Steve Garvey

Positions: First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 192lb (178cm, 87kg)

Born: December 22, 1948 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Chamberlain HS (Tampa, FL) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (13th) of the 1968 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI).

High School: Chamberlain HS (Tampa, FL)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: September 1, 1969 (Age 20-253d, 12,882nd in major league history)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 23, 1987 (Age 38-152d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Steven Patrick Garvey

Nicknames: Mr. Clean or The Garv

Twitter: @SteveGarvey6

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.0

8835

2599

272

.294

1143

RBI

1308

OBP

.329

SLG

.446

OPS

.776

OPS+

117

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	3 (1)	Apr 17	LAD	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
3	4	Apr 18	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
4	5	Apr 19	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
5	6	Apr 20	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
6	7	Apr 21	LAD		SDP	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
7	8	Apr 22	LAD		SDP	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
8	9	Apr 23	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
9	10	Apr 25	LAD		MON	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
10	11	Apr 26	LAD		MON	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
11	12	Apr 27	LAD		MON	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
12	13	Apr 28	LAD		NYM	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
13	14	Apr 29	LAD		NYM	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
14	15	Apr 30	LAD		NYM	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	16	May 1	LAD		PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
16	17	May 2	LAD		PHI	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
17	18	May 3	LAD		PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
18	19	May 5	LAD	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	2	7	1	3B
19	20	May 7	LAD	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	48	12.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
20	21	May 8	LAD	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
21	22	May 10	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
22	26 (3)	May 13	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
23	29 (2)	May 17	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
24	30	May 18	LAD		HOU	L,3-4	GS	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
25	31	May 19	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	7	1	8	0	3B
26	32	May 20	LAD		HOU	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	33	May 21	LAD		HOU	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
28	34	May 22	LAD		SFG	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
29	35	May 23	LAD		SFG	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	2	6	0	3B
30	36	May 24	LAD		SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
31	37	May 26	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
32	39 (1)	May 28	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	40	May 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	3B
34	41	May 30	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
35	42	May 31	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	43	Jun 1	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
37	44	Jun 2	LAD		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
38	45	Jun 3	LAD		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
39	46	Jun 4	LAD		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
40	47	Jun 6	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
41	48	Jun 7	LAD		CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	49	Jun 8	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
43	50	Jun 9	LAD		PIT	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
44	51	Jun 10	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
45	52	Jun 11	LAD		PIT	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
46	53	Jun 12	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
47	54	Jun 13	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	3B
48	55	Jun 16	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
49	58 (2)	Jun 19	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-13	GF	15	2.1	0	1	1	2	0	3B
50	59	Jun 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-3		7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	61 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	LAD		ATL	L,0-1	GF	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	62	Jun 24 (2)	LAD		ATL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
53	63	Jun 25	LAD		ATL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
54	64	Jun 26	LAD		CIN	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
55	65	Jun 27	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
56	66	Jun 28	LAD		HOU	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
57	67	Jun 29	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	3	5	2	10	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	69 (1)	Jul 1	LAD	@	SFG	L,5-8	GS	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B 3B
59	70	Jul 2	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
60	71	Jul 4	LAD	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
61	78 (6)	Jul 10 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-9	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
62	83 (4)	Jul 16	LAD		MON	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
63	84	Jul 18	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
64	85	Jul 19	LAD		NYM	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
65	86	Jul 20	LAD		NYM	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
66	87	Jul 21	LAD		PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
67	88	Jul 22	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
68	89	Jul 23	LAD		PHI	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
69	94 (4)	Jul 30 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
70	95	Jul 31	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	103 (7)	Aug 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
72	116 (12)	Aug 23	LAD		STL	W,3-0	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	117	Aug 25 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	118	Aug 25 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
75	119	Aug 26	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
76	120	Aug 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-4	GS	36	7.0	0	0	2	2	0	3B
77	122 (1)	Aug 30	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-9	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	129 (6)	Sep 4 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,4-8		13	3.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
79	130	Sep 5	LAD		CIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
80	131	Sep 6	LAD		CIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
81	132	Sep 7	LAD		ATL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	133	Sep 8	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
83	134	Sep 9	LAD		HOU	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
84	135	Sep 10	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
85	136	Sep 11	LAD		HOU	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
86	137	Sep 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	0	2	1	3	0	3B
87	138	Sep 13	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
							88gm		692.1	104	189	28	321	21