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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
2	2	Apr 11	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
3	3	Apr 13	LAD		SDP	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
4	4	Apr 14	LAD		SDP	L,1-3	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
5	5	Apr 16	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
6	6	Apr 17	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
7	7	Apr 18	LAD	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
8	8	Apr 19	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
9	9	Apr 20	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
10	10	Apr 21	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	63	15.2	18	2	0	20	1	1B
11	11	Apr 22	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
12	12	Apr 23	LAD		CHC	L,3-4	CG	52	11.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
13	13	Apr 24	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
14	14	Apr 25	LAD		CHC	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
15	15	Apr 26	LAD		PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
16	16	Apr 27	LAD		PIT	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
17	17	Apr 28	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
18	18	Apr 29	LAD		STL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
19	19	Apr 30	LAD		STL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	LAD		STL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
21	21	May 2	LAD		STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
22	22	May 4	LAD	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
23	23	May 5	LAD	@	CHC	W,14-12	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
24	24	May 7	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-8	GS	33	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
25	25	May 8	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
26	26	May 9	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
27	27	May 10	LAD	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
28	28	May 11	LAD	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
29	29	May 12	LAD	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
30	30	May 14	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
31	31	May 15	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
32	32	May 16	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
33	33	May 17	LAD		CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
34	34	May 18	LAD		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
35	35	May 19	LAD		ATL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
36	36	May 20	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
37	37	May 21	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
38	38	May 22	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	CG	52	13.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
39	39	May 23	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
40	40	May 24	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
41	41	May 25	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
42	42	May 26	LAD	@	SDP	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
43	43	May 28	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
44	44	May 29	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	4	2	0	6	1	1B
45	45	May 30 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
46	46	May 30 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
47	47	May 31	LAD		SFG	L,1-7	CG	56	12.0	15	2	0	17	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	48	Jun 1	LAD		SFG	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	9	2	1	12	0	1B
49	49	Jun 2	LAD		SFG	W,11-3	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
50	50	Jun 3	LAD		SFG	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
51	51	Jun 4	LAD		NYM	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
52	52	Jun 5	LAD		NYM	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
53	53	Jun 6	LAD		NYM	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
54	54	Jun 7	LAD		PHI	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
55	55	Jun 8	LAD		PHI	L,2-14	CG	49	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
56	56	Jun 9	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
57	57	Jun 10	LAD		PHI	L,6-10	CG	56	12.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
58	58	Jun 11	LAD		MON	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
59	59	Jun 12	LAD		MON	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
60	60	Jun 13	LAD		MON	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
61	61	Jun 15	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
62	62	Jun 16	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
63	63	Jun 17	LAD	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	48	13.1	14	0	0	14	0	1B
64	64	Jun 18	LAD	@	MON	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
65	65	Jun 19	LAD	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	15	0	0	15	1	1B
66	66	Jun 20	LAD	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
67	67	Jun 21	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
68	68	Jun 22	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
69	69	Jun 23	LAD	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
70	70	Jun 24	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
71	71	Jun 25	LAD		SFG	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
72	72	Jun 26	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
73	73	Jun 27	LAD		SFG	W,12-8	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
74	74	Jun 28	LAD		ATL	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
75	75	Jun 29	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
76	76	Jun 30	LAD		ATL	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	77	Jul 1	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
78	78	Jul 2	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
79	79	Jul 3	LAD		SDP	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
80	80	Jul 4	LAD		SDP	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
81	81	Jul 5	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
82	82	Jul 6	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
83	83	Jul 7	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
84	84	Jul 9	LAD	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	8	0	0	8	1	1B
85	85	Jul 10	LAD	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
86	86	Jul 11	LAD	@	STL	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
87	87	Jul 15	LAD		CHC	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
88	88	Jul 16	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
89	89	Jul 17	LAD		CHC	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
90	90	Jul 18	LAD		PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
91	91	Jul 19	LAD		PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
92	92	Jul 20	LAD		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
93	93	Jul 21	LAD		STL	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
94	94	Jul 22	LAD		SDP	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
95	95	Jul 23	LAD		SDP	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
96	96	Jul 24	LAD	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	1B
97	97	Jul 25	LAD	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
98	98	Jul 26	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
99	99	Jul 28	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
100	100	Jul 30	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
101	101	Jul 31	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	102	Aug 1 (1)	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
103	103	Aug 1 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
104	104	Aug 2	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
105	105	Aug 3	LAD		HOU	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
106	106	Aug 4	LAD		HOU	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
107	107	Aug 5	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
108	108	Aug 6	LAD		CIN	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
109	109	Aug 7	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
110	110	Aug 8	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
111	111	Aug 9	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
112	112	Aug 10	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
113	113	Aug 11	LAD	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
114	114	Aug 13 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	56	14.2	17	0	0	17	0	1B
115	115	Aug 13 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
116	116	Aug 14	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
117	117	Aug 15	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
118	118	Aug 17	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
119	119	Aug 18	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
120	120	Aug 19	LAD		NYM	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
121	121	Aug 20	LAD		PIT	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
122	122	Aug 21	LAD		PIT	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
123	123	Aug 22	LAD		PIT	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
124	124	Aug 23	LAD		MON	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
125	125	Aug 24	LAD		MON	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
126	126	Aug 25	LAD		MON	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
127	127	Aug 27	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
128	128	Aug 28	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	6	1	0	7	1	1B
129	129	Aug 29	LAD	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
130	130	Aug 31	LAD	@	MON	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	131	Sep 2 (1)	LAD	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
132	132	Sep 2 (2)	LAD	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
133	133	Sep 3	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
134	134	Sep 4	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
135	135	Sep 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
136	136	Sep 6	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
137	137	Sep 7	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
138	138	Sep 8	LAD		SFG	L,0-1	CG	37	11.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
139	139	Sep 9	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
140	140	Sep 12 (1)	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
141	141	Sep 12 (2)	LAD		ATL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
142	142	Sep 13 (1)	LAD		ATL	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
143	143	Sep 13 (2)	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
144	144	Sep 14	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-0	CG	39	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
145	145	Sep 15	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
146	146	Sep 16	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
147	147	Sep 17 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	43	11.1	12	1	0	13	2	1B
148	148	Sep 17 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-7	GS	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
149	149	Sep 18	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
150	150	Sep 19	LAD	@	ATL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
151	151	Sep 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
152	152	Sep 22	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
153	153	Sep 23	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
154	154	Sep 24	LAD		CIN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
155	155	Sep 25	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
156	156	Sep 26	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
157	157	Sep 27	LAD		HOU	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
158	158	Sep 28	LAD		HOU	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
159	159	Sep 29	LAD		HOU	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
160	160	Oct 1	LAD		SDP	W,8-1	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
161	161	Oct 2	LAD		SDP	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
162	162	Oct 3	LAD		SDP	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
							162gm		1464.2	1583	67	3	1653	138