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Claudio Vargas
Claudio (Almonte) Vargas

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 225 lb.

Debut April 26, 2003

Born June 19, 1978 in Mao, D.R.

Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)

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        There are those who have questioned New York's depth. But Claudio proves it: the Mets lead the league in Vargas.

Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2003 25 MON NL   6   8  23  20   0   0   0  0  114.0  111   59   55  16   41   62   7   2   492   5   0  4.34  4.50  104 1.333
 2004 26 MON NL   5   5  45  14   0   0   6  0  118.3  120   75   69  26   64   89   7   8   530   7   0  5.25  4.53   86 1.555
 2005 27 TOT NL   9   9  25  23   0   0   0  0  132.3  146   81   77  25   47   95   7   6   586   5   0  5.24  4.40   84 1.458
         WSN NL   0   3   4   4   0   0   0  0   12.7   22   15   13   4    7    5   0   0    66   2   0  9.24  4.06   44 2.289
         ARI NL   9   6  21  19   0   0   0  0  119.7  124   66   64  21   40   90   7   6   520   3   0  4.81  4.44   92 1.370
 2006 28 ARI NL  12  10  31  30   0   0   1  0  167.7  185  101   90  27   52  123   8   9   747   2   1  4.83  4.72   98 1.414
 2007 29 MIL NL  11   6  29  23   0   0   1  1  134.3  153   80   76  23   54  107   2   4   605   3   0  5.09  4.48   88 1.541
 2008 30 NYM NL   3   2  11   4   0   0   2  0   37.0   33   20   19   4   11   20   2   1   150   0   0  4.62  4.21   91 1.189
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .535  46  40 164 114   0   0  10  1  703.7  748  416  386 121  269  496  33  30  3110  22   1  4.94  4.52   92 1.445
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11   9  40  27   0   0   2  0  172.0  182  101   94  29   65  121   8   7   760   5   0  4.94  4.52   92 1.445
 Career High     12  10  45  30   0   0   6  1  167.7  185  101   90  27   64  123   8   9   747   7   1  4.34  4.72  104 1.333

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2003 25 MON NL  21   30    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  15  .000  .032  .000  -91    0   4   0   0   0   0
 2004 26 MON NL  42   22    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .045  .045  .045  -77    1   7   0   0   0   1
 2005 27 TOT NL  22   36    1    4   0  0   0    3   0  0   2   7  .111  .158  .111  -28    4   7   0   0   0   2
         WSN NL   3    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  170    1   0   0   0   0   0
         ARI NL  19   34    1    3   0  0   0    3   0  0   2   7  .088  .139  .088  -39    3   7   0   0   0   2
 2006 28 ARI NL  30   51    1    5   3  0   0    4   0  0   0  11  .098  .098  .157  -37    8   9   0   0   0   3
 2007 29 MIL NL  27   38    1    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   0  10  .132  .132  .158  -26    6   5   0   0   0   0
 2008 30 NYM NL  10    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      152  185    5   15   4  0   0    7   0  0   3  57  .081  .096  .103  -49   19  33   0   0   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        197    5   16   4  0   0    7   0  0   3  61  .081  .096  .103  -49   20  35   0   0   0   6
 Career High     42   51    1    5   3  0   0    4   0  0   2  15                           8   9   0   0   0   3
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2003 25 MON NL   35   34    0   0.0   114| .000  .274| .032  .347| .000  .440| .032  .787| -91  .000  -8.8  -0.9   0%
 2004 26 MON NL   29   29    0   0.0   115| .045  .275| .045  .348| .045  .446| .090  .794| -77  .000  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 2005 27 TOT NL   45   41    1   0.6   110| .111  .271| .158  .342| .111  .432| .269  .775| -28  .025  -7.0  -0.7   0%
         WSN NL    2    1    1  26.7   104| .500  .262| .500  .332| .500  .418|1.000  .750| 170  .958   0.2   0.0   0%
         ARI NL   43   40    0   0.0   111| .088  .272| .139  .343| .088  .433| .227  .776| -39  .000  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 2006 28 ARI NL   60   58    0   0.0   117| .098  .278| .098  .350| .157  .452| .255  .801| -37  .000 -10.9  -1.0   0%
 2007 29 MIL NL   43   38    1   0.7   112| .132  .274| .132  .344| .158  .438| .290  .781| -26  .027  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 2008 30 NYM NL    9    9    0   0.0   107| .000  .266| .000  .338| .000  .424| .000  .762|-100  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       221  209    2   0.3   114| .081  .274| .096  .346| .103  .441| .199  .787| -49  .004 -42.3  -4.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2003 25 MON NL P 23 5 13 1 1 .947 .957 0.78 0.48 1.42 1.85 20 114.0 2004 26 MON NL P 45 10 11 0 2 1.000 .963 0.47 0.47 1.60 1.84 14 118.3 2005 27 TOT NL P 25 7 10 0 1 1.000 .960 0.68 0.46 1.16 1.75 23 132.4 WSN NL P 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.45 0.71 1.77 4 12.7 ARI NL P 21 6 10 0 1 1.000 .958 0.76 0.46 1.20 1.75 19 119.7 2006 28 ARI NL P 31 10 21 2 2 .939 .957 1.00 0.43 1.66 1.72 30 167.7 2007 29 MIL NL P 29 6 15 2 0 .913 .968 0.72 0.40 1.41 1.68 23 134.3 2008 30 NYM NL P 11 4 6 0 1 1.000 .962 0.91 0.43 2.43 1.73 4 37.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 25 MON NL P 23 5 13 1 1 .947 .957 0.78 0.48 1.42 1.85 20 114.0 2004 26 MON NL P 45 10 11 0 2 1.000 .963 0.47 0.47 1.60 1.84 14 118.3 2005 27 TOT NL P 25 7 10 0 1 1.000 .960 0.68 0.46 1.16 1.75 23 132.4 WSN NL P 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.45 0.71 1.77 4 12.7 ARI NL P 21 6 10 0 1 1.000 .958 0.76 0.46 1.20 1.75 19 119.7 2006 28 ARI NL P 31 10 21 2 2 .939 .957 1.00 0.43 1.66 1.72 30 167.7 2007 29 MIL NL P 29 6 15 2 0 .913 .968 0.72 0.40 1.41 1.68 23 134.3 2008 30 NYM NL P 11 4 6 0 1 1.000 .962 0.91 0.43 2.43 1.73 4 37.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 164 42 76 5 7 .959 .961 0.72 0.45 1.51 1.76 114 703.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 164 42 76 5 7 .959 .961 0.72 0.45 1.51 1.76 114 704
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wild Pitches
2004 NL-8-9
2006 NL-9-6

HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

August 25, 1995: Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent.

December 21, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

July 11, 2002: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Cliff Floyd, Wilton Guerrero, and cash to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later, Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Carl Pavano, and Justin Wayne. The Montreal Expos sent Donald Levinski (minors) (August 5, 2002) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

June 3, 2005: Selected off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Washington Nationals.

November 25, 2006: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Greg Aquino and Johnny Estrada to the Milwaukee Brewers for Doug Davis, Dana Eveland, and Dave Krynzel.

March 25, 2008: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

April 10, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2004Montreal Expos$307,500
2005Washington Nationals$325,000
2006Arizona Diamondbacks$1,275,000
2007Milwaukee Brewers$2,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,407,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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