Gary Varsho
Gary Andrew Varsho
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 20, 1961 in Marshfield, WI
High School: Marshfield (Marshfield, WI)
School: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1988
Final Game: October 1, 1995
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1988 27 CHC NL 46 75 73 6 20 3 0 0 5 5 0 1 6 .274 .280 .315 .595 68 23 0 0 0 1 0 7/9
1989 28 CHC NL 61 91 87 10 16 4 2 0 6 3 0 4 13 .184 .220 .276 .496 37 24 0 0 0 0 1 7/9
1990 29 CHC NL 46 49 48 10 12 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 6 .250 .265 .333 .599 59 16 1 0 0 0 1 /79
1991 30 PIT NL 99 210 187 23 51 11 2 4 23 9 2 19 34 .273 .344 .417 .762 115 78 2 2 1 1 2 9/873
1992 31 PIT NL 103 173 162 22 36 6 3 4 22 5 2 10 32 .222 .266 .370 .636 80 60 2 0 0 1 1 97/8
1993 32 CIN NL 77 109 95 8 22 6 0 2 11 1 0 9 19 .232 .302 .358 .660 76 34 1 1 3 1 0 7/9
1994 33 PIT NL 67 90 82 15 21 6 3 0 5 0 1 4 19 .256 .307 .402 .709 83 33 1 2 2 0 1 79/83
1995 34 PHI NL 72 113 103 7 26 1 1 0 11 2 0 7 17 .252 .310 .282 .591 58 29 1 2 0 1 1 9/7
8 Seasons 571 910 837 101 204 41 11 10 84 27 5 55 146 .244 .294 .355 .649 78 297 8 7 6 5 7
162 Game Avg. 162 258 237 29 58 12 3 3 24 8 1 16 41 .244 .294 .355 .649 78 84 2 2 2 1 2
PIT (3 yrs) 269 473 431 60 108 23 8 8 50 14 5 33 85 .251 .309 .397 .705 96 171 5 4 3 2 4
CHC (3 yrs) 153 215 208 26 48 11 2 0 12 10 0 6 25 .231 .251 .303 .554 53 63 1 0 0 1 2
PHI (1 yr) 72 113 103 7 26 1 1 0 11 2 0 7 17 .252 .310 .282 .591 58 29 1 2 0 1 1
CIN (1 yr) 77 109 95 8 22 6 0 2 11 1 0 9 19 .232 .302 .358 .660 76 34 1 1 3 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1988 27 CHC NL 75 54 7 3.5 94 .294 .274 .262 .280 .326 .315 .384 .595 .711 68 .440 -3.2 -0.4 .547 .123 .041 .0
1989 28 CHC NL 91 71 6 2.3 97 .216 .184 .263 .220 .331 .276 .391 .496 .723 37 .258 -7.8 -0.8 .437 .172 .092 .0
1990 29 CHC NL 49 37 4 2.9 104 .286 .250 .273 .265 .341 .333 .411 .599 .752 59 .318 -2.8 -0.3 .514 .146 .083 .0
1991 30 PIT NL 210 142 29 5.5 93 .313 .273 .257 .344 .324 .417 .384 .762 .708 115 .621 3.9 0.4 .757 .283 .144 5.5
1992 31 PIT NL 173 131 16 3.3 91 .252 .222 .258 .266 .323 .370 .380 .636 .703 80 .399 -5.2 -0.6 .562 .228 .148 4.4
1993 32 CIN NL 109 78 11 3.8 104 .267 .232 .272 .302 .338 .358 .415 .660 .752 76 .407 -3.2 -0.3 .608 .232 .126 1.3
1994 33 PIT NL 90 65 10 4.1 110 .333 .256 .275 .307 .343 .402 .431 .709 .774 83 .420 -2.4 -0.2 .603 .183 .146
1995 34 PHI NL 113 79 10 3.4 107 .299 .252 .271 .310 .340 .282 .421 .591 .761 58 .343 -6.4 -0.6 .513 .117 .029 .0
8 Seasons 910 657 93 3.8 98 .283 .244 .264 .294 .331 .355 .398 .649 .729 78 .438 -27.3 -2.8 .590 .203 .111 14.6
162 Game Avg. 258 186 26 3.8 98 .283 .244 .264 .294 .331 .355 .398 .649 .729 78 .438 -27.3 -2.8 .590 .203 .111 4
PIT (3 yrs) 473 338 55 4.4 96 .294 .251 .261 .309 .327 .397 .391 .705 .719 96 .508 -3.8 -0.4 .652 .244 .146 10.2
CHC (3 yrs) 215 162 17 2.8 97 .261 .231 .265 .251 .332 .303 .393 .554 .725 53 .335 -13.9 -1.5 .491 .149 .072 .0
PHI (1 yr) 113 79 10 3.4 107 .299 .252 .271 .310 .340 .282 .421 .591 .761 58 .343 -6.4 -0.6 .513 .117 .029 .0
CIN (1 yr) 109 78 11 3.8 104 .267 .232 .272 .302 .338 .358 .415 .660 .752 76 .407 -3.2 -0.3 .608 .232 .126 1.3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1991 30 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1992 31 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1988 27 CHC NL 75 0.0% 8.0% 1.3% 4.0% 15% 6.00 12.2 14.6 0.86 1.09 91% 22% 0.0% 42%
1989 28 CHC NL 91 0.0% 14.3% 4.4% 6.6% 38% 3.25 6.7 14.5 0.95 1.11 81% 19% 0.0% 24%
1990 29 CHC NL 49 0.0% 12.2% 2.0% 8.2% 33% 6.00 8.0 48.0 0.41 0.48 86% 21% 0.0% 28%
1991 30 PIT NL 210 1.9% 16.2% 9.1% 8.1% 33% 1.79 5.5 46.8 8.1 0.76 0.98 71% 18% 6.7% 28%
1992 31 PIT NL 173 2.3% 18.5% 5.8% 7.5% 36% 3.20 5.1 40.5 7.4 0.94 1.41 73% 11% 7.4% 16%
1993 32 CIN NL 109 1.8% 17.4% 8.3% 7.3% 36% 2.11 5.0 47.5 8.6 0.76 0.88 69% 16% 6.7% 29%
1994 33 PIT NL 90 0.0% 21.1% 4.4% 10.0% 43% 4.75 4.3 16.4 0.78 1.05 70% 18% 0.0% 22%
1995 34 PHI NL 113 0.0% 15.0% 6.2% 1.8% 8% 2.43 6.1 9.4 0.80 0.74 77% 18% 0.0% 20%
8 Seasons 910 1.1% 16.0% 6.0% 6.8% 30% 2.65 5.7 83.7 10.0 0.80 0.99 75% 17% 3.6% 25%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1988 27 CHC NL 2 0 29% 34 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 43% 4 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 1
1989 28 CHC NL 1 0 50% 36 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 57% 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 3
1990 29 CHC NL 0 0 77% 16 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
1991 30 PIT NL 0 0 28% 94 9 2 82% 9 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 45% 14 9 5 1 0 1 5 2 3
1992 31 PIT NL 2 0 43% 88 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 47% 8 5 3 2 1 1 7 1 4
1993 32 CIN NL 0 0 20% 45 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 33% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1994 33 PIT NL 1 0 56% 39 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 36% 6 3 3 1 1 0 4 1 1
1995 34 PHI NL 1 0 20% 49 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 33% 8 5 3 4 3 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 7 0 36% 401 27 5 84% 24 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 10 29 44% 48 30 18 9 5 4 28 9 15
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1988 27 CHC NL 75 96% 20 3 1 28 11 0 1 1.22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0% 8 2 25% 35 5 14% 1 1 100% 4 2 50% 0
1989 28 CHC NL 91 89% 16 4 0 36 5 0 2 1.26 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0% 8 1 13% 48 6 13% 6 2 33% 5 1 20% 0
1990 29 CHC NL 49 96% 12 2 1 43 11 0 1 1.38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 0 0% 22 1 5% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
1991 30 PIT NL 210 97% 51 24 4 41 9 1 4 1.55 4 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 3 1 33% 37 2 5% 21 8 38% 125 20 16% 12 5 42% 20 6 30% 0
1992 31 PIT NL 173 92% 36 15 4 55 13 1 5 1.45 4 0 5 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 30 2 7% 17 7 41% 105 20 19% 11 6 55% 8 6 75% 0
1993 32 CIN NL 109 95% 22 4 1 44 9 2 6 1.61 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 75% 28 1 4% 19 7 37% 81 9 11% 6 3 50% 6 3 50% 0
1994 33 PIT NL 90 83% 21 6 3 28 8 0 1 1.36 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 14 1 7% 8 3 38% 55 5 9% 6 1 17% 5 3 60% 0
1995 34 PHI NL 113 96% 26 10 3 46 12 0 4 1.59 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 6% 8 2 25% 85 11 13% 7 3 43% 5 2 40% 0
8 Seasons 910 94% 204 68 17 321 78 4 24 1.45 10 0 26 9 1 5 5 1 10 6 60% 159 8 5% 93 30 32% 556 77 14% 52 21 40% 53 23 43% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 CHC NL 75 242 3.23 164 68% 17% 13% 28% 41% 83% 0% 56% 84% 43% 4% 3 1 11% 8 4 5% 4 4 0% 0 0 0
1989 28 CHC NL 91 318 3.49 194 61% 23% 13% 26% 38% 77% 3% 47% 83% 29% 7% 6 0 22% 20 12 9% 8 4 31% 0 0 0
1990 29 CHC NL 43 172 4.00 115 67% 17% 15% 34% 32% 81% 7% 54% 79% 47% 7% 3 0 14% 6 1 9% 4 3 0% 6 0 3
1991 30 PIT NL 210 718 3.42 446 62% 20% 22% 24% 35% 80% 3% 50% 73% 43% 7% 14 0 15% 31 9 7% 15 8 18% 0 0 0
1992 31 PIT NL 173 592 3.42 376 64% 22% 19% 25% 35% 78% 2% 50% 76% 49% 3% 6 0 13% 22 8 6% 11 6 13% 0 0 0
1993 32 CIN NL 100 341 3.41 209 61% 25% 19% 20% 36% 75% 0% 46% 74% 28% 8% 8 0 20% 20 8 11% 11 7 41% 9 0 0
1994 33 PIT NL 86 307 3.57 195 64% 16% 22% 29% 32% 83% 4% 52% 72% 44% 2% 2 0 13% 11 7 8% 7 6 17% 4 0 2
1995 34 PHI NL 108 362 3.35 244 67% 19% 17% 30% 34% 81% 3% 55% 79% 44% 5% 5 0 8% 9 3 6% 6 4 44% 5 0 0
8 Seasons 886 3052 3.44 1943 64% 20% 18% 26% 35% 80% 3% 51% 77% 41% 5% 47 1 14% 127 52 7% 66 42 22% 24 0 5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 27 46 75 73 6 20 3 0 0 5 5 0 1 6 .274 .280 .315 .595 68 23 0 0 0 1 0
1989 28 107 166 160 16 36 7 2 0 11 8 0 5 19 .225 .247 .294 .541 51 47 0 0 0 1 1
1990 29 153 215 208 26 48 11 2 0 12 10 0 6 25 .231 .251 .303 .554 53 63 1 0 0 1 2
1991 30 252 425 395 49 99 22 4 4 35 19 2 25 59 .251 .297 .357 .654 82 141 3 2 1 2 4
1992 31 355 598 557 71 135 28 7 8 57 24 4 35 91 .242 .288 .361 .649 82 201 5 2 1 3 5
1993 32 432 707 652 79 157 34 7 10 68 25 4 44 110 .241 .290 .360 .651 81 235 6 3 4 4 5
1994 33 499 797 734 94 178 40 10 10 73 25 5 48 129 .243 .292 .365 .657 81 268 7 5 6 4 6
1995 34 571 910 837 101 204 41 11 10 84 27 5 55 146 .244 .294 .355 .649 78 297 8 7 6 5 7

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1988 27 46 78 76 6 23 3 0 0 5 6 1 6 .303 .308 .342 .650 8 46
1989 28 61 92 88 10 17 4 2 0 6 3 4 13 .193 .228 .284 .512 6 61
1990 29 46 49 48 10 12 4 0 0 1 2 1 6 .250 .265 .333 .599 4 46
1991 30 99 216 192 25 56 12 2 4 25 10 21 34 .292 .366 .438 .803 31 99
1992 31 103 176 164 25 38 6 3 4 25 5 11 32 .232 .278 .378 .656 18 103
1993 32 77 107 96 8 23 6 0 2 11 1 9 19 .240 .308 .365 .673 11 77
1994 33 94 124 115 19 29 8 4 0 6 0 6 27 .252 .306 .391 .698 13 67
1995 34 81 128 117 7 30 1 1 0 11 2 8 19 .256 .313 .282 .595 10 72
8 Seasons 607 970 896 110 228 44 12 10 90 29 61 156 .254 .306 .364 .670 101 571
162 Game Avg. 162 259 239 29 61 12 3 3 24 8 16 42 .254 .306 .364 .670 27 571

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