Anthony Varvaro, a former Major League pitcher who became a New York City area police officer in 2016, was killed in a car crash while heading to a Sept. 11 memorial in Manhattan, according to officials.
Varvaro, 37, was relief pitcher played for three MLB teams – the Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox – during his six year career from 2010-15. After retiring from baseball in 2016, he became a police officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The department said Varvaro was an instructor for the Port Authority Police Academy and "conducted annual in-service training for Port Authority police officers.