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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 6	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 7	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 9	LAD		SDP	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
5	5	Apr 10	LAD		SDP	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
6	6	Apr 11	LAD		SDP	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
7	7	Apr 12	LAD		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 13	LAD		CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
9	9	Apr 14	LAD		STL	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	0	8	1	9	1	3B
10	10	Apr 15	LAD		STL	W,2-1	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
11	11	Apr 16	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
12	12	Apr 17	LAD		HOU	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
13	13	Apr 18	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
14	14	Apr 19	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
15	16 (1)	Apr 21	LAD	@	SDP	W,10-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
16	17	Apr 23	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
17	18	Apr 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
18	19	Apr 25 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	20	Apr 25 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
20	21	Apr 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	2	8	0	3B
21	22	Apr 28	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
22	23	Apr 29	LAD	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
23	24	Apr 30	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	25	May 1	LAD	@	ATL	L,5-7	CG	37	8.2	0	2	0	2	1	3B
25	26	May 2	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
26	27	May 4	LAD		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
27	28	May 5	LAD		CIN	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
28	34 (5)	May 12	LAD		ATL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
29	35	May 14	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-8	GS	26	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
30	37 (1)	May 16	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-6	GF	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	40 (2)	May 20	LAD	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
32	44 (3)	May 25	LAD		SFG	L,1-9	GF	15	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B
33	48 (3)	May 29	LAD		PHI	W,9-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	49	May 30	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
35	50	May 31	LAD		MON	W,4-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	53 (2)	Jun 4	LAD		NYM	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
37	54	Jun 5	LAD		NYM	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
38	55	Jun 6	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	3	3B
39	56	Jun 8	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
40	57	Jun 9	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	58	Jun 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	59	Jun 11	LAD	@	MON	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	3B
43	60	Jun 12	LAD	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	107 (46)	Jul 31	LAD		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	3	9	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	108	Aug 1	LAD		CIN	W,5-4	GS	29	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS 3B
46	109	Aug 2	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
47	110	Aug 3	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
48	111	Aug 4	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
49	112	Aug 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
50	113	Aug 7	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
51	114	Aug 8	LAD	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	115	Aug 9	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
53	116	Aug 10	LAD		PHI	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
54	117	Aug 11	LAD		PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
55	118	Aug 12	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	GS	29	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
56	119	Aug 13	LAD		MON	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	122 (2)	Aug 16	LAD		NYM	L,0-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
58	123	Aug 17	LAD		NYM	W,4-0	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
59	124	Aug 18	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	GS	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	125	Aug 20	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
61	129 (3)	Aug 24	LAD	@	MON	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
62	130	Aug 25	LAD	@	MON	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	131	Aug 28 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
64	133 (1)	Aug 29	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
65	134	Aug 30	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	135	Aug 31	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	136	Sep 1	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-2	GF	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	140 (3)	Sep 5	LAD		CIN	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	141	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	1	3B
70	142	Sep 7	LAD		SFG	W,9-3	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
71	143	Sep 8	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
72	144	Sep 9	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	145	Sep 10	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	146	Sep 12	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	2	3	0	3B
75	149 (2)	Sep 15	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
76	150	Sep 16	LAD		SDP	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
77	153 (2)	Sep 19 (1)	LAD		ATL	W,12-0	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
78	157 (3)	Sep 24	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
79	162 (4)	Sep 30	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							79gm		560.2	53	161	14	228	11