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Pete
Varney		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 240
 
Born: April 10, 1949 in Usa, MA, ROXBURY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 24 SDP NL     4 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 4
1974 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 3 2 2 5 5 5
1975 26 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 4 5 5 4 5 3 2 3 5 5 5
1976 27 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 5
1977 28 MIL NL     6 6 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1978 29 MIL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4
1979 30 MIL NL $ 350,000   5 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 3 4
1980 31 MIL NL $ 350,000   5 5 6 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4
1981 32 MIL NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3
1983 34 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 4 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 7 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 24 AA   137 567 66 159 23 2 21 69 16 4 23 123 .280 .308 .439 .748 75.6  
1974 25 SDP NL 8 26 6 9 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 5 .346 .393 .500 .893 4.6 1.1
    AAA   54 215 39 57 7 0 12 33 3 0 12 46 .265 .304 .465 .769 30.8  
    AA   72 291 35 81 12 1 14 45 5 0 16 64 .278 .316 .471 .787 43.0  
1975 26 STL NL 88 240 22 70 6 1 3 14 16 1 11 43 .292 .325 .363 .688 27.7 5.3
1976 27 STL NL 96 252 26 74 8 0 5 22 15 1 15 38 .294 .331 .385 .716 34.2 7.1
1978 29 MIL NL 56 103 13 31 1 0 1 7 0 0 4 21 .301 .327 .340 .667 9.8 1.5
1979 30 MIL NL 86 287 24 76 12 0 4 34 6 0 16 57 .265 .302 .348 .650 29.2 3.5
1980 31 MIL NL 51 68 7 26 4 1 0 16 1 0 0 16 .382 .382 .471 .853 10.1 2.8
1981 32 MIL NL 66 189 19 38 4 1 1 14 4 2 13 41 .201 .260 .249 .508 9.5 0.0
1983 34 MIN AL 33 73 3 15 0 0 3 8 0 0 2 25 .205 .224 .329 .552 5.6 0.0
8 Years Sim 484 1238 120 339 36 3 18 118 43 4 63 246 .274 .309 .351 .661 130.5 21.4
1 Years AAA 54 215 39 57 7 0 12 33 3 0 12 46 .265 .304 .465 .769 30.8  
2 Years AA 209 858 101 240 35 3 35 114 21 4 39 187 .280 .311 .450 .760 118.7  
3 Years Minors 263 1073 140 297 42 3 47 147 24 4 51 233 .277 .309 .453 .762 149.4  
162 Game Average 414 40 113 12 1 6 39 14 1 21 82 .274 .309 .351 .661 43.7  
Career Highs 96 287 26 76 12 1 5 34 16 2 16 57 .382 .393 .500 .893 34.2  
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   550 50 125 18 0 9 53 15 1 29 128 .227 .266 .309 .575 46.4
vs LH   688 70 214 18 3 9 65 28 3 34 118 .311 .344 .385 .729 91.2
Home 223 550 62 160 18 2 9 57 19 2 36 106 .291 .334 .380 .714 71.1
Away 261 688 58 179 18 1 9 61 24 2 27 140 .260 .289 .328 .618 66.5
RISP   296 0 77 7 0 3 93 0 0 16 60 .260 .294 .314 .608 27.3
Pinch Hitting   119 10 44 4 0 2 25 3 0 7 25 .370 .402 .454 .855 20.5
Close/Late   191 16 56 8 0 3 24 0 0 14 36 .293 .341 .382 .724 24.4
Mar/Apr 77 163 20 56 9 1 2 17 12 0 8 29 .344 .374 .448 .821 27.0
May 83 214 21 64 9 0 2 15 2 0 14 44 .299 .342 .369 .711 26.6
June 75 209 17 57 5 1 1 20 7 1 10 30 .273 .309 .321 .630 20.8
July 90 227 23 51 3 0 4 27 10 2 11 50 .225 .267 .291 .557 17.9
August 83 217 19 53 7 1 4 16 4 1 10 55 .244 .274 .341 .615 20.4
Sep/Oct 76 208 20 58 3 0 5 23 8 0 10 38 .279 .309 .365 .674 24.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1974 25 SDP NL C 8 8 71.0 42 0 2 0 .955 5.32 7 0 .000 0 0.2
1975 26 STL NL C 57 55 499.0 247 22 2 1 .993 4.85 52 15 .288 1 2.3
    1B 6 0 22.7 30 1 1 4 .969 12.31 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 1 0 .667 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 27 STL NL C 74 57 530.7 244 29 1 0 .996 4.63 50 16 .320 0 2.7
    1B 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 29 MIL NL C 15 13 103.0 45 6 2 0 .962 4.46 16 2 .125 0 0.5
    1B 10 5 47.3 66 4 2 4 .972 13.31 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1979 30 MIL NL C 60 54 480.0 218 24 1 0 .996 4.54 46 15 .326 1 1.7
    1B 9 5 55.0 74 6 0 5 1.000 13.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 31 MIL NL C 24 2 61.7 27 4 1 0 .969 4.52 8 2 .250 0 0.3
    1B 16 0 23.7 32 4 1 4 .973 13.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1981 32 MIL NL C 52 37 349.0 194 13 3 0 .986 5.34 29 8 .276 1 0.8
1983 34 MIN AL C 23 17 156.0 73 8 2 0 .976 4.67 24 5 .208 0 0.9
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 313 243 2250.3 1090 106 14 1 .988 4.78 232 63 .272 3 9.3
  1B 45 10 153.7 209 16 4 18 .983 13.18 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 1 0 .667 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   359 253 2407.0 1300 123 19 19 .987 5.32 232 63 .272 3 9.5
Career Highs   76 59 535.0 292 30 4 5 .997 7.24 52 16 .326 1  
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
1974 25 SDP NL 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Career Post-Season Batting 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
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  2. Hal Peck (976)
  3. Denny Williams (972)
  4. Jo-Jo Moore (969)
  5. Glenn Myatt (968)
  6. Clyde Kluttz (967)
  7. Bill Drescher (964)
  8. Rollie Hemsley (961)
  9. Pat Corrales (958)
  10. Bob Scheffing (957)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 61st overall pick, by San Diego in 1973
Injured on 4/18/1974 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/8/1974, off Dean Chance (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 9/30/1974, off Charlie Hough (PIT)
Traded from San Diego to St. Louis on 3/3/1975 (Going to SDP: DH Willie Horton, P Pete Richert. Going to STL: C Pete Varney, P Mike Wallace, P Rick Wise)
Injured on 3/17/1977 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/19/1979 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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