Garland
Varnum
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 170
 
Born: June 18, 1992 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2016 24 ARI NL $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 6 5 5 8 7 8
2017 25 ARI NL $ 300,000 5 5 4 4 6 5 6 8 8 8
2018 26 ARI NL $ 300,000 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 7 7
2019 27 CLE AL $ 300,000 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
2020 28 PIT NL $ 1,240,000 5 7 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
2021 29 PIT NL $ 1,291,429 5 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 6 5 5 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,291,429 5 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2016 24 ARI NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2017 25 ARI NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2018 26 ARI NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2019 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2020 28 PIT NL $ 1,240,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2021 29 PIT NL $ 1,291,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,291,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2016 24 ARI NL 1 1 .500 9 0 0 0 0 8.7 14 8 0 7 4 8.31 .341 .438 .366 .803 0.0
    AA   5 2 .714 33 0 0 0 1 42.7 43 17 4 6 30 3.59 .264 .290 .417 .707  
2017 25 ARI NL 5 13 .278 100 0 0 0 8 112.3 136 62 14 43 79 4.97 .292 .361 .423 .784 1.9
2018 26 ARI NL 5 4 .556 76 0 0 0 5 99.3 106 35 4 26 65 3.17 .270 .321 .339 .660 10.0
2019 27 ARI NL 0 0 .000 21 0 0 0 1 31.7 31 12 3 12 24 3.41 .256 .326 .364 .690 2.9
  CLE AL 3 4 .429 53 0 0 0 5 47.7 43 17 5 6 33 3.21 .239 .268 .350 .618 5.2
  TOT   3 4 .429 74 0 0 0 6 79.3 74 29 8 18 57 3.29 .246 .292 .355 .648 8.1
2020 28 CLE AL 1 2 .333 37 0 0 0 5 38.7 33 15 4 14 27 3.49 .229 .300 .340 .640 4.4
  PIT NL 9 1 .900 52 0 0 0 2 60.3 48 19 7 20 51 2.83 .214 .280 .339 .620 7.3
  TOT   10 3 .769 89 0 0 0 7 99.0 81 34 11 34 78 3.09 .220 .288 .340 .628 11.7
2021 29 PIT NL 5 6 .455 88 0 0 0 2 105.0 89 25 5 32 78 2.14 .230 .296 .300 .596 11.7
6 Years Sim 29 31 .483 436 0 0 0 28 503.6 500 193 42 160 361 3.45 .256 .318 .354 .672 43.3
1 Years AA 5 2 .714 33 0 0 0 1 42.7 43 17 4 6 30 3.59 .264 .290 .417 .707  
Season Average 4 5 .444 72 0 0 0 4 83.9 83 32 7 26 60 3.45 .256 .318 .354 .672  
Career Highs 10 13 .769 100 0 0 0 8 112.3 136 62 14 43 79 8.31 .341 .438 .423 .803  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   365 135 30 118 255   .256 .312 .355 .667
vs LH   135 58 12 42 106   .256 .311 .353 .664
Home 18 12 .600 219 0 0 0 14 264.7 263 102 16 87 197 3.47 .254 .312 .344 .656
Away 11 19 .367 217 0 0 0 14 239.0 237 91 26 73 164 3.43 .258 .312 .366 .678
Mar/Apr 3 3 .500 65 0 0 0 3 84.0 99 42 10 22 60 4.50 .288 .331 .407 .738
May 3 1 .750 80 0 0 0 6 99.0 90 30 8 27 53 2.73 .243 .295 .330 .624
June 3 8 .273 54 0 0 0 5 62.7 67 34 4 24 45 4.88 .266 .330 .357 .687
July 10 5 .667 68 0 0 0 2 76.0 60 16 3 22 66 1.90 .213 .270 .280 .550
August 3 10 .231 80 0 0 0 7 88.0 92 39 10 27 69 3.99 .266 .319 .399 .718
Sep/Oct 7 4 .636 89 0 0 0 5 94.0 92 32 7 38 68 3.06 .255 .326 .343 .669
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2016 24 AA   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
2017 25 ARI NL 93 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
2018 26 ARI NL 76 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2019 27 ARI NL 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  CLE AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2020 28 CLE AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  PIT NL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
2021 29 PIT NL 87 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
5 Years Sim 338 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5 0.0
1 Years AA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
162 Game Average 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7  
Career Highs 93 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
vs LH   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Home 168 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Away 141 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
RISP   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2016 24 ARI NL P 9 0 8.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04    
2017 25 ARI NL P 100 0 112.3 3 14 0 0 1.000 1.36    
2018 26 ARI NL P 76 0 99.3 3 16 0 0 1.000 1.72    
2019 27 ARI NL P 21 0 31.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.85    
  CLE AL P 53 0 47.7 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.13    
  TOT   P 74 0 79.3 6 3 0 0 1.000 1.02    
2020 28 CLE AL P 37 0 38.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.70    
  PIT NL P 52 0 60.3 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.90    
  TOT   P 89 0 99.0 1 8 0 1 1.000 .82    
2021 29 PIT NL P 88 0 105.0 10 12 1 0 .957 1.89    
Career Totals   436 0 503.6 23 54 1 1 .987 1.38    
Career Highs   100 0 112.3 10 16 1 1 1.000 1.89    
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
2019 27 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 0 8.3 10 3 1 1 5 3.24 .294 .314 .412 .726
2020 28 PIT NL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.3 6 4 1 2 3 10.81 .375 .444 .625 1.069
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 12 0 0 0 0 11.7 16 7 2 3 8 5.40 .320 .358 .480 .838
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
2017-4-100
2021-5-88
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 2)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 6)
 
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History
Drafted in 8th round, 219th overall pick, by Arizona in 2016
Earned first career win on 9/16/2016
Injured on 6/2/2018 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Arizona to Cleveland on 5/16/2019 (Going to ARI: P Oscar Cordoba, P Matthew Burse. Going to CLE: P Garland Varnum)
1/29/2020: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,240,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland to Pittsburgh on 6/23/2020 (Going to PIT: P Garland Varnum, RF Israel Gurrola. Going to CLE: P Alfonso Davalos)
Injured on 8/31/2020 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
1/29/2021: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,291,429 through salary arbitration