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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 10	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	6	Apr 11	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	11 (4)	Apr 16	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	GF	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR LF
4	12	Apr 17	LAD		HOU	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
5	13	Apr 18	LAD		HOU	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	14	Apr 19	LAD		SFG	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
7	15	Apr 20	LAD		SFG	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
8	20 (4)	Apr 28	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	20	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	29 (8)	May 7	LAD		PIT	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	62 (32)	Jun 13	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-16	GF	20	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
11	72 (9)	Jun 23 (2)	LAD		CIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
12	73	Jun 24	LAD		CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
13	74	Jun 25	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
14	75	Jun 26	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
15	77 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	W,8-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
16	78	Jun 29	LAD	@	ATL	W,12-9	GS	32	7.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
17	79	Jun 30	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	81 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	6	0	0	6	0	1B
19	83 (1)	Jul 3	LAD		SDP	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
20	84	Jul 4	LAD		SDP	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
21	87 (2)	Jul 7	LAD		PIT	W,8-6	GS	34	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
22	88	Jul 8	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	18	0	0	18	2	1B
23	89	Jul 10	LAD		STL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
24	90	Jul 11	LAD		STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
25	91	Jul 12	LAD		STL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
26	92	Jul 13	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
27	93	Jul 14	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
28	94	Jul 15	LAD		CHC	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
29	95	Jul 16	LAD	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
30	96	Jul 17	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
31	97	Jul 18	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
32	98	Jul 19	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
33	99	Jul 20	LAD	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	58	15.0	15	0	1	16	3	1B
34	100	Jul 21	LAD	@	STL	L,1-8	GS	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
35	101	Jul 22	LAD	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
36	102	Jul 26	LAD		HOU	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
37	103	Jul 27	LAD		HOU	L,2-5	GF	20	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
38	104	Jul 28	LAD		SFG	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
39	105	Jul 29	LAD		SFG	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
40	106	Jul 30	LAD		SFG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
41	107	Jul 31	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	108	Aug 1	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
43	109	Aug 2	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	43	11.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
44	110	Aug 3	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
45	111	Aug 4	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	38	10.1	11	0	0	11	0	1B
46	112	Aug 5	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	17	0	0	17	3	1B
47	113	Aug 6	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
48	114	Aug 7	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
49	115	Aug 8	LAD		NYM	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
50	116	Aug 9	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	17	1	0	18	3	1B
51	117	Aug 10	LAD		PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
52	118	Aug 11	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
53	119	Aug 12	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
54	120	Aug 13	LAD		MON	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
55	121	Aug 14	LAD		MON	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
56	122	Aug 15	LAD		MON	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
57	123	Aug 17	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
58	124	Aug 18	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
59	125	Aug 19	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	13	4.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
60	126	Aug 21	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	13	1	0	14	2	1B
61	127	Aug 22	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	8	2	0	10	1	1B
62	130 (2)	Aug 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
63	131	Aug 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
64	132	Aug 27	LAD	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
65	133	Aug 28	LAD	@	MON	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
66	134	Aug 29	LAD	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	36	8.1	11	1	0	12	1	1B
67	135	Aug 30	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
68	136	Aug 31	LAD		HOU	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	137	Sep 1	LAD		HOU	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
70	138	Sep 2	LAD		HOU	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
71	139	Sep 3	LAD	@	SFG	L,8-11	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
72	140	Sep 4	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
73	141	Sep 5	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
74	142	Sep 6	LAD		SDP	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
75	143	Sep 7	LAD		SDP	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
76	145 (1)	Sep 9	LAD		SDP	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
77	146	Sep 11	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
78	148 (1)	Sep 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
79	149	Sep 14	LAD	@	HOU	W,13-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
80	154 (4)	Sep 19	LAD		ATL	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
81	157 (2)	Sep 22	LAD		CIN	L,9-11	CG	48	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
82	158	Sep 23	LAD		CIN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	15	0	1	16	3	1B
83	159	Sep 25	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
84	160	Sep 26	LAD	@	ATL	W,9-8	CG	49	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
85	161	Sep 28	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
							85gm		715.2	731	27	7	765	58