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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 CHC NL 27 OF 18 11 108.2 32 29 0 3 0 .906 -2.5 -27.6 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 -2 2.40 1.61 .984 2.28 1.98
1988 CHC NL 27 LF 10 6 64.2 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -2.2 -40.8 -1.2 0.7 -1.9 -1 2.37 1.70 .983 2.13 1.75
1988 CHC NL 27 RF 8 5 44.0 14 12 0 2 0 .857 -0.3 -8.2 0.7 -0.1 0.8 -1 2.45 1.50 .979 2.05 1.75
1989 CHC NL 28 OF 21 11 122.0 28 25 1 2 0 .929 2.6 25.6 2.6 3.3 -0.7 0 1.92 1.24 .982 2.32 1.96
1989 CHC NL 28 LF 17 9 104.0 28 25 1 2 0 .929 2.4 27.7 2.4 3.1 -0.7 0 2.25 1.53 .982 2.15 1.72
1989 CHC NL 28 RF 4 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 13.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.70
1990 CHC NL 29 OF 3 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 0.67 1.000 2.43 2.00
1990 CHC NL 29 LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
1990 CHC NL 29 RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1991 PIT NL 30 OF 54 44 354.0 87 84 2 1 1 .989 -0.4 -1.4 -3.4 -1.6 -1.8 3 2.19 1.59 .983 2.28 1.88
1991 PIT NL 30 RF 45 36 291.0 71 70 1 0 1 1.000 1.5 6.2 -0.5 1.8 -2.3 2 2.20 1.58 .980 2.06 1.65
1991 PIT NL 30 CF 5 4 27.0 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -2.2 -97.8 -3.2 -3.2 0.0 1 1.67 1.00 .983 2.60 2.12
1991 PIT NL 30 LF 5 4 36.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 10.0 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0 2.75 2.20 .982 2.17 1.68
1991 PIT NL 30 1B 3 2 13.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 7.62 3.67 .991 9.76 8.43
1992 PIT NL 31 OF 44 27 251.2 64 62 1 1 0 .984 -1.8 -8.6 -0.8 -1.5 0.7 -1 2.25 1.43 .983 2.34 1.96
1992 PIT NL 31 RF 28 18 164.2 44 43 0 1 0 .977 -2.4 -17.5 -1.4 -1.8 0.4 -1 2.35 1.54 .980 2.08 1.66
1992 PIT NL 31 LF 14 9 83.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 8.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 2.06 1.36 .979 2.16 1.65
1992 PIT NL 31 CF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.45
1993 CIN NL 32 OF 22 12 122.1 28 27 1 0 1 1.000 -3.9 -38.3 -4.9 -4.3 -0.6 1 2.06 1.27 .979 2.34 2.00
1993 CIN NL 32 LF 13 6 64.1 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 -2.1 -39.2 -3.1 -2.5 -0.6 1 1.82 1.00 .977 2.11 1.69
1993 CIN NL 32 RF 9 6 58.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -37.2 -1.8 -1.8 0.0 0 2.33 1.67 .973 2.17 1.78
1994 PIT NL 33 OF 36 9 133.2 27 25 0 2 0 .926 -2.4 -21.5 -1.4 -1.9 0.5 -1 1.68 0.69 .981 2.24 1.90
1994 PIT NL 33 LF 18 8 87.2 21 20 0 1 0 .952 -0.6 -8.2 0.4 -1.5 1.9 -1 2.05 1.11 .981 1.91 1.44
1994 PIT NL 33 RF 18 1 43.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -1.8 -50.2 -1.8 -0.4 -1.4 0 1.26 0.33 .971 2.18 1.82
1994 PIT NL 33 CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1994 PIT NL 33 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.10
1995 PHI NL 34 OF 25 13 127.0 33 31 0 2 0 .939 3.7 35.0 2.7 1.2 1.5 1 2.20 1.24 .979 2.15 1.82
1995 PHI NL 34 RF 16 11 103.0 27 26 0 1 0 .963 3.5 40.8 2.5 1.0 1.5 1 2.27 1.63 .978 2.08 1.76
1995 PHI NL 34 LF 9 2 24.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0.2 10.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.88 0.56 .983 1.88 1.43
8 Seasons OF 223 128 1229.1 301 285 5 11 2 .963 -4.7 -4.6 -5.7 -4.2 -1.5 1 2.12 1.30 .982 2.28 1.92
8 Seasons RF 129 80 729.2 182 176 1 5 1 .973 -1.1 -1.8 -2.1 -1.1 -1.0 1 2.18 1.37 .979 2.09 1.71
8 Seasons LF 88 44 465.2 116 108 3 5 1 .957 -1.4 -3.6 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 -1 2.15 1.26 .981 2.09 1.62
3 Seasons CF 9 4 34.0 7 5 1 1 0 .857 -2.2 -77.6 -3.2 -3.2 0.0 1 1.59 0.67 .986 2.62 2.26
2 Seasons 1B 4 2 14.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 7.07 2.75 .991 9.77 8.35
8 Seasons TOT 227 130 1243.1 312 296 5 11 2 .965 -4.7 -4.5 -5.7 -4.2 -1.5 1 0 2.18 1.33 .947 2.36 2.01
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1988 CHC NL 27 46 11 46 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 8 18 0 30 2
1989 CHC NL 28 61 11 61 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 4 21 0 42 4
1990 CHC NL 29 46 1 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 44 1
1991 PIT NL 30 99 46 99 57 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 5 45 54 0 43 3
1992 PIT NL 31 103 27 103 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 28 44 0 62 9
1993 CIN NL 32 77 12 77 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 9 22 0 58 0
1994 PIT NL 33 67 9 67 37 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 2 18 36 0 33 5
1995 PHI NL 34 72 13 72 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 16 25 0 53 0
8 Seasons 571 130 571 227 0 0 4 0 0 0 88 9 129 223 0 365 24
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 -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1988 CHC NL 27 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 203 52% 81% 39% 22 55%
1989 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 91 51% 70% 37% 6 33%
1990 CHC NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 42% 84% 48% 3 67%
1991 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 8 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 7 3 1 4 3 0 29 15 51.7% 13 1 3.4% 0 1268 65% 77% 39% 114 62%
1992 PIT NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 5 2 0 18 8 44.4% 10 0 0.0% 0 729 56% 83% 43% 69 62%
1993 CIN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 266 60% 79% 43% 35 43%
1994 PIT NL 33 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 199 54% 70% 35% 20 30%
1995 PHI NL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 15 10 66.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 475 72% 73% 34% 46 57%
8 Seasons 5 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 30 16 0 19 7 0 10 5 0 14 7 1 13 8 0 86 43 50.0% 42 1 1.2% 0 3262 62% 78% 39% 315 56%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.5% 56% 77% 39% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1988 CHC NL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 278 44% 82% 41% 37 46%
1989 CHC NL 28 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 18 10 55.6% 7 1 5.6% 0 479 54% 75% 38% 55 47%
1990 CHC NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 58% 67% 42% 0
1991 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 161 78% 78% 41% 19 58%
1992 PIT NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 1 1 25.0% 0 349 61% 80% 33% 30 63%
1993 CIN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 4 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 7 63.6% 3 1 9.1% 0 301 58% 75% 39% 39 31%
1994 PIT NL 33 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 0 395 60% 78% 41% 43 47%
1995 PHI NL 34 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 123 55% 70% 37% 10 50%
8 Seasons 5 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 20 16 0 15 3 2 17 12 0 7 0 1 4 4 0 63 35 55.6% 25 3 4.8% 0 2098 57% 77% 38% 233 47%
MLB Averages 60.0% 2.5% 56% 77% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 PIT NL 30 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 130 58% 72% 38% 8 63%
1992 PIT NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 17% 67% 39% 2 50%
1994 PIT NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 56% 88% 38% 1 0%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 164 53% 73% 38% 11 55%
MLB Averages 41.4% 1.7% 56% 77% 39% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1991 PIT NL 30 50 74% 80% 32% 2 100% 0 11 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 PIT NL 33 7 43% 57% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 57 70% 77% 28% 2 100% 0 11 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 32% 93% 85%

* 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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