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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	LAD		SFG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
2	2	Apr 9	LAD		SFG	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
3	3	Apr 10	LAD		SFG	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
4	4	Apr 11	LAD		ATL	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
5	5	Apr 12	LAD		ATL	W,14-10	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
6	6	Apr 13	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
7	7	Apr 15	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
8	8	Apr 16	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
9	9	Apr 17	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
10	10	Apr 18	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
11	11	Apr 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	9	3	1	13	0	1B
12	12	Apr 22	LAD	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	44	8.2	9	0	0	9	1	1B
13	13	Apr 23	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
14	14	Apr 24	LAD	@	ATL	W,16-6	GS	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
15	15	Apr 25	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
16	16	Apr 26	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
17	17	Apr 27	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
18	18	Apr 28	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
19	19	Apr 29	LAD		MON	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
20	20	Apr 30	LAD		MON	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	LAD		MON	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
22	22	May 2	LAD		NYM	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
23	23	May 3	LAD		NYM	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
24	24	May 4	LAD		NYM	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	18	0	0	18	2	1B
25	25	May 5	LAD		NYM	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
26	26	May 6	LAD		PHI	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
27	27	May 7	LAD		PHI	L,4-7	CG	60	13.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
28	28	May 10	LAD	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
29	29	May 11	LAD	@	MON	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
30	30	May 12	LAD	@	MON	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
31	31	May 13	LAD	@	NYM	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
32	32	May 14	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
33	33	May 15	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	54	12.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
34	34	May 16	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
35	35	May 17	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
36	36	May 18	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
37	37	May 19	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	42	9.2	9	0	0	9	0	1B
38	38	May 20	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
39	39	May 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
40	40	May 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
41	41	May 24	LAD		HOU	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
42	42	May 25	LAD		HOU	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
43	43	May 26	LAD		HOU	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
44	44	May 27	LAD		CIN	W,10-3	GS	31	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
45	46 (1)	May 29	LAD		CIN	L,1-8	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
46	47	May 30	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
47	48	May 31	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	49	Jun 1	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
49	50	Jun 3	LAD		SDP	L,0-1	CG	42	11.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
50	51	Jun 4	LAD		SDP	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
51	52	Jun 5	LAD		SDP	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
52	53	Jun 6	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
53	54	Jun 7	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-10	GS	35	6.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
54	55	Jun 8	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
55	56	Jun 9	LAD	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
56	57	Jun 10	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	52	11.2	14	0	0	14	1	1B
57	58	Jun 11	LAD	@	STL	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
58	59	Jun 12	LAD	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
59	60	Jun 14	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
60	61	Jun 15	LAD		PIT	W,10-1	GS	29	7.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
61	62	Jun 16	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
62	63	Jun 17	LAD		CHC	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
63	64	Jun 18	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	16	1	0	17	4	1B
64	65	Jun 19	LAD		CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
65	66	Jun 20	LAD		STL	W,9-3	GS	24	7.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
66	67	Jun 21	LAD		STL	L,3-4	CG	46	10.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
67	68	Jun 22	LAD		STL	W,12-1	GS	25	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
68	69	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	4	1B
69	70	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
70	71	Jun 26 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
71	72	Jun 26 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
72	73	Jun 27	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
73	74	Jun 28	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
74	75	Jun 29	LAD	@	ATL	W,13-7	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
75	76	Jun 30	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	42	8.1	4	2	0	6	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	77	Jul 1	LAD	@	SFG	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
77	78	Jul 2	LAD	@	SFG	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
78	79	Jul 3	LAD	@	SFG	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
79	80	Jul 4	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
80	81	Jul 6	LAD		HOU	L,1-2	CG	50	14.0	19	0	0	19	2	1B
81	82	Jul 7	LAD		HOU	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
82	83	Jul 8	LAD		SDP	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
83	84	Jul 9	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
84	85	Jul 10 (1)	LAD		SDP	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
85	86	Jul 10 (2)	LAD		SDP	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
86	87	Jul 12	LAD	@	HOU	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
87	88	Jul 13	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	49	12.2	15	1	0	16	3	1B
88	89	Jul 14	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
89	90	Jul 15	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
90	91	Jul 16	LAD	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	19	0	0	19	0	1B
91	92	Jul 17	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
92	93	Jul 21	LAD		MON	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
93	94	Jul 22	LAD		MON	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
94	95	Jul 23	LAD		MON	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
95	96	Jul 24	LAD		NYM	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
96	97	Jul 25	LAD		NYM	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
97	98	Jul 26 (1)	LAD		PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
98	99	Jul 26 (2)	LAD		PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
99	100	Jul 27	LAD		PHI	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
100	101	Jul 28	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	20	0	0	20	2	1B
101	102	Jul 29	LAD	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	21	6.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
102	103	Jul 30	LAD	@	MON	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
103	104	Jul 31	LAD	@	MON	W,8-2	CG	35	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	105	Aug 1	LAD	@	NYM	L,7-8	CG	58	11.1	12	0	0	12	1	1B
105	106	Aug 2	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
106	107	Aug 3	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	54	13.1	9	0	0	9	2	1B
107	108	Aug 5	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
108	109	Aug 6	LAD	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	6	2	0	8	0	1B
109	110	Aug 7	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
110	111	Aug 8	LAD		CIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	18	0	1	19	0	1B
111	112	Aug 9	LAD		CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
112	113	Aug 10	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
113	114	Aug 11	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
114	115	Aug 12	LAD		ATL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
115	116	Aug 13	LAD		ATL	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	18	0	0	18	1	1B
116	117	Aug 14	LAD		ATL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
117	119 (1)	Aug 16	LAD		SFG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
118	120	Aug 18	LAD		SFG	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
119	121	Aug 19	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
120	122	Aug 20	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
121	123	Aug 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	5	1B
122	124	Aug 22	LAD	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	36	8.1	8	0	0	8	3	1B
123	125	Aug 23	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
124	126	Aug 24	LAD	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
125	127	Aug 25	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
126	128	Aug 26	LAD		STL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
127	129	Aug 27	LAD		STL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
128	130	Aug 28	LAD		STL	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
129	131	Aug 29	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	3	1B
130	132	Aug 30	LAD		CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
131	133	Aug 31	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	134	Sep 2	LAD		PIT	W,10-2	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
133	135	Sep 3	LAD		PIT	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
134	136	Sep 4	LAD		PIT	W,8-2	GS	24	7.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
135	137	Sep 5	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
136	138	Sep 6	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
137	139	Sep 7	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
138	140	Sep 8	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	16	3	0	19	0	1B
139	141	Sep 9	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
140	142	Sep 10	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS	35	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
141	143	Sep 11	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
142	144	Sep 12	LAD		SDP	W,7-6	CG	49	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
143	145	Sep 13	LAD		SDP	W,18-4	GS	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
144	146	Sep 14	LAD		CIN	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
145	147	Sep 15	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
146	148	Sep 16	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
147	149	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
148	150	Sep 18	LAD		ATL	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
149	151	Sep 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
150	152	Sep 21	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	23	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
151	153	Sep 23	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	49	11.2	12	1	0	13	0	1B
152	154	Sep 24	LAD	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
153	155	Sep 25	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
154	156	Sep 26	LAD		SFG	L,1-9	GS	33	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
155	157	Sep 27	LAD		SFG	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
156	158	Sep 28	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
157	159	Sep 29	LAD		HOU	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
158	160	Sep 30	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	CG	58	14.0	20	0	0	20	1	1B
159	161	Oct 1	LAD		HOU	W,4-3	GS	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
160	162	Oct 2	LAD		HOU	L,3-6	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
							160gm		1417.1	1606	55	8	1669	137