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Steven
Varnum		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 200
 
Born: August 25, 1912 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Class A Championships Won 1938    1943   
Top Fielders Award 1945   
All-Star Selections 1938    1940    1942   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Chet Covington Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1938 25 WB EL 18 8 .692 35 35 24 2 0 308.0 218 81 21 102 287 2.37 .200 .267 .330 .597  
1939 26 WB EL 15 17 .469 34 34 26 2 0 288.7 228 110 27 92 247 3.43 .215 .276 .383 .659  
1940 27 SPR EL 16 11 .593 35 35 23 5 0 299.0 189 90 16 103 294 2.71 .179 .250 .289 .539  
1941 28 SPR EL 21 9 .700 34 34 22 2 0 290.0 221 94 14 99 342 2.92 .209 .275 .325 .600  
1942 29 SPR EL 23 12 .657 36 36 29 1 0 308.0 256 100 21 94 341 2.92 .224 .280 .366 .647  
1943 30 SPR EL 14 13 .519 35 35 8 0 0 261.0 228 116 12 100 284 4.00 .235 .304 .369 .673  
1944 31 WIL EL 13 12 .520 34 34 9 2 0 265.3 237 95 8 109 255 3.22 .240 .314 .353 .667  
1945 32 WIL EL 15 12 .556 36 36 9 1 0 274.7 234 97 13 100 272 3.18 .229 .297 .346 .643  
8 Years Sim 135 94 .590 279 279 150 15 0 2294.7 1811 783 132 799 2322 3.07 .216 .282 .345 .627  
Season Average 16 11 .593 34 34 18 1 0 286.8 226 97 16 99 290 3.07 .216 .282 .345 .627  
Career Highs 23 17 .700 36 36 29 5 0 308.0 256 116 27 109 342 4.00 .240 .314 .383 .673  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Joe Munson Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 25 WB EL 35 104 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 6 33 .029 .081 .058 .139 -4.5  
1939 26 WB EL 34 93 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 28 .065 .103 .097 .200 -3.0  
1940 27 SPR EL 35 94 6 6 4 0 0 4 1 0 9 39 .064 .146 .106 .252 -1.0  
1941 28 SPR EL 34 101 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 36 .020 .039 .020 .059 -7.5  
1942 29 SPR EL 36 111 5 9 5 1 0 6 0 0 4 34 .081 .113 .144 .257 -2.1  
1943 30 SPR EL 36 88 7 6 2 3 1 10 0 0 6 31 .068 .126 .193 .319 1.3  
1944 31 WIL EL 34 92 5 7 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 28 .076 .115 .098 .212 -2.8  
1945 32 WIL EL 36 94 6 8 4 1 0 4 0 0 5 33 .085 .130 .149 .279 -0.8  
8 Years Sim 280 777 36 47 20 5 2 32 2 0 40 262 .060 .106 .107 .213 -20.5  
162 Game Average 449 20 27 11 2 1 18 1 0 23 151 .060 .106 .107 .213 -11.8  
Career Highs 36 111 7 9 5 3 1 10 1 0 9 39 .085 .146 .193 .319 1.3  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Top Fielders Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1938 25 WB EL P 35 35 308.0 15 47 2 8 .969 1.81    
1939 26 WB EL P 34 34 288.7 14 36 2 5 .962 1.56    
1940 27 SPR EL P 35 35 299.0 13 35 4 4 .923 1.44    
1941 28 SPR EL P 34 34 290.0 18 39 3 1 .950 1.77    
1942 29 SPR EL P 36 36 308.0 15 47 1 1 .984 1.81    
1943 30 SPR EL P 35 35 261.0 12 44 4 4 .933 1.93    
1944 31 WIL EL P 34 34 265.3 19 26 2 1 .957 1.53    
1945 32 WIL EL P 36 36 274.7 14 47 2 3 .968 2.00    
Career Totals   279 279 2294.7 120 321 20 27 .957 1.73    
Career Highs   36 36 308.0 19 47 4 8 .984 2.00    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1938 25 WB EL 3 0 1.000 3 3 3 0 0 27.0 15 4 0 4 19 1.33 .160 .194 .234 .428
1941 28 SPR EL 2 0 1.000 3 3 2 0 0 27.0 16 3 0 13 24 1.00 .174 .276 .239 .515
1942 29 SPR EL 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 7 4 0 5 14 4.00 .233 .343 .333 .676
1943 30 SPR EL 2 1 .667 4 4 1 0 0 29.3 24 11 1 11 30 3.38 .216 .287 .324 .611
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 2 .778 11 11 7 0 0 92.3 62 22 1 33 87 2.14 .190 .264 .275 .539
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
1938 25 WB EL 3 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .200 .300
1941 28 SPR EL 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1942 29 SPR EL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 30 SPR EL 4 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .222 .422
Career Post-Season Batting 11 30 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .067 .091 .133 .224
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1938-2-2.37
1940-5-2.71
1941-7-2.92
1942-4-2.92
1944-7-3.22
1945-6-3.18
CAR-8-3.07
 Wins
1938-7-18
1940-5-16
1941-2-21
1942-2-23
1945-8-15
CAR-37-135
 Losses
1939-6-17
1943-9-13
 Winning Pct
1938-3-.692
1940-7-.593
1941-2-.700
1942-4-.657
1945-10-.556
CAR-15-.590
 Games Pitched
1938-2-35
1939-8-34
1940-3-35
1941-6-34
1942-1-36
1945-6-36
 Games Started
1938-2-35
1939-8-34
1940-2-35
1941-5-34
1942-1-36
1943-4-35
1944-7-34
1945-1-36
CAR-48-279
Complete Games
1939-9-26
1942-6-29
CAR-24-150
 Shutouts
1938-7-2
1940-3-5
1941-10-2
1944-6-2
1945-9-1
CAR-33-15
 Innings Pitched
1938-2-308.0
1939-9-288.7
1940-4-299.0
1941-5-290.0
1942-3-308.0
1943-9-261.0
1945-7-274.7
CAR-39-2294.7
 Strikeouts
1938-6-287
1940-6-294
1941-2-342
1942-3-341
1943-6-284
1944-8-255
1945-7-272
CAR-24-2322
 Walks Allowed
1938-5-102
1939-7-92
1940-7-103
1941-6-99
1943-6-100
1944-4-109
1945-6-100
CAR-21-799
 Walks per 9IP
CAR-39-3.1
Hits per 9IP
1938-3-6.4
1939-5-7.1
1940-2-5.7
1941-5-6.9
1942-6-7.5
1944-9-8.0
1945-6-7.7
CAR-5-7.1
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1938-9-8.4
1940-10-8.8
1941-4-10.6
1942-7-10.0
1943-5-9.8
1944-10-8.6
1945-10-8.9
CAR-8-9.1
 WHiP
1938-4-1.04
1939-9-1.11
1940-4-0.98
1942-10-1.14
CAR-12-1.14
 OAVG
1938-3-.200
1939-5-.215
1940-2-.179
1941-5-.209
1942-7-.224
1944-9-.240
1945-7-.229
CAR-5-.216
 OOBP
1938-4-.267
1939-9-.276
1940-3-.250
1941-8-.275
1942-7-.280
CAR-10-.282
 OSLG
1938-2-.330
1940-1-.289
1941-4-.325
1942-8-.366
1944-8-.353
1945-4-.346
CAR-7-.345
OOPS
1938-3-.597
1940-2-.539
1941-4-.600
1942-7-.647
1944-7-.667
1945-6-.643
CAR-7-.627
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 159    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 171)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 45    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 59)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Wilkes-Barre in 1938
Had first career hit on 4/15/1938, off Michael Rutz (ELM)
Earned first career win on 4/15/1938
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1938, off Numbers Dann (ALB)
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Class A Championship with Wilkes-Barre in 1938
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1939, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Signed as a free agent by Springfield on 2/27/1940 to a 6-year deal worth $7,136,900 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1940, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/1940, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1940, going 4-2, 0.89
Struck out 15 batters against Hartford on 5/17/1941
Struck out 15 batters against Wilkes-Barre on 7/7/1941
Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1941, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/19/1942, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1942, going 8-0, 2.00
Struck out 17 batters against Wilkes-Barre on 8/2/1942
Struck out 16 batters against Williamsport on 9/9/1942
Won Class A Championship with Springfield in 1943
Struck out 15 batters against Utica on 6/9/1945
Won Top Fielders Award at Pitcher in 1945
 
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