Saturday, August 25, 2007


For Steve Garvey the football player, see here.
Steven Patrick Garvey (born December 22, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, and current Southern California businessman.

Los Angeles Dodgers (1969-1982)
San Diego Padres (1983-1987)
10-time All-Star (1974-81, 1984-85)
Twice National League Championship Series MVP (1978, 1984)
National League Most Valuable Player (1974)
Won Roberto Clemente Award (1981)
Won Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1984)
4-time Gold Glove Award (1974-77)
Twice All-Star Game MVP (1974, 1978)
6-time led league in games played (1977-78, 1980-82, 1985)
Twice led league in hits (1978, 1980)
Led league in sacrifice flies (1984)
6-times collected 200 or more hits (1974-76, 1978-80)
7-times hit 30 or more doubles (1974-76, 1978-79, 1982, 1985)
5-times drove in 100 or more runs (1974, 1977-80)
7-times hit .300 or more (1973-76, 1978-80)
6-times had 300 or more total bases (1974-75, 1977-80)
Shares Padres single season record for Games Played (162 in 1985)
2,332 Games (86th All-Time)
8,835 At Bats (70th All-Time)
2,599 Hits (70th All-Time)
3,941 Total Bases (78th All-Time)
440 Doubles (91st All-Time)
1,308 RBI (89th All-Time)
1,844 Singles (70th All-Time)
90 Sacrifice Flies (50th All-Time)
113 Intentional Walks (81st All-Time) Playing career
Since 1988, he has been running Garvey Communications, mainly involved in television production, including infomercials. He is also the host of "Baseball's Greatest Games." In addition he is hired out to do motivational speaking, mainly for corporations.

Personal
During his playing career, Garvey was widely admired for his gentlemanly qualities on and off the field. Shortly after his retirement, however, his image was tarnished when he publicly admitted fathering two children - out of wedlock -by two women. [1] More recently, Garvey has been accused of failing to pay a number of personal and professional debts, including child support. [2]

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