Steve Garvey
first base | bats: right | throws: right | height: 5-10 | weight: 192 | born: 12.22.48
Steve Garvey
Steve Garvey on the cover of SI: April 25, 1983
Official site: stevegarvey.com
Career stats: Baseball-Reference.com
Career biography: The Ballplayers | BR Bullpen
In the show: Dodgers (1969-82), Padres (1983-87).
How he was acquired: Garvey signed a five-year, $6.6 million contract with the Padres on Dec. 21, 1982, the day before his 34th birthday.
How he was lost: Garvey retired Jan. 13, 1988.

Players most similar to: Gil Hodges, Cecil Cooper.
Career year, 1974: 21 home runs, 111 RBIs, .312 batting average, .342 on-base percentage, .469 slugging percentage, 200 hits.

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  • 1974 National League MVP
  • Top 10 in MVP voting five times (1974, 1976-78, 1980)
  • Named to The Sporting News All-Star team four times (1974, 1975, 1977, 1978)
  • Holds NL record for consecutive games played (1,207)
  • Led league in hits twice (1978, 1980)
  • Led league in games played six times (1977, 1978, 1980-82, 1985)
    Playoffs
  • Two-time NLCS MVP (1978, 1984)
  • Shares LCS record for home runs in a series (4, 1978)
  • Holds LCS record for total bases in a 4-game series (22, 1978)
  • Shares LCS record for runs in a game (4, Oct. 9, 1974)
  • Holds NLCS record for home runs in a career (8)
  • Holds NLCS record for RBI in a career (21).
    All-Star Game
  • 10-time All-Star (1974-81, 1984, 1985)
  • Two-time MVP (1974, 1978)
  • First player to start the game as a write-in candidate (1974)
  • First player to receive four million votes (1978)
    Fielding
  • Four-time Gold Glove award winner (1974-77)
  • Holds record for best career fielding percentage, first base (.996)
  • Holds record longest consectuve errorless streak, first base (193 games, 1983-85)
  • Holds record for best single-season fielding percentage, first base (1.000, 1984)
  • Member of longest-running infield ever, eight seasons (1974-81: Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell and Ron Cey).
    Off the field
  • Roberto Clemente Man of the Year (1981)
  • Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1984)
    Revisionist history: Garvey should have won three more Gold Glove Awards (1981, 1982, 1984), according to Bill James' Win Shares.

    The Steve Garvey Library

  • Steve Garvey gets no respect -- Jeff Sackmann, The Hardball Times (Jan. 10, 2007)
  • Polishing the Iron Man -- Jimmy Kimmel, ESPN.com's Page 2 (Jan. 4, 2005)
  • Steve Garvey vs. Gil Hodges -- Matthew Namee, www.robneyer.com
  • Court overturns Garvey's settlement -- The Associated Press (May 14, 2001)
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