Steve Garvey
Steven Patrick Garvey
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: December 22, 1948 in Tampa, FL
High School: Chamberlain (Tampa, FL)
School: Michigan State University
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1969
Final Game: May 23, 1987
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 LAD NL 21 3B 27 22 202.0 87 23 59 5 4 .943 -0.8 -4.8 -0.8 -2.2 1.4 0 3.65 3.04 .945 2.91 2.58
1970 LAD NL 21 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1971 LAD NL 22 3B 79 60 560.2 228 53 161 14 11 .939 7.8 16.7 7.8 0.9 6.9 0 3.44 2.71 .950 2.80 2.32
1972 LAD NL 23 3B 85 73 670.1 286 71 187 28 18 .902 -1.3 -2.3 -1.3 -3.4 2.1 0 3.46 3.04 .948 2.87 2.55
1972 LAD NL 23 1B 3 3 22.0 35 33 2 0 3 1.000 0.7 38.2 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 14.32 11.67 .991 9.74 8.43
1973 LAD NL 24 1B 76 72 647.2 749 718 26 5 58 .993 0.5 0.9 0.5 3.3 -2.7 0 10.34 9.79 .992 9.83 8.40
1973 LAD NL 24 OF 10 7 68.0 16 13 1 2 0 .875 0.2 3.5 -0.8 -0.7 -0.1 1 1.85 1.40 .981 2.22 1.96
1973 LAD NL 24 LF 8 7 67.0 16 13 1 2 0 .875 0.2 3.6 -0.8 -0.7 -0.1 1 1.88 1.75 .981 2.06 1.68
1973 LAD NL 24 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1974 LAD NL 25 1B 156 156 1404.1 1606 1536 62 8 108 .995 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 -0.6 0 10.24 10.24 .991 6.41 6.41 AS,MVP-1,GG
1975 LAD NL 26 1B 160 160 1450.2 1585 1500 77 8 96 .995 5.2 4.3 5.2 0.7 4.5 0 9.78 9.86 .990 6.20 6.25 AS,MVP-11,GG
1976 LAD NL 27 1B 162 162 1464.2 1653 1583 67 3 138 .998 3.6 2.9 3.6 -0.9 4.4 0 10.14 10.19 .991 6.14 6.17 AS,MVP-6,GG
1977 LAD NL 28 1B 160 160 1417.1 1669 1606 55 8 137 .995 6.1 5.2 6.1 -1.4 7.5 0 10.55 10.38 .991 6.35 6.25 AS,MVP-6,GG
1978 LAD NL 29 1B 161 162 1412.2 1629 1546 74 9 121 .994 2.9 2.5 2.9 3.1 -0.2 0 10.32 10.06 .992 6.37 6.21 AS,MVP-2
1979 LAD NL 30 1B 162 162 1408.2 1502 1402 93 7 101 .995 -3.1 -2.6 -3.1 1.4 -4.6 0 9.55 9.23 .992 6.39 6.17 AS,MVP-14
1980 LAD NL 31 1B 162 162 1460.2 1620 1502 112 6 122 .996 -2.4 -2.0 -1.4 -2.1 0.7 -1 9.94 9.96 .992 6.16 6.17 AS,MVP-6
1981 LAD NL 32 1B 110 110 954.0 1075 1019 55 1 84 .999 1.9 2.4 1.9 -0.8 2.7 0 10.13 9.76 .992 9.43 8.68 AS,MVP-25
1982 LAD NL 33 1B 158 156 1373.1 1658 1539 111 8 102 .995 5.3 4.6 6.3 2.0 4.3 -1 10.81 10.44 .992 6.55 6.33
1983 SDP NL 34 1B 100 100 867.2 943 888 49 6 69 .994 -7.2 -10.0 -6.2 -3.3 -2.9 -1 9.72 9.37 .992 9.96 8.39
1984 SDP NL 35 1B 159 159 1329.2 1319 1232 87 0 117 1.000 -2.5 -2.3 -2.5 -3.0 0.5 0 8.93 8.30 .992 6.77 6.29 AS,MVP-20
1985 SDP NL 36 1B 162 162 1418.1 1539 1442 92 5 138 .997 -5.0 -4.2 -5.0 -3.6 -1.4 0 9.73 9.47 .993 6.34 6.17 AS
1986 SDP NL 37 1B 148 138 1190.0 1220 1160 53 7 94 .994 -10.6 -10.7 -9.6 -6.3 -3.4 -1 9.17 8.20 .992 7.56 6.76
1987 SDP NL 38 1B 20 19 143.2 149 138 11 0 10 1.000 -1.2 -10.0 -1.2 0.1 -1.3 0 9.33 7.45 .991 9.89 8.47
16 Seasons 1B 2059 2043 17965.1 19951 18844 1026 81 1498 .996 -5.7 -0.4 -1.7 -9.5 7.5 -4 9.95 9.65 .992 6.94 6.62
3 Seasons 3B 191 155 1433.0 601 147 407 47 33 .922 5.7 4.8 5.7 -4.7 10.4 0 3.48 2.90 .948 2.85 2.46
1 Season OF 10 7 68.0 16 13 1 2 0 .875 0.2 3.5 -0.8 -0.7 -0.1 1 1.85 1.40 .981 2.22 1.96
1 Season LF 8 7 67.0 16 13 1 2 0 .875 0.2 3.6 -0.8 -0.7 -0.1 1 1.88 1.75 .981 2.06 1.68
1 Season 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
19 Seasons TOT 2261 2205 19467.1 20568 19004 1434 130 1531 .994 0.1 0.0 3.1 -15.0 17.8 1 -4 9.45 9.04 .984 6.62 6.24
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1969 LAD NL 20 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1970 LAD NL 21 34 22 34 34 0 0 0 1 27 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1971 LAD NL 22 81 60 81 81 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1972 LAD NL 23 96 76 96 96 0 0 3 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1973 LAD NL 24 114 79 114 114 0 0 76 0 0 0 8 0 1 10 33 1
1974 LAD NL 25 156 156 156 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 26 160 160 160 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 LAD NL 27 162 162 162 162 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 LAD NL 28 162 160 162 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 LAD NL 29 162 162 162 162 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 LAD NL 30 162 162 162 162 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 LAD NL 31 163 162 163 162 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 LAD NL 32 110 110 110 110 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 LAD NL 33 162 156 162 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1983 SDP NL 34 100 100 100 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 SDP NL 35 161 159 161 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1985 SDP NL 36 162 162 162 162 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 SDP NL 37 155 138 155 148 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1987 SDP NL 38 27 19 27 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
19 Seasons 2332 2205 2332 2310 0 0 2061 1 191 0 8 0 1 10 0 90 2
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 LAD NL 23 96 66% 86% 38% 8 100% 0 33 3 30 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 LAD NL 24 2717 68% 78% 28% 128 96% 0 721 48 662 11 52 28 21 3 0 1 5 2 3 0 2 58 0 0 0 56 1 2 0 2 9 100%
1974 LAD NL 25 6000 61% 77% 27% 310 96% 2 1533 118 1398 21 127 63 48 3 3 1 8 4 2 2 2 108 1 0 1 97 3 11 7 4 16 88%
1975 LAD NL 26 6104 55% 78% 26% 362 95% 0 1498 110 1365 23 166 79 59 12 0 7 8 1 7 0 7 96 2 0 5 82 7 14 2 9 25 88%
1976 LAD NL 27 6278 62% 80% 28% 322 97% 3 1580 98 1453 29 170 66 35 12 2 5 3 0 3 0 2 138 2 0 5 127 8 10 5 4 26 96%
1977 LAD NL 28 6080 63% 78% 29% 337 96% 0 1611 110 1462 38 164 58 44 10 0 2 8 2 6 0 5 137 1 1 3 128 5 9 3 6 21 86%
1978 LAD NL 29 6100 61% 80% 28% 352 95% 2 1549 115 1406 27 160 70 43 13 2 8 9 1 7 1 6 121 4 0 2 113 6 8 5 3 17 76%
1979 LAD NL 30 6295 57% 78% 24% 361 95% 0 1402 115 1263 24 147 95 74 7 1 5 7 1 6 0 5 102 1 0 3 93 5 9 2 7 30 97%
1980 LAD NL 31 6335 55% 79% 26% 326 96% 0 1505 94 1397 16 124 106 92 7 1 7 6 2 4 0 3 120 1 0 3 100 2 20 6 14 19 95%
1981 LAD NL 32 4067 61% 78% 29% 231 97% 0 1018 75 930 12 102 58 44 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 83 1 0 1 80 4 3 1 2 13 92%
1982 LAD NL 33 5904 62% 78% 29% 332 96% 0 1537 94 1425 18 134 105 84 6 0 3 8 0 7 1 6 100 0 0 2 88 2 11 4 7 32 91%
1983 SDP NL 34 3806 60% 80% 24% 189 96% 0 879 55 817 7 87 47 36 4 0 3 7 0 7 0 5 69 0 0 1 60 1 9 1 8 21 86%
1984 SDP NL 35 5847 62% 78% 23% 255 100% 0 1260 58 1186 16 133 77 60 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 1 3 103 4 14 2 12 20 100%
1985 SDP NL 36 6138 59% 81% 25% 319 99% 1 1447 75 1358 12 168 97 69 9 2 5 5 0 3 2 1 137 0 0 4 124 6 13 2 11 25 100%
1986 SDP NL 37 5331 57% 76% 26% 241 96% 0 1156 60 1082 15 134 55 34 3 2 3 7 2 4 1 2 92 0 0 2 78 3 14 4 9 17 88%
1987 SDP NL 38 648 55% 75% 27% 25 100% 0 137 4 130 3 13 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 3 100%
16 Seasons 77746 60% 79% 27% 4098 96% 8 18866 1232 17364 272 1884 1017 752 99 16 61 82 15 60 7 46 1491 13 2 35 1341 57 148 45 98 295 92%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 LAD NL 21 885 71% 78% 27% 81 90% 2 23 14 4 5 57 46 9 0 4 5 0 5 0 5 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 3 100%
1971 LAD NL 22 2350 66% 79% 30% 225 89% 2 52 38 8 6 163 143 15 1 2 14 0 13 1 10 13 9 2 11 1 1 0 7 100%
1972 LAD NL 23 2811 69% 79% 30% 282 85% 3 71 47 13 11 187 146 37 1 2 28 0 27 1 26 18 12 4 17 1 0 1 9 67%
3 Seasons 6046 68% 79% 29% 588 87% 7 146 99 25 22 407 335 61 2 8 47 0 45 2 41 35 23 7 31 3 1 1 19 84%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 90% 70%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 LAD NL 24 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 9 69.2% 4 0 0.0% 1 303 69% 73% 21% 37 38%
1 Season 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 9 69.2% 4 0 0.0% 1 303 69% 73% 21% 37 38%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.8% 58% 78% 26% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1970 LAD NL 21 4 25% 100% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 4 25% 100% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 LAD NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 67% 33% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 67% 33% 0
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.1% 58% 78% 26% 55%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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