Anthony Varvaro Bio - Anthony Varvaro Wiki
Anthony Varvaro was a former MLB pitcher Anthony Varvaro, who retired in 2016 to become a New York City police officer, died in a car crash Sunday morning as he was on his way to work at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony, according to The Associated Press.
Varvaro spent six years as a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox before he retired in 2016. He worked as a police officer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ever since.
Anthony Varvaro Age
He was 37 years old.
Anthony Varvaro Killed in Car Crash
Varvaro was on his way to work at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in Manhattan on Sunday morning when he was killed. Details surrounding the crash are not known.
“On this solemn occasion as the Port Authority mourns the loss of 84 employees in the attacks on the World Trade Center — including 37 members of the Port Authority Police Department — our grief only deepens today with the passing of Officer Varvaro,” the Port Authority said in a statement, via The Associated Press.
Career
Varvaro pitched in the majors from 2010-15, first with the Mariners before his four-year run with the Braves. He spent his final season with the Red Sox. The Staten Island native held a career 3.23 ERA and pitched 183.2 innings over 166 games.
Mr. Varvaro was traded to the Boston Red Sox in 2014, but after learning that he would need a second elbow surgery, he came to a crossroads.
During off-seasons, he would take a Port Authority police test just to see what would happen, he told ESPN. Eventually, the Port Authority called him and asked if he was still interested.
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Two days after his last baseball game in June 2016, Mr. Varvaro enrolled in the Port Authority police academy. That December, he became a police officer, the Port Authority said in a statement.
Mr. Varvaro was assigned to patrol for nearly five years and later became a police academy instructor.
He recalled in 2017 that toward the end of his academy training he jotted down where he most wished to be assigned as a patrol officer: The One World Trade Center. Soon, he was walking around the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in uniform, listening to fellow officers joke that their allegiance to the Mets made them skeptical of a former Atlanta Braves player.
Anthony Varvaro Wife
Mr. Varvaro is survived by his wife, Kerry, and his four children, according to the Port Authority.