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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	SDP		PIT	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
2	2	Apr 5	SDP		PIT	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
3	3	Apr 6	SDP		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
4	4	Apr 7	SDP		CHC	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
5	5	Apr 8	SDP		CHC	L,5-8	CG	49	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
6	6	Apr 10	SDP		STL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
7	7	Apr 11	SDP		STL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
8	8	Apr 12	SDP		ATL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
9	9	Apr 13	SDP		ATL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
10	10	Apr 14	SDP		ATL	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
11	11	Apr 15	SDP		ATL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
12	12	Apr 17	SDP	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
13	13	Apr 19	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
14	14	Apr 20	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
15	15	Apr 21	SDP	@	LAD	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
16	16	Apr 22	SDP	@	LAD	L,7-15	GS	38	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
17	17	Apr 23	SDP		SFG	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
18	18	Apr 24	SDP		SFG	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
19	19	Apr 25	SDP		SFG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
20	20	Apr 26	SDP		LAD	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
21	21	Apr 27	SDP		LAD	L,0-1	CG	26	6.2	9	0	0	9	0	1B
22	22	Apr 28	SDP		LAD	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
23	23	Apr 29	SDP		LAD	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	SDP	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
25	25	May 3	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
26	26	May 4	SDP	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	9	2	0	11	0	1B
27	27	May 5	SDP	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
28	28	May 6	SDP	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
29	29	May 9	SDP	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
30	30	May 10	SDP	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
31	31	May 11	SDP		PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
32	32	May 12	SDP		PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
33	33	May 13	SDP		PHI	L,3-8	GS	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
34	34	May 14	SDP		MON	L,6-7	CG	53	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
35	35	May 15	SDP		MON	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
36	36	May 16	SDP		MON	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
37	37	May 17	SDP		MON	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
38	38	May 18	SDP		NYM	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
39	39	May 19	SDP		NYM	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
40	40	May 20	SDP		NYM	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
41	41	May 22	SDP	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
42	42	May 23	SDP	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
43	43	May 25	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
44	44	May 26	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
45	45	May 27	SDP	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
46	46	May 28	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	47	Jun 1	SDP	@	SFG	L,7-11	CG	45	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
48	48	Jun 2	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
49	49	Jun 3 (1)	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
50	50	Jun 3 (2)	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
51	51	Jun 4	SDP		HOU	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
52	52	Jun 5	SDP		HOU	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
53	53	Jun 6	SDP		HOU	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
54	54	Jun 7	SDP		CIN	L,1-12	CG	52	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
55	55	Jun 8	SDP		CIN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
56	56	Jun 9	SDP		CIN	W,12-2	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
57	57	Jun 10	SDP		CIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
58	58	Jun 11	SDP		ATL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
59	59	Jun 12	SDP		ATL	W,7-6	CG	48	12.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
60	60	Jun 14	SDP		SFG	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
61	61	Jun 15	SDP		SFG	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
62	62	Jun 16	SDP		SFG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
63	63	Jun 17	SDP		SFG	L,3-5	CG	61	15.0	16	1	0	17	3	1B
64	64	Jun 19	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
65	65	Jun 20	SDP	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
66	66	Jun 21	SDP	@	HOU	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
67	67	Jun 22	SDP	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	3	1B
68	68	Jun 23	SDP	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
69	69	Jun 24	SDP	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	51	13.0	5	3	0	8	1	1B
70	70	Jun 25	SDP	@	LAD	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
71	71	Jun 26	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
72	72	Jun 27	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
73	73	Jun 28	SDP		STL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
74	74	Jun 29	SDP		STL	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
75	75	Jun 30	SDP		STL	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	76	Jul 1	SDP		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
77	77	Jul 2	SDP		CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
78	78	Jul 3	SDP		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
79	79	Jul 4	SDP		CHC	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
80	80	Jul 5	SDP		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
81	81	Jul 6	SDP		PIT	W,7-3	GS	23	6.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
82	82	Jul 7	SDP		PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
83	83	Jul 8	SDP		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
84	84	Jul 12	SDP	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
85	85	Jul 13	SDP	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.2	8	2	0	10	0	1B
86	86	Jul 14	SDP	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
87	87	Jul 15	SDP	@	STL	W,6-1	GS	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
88	88	Jul 16	SDP	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
89	89	Jul 17	SDP	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
90	90	Jul 18	SDP	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
91	91	Jul 19	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
92	92	Jul 20 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
93	93	Jul 20 (2)	SDP	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
94	94	Jul 21	SDP	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
95	95	Jul 22 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
96	97 (1)	Jul 24	SDP		CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
97	98	Jul 25	SDP		CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
98	99	Jul 26	SDP		CIN	W,8-2	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
99	100	Jul 27	SDP		HOU	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
100	101	Jul 28 (1)	SDP		HOU	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
101	102	Jul 28 (2)	SDP		HOU	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
102	103	Jul 29	SDP		HOU	W,9-0	GS	24	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
103	104	Jul 30	SDP		LAD	W,12-0	GS	18	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
104	105	Jul 31	SDP		LAD	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	106	Aug 1	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
106	107	Aug 3	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
107	108	Aug 4	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
108	109	Aug 5	SDP	@	HOU	W,9-5	GS	23	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
109	110	Aug 6	SDP	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
110	111	Aug 7	SDP	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	9	2	0	11	0	1B
111	112	Aug 8	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
112	113	Aug 9	SDP	@	CIN	L,0-8	GS	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
113	114	Aug 10 (1)	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
114	115	Aug 10 (2)	SDP	@	ATL	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
115	116	Aug 11	SDP	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
116	117	Aug 12	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
117	118	Aug 14	SDP		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
118	119	Aug 15	SDP		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
119	120	Aug 16	SDP		PHI	L,3-8	GS	37	7.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
120	121	Aug 17	SDP		MON	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
121	122	Aug 19	SDP		MON	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
122	123	Aug 20	SDP		NYM	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
123	124	Aug 21	SDP		NYM	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
124	125	Aug 22	SDP		NYM	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
125	126	Aug 24 (1)	SDP	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
126	127	Aug 24 (2)	SDP	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
127	128	Aug 25	SDP	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
128	129	Aug 26	SDP	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
129	130	Aug 27	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
130	131	Aug 28	SDP	@	PHI	L,8-11	CG	43	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
131	132	Aug 29	SDP	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
132	133	Aug 31 (1)	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
133	134	Aug 31 (2)	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
134	135	Sep 1 (1)	SDP	@	NYM	L,4-7	GS	26	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
135	136	Sep 1 (2)	SDP	@	NYM	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
136	137	Sep 2	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	49	11.2	6	0	0	6	1	1B
137	138	Sep 3	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
138	139	Sep 4	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	10	1	0	11	1	1B
139	140	Sep 5	SDP		CIN	W,15-11	GS	40	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
140	141	Sep 6	SDP		CIN	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
141	142	Sep 7	SDP		HOU	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
142	143	Sep 9	SDP		HOU	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
143	144	Sep 11	SDP		LAD	L,2-5	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
144	145	Sep 12	SDP		LAD	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
145	146	Sep 14	SDP	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
146	147	Sep 15	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
147	148	Sep 16	SDP	@	HOU	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
148	149	Sep 17	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
149	150	Sep 18	SDP	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
150	151	Sep 19	SDP		SFG	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
151	152	Sep 20	SDP		SFG	W,5-4	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
152	153	Sep 21	SDP		ATL	L,1-3	GS	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
153	155 (1)	Sep 23	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	GS	15	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
154	156	Sep 24 (1)	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-1	GS	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
155	157	Sep 24 (2)	SDP	@	SFG	W,8-6	GS	16	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
156	158	Sep 25	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
157	159	Sep 26	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-0	GS	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
158	160	Sep 28	SDP	@	ATL	W,4-2	GS	13	3.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
159	161	Sep 29	SDP	@	ATL	W,6-2	GS	15	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
							159gm		1329.2	1232	87	0	1319	117