Anthony Varvaro pitched in 166 big-league games, helped push the Atlanta Braves to an N.L. East title in 2013, and averaged a strikeout-per-inning in 11 major and minor-league seasons with the Mariners, Braves, and Red Sox.
He was a headliner from the start at Curtis High School, pitching a no-hit, 15-strikeout game in the 2001 city playoffs; and at St. John’s, where he was a third-team All-American and two-time All-Big East pitcher, and remains among the all-time leaders in wins and strikeouts.
Did You Know?
Anthony Varvaro, who found a second career as a Port Authority police officer, married the former Kerry Thomson, great-niece of Hall of Famer Bobby Thomson, who hit the most celebrated home run in baseball history, lifting the Brooklyn Dodgers over the New York Giants in their 1951 National League playoff.