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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1969 20 LAD NL 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 94 1 0 0 0 0 0
1970 21 LAD NL 34 100 93 8 25 5 0 1 6 1 1 6 17 .269 .310 .355 .665 82 33 3 0 0 1 0 5/4
1971 22 LAD NL 81 249 225 27 51 12 1 7 26 1 2 21 33 .227 .290 .382 .673 95 86 6 0 1 2 2 5
1972 23 LAD NL 96 317 294 36 79 14 2 9 30 4 2 19 36 .269 .312 .422 .734 109 124 8 1 0 3 3 5/3
1973 24 LAD NL 114 366 349 37 106 17 3 8 50 0 2 11 42 .304 .328 .438 .766 114 153 8 3 0 3 4 3/79
1974 25 LAD NL 156 685 642 95 200 32 3 21 111 5 4 31 66 .312 .342 .469 .811 130 301 8 3 1 8 4 *3 AS,MVP-1,GG
1975 26 LAD NL 160 704 659 85 210 38 6 18 95 11 2 33 66 .319 .351 .476 .827 133 314 19 3 3 6 6 *3 AS,MVP-11,GG
1976 27 LAD NL 162 696 631 85 200 37 4 13 80 19 8 50 69 .317 .363 .450 .813 133 284 20 1 5 9 11 *3 AS,MVP-6,GG
1977 28 LAD NL 162 696 646 91 192 25 3 33 115 9 6 38 90 .297 .335 .498 .834 121 322 15 1 7 4 10 *3 AS,MVP-6,GG
1978 29 LAD NL 162 689 639 89 202 36 9 21 113 10 5 40 70 .316 .353 .499 .852 137 319 17 1 1 8 9 *3 AS,MVP-2
1979 30 LAD NL 162 697 648 92 204 32 1 28 110 3 6 37 59 .315 .351 .497 .848 130 322 25 2 4 6 16 *3 AS,MVP-14
1980 31 LAD NL 163 704 658 78 200 27 1 26 106 6 11 36 67 .304 .341 .467 .808 125 307 17 3 3 4 6 *3 AS,MVP-6
1981 32 LAD NL 110 461 431 63 122 23 1 10 64 3 5 25 49 .283 .322 .411 .732 110 177 8 1 1 3 6 *3 AS,MVP-25
1982 33 LAD NL 162 660 625 66 176 35 1 16 86 5 3 20 86 .282 .301 .418 .718 101 261 10 1 5 9 10 *3
1983 34 SDP NL 100 425 388 76 114 22 0 14 59 4 1 29 39 .294 .344 .459 .802 124 178 16 3 0 5 11 3
1984 35 SDP NL 161 653 617 72 175 27 2 8 86 1 2 24 64 .284 .307 .373 .680 91 230 25 1 1 10 3 *3 AS,MVP-20
1985 36 SDP NL 162 699 654 80 184 34 6 17 81 0 0 35 67 .281 .318 .430 .748 109 281 25 3 1 6 7 *3 AS
1986 37 SDP NL 155 584 557 58 142 22 0 21 81 1 2 23 72 .255 .284 .408 .692 91 227 18 1 0 3 5 *3
1987 38 SDP NL 27 78 76 5 16 2 0 1 9 0 0 1 10 .211 .231 .276 .507 36 21 3 1 0 0 0 3
19 Seasons 2332 9466 8835 1143 2599 440 43 272 1308 83 62 479 1003 .294 .329 .446 .775 116 3941 251 29 33 90 113
162 Game Avg. 162 658 614 79 181 31 3 19 91 6 4 33 70 .294 .329 .446 .775 116 274 17 2 2 6 8
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
LAD (14 yrs) 1727 7027 6543 852 1968 333 35 211 992 77 57 367 751 .301 .337 .459 .796 122 3004 164 20 31 66 87
SDP (5 yrs) 605 2439 2292 291 631 107 8 61 316 6 5 112 252 .275 .309 .409 .717 100 937 87 9 2 24 26

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 25 LAD NL NLCS PIT W 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 25 LAD NL WS OAK L 5 21 21 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .381 .381 .381 .762 8 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 4 16 13 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .308 .400 .308 .708 4 0 0 1 0 2
1977 28 LAD NL WS NYY L 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 29 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 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 29 LAD NL WS NYY L 6 25 24 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 .208 .240 .250 .490 6 0 0 0 0 0
1981 32 LAD NL NLDS HOU W 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 32 LAD NL NLCS MON W 5 21 21 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 9 1 0 0 0 0
1981 32 LAD NL WS NYY W 6 26 24 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .417 .462 .458 .920 11 0 0 0 0 1
1984 35 SDP NL NLCS CHC W 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 35 SDP NL WS DET L 5 21 20 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .300 .500 6 1 0 1 0 0
5 Seasons (11 Series) 55 232 222 32 75 8 3 11 31 2 2 8 32 .338 .361 .550 .910 122 4 0 2 0 4
1 NLDS 5 19 19 4 7 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 .368 .368 .789 1.158 15 0 0 0 0 0
5 NLCS 22 95 90 15 32 3 1 8 21 1 1 4 9 .356 .383 .678 1.061 61 3 0 1 0 3
5 WS 28 118 113 13 36 5 1 1 6 1 1 4 21 .319 .342 .407 .749 46 1 0 1 0 1

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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 9.94 8.34 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 9.97 8.52 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 9.95 8.61 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 9.89 8.31 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 9.98 8.32 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 9.89 8.59 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 10.16 8.97 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 10.22 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 10.23 8.89
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 9.86 8.15 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 10.06 8.54 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 9.94 8.31
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 9.44 7.96
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1974 (1B)
1975 (1B)
1976 (1B)
1977 (1B)
1978 (1B)
1979 (1B)
1980 (1B)
1981 *
1984 (1B)
1985 (1B)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1974-ML-AS MVP
1974-NL-MVP
1978-ML-AS MVP
1978-NL-NLCS MVP
1981-ML-Roberto Clemente Award
1984-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1984-NL-NLCS MVP

Gold Gloves
1974-NL-1B
1975-NL-1B
1976-NL-1B
1977-NL-1B
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1974-NL-1-80%
1975-NL-11-15%
1976-NL-6-15%
1977-NL-6-28%
1978-NL-2-57%
1979-NL-14-9%
1980-NL-6-39%
1981-NL-25-0%
1984-NL-20-1%
1 MVP
2.46 Career Shares (55th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1974 NL--.312--7th
1975 NL--.319--6th
1976 NL--.317--6th
1978 NL--.316--2nd
1979 NL--.315--4th
1980 NL--.304--7th

Slugging % s c a p y
1974 NL--.469--10th
1978 NL--.499--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1978 NL--.852--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1975 NL--160--6th
1976 NL--162--2nd
1977 NL--162--1st
1978 NL--162--1st
1979 NL--162--3rd
1980 NL--163--1st
1981 NL--110--1st
1982 NL--162--1st
1984 NL--161--2nd
1985 NL--162--1st
Career--2332--91st

At Bats s c a p y
1974 NL--642--5th
1975 NL--659--4th
1976 NL--631--6th
1977 NL--646--3rd
1978 NL--639--7th
1979 NL--648--5th
1980 NL--658--2nd
1981 NL--431--3rd
1982 NL--625--10th
1984 NL--617--5th
1985 NL--654--2nd
Career--8835--74th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1974 NL--685--10th
1975 NL--704--5th
1976 NL--696--4th
1977 NL--696--4th
1978 NL--689--7th
1979 NL--697--8th
1980 NL--704--5th
1981 NL--461--7th
1985 NL--699--3rd
Career--9466--108th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1976 NL--85--10th
1981 NL--63--8th
Career--1143--200th

Hits s c a p y
1974 NL--200--3rd
1975 NL--210--2nd
1976 NL--200--3rd
1977 NL--192--5th
1978 NL--202--1st
1979 NL--204--4th
1980 NL--200--1st
1981 NL--122--6th
1984 NL--175--7th
1985 NL--184--6th
Career--2599--75th

Total Bases s c a p y
1974 NL--301--4th
1975 NL--314--2nd
1976 NL--284--4th
1977 NL--322--4th
1978 NL--319--3rd
1979 NL--322--4th
1980 NL--307--2nd
1981 NL--177--7th
1985 NL--281--7th
Career--3941--87th

Doubles s c a p y
1974 NL--32--9th
1975 NL--38--5th
1976 NL--37--3rd
1978 NL--36--6th
1981 NL--23--7th
1982 NL--35--5th
1985 NL--34--5th
Career--440--102nd

Triples s c a p y
1978 NL--9--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 NL--33--5th
1979 NL--28--8th
1980 NL--26--7th
Career--272--160th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1974 NL--111--3rd
1975 NL--95--9th
1977 NL--115--3rd
1978 NL--113--3rd
1979 NL--110--4th
1980 NL--106--3rd
1981 NL--64--7th
Career--1308--96th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1003--226th

Singles s c a p y
1974 NL--144--7th
1975 NL--148--5th
1976 NL--146--5th
1977 NL--131--7th
1978 NL--136--7th
1979 NL--143--4th
1980 NL--146--2nd
1981 NL--88--9th
1984 NL--138--3rd
1985 NL--127--8th
Career--1844--71st

Runs Created s c a p y
1974 NL--102--9th
1975 NL--106--6th
1976 NL--100--7th
1978 NL--108--6th
1980 NL--97--7th
Career--1232--165th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1976 NL--27--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1976 NL--2.8--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1974 NL--56--9th
1975 NL--62--6th
1976 NL--54--8th
1977 NL--61--10th
1978 NL--66--6th
1979 NL--61--8th
1985 NL--57--8th
Career--755--128th

Times On Base s c a p y
1975 NL--246--10th
1976 NL--251--5th
1978 NL--243--8th
1979 NL--243--10th
1980 NL--239--7th
Career--3107--164th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1974 NL--8--7th
1976 NL--9--3rd
1978 NL--8--9th
1982 NL--9--6th
1984 NL--10--1st
1985 NL--6--10th
Career--90--53rd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 NL--11--8th
1979 NL--16--4th
Career--113--86th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1975 NL--19--4th
1976 NL--20--4th
1978 NL--17--7th
1979 NL--25--1st
1980 NL--17--5th
1983 NL--16--8th
1984 NL--25--1st
1985 NL--25--2nd
1986 NL--18--6th
Career--251--25th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1976 NL--15.4--8th
Career--127.2--244th

Outs Made s c a p y
1975 NL--479--6th
1976 NL--473--8th
1977 NL--486--5th
1979 NL--485--8th
1980 NL--493--4th
1981 NL--326--5th
1984 NL--480--4th
1985 NL--502--2nd
Career--6672--69th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 12 (194), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 142 (110), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 130 (105), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 32 (244), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary).

November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985San Diego Padres$975,000
1986San Diego Padres$1,250,000
1987San Diego Padres$1,450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,675,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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