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Steve Garvey
Steven Patrick Garvey

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 192 lb.
School Michigan State

MLB Debut September 1, 1969
Final Game May 23, 1987
Born December 22, 1948 in Tampa, FL (age 75)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 21 LAN NL    9   20    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .150  .150  .150  .300    41     3   0   0   0   0   0  
 1971 22 LAN NL    9   12    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .083  .083  .167  .250    36     2   0   0   0   0   1  
 1972 23 LAN NL   98  267   31   71  12   1   7   40   5   0   12   37  .266  .300  .397  .697   107   106   0   0   2   1   4  
 1973 24 LAN NL   84  173   23   49   7   1   5   25   0   0   13   30  .283  .337  .422  .759   109    73   1   2   3   2   5  
 1974 25 LAN NL  162  677   94  212  35   4  21  104   3   0   24   76  .313  .335  .470  .805   119   318   0   7   1   2   8  MVP-8
 1975 26 LAN NL  162  657   93  211  43   8  18  109   4   2   46   57  .321  .363  .493  .857   126   324   6   6  10   1  14  MVP-5
 1976 27 LAN NL  162  677   74  220  51   3  14   87  12   3   29   79  .325  .351  .471  .822   121   319   3   3   4   0  20  MVP-5
 1977 28 LAN NL  162  668   92  189  26   6  33  108   2   3   23   91  .283  .305  .488  .793   107   326   3   4   1   0  18  MVP-9
 1978 29 LAN NL  162  659   93  219  41   8  29  105  12   5   37   78  .332  .363  .551  .914   133   363   4   9  10   0  13  MVP-1
 1979 30 LAN NL  162  673   82  194  35   0  17   95   6  10   32   75  .288  .320  .416  .736   105   280   1   7   9   3  10  
 1980 31 LAN NL  162  648   86  177  25   2  22   88   8   7   37   63  .273  .316  .420  .736   103   272   4   1   4   4  19  MVP-11
 1981 32 LAN NL  162  636   77  162  42   1  12   91   2   2   43   82  .255  .305  .381  .685   101   242   1  10   4   7  16  
 1982 33 LAN NL  161  645   85  195  38   5  13   85   1   0   20   96  .302  .321  .437  .759   111   282   8   4   3   0  16  
 1983 34 PIN NL  124  395   60  125  29   0  21   65   3   0   25   38  .316  .359  .549  .909   125   217   1   1   4   2  14  
 1984 35 PIN NL  111  258   27   70  13   1   5   29   1   1   11   15  .271  .299  .388  .686   100   100   1   2   2   0  11  
 1985 36 PIN NL  150  514   53  134  24   5  11   57   0   0   20   53  .261  .288  .391  .679    98   201   1   4   0   1  25  
 1986 37 PIN NL   79  225   30   57  10   0  10   36   0   1   11   27  .253  .287  .431  .718    99    97   0   1   0   0   7  
 1987 38 SFN NL   26   78   14   23   4   1   2    8   0   0    2   13  .295  .321  .449  .770   103    35   0   2   0   2   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons     2147 7882 1016 2312 436  46 240 1133  59  34  385  918  .293  .326  .452  .777        3560  34  63  57  25 202
 Per 600 PA           564   73  165  31   3  17   81   4   2   28   66                                 255   2   5   4   2  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With LAN     1657 6412  832 1903 356  39 191  938  55  32  316  772  .297  .329  .454  .783        2910  31  53  51  20 144
   With PIN      464 1392  170  386  76   6  47  187   4   2   67  133  .277  .310  .442  .752         615   3   8   6   3  57
   With SFN       26   78   14   23   4   1   2    8   0   0    2   13  .295  .321  .449  .770          35   0   2   0   2   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2332 8835 1143 2599 440  43 272 1308  83  62  479 1003  .294  .329  .446  .775        3941  33  90 113  29 251
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1970 21 LAN NL  40    0    .7   6   1   0  .167   1    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  1B   4e25     -365   
 1971 22 LAN NL  50    0    .0   8   1   0  .125   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -423   
 1972 23 LAN NL  44   31   4.3  33   9   0  .273  10   24    8  .333    0    0  .000  1B   4e11      -37   
 1973 24 LAN NL  53   23   4.9  35   7   0  .200   3   13    9  .692    0    0  .000  1B   4e11       -7   
 1974 25 LAN NL  27  106   6.0   0   0   0  .000  10   61   50  .820    0    0  .000  1B   1e8        -6   
 1975 26 LAN NL  27  115   6.6   0   0   0  .000   9   41   29  .707    0    0  .000  1B   1e8        29   
 1976 27 LAN NL  24  106   5.9   0   0   0  .000   2   56   51  .911    0    0  .000  1B   1e3         9   
 1977 28 LAN NL  30   92   4.9   0   0   0  .000  12   49   35  .714    0    0  .000  1B   1e8       -41   
 1978 29 LAN NL  28  128   7.4   0   0   0  .000  11   68   50  .735    0    0  .000  1B   1e9        62   
 1979 30 LAN NL  28   85   4.6   0   0   0  .000  11   50   35  .700    0    0  .000  1B   1e7      -111   
 1980 31 LAN NL  25   79   4.3   0   0   0  .000   5   49   40  .816    0    0  .000  1B   1e6       -72   
 1981 32 LAN NL  26   72   3.9   0   0   0  .000   4   51   43  .843    0    0  .000  1B   1e2       -47   
 1982 33 LAN NL  30   86   4.9   0   0   0  .000   8   51   40  .784    0    0  .000  1B   1e9        40   
 1983 34 PIN NL  37   73   6.9  15   5   0  .333   7   27   18  .667    0    0  .000  1B   2e10      106   
 1984 35 PIN NL  24   26   3.5  35   8   1  .229   0   21   18  .857    0    0  .000  1B   2e0         7   
 1985 36 PIN NL  34   50   3.3  21   6   1  .286   3   48   31  .646    0    0  .000  1B   2e5       -69   
 1986 37 PIN NL  77   25   3.9   7   1   0  .143   6   20   12  .600    0    0  .000  1B   2e8        26   
 1987 38 SFN NL  73   11   5.3   6   1   0  .167   0    3    3 1.000    0    0  .000  1B   3e8       263   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 18 Seasons         1117   5.1 166  39   2  .235 102  634  473  .746    0    0  .000                 -10   6
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 27.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 95.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1970 21 LAN NL  1B     5    32     2    1    4   .971     3    29.0  10.55
 1971 22 LAN NL  3B     2     0     4    0    1  1.000     1     9.0   4.00
 1972 23 LAN NL  1B    45   375    29    1   30   .998    43   362.0  10.04
                 3B    21    23    28    9    5   .850    15   142.2   3.22
 1973 24 LAN NL  1B    45   289    25    3   20   .991    36   310.1   9.11
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1974 25 LAN NL  1B   162  1382   136   10  162   .993   161  1453.1   9.40  GG
 1975 26 LAN NL  1B   162  1462   124    9  119   .994   161  1448.1   9.86
 1976 27 LAN NL  1B   162  1484   152    2  139   .999   162  1487.1   9.90  GG
 1977 28 LAN NL  1B   162  1449   127   12  132   .992   162  1454.0   9.76
 1978 29 LAN NL  1B   162  1437   120   11  109   .993   162  1454.1   9.64  GG
 1979 30 LAN NL  1B   162  1374   136   11  136   .993   162  1454.0   9.35
 1980 31 LAN NL  1B   162  1427   157    5  128   .997   162  1477.0   9.65  GG
 1981 32 LAN NL  1B   162  1396   143    4  107   .997   162  1452.1   9.54
 1982 33 LAN NL  1B   161  1396   138    8  110   .995   159  1440.2   9.58
 1983 34 PIN NL  1B   119   822    73    7   99   .992    93   890.0   9.05
 1984 35 PIN NL  1B    84   494    49    0   47  1.000    54   527.0   9.27
 1985 36 PIN NL  1B   135   998   108    3  108   .997   121  1085.0   9.17
 1986 37 PIN NL  1B    73   540    59    6   49   .990    60   532.1  10.13
 1987 38 SFN NL  1B    21   145    18    0   12  1.000    19   159.0   9.23
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B  1984 16502  1596   93 1511   .995  1882 17016.0   9.57
                 3B    23    23    32    9    6   .859    16   151.2   3.26
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1975 NLCS  LAN MON   W    4  15  4 10  0  0  2   8  1  3  .667  .647 1.067  0
      WS    LAN OAA   W    5  18  4  6  2  0  1   7  1  2  .333  .368  .611  1
 1980 NLCS  LAN MON   W    5  22  3  6  1  0  0   4  1  1  .273  .304  .318  0
      WS    LAN NYA   W    6  19  4  3  0  0  1   6  2  3  .158  .227  .316  0
 1982 NLCS  LAN MON   L    4  12  1  4  0  1  0   1  1  4  .333  .385  .500  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1970  LAN   72-90   Scott Campbell
 1971  LAN  102-60   Scott Campbell
 1972  LAN   78-84   Scott Campbell
 1973  LAN  109-54   Scott Campbell
 1974  LAN   92-70   Scott Campbell
 1975  LAN  102-60   Billy Vanson
 1976  LAN   77-85   Billy Vanson
 1977  LAN   81-81   Billy Vanson
 1978  LAN   73-89   Billy Vanson
 1979  LAN   82-80   Billy Vanson
 1980  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1981  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1982  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1983  PIN   90-72   Mike Mashanic
 1984  PIN   86-76   Mike Mashanic
 1985  PIN   67-95   Mike Mashanic
 1986  PIN   75-87   Mike Mashanic
 1987  SFN   82-80   Pat Carr

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