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Steve
Garvey		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 207
 
Born: December 22, 1948 in Usa, FL, TAMPA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 21 CLN NL     6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1971 22 CLN NL     6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1972 23 CLN NL     6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1973 24 CLN NL     6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5
1974 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5
1975 26 CLN NL     6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5
1976 27 CLN NL     6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5
1977 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5
1978 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5
1979 30 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5
1980 31 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4
1981 32 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4
1982 33 NYA AL $ 350,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4
1983 34 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 2 2 2 4 3 3
1984 35 NYA AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1970 21 AA   137 565 81 178 25 2 33 103 6 5 50 55 .315 .371 .542 .912 105.9  
1971 22 AAA   40 184 33 65 9 0 14 34 3 1 10 23 .353 .387 .630 1.017 39.8  
    AA   81 345 58 125 20 4 18 78 1 1 19 37 .362 .396 .600 .996 71.2  
1972 23 AAA   125 570 72 167 31 2 21 68 6 8 33 102 .293 .332 .465 .797 82.2  
1973 24 AAA   137 607 92 175 34 3 27 93 6 2 36 135 .288 .328 .488 .816 93.2  
1974 25 CLN NL 8 30 3 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .433 .767 3.8 1.1
    AAA   137 582 90 179 44 5 24 85 3 5 30 125 .308 .342 .524 .866 94.9  
1975 26 AAA   77 328 41 109 22 7 9 54 4 2 16 78 .332 .363 .524 .888 56.1  
1976 27 AAA   137 594 83 169 38 2 33 87 8 2 25 104 .285 .313 .522 .835 93.5  
1977 28 NYA AL 6 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .118 .118 .118 .235 -0.8 0.0
    AAA   134 521 69 151 31 2 23 81 3 3 20 88 .290 .316 .489 .806 75.9  
1978 29 NYA AL 14 12 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .417 .500 .500 1.000 2.8 0.7
1979 30 NYA AL 24 85 10 26 4 0 1 16 0 0 3 21 .306 .326 .388 .714 10.1 2.0
    AAA   133 550 63 156 30 3 22 74 4 3 29 89 .284 .320 .469 .789 78.7  
1980 31 NYA AL 148 542 53 140 40 4 7 56 0 1 16 123 .258 .277 .386 .662 53.7 8.8
1981 32 NYA AL 156 566 58 137 28 2 15 57 1 0 21 116 .242 .269 .378 .647 50.1 7.0
1982 33 NYA AL 154 585 53 161 46 0 8 76 0 0 15 110 .275 .292 .395 .687 61.9 12.4
1983 34 NYA AL 149 524 57 138 33 1 13 57 0 0 25 117 .263 .296 .405 .701 58.0 8.8
1984 35 NYA AL 85 231 23 56 14 1 0 13 0 0 6 62 .242 .259 .312 .571 15.2 0.1
9 Years Sim 744 2592 262 675 169 8 44 280 1 1 88 557 .260 .283 .383 .666 254.8 40.9
8 Years AAA 920 3936 543 1171 239 24 173 576 37 26 199 744 .298 .333 .502 .835 614.2  
2 Years AA 218 910 139 303 45 6 51 181 7 6 69 92 .333 .383 .564 .947 177.1  
10 Years Minors 1138 4846 682 1474 284 30 224 757 44 32 268 836 .304 .342 .514 .856 791.3  
162 Game Average 564 57 146 36 1 9 60 0 0 19 121 .260 .283 .383 .666 55.5  
Career Highs 156 585 58 161 46 4 15 76 1 1 25 123 .417 .500 .500 1.000 61.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1793 172 461 115 6 32 201 0 1 61 406 .257 .280 .381 .662 181.7
vs LH   799 90 214 54 2 12 79 1 0 27 151 .268 .290 .385 .676 84.4
Home 366 1271 119 314 80 4 21 140 0 1 48 288 .247 .273 .366 .639 120.6
Away 378 1321 143 361 89 4 23 140 1 0 40 269 .273 .293 .399 .692 145.5
RISP   579 0 144 33 1 11 211 0 0 28 115 .249 .277 .366 .643 57.9
Pinch Hitting   57 7 15 3 0 1 8 0 0 3 7 .263 .300 .368 .668 6.1
Close/Late   308 23 88 22 1 2 27 0 0 12 69 .286 .312 .383 .695 34.2
Mar/Apr 113 385 43 111 25 2 9 38 0 0 9 86 .288 .304 .434 .738 47.3
May 119 425 48 103 33 0 8 44 0 1 16 87 .242 .270 .376 .647 40.5
June 123 430 39 107 24 0 6 38 0 0 10 92 .249 .266 .347 .612 36.8
July 110 389 33 85 14 1 5 30 1 0 17 98 .219 .248 .298 .546 27.6
August 122 436 41 117 31 4 7 57 0 0 18 98 .268 .296 .406 .702 49.6
Sep/Oct 156 527 58 152 42 1 9 73 0 0 18 96 .288 .309 .423 .732 64.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 25 CLN NL LF 8 8 67.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.1
1977 28 NYA AL RF 3 3 26.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
    1B 3 0 7.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 29 NYA AL RF 3 1 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 30 NYA AL LF 24 24 206.7 41 1 0 1 1.000 1.83   0.3
1980 31 NYA AL 3B 120 118 1013.3 74 278 12 22 .967 3.13   2.8
    LF 25 23 197.3 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.01   0.5
    RF 3 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
    SS 1 1 8.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
1981 32 NYA AL 3B 76 72 625.3 44 143 10 11 .949 2.69   1.0
    RF 60 57 505.7 107 1 1 0 .991 1.92   0.8
    1B 19 18 156.0 206 13 2 16 .991 12.63   0.3
1982 33 NYA AL 1B 34 34 283.7 338 31 5 34 .987 11.71   0.6
    RF 10 4 51.0 22 1 1 0 .958 4.06   0.2
    3B 2 0 7.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.0
1983 34 NYA AL LF 98 95 821.3 184 6 3 1 .984 2.08   1.1
    1B 37 35 286.7 324 21 1 36 .997 10.83   0.5
    RF 8 2 32.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.67    
    3B 3 1 14.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
1984 35 NYA AL 1B 50 43 368.7 443 35 4 30 .992 11.67   1.0
    3B 13 7 74.0 4 25 0 2 1.000 3.53   0.3
    RF 15 3 41.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.1
    LF 6 4 32.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97    
  3B 214 198 1733.7 125 452 22 35 .963 3.00   4.2
  LF 161 154 1324.3 290 7 3 2 .990 2.02   2.1
  1B 144 130 1104.0 1320 101 12 117 .992 11.58   2.4
  RF 102 72 688.0 156 2 2 0 .988 2.07   1.3
  SS 1 1 8.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   623 555 4859.0 1893 565 39 154 .984 4.55   10.0
Career Highs   155 147 1287.0 516 281 13 37 1.000 10.43    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1981-2-156
 Doubles
1980-2-40
1982-1-46
 Strikeouts
1980-4-123
1981-5-116
1982-7-110
1983-7-117
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Willie Smith (971)
  2. Bill Buckner (956)
  3. Bob Repass (951)
  4. Joe Cunningham (951)
  5. Ray Barker (945)
  6. Billy Conigliaro (935)
  7. Duane Walker (932)
  8. Rick Joseph (931)
  9. Paul O'Neill (928)
  10. Paul Easterling (928)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1970
Injured on 8/16/1971 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
Injured on 4/28/1974 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/25/1974, off Charlie Hough (PIT)
Injured on 6/25/1975 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (A) on 7/31/1977 (Going to NYA: RF Jose Ortiz, RF Steve Garvey. Going to CLN: LF Curt Blefary)
Injured on 8/2/1979 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Hit first career homerun on 9/29/1979, off Jerry Stephenson (CLE)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 5/30/1980
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1981, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
 
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