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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
2	2	Apr 7	LAD		SFG	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
3	3	Apr 9	LAD		SDP	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
4	4	Apr 10	LAD		SDP	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
5	5	Apr 12	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	46	10.2	17	1	0	18	0	1B
6	6	Apr 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
7	7	Apr 14	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
8	8	Apr 15	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
9	9	Apr 16	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
10	10	Apr 17	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
11	11	Apr 18	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
12	12	Apr 19	LAD		HOU	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
13	13	Apr 20	LAD		HOU	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
14	14	Apr 21	LAD		HOU	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B
15	15	Apr 23	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
16	16	Apr 24	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	1B
17	17	Apr 25	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
18	18	Apr 27	LAD		PHI	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	16	2	0	18	2	1B
19	19	Apr 28	LAD		PHI	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
20	20	Apr 29	LAD		PHI	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
21	21	Apr 30	LAD		MON	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	LAD		MON	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
23	24 (1)	May 3	LAD		NYM	L,3-6	CG	54	12.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
24	25	May 4	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
25	26	May 6	LAD	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
26	27	May 7	LAD	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
27	28	May 8	LAD	@	MON	W,10-8	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
28	29	May 9	LAD	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
29	30	May 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	47	9.1	12	0	0	12	0	1B
30	31	May 11	LAD	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
31	32	May 12	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
32	33	May 13	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
33	34	May 14	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
34	35	May 15	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
35	36	May 16	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
36	37	May 18	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
37	38	May 19	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
38	39	May 20	LAD		CHC	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
39	40	May 21	LAD		STL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	18	0	0	18	3	1B
40	41	May 22	LAD		STL	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
41	42	May 23	LAD		STL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
42	43	May 24	LAD		PIT	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
43	44	May 25	LAD		PIT	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
44	45	May 26	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
45	46	May 28	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
46	47	May 29	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	32	7.1	5	1	0	6	0	1B
47	48	May 30	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
48	49	May 31	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	50	Jun 1	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	17	0	0	17	0	1B
50	51	Jun 2	LAD	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	45	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	1B
51	52	Jun 4	LAD	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
52	53	Jun 5	LAD	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
53	54	Jun 6	LAD	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
54	55	Jun 7	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
55	56	Jun 8	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
56	57	Jun 9	LAD		ATL	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	4	1B
57	58	Jun 10	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
58	59	Jun 11	LAD		CIN	W,11-1	CG	28	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
59	60	Jun 12	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
60	61	Jun 13	LAD		CIN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
61	62	Jun 14	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	16	2	0	18	0	1B
62	63	Jun 15	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
63	64	Jun 16	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
64	65	Jun 18	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
65	66	Jun 19	LAD	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
66	67	Jun 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
67	68	Jun 21	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-10	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
68	69	Jun 22	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
69	70	Jun 23	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
70	71	Jun 24	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
71	72	Jun 25	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
72	73	Jun 26	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
73	74	Jun 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
74	75	Jun 28	LAD		SDP	W,6-4	GS	25	6.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
75	76	Jun 29	LAD		SDP	L,5-7	GS	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
76	77	Jun 30 (1)	LAD		SDP	W,5-1	GS	14	4.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
77	78	Jun 30 (2)	LAD		SDP	L,4-6	GS	12	4.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	79	Jul 2	LAD		HOU	L,1-4	GS	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
79	80	Jul 3	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
80	81	Jul 4	LAD		HOU	L,0-3	GS	29	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
81	82	Jul 5	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
82	83	Jul 6	LAD	@	NYM	W,9-3	GS	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
83	89 (5)	Jul 15	LAD		NYM	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
84	90	Jul 16	LAD		NYM	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
85	91	Jul 17	LAD		NYM	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
86	92	Jul 18	LAD		NYM	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
87	93	Jul 19	LAD		MON	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
88	94	Jul 20	LAD		MON	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B
89	95	Jul 21	LAD		MON	L,1-4	CG	41	11.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
90	96	Jul 23	LAD		PHI	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
91	97	Jul 24	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
92	98	Jul 25	LAD		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
93	99	Jul 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
94	100	Jul 27	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
95	101	Jul 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
96	102	Jul 30 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
97	103	Jul 30 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
98	104	Jul 31	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	105	Aug 1	LAD	@	ATL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
100	106	Aug 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	15	2	0	17	2	1B
101	107	Aug 3	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
102	108	Aug 4	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
103	109	Aug 5	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
104	110	Aug 6	LAD		ATL	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	13	1	2	16	0	1B
105	111	Aug 7	LAD		ATL	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
106	112	Aug 8	LAD		ATL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
107	113	Aug 9	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	CG	45	13.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
108	114	Aug 10	LAD		CIN	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
109	115	Aug 11	LAD		CIN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
110	116	Aug 12	LAD		SFG	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
111	117	Aug 13	LAD		SFG	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
112	118	Aug 14	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
113	119	Aug 15	LAD		SFG	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
114	120	Aug 17 susp	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	79	21.0	19	0	0	19	1	1B
115	121	Aug 18	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
116	122	Aug 19	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
117	123	Aug 20	LAD	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
118	124	Aug 21	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
119	125	Aug 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	53	13.1	13	2	0	15	1	1B
120	126	Aug 23	LAD	@	STL	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
121	127	Aug 24	LAD	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
122	128	Aug 25	LAD	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
123	129	Aug 27	LAD		CHC	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
124	130	Aug 28	LAD		CHC	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
125	131	Aug 29	LAD		CHC	L,2-7	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
126	132	Aug 30	LAD		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
127	133	Aug 31	LAD		STL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	134	Sep 1	LAD		STL	L,5-6	CG	57	13.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
129	135	Sep 3	LAD		PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
130	136	Sep 4	LAD		PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
131	137	Sep 5	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	CG	42	10.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
132	138	Sep 6	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
133	139	Sep 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
134	140	Sep 8	LAD	@	ATL	L,11-12	CG	48	9.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
135	141	Sep 9	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-10	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
136	142	Sep 10	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS	30	6.1	10	0	1	11	0	1B
137	143	Sep 11	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
138	144	Sep 12	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
139	145	Sep 13	LAD		SDP	W,4-3	CG	68	16.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
140	146	Sep 14	LAD		SDP	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
141	147	Sep 15	LAD		SDP	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
142	148	Sep 17	LAD		HOU	W,9-2	GS	22	6.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
143	149	Sep 18	LAD		HOU	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
144	150	Sep 19	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
145	151	Sep 21	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
146	152	Sep 22	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	37	9.1	10	0	0	10	0	1B
147	153	Sep 24	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
148	154	Sep 25	LAD		SFG	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
149	155	Sep 26	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
150	156	Sep 27	LAD		CIN	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
151	157	Sep 28	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
152	158	Sep 29	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	CG	54	12.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
153	159	Sep 30	LAD		ATL	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
154	160	Oct 1	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
155	161	Oct 2	LAD	@	SFG	W,15-2	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
156	162	Oct 3	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
							158gm		1373.1	1539	111	8	1658	102