Steve Garvey Stats | Baseball Prospectus

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
19	9466	.294	.329	.446	112	23.2

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1969	LAN	20	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	78	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
1970	LAN	21	34	100	25	5	0	1	6	17	0	1	1	.269	.310	.355	74	-2.3	-0.3	-0.4	0.0
1971	LAN	22	81	249	51	12	1	7	21	33	0	1	2	.227	.290	.382	90	-0.7	0.8	6.6	1.5
1972	LAN	23	96	317	79	14	2	9	19	36	1	4	2	.269	.312	.422	109	4.6	0.2	7.4	2.4
1973	LAN	24	114	366	106	17	3	8	11	42	3	0	2	.304	.328	.438	100	1.7	-0.4	-0.1	0.6
1974	LAN	25	156	685	200	32	3	21	31	66	3	5	4	.312	.342	.469	124	21.7	-1.3	-6.0	2.3
1975	LAN	26	160	704	210	38	6	18	33	66	3	11	2	.319	.351	.476	123	22.6	0.3	-4.5	2.7
1976	LAN	27	162	696	200	37	4	13	50	69	1	19	8	.317	.363	.450	128	24.5	-0.2	-1.6	3.2
1977	LAN	28	162	696	192	25	3	33	38	90	1	9	6	.297	.335	.498	121	20.4	0.3	-1.6	2.7
1978	LAN	29	162	689	202	36	9	21	40	70	1	10	5	.316	.353	.499	131	25.9	-2.5	3.3	3.6
1979	LAN	30	162	697	204	32	1	28	37	59	2	3	6	.315	.351	.497	124	22.1	-3.2	0.2	2.7
1980	LAN	31	163	704	200	27	1	26	36	67	3	6	11	.304	.341	.467	120	18.1	-4.9	-7.2	1.4
1981	LAN	32	110	461	122	23	1	10	25	49	1	3	5	.283	.322	.411	110	3.9	0.9	2.9	1.3
1982	LAN	33	162	660	176	35	1	16	20	86	1	5	3	.282	.301	.418	99	0.3	-0.2	-1.4	0.6
1983	SDN	34	100	425	114	22	0	14	29	39	3	4	1	.294	.344	.459	119	9.5	5.7	-9.8	1.0
1984	SDN	35	161	653	175	27	2	8	24	64	1	1	2	.284	.307	.373	88	-6.7	2.3	-11.5	-1.0
1985	SDN	36	162	699	184	34	6	17	35	67	3	0	0	.281	.318	.430	101	3.2	-1.4	-7.5	0.1
1986	SDN	37	155	584	142	22	0	21	23	72	1	1	2	.255	.284	.408	92	-4.2	-3.3	-13.8	-1.6
1987	SDN	38	27	78	16	2	0	1	1	10	1	0	0	.211	.231	.276	68	-3.1	-0.6	-1.0	-0.4
Career			2332	9466	2599	440	43	272	479	1003	29	83	62	.294	.329	.446	112	161.5	-8.2	-45.9	23.2

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1969	LAN	MLB	NL	3	3	.240	.291	.367	.500	93	-0.1	0.1	0	78	11	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
1970	LAN	MLB	NL	34	100	.254	.321	.389	.316	91	-1.7	2.7	0.3	74	11	-0.4	-0.3	-2.3	0.0
1971	LAN	MLB	NL	81	249	.253	.314	.364	.235	94	-2.1	6.1	0.8	90	15	6.6	0.8	-0.7	1.5
1972	LAN	MLB	NL	96	317	.251	.317	.372	.278	95	8.5	7.5	0.8	109	13	7.4	0.2	4.6	2.4
1973	LAN	MLB	NL	114	366	.254	.317	.374	.325	96	6.9	9.7	-5.3	100	7	-0.1	-0.4	1.7	0.6
1974	LAN	MLB	NL	156	685	.258	.324	.370	.318	96	36.2	17.7	-11.4	124	10	-6.0	-1.3	21.7	2.3
1975	LAN	MLB	NL	160	704	.263	.329	.376	.330	95	35.5	18.5	-11.9	123	7	-4.5	0.3	22.6	2.7
1976	LAN	MLB	NL	162	696	.254	.317	.357	.335	95	35.2	17.5	-11.3	128	10	-1.6	-0.2	24.5	3.2
1977	LAN	MLB	NL	162	696	.262	.325	.399	.302	98	22.2	19.4	-12.4	121	12	-1.6	0.3	20.4	2.7
1978	LAN	MLB	NL	162	689	.256	.319	.372	.326	99	32.5	17.9	-11.5	131	10	3.3	-2.5	25.9	3.6
1979	LAN	MLB	NL	162	697	.261	.321	.389	.310	100	21.3	19.5	-12.5	124	10	0.2	-3.2	22.1	2.7
1980	LAN	MLB	NL	163	704	.258	.316	.371	.306	98	21.5	18.9	-12.1	120	10	-7.2	-4.9	18.1	1.4
1981	LAN	MLB	NL	110	461	.260	.318	.372	.299	96	10	11.6	-7.5	110	9	2.9	0.9	3.9	1.3
1982	LAN	MLB	NL	162	660	.259	.317	.374	.301	96	1	17.8	-11.3	99	11	-1.4	-0.2	0.3	0.6
1983	SDN	MLB	NL	100	425	.253	.316	.370	.294	99	10	11.5	-7.4	119	12	-9.8	5.7	9.5	1.0
1984	SDN	MLB	NL	161	653	.257	.317	.368	.301	96	-7.1	17.5	-11.2	88	8	-11.5	2.3	-6.7	-1.0
1985	SDN	MLB	NL	162	699	.250	.315	.369	.290	94	5.2	19.1	-12.2	101	11	-7.5	-1.4	3.2	0.1
1986	SDN	MLB	NL	155	584	.251	.316	.378	.259	101	-13.2	16.2	-10.2	92	9	-13.8	-3.3	-4.2	-1.6
1987	SDN	MLB	NL	27	78	.264	.329	.412	.231	97	-7.9	2.3	-1.3	68	14	-1.0	-0.6	-3.1	-0.4

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1969	LAN	MLB	NL	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.000	0	0
1970	LAN	MLB	NL	100	93	8	25	5	0	1	33	6	6	17	1	1	.269	.310	.355	.086	1	0
1971	LAN	MLB	NL	249	225	27	51	12	1	7	86	26	21	33	1	2	.227	.290	.382	.156	2	1
1972	LAN	MLB	NL	317	294	36	79	14	2	9	124	30	19	36	4	2	.269	.312	.422	.153	3	0
1973	LAN	MLB	NL	366	349	37	106	17	3	8	153	50	11	42	0	2	.304	.328	.438	.135	3	0
1974	LAN	MLB	NL	685	642	95	200	32	3	21	301	111	31	66	5	4	.312	.342	.469	.157	8	1
1975	LAN	MLB	NL	704	659	85	210	38	6	18	314	95	33	66	11	2	.319	.351	.476	.158	6	3
1976	LAN	MLB	NL	696	631	85	200	37	4	13	284	80	50	69	19	8	.317	.363	.450	.133	9	5
1977	LAN	MLB	NL	696	646	91	192	25	3	33	322	115	38	90	9	6	.297	.335	.498	.201	4	7
1978	LAN	MLB	NL	689	639	89	202	36	9	21	319	113	40	70	10	5	.316	.353	.499	.183	8	1
1979	LAN	MLB	NL	697	648	92	204	32	1	28	322	110	37	59	3	6	.315	.351	.497	.182	6	4
1980	LAN	MLB	NL	704	658	78	200	27	1	26	307	106	36	67	6	11	.304	.341	.467	.163	4	3
1981	LAN	MLB	NL	461	431	63	122	23	1	10	177	64	25	49	3	5	.283	.322	.411	.128	3	1
1982	LAN	MLB	NL	660	625	66	176	35	1	16	261	86	20	86	5	3	.282	.301	.418	.136	9	5
1983	SDN	MLB	NL	425	388	76	114	22	0	14	178	59	29	39	4	1	.294	.344	.459	.165	5	0
1984	SDN	MLB	NL	653	617	72	175	27	2	8	230	86	24	64	1	2	.284	.307	.373	.089	10	1
1985	SDN	MLB	NL	699	654	80	184	34	6	17	281	81	35	67	0	0	.281	.318	.430	.148	6	1
1986	SDN	MLB	NL	584	557	58	142	22	0	21	227	81	23	72	1	2	.255	.284	.408	.153	3	0
1987	SDN	MLB	NL	78	76	5	16	2	0	1	21	9	1	10	0	0	.211	.231	.276	.066	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
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Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1987-05-24	1987-10-05	60-DL	134	118	Left	Shoulder	Strain	Biceps Tendon	-	-
1983-07-30	1983-10-03		65	62	Left	Thumb	Dislocation		-	-
1971-06-13	1971-07-29		46	44	Left	Hand	Fracture		-	-

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PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
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Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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2019-03-14 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Keeping with the Padres theme...Who would have won a fight between Champ Summers and Steve Garvey? (Buddy from Peoria,IL)	Thank you again for joining Padres chat. Always back the guy with the better facial hair, especially if winning is an inherent part of his name. Give me Summers. (Nathan Bishop)
2014-04-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Miguel Cabrera's defense at 1B really as bad as reputed? If so, I'm surprised. Players who field 3B poorly have a long history of moving to first and becoming Gold Glove defenders. Pujols of course, and before him there were George Scott and Steve Garvey. (Rex Little from Big Bear CA)	Cabrera isn't great there, but he seems to be an improvement over Prince Fielder. Keep in mind he's not your typical conversion, either. (R.J. Anderson)
2010-06-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	By happy coincidence, I daydreamed a question for you not more than a day ago, and here you are. Not that I'm trying to sneak in the backdoor, but do consistent players get any sort of boost in the public's estimation of their HoF chances, and should they? I think here of a Jack Morris. Even though his heights were more very good than HoF, his workmanlike consistency--on top of being relatable and making him seem like a good guy--kept Tigers fans from a lot of crappy starts from a more up and down pitcher. I wonder if consistency (if it could be defined) would ever end up having a predictive value on eventual election. Thanks for suffering a long question, Jay. (Jim Clancy from Exhibition Stadium)	Consistency is pretty difficult to quantify, except perhaps in the way it enables players to accumulate the benchmark stats that most of the public regards as constituting "a good season." I think of Steve Garvey rapping out his 200 hits, 100 RBI and .300 batting average every year and how highly esteemed he was in his day, and yet how far his star has fallen in light of a more modern statistical reckoning. But then I also think of guys like Blyleven and Don Sutton who were pretty consistent on some levels but didn't rack up the 20-win seasons that some of their peers did, and aren't held on the same level as them even if they may have been more valuable. In the end I suspect peak value holds more sway on the public's estimation of a potential HoFer, because people tend to remember the high points, the outliers, the things that break pattern rather than the pattern itself. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-03-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Which baseball annoucers are your favorites? I enjoy the rapport between Hawk Harrelson and Steve Stone quite a bit and the Red Sox guys (Orsillo and Remy) are fun too. (JG Ballard from Vermillion Sands)	Vin Scully is my favorite, hands down. Great bit from the Sons of Steve Garvey site yesterday (http://www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2010/03/vin-scully-on-bill-veeck-and-colored.html) about Scully telling a story about racism, Bill Veeck, and the flight of major league spring training facilities to Arizona. I'm no Michael Kay fan, but I really like Ken Singleton on the Yankees games, and enjoyed David Cone while he was around. Al Leiter is decent too. I don't mind Krukow and Kuiper for the Giants, even though they're "the enemy" to a Dodger fan. For national games, I'm really eager to hear more of Jon Sciambi on ESPN, because he's a friend of BP and because I like what I've heard. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-07-30 12:30:00 (link to chat)	Think Kotchman has the potential to have a Steve Garvey type career. Their numbers are very similar through the same age. (Mike from Utica, NY)	Yeah, I do, especially if the Braves let him cut loose and swing the bat instead of making him to the opposite field like the Angels did. He has a lot of untapped potential. (John Perrotto)

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