Pete Varney
| Pete Varney | |
|---|---|
Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 26, 1973, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 12, 1976, for the Atlanta Braves | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .247 |
| Home runs | 5 |
| Runs batted in | 15 |
| Teams | |
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Richard Fred "Pete" Varney Jr. (born April 10, 1949) is a retired American college baseball coach and a former professional baseball catcher. A graduate of Harvard College, he also played a notable role in the 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game, in which Harvard roared back from a 29–13 deficit in the final 42 seconds of play to tie Yale, 29–29. Both teams were undefeated at the time.
Born in
All-American.[1]
After being drafted six previous times by five different
at bats. In his most successful season, 1975, Varney appeared in 36 games as the backup to regular ChiSox catcher Brian Downing
, batting .271 in 107 at bats.
In
home runs during that stretch. On July 15, he was traded to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Blue Moon Odom. He spent much of the rest of that season with the Triple-A Richmond Braves, coming to bat for Atlanta ten times, with one hit, a single
.
All told, in 69 MLB games played, Varney batted .247, with seven doubles and one triple, along with his five homers.
Pete Varney retired from professional baseball after the 1977 minor league season. After three years of high school coaching in
win–loss record of 705–528 (with six ties), and became the winningest Brandeis coach in any varsity sport.[1][2] From 1988 to 1990, he skippered the Cotuit Kettleers, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3][4] He announced his retirement effective June 30, 2015.[2]
See also
- Chicago White Sox all-time roster
- Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
References
- ^ a b Brandeis University
- ^ a b June 26, 2015, The Boston Globe
- ^ "Kettleers Baseball Clinics". Barnstable Patriot. Barnstable, MA. June 2, 1988. p. 15.
- ^ "CCBL signs new coaches, players; Floren, Corradi to return". Barnstable Patriot. Barnstable, MA. November 29, 1990. p. 8.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Baseball Almanac