 3 1.000 2.23    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Shutouts
2023-6-1
Walks Allowed
2023-9-83
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 61st overall pick, by Washington in 2009
Injured on 7/20/2011 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 3/4/2013 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Washington to Wisconsin on 5/11/2013 (Going to Wis: C Wilburn Reilly, P Jose Varnado, P Mick Nugent, P Daniel Quartz, P Gabe Tiburon. Going to Was: P James Darby)
Released by Wisconsin on 4/2/2020
Claimed by Utah on 4/11/2020
Earned first career win on 8/10/2021
Had first career hit (double) on 7/21/2022, off Ralph Ives (WA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/14/2023, off Adrian Pantas (CA)
Injured on 9/19/2023 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 6/10/2025 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Injured on 9/14/2025 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks