Pete Varney
Richard Fred Varney Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 235 lb.

Born: April 10, 1949 in Roxbury, MA
High School: Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA)
School: Harvard University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 1973
Final Game: September 12, 1976
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1973 CHW AL 24 C 5 1 14.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.43 2.00 .980 6.04 5.28 0 2 0 0
1974 CHW AL 25 C 9 7 67.0 53 47 5 1 0 .981 1.0 17.9 1 6.99 5.78 .983 5.88 5.01 1 2 2 5 71%
1975 CHW AL 26 C 34 27 255.1 167 151 14 2 1 .988 0.0 0.0 0 5.82 4.85 .983 6.00 5.04 1 9 20 14 41%
1975 CHW AL 26 DH 2
1976 TOT MLB 27 C 19 13 121.0 93 85 7 1 1 .989 -5.0 -49.6 -5 6.84 4.84 .982 5.78 4.97 5 5 23 4 15%
1976 CHW AL 27 C 14 11 104.0 81 76 4 1 0 .988 -4.0 -46.2 -4 6.92 5.71 .981 5.75 4.90 2 4 18 3 14%
1976 ATL NL 27 C 5 2 17.0 12 9 3 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -70.6 -1 6.35 2.40 .983 5.98 5.16 3 1 5 1 17%
4 Seasons C 67 48 457.1 323 293 26 4 2 .988 -4.0 -10.5 -4 6.28 4.76 .982 5.93 5.03 7 18 45 23 34%
1 Season DH 2
4 Seasons TOT 67 48 457.1 323 293 26 4 2 .988 -4.0 -10.5 -4 6.28 4.76 .970 5.93 5.03 7 18 45 23 34%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 CHW AL 24 5 1 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 25 9 7 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHW AL 26 36 27 36 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1976 CHW AL 27 14 11 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 27 5 2 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 69 48 69 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1973 CHW AL 24 57 1.93 1.93 2 100% 0 0 10 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 25 296 3.63 3.76 2 100% 0 0 48 2 0 0 46 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHW AL 26 1206 4.65 5.32 21 86% 0 0 151 15 1 5 130 14 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 50%
1976 CHW AL 27 496 4.93 6.06 7 100% 0 0 77 5 0 1 71 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 27 80 2.16 4.32 2 100% 0 0 9 2 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2135 4.39 5.12 34 91% 0 0 295 26 1 7 261 26 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 50%
MLB Averages 3.64 4.14 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1973 CHW AL 24 0 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 CHW AL 25 1 2 115 2 5 5 71% 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 1.79 1.32
1975 CHW AL 26 1 9 475 20 14 11 41% 18 12 0 1 2 1 0 0 39 17 1.30 1.30
1976 CHW AL 27 2 4 199 18 3 2 14% 15 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 29 3 1.34 0.81
1976 ATL NL 27 3 1 35 5 1 1 17% 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 2 1.26 1.48
4 Seasons 7 18 842 45 23 19 34% 40 19 3 3 2 1 0 0 89 28 1.34 1.25
MLB Averages 35% 1.28 1.26

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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