Steve Garvey
Steven Patrick Garvey
Born: December 22, 1948
Tampa, FL USA
Primary Position: 1B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 192
College: Michigan State University
Career: 1969-1987
Draft: Round 3 (1966 June Amateur Draft, Minnesota Twins)
Draft: Round 1 (1968 June Secondary Draft, Los Angeles Dodgers)
School: Chamberlain HS (Tampa, FL)
Michigan State
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
Minor League Statistics
Steve Garvey compiled a career batting average of .294 with 272 home runs and 1308 RBI in his 2332-game career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. He began playing during the 1969 season and last took the field during the 1987 campaign. Garvey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1969 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1970 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 34 | 100 | 93 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17 | .269 | .310 | .355 | .665 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1971 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 81 | 249 | 225 | 27 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 33 | .227 | .290 | .382 | .673 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
1972 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 96 | 317 | 294 | 36 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 36 | .269 | .312 | .422 | .734 | 124 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
1973 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 114 | 366 | 349 | 37 | 106 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 42 | .304 | .328 | .438 | .766 | 153 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
1974 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 156 | 685 | 642 | 95 | 200 | 32 | 3 | 21 | 111 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 66 | .312 | .342 | .469 | .811 | 301 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
1975 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 160 | 704 | 659 | 85 | 210 | 38 | 6 | 18 | 95 | 11 | 2 | 33 | 66 | .319 | .351 | .476 | .827 | 314 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
1976 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 162 | 696 | 631 | 85 | 200 | 37 | 4 | 13 | 80 | 19 | 8 | 50 | 69 | .317 | .363 | .450 | .813 | 284 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
1977 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 162 | 696 | 646 | 91 | 192 | 25 | 3 | 33 | 115 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 90 | .297 | .335 | .498 | .834 | 322 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
1978 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 162 | 689 | 639 | 89 | 202 | 36 | 9 | 21 | 113 | 10 | 5 | 40 | 70 | .316 | .353 | .499 | .852 | 319 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
1979 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 162 | 697 | 648 | 92 | 204 | 32 | 1 | 28 | 110 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 59 | .315 | .351 | .497 | .848 | 322 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
1980 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 163 | 704 | 658 | 78 | 200 | 27 | 1 | 26 | 106 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 67 | .304 | .341 | .467 | .808 | 307 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 110 | 461 | 431 | 63 | 122 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 64 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 49 | .283 | .322 | .411 | .732 | 177 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
1982 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 162 | 660 | 625 | 66 | 176 | 35 | 1 | 16 | 86 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 86 | .282 | .301 | .418 | .718 | 261 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
1983 | NL | San Diego Padres | 100 | 425 | 388 | 76 | 114 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 39 | .294 | .344 | .459 | .802 | 178 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
1984 | NL | San Diego Padres | 161 | 653 | 617 | 72 | 175 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 64 | .284 | .307 | .373 | .680 | 230 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
1985 | NL | San Diego Padres | 162 | 699 | 654 | 80 | 184 | 34 | 6 | 17 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 67 | .281 | .318 | .430 | .748 | 281 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
1986 | NL | San Diego Padres | 155 | 584 | 557 | 58 | 142 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 81 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 72 | .255 | .284 | .408 | .692 | 227 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
1987 | NL | San Diego Padres | 27 | 78 | 76 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .211 | .231 | .276 | .507 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2332 | 9466 | 8835 | 1143 | 2599 | 440 | 43 | 272 | 1308 | 83 | 62 | 479 | 1003 | .294 | .329 | .446 | .775 | 3941 | 251 | 29 | 33 | 90 | 113 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1970 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3B | 27 | 22 | 202.0 | 23 | 59 | 5 | 4 | .943 | 3.653 | 3.037 |
1970 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1971 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3B | 79 | 60 | 561.0 | 53 | 161 | 14 | 11 | .939 | 3.433 | 2.709 |
1972 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3B | 85 | 73 | 670.0 | 71 | 187 | 28 | 18 | .902 | 3.466 | 3.035 |
1972 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 3 | 3 | 22.0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 14.318 | 11.667 |
1973 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 76 | 72 | 647.7 | 718 | 26 | 5 | 58 | .993 | 1.339 | 9.789 |
1973 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | OF | 10 | 7 | 68.0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.853 | 1.400 |
1974 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 156 | 156 | 1404.3 | 1536 | 62 | 8 | 108 | .995 | 1.241 | 1.244 |
1975 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 160 | 160 | 1450.7 | 1500 | 77 | 8 | 96 | .995 | 9.784 | 9.856 |
1976 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 162 | 162 | 1464.7 | 1583 | 67 | 3 | 138 | .998 | 1.139 | 1.185 |
1977 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 160 | 160 | 1417.3 | 1606 | 55 | 8 | 137 | .995 | 1.547 | 1.381 |
1978 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 161 | 162 | 1412.7 | 1546 | 74 | 9 | 121 | .994 | 1.321 | 1.062 |
1979 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 162 | 162 | 1408.7 | 1402 | 93 | 7 | 101 | .995 | 9.552 | 9.228 |
1980 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 162 | 162 | 1460.7 | 1502 | 112 | 6 | 122 | .996 | 9.945 | 9.963 |
1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 110 | 110 | 954.0 | 1019 | 55 | 1 | 84 | .999 | 1.132 | 9.764 |
1982 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 158 | 156 | 1373.3 | 1539 | 111 | 8 | 102 | .995 | 1.813 | 1.443 |
1983 | NL | San Diego Padres | 1B | 100 | 100 | 867.7 | 888 | 49 | 6 | 69 | .994 | 9.719 | 9.370 |
1984 | NL | San Diego Padres | 1B | 159 | 159 | 1329.7 | 1232 | 87 | 0 | 117 | 1.000 | 8.928 | 8.296 |
1985 | NL | San Diego Padres | 1B | 162 | 162 | 1418.3 | 1442 | 92 | 5 | 138 | .997 | 9.734 | 9.469 |
1986 | NL | San Diego Padres | 1B | 148 | 138 | 1190.0 | 1160 | 53 | 7 | 94 | .994 | 9.174 | 8.196 |
1987 | NL | San Diego Padres | 1B | 20 | 19 | 143.7 | 138 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 9.334 | 7.450 |
Totals | 2261 | 2205 | 19467.3 | 19004 | 1434 | 130 | 1531 | .994 | 9.449 | 9.039 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1974 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 4 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .389 | .421 | .778 | 1.199 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1974 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 5 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .381 | .381 | .381 | .762 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1977 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 4 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .308 | .400 | .308 | .708 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1977 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 6 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .375 | .400 | .625 | 1.025 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1978 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .389 | .389 | 1.222 | 1.611 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1978 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 6 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .208 | .240 | .250 | .490 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NWDIV | 5 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .368 | .368 | .789 | 1.158 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 5 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 6 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .417 | .462 | .458 | .920 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1984 | NL | San Diego Padres | NLCS | 5 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .429 | .600 | 1.029 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1984 | NL | San Diego Padres | WS | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 55 | 232 | 222 | 32 | 75 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 32 | .338 | .361 | .550 | .910 | 122 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1974 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 1B | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .977 | 1.500 | 1.500 |
1974 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 1B | 5 | 5 | 42.0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.929 | 7.400 |
1977 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 1B | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 1.250 |
1977 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 1B | 6 | 6 | 55.0 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.636 | 1.833 |
1978 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 1B | 4 | 4 | 37.0 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 11.919 | 12.250 |
1978 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 1B | 6 | 6 | 52.7 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .984 | 1.424 | 1.167 |
1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NWDIV | 1B | 5 | 5 | 46.3 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.489 | 1.800 |
1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 1B | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.432 | 1.200 |
1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 1B | 6 | 6 | 52.0 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 8.308 | 8.000 |
1984 | NL | San Diego Padres | NLCS | 1B | 5 | 5 | 43.0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.953 | 7.600 |
1984 | NL | San Diego Padres | WS | 1B | 5 | 5 | 42.0 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.143 | 7.600 |
Totals | 55 | 55 | 486.0 | 485 | 39 | 2 | 45 | .996 | 9.704 | 9.527 |
Awards
1974 - NL Most Valuable Player
1974 - NL TSN All-Star 1B
1974 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1975 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1975 - NL TSN All-Star 1B
1976 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1977 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1977 - NL TSN All-Star 1B
1978 - NL NLCS MVP
1978 - NL TSN All-Star 1B
1984 - NL NLCS MVP
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