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Name Team Age
Steve Garvey Retired (1995, Age 35) Died (2042, Age 83)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 30
(1981)		 1B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Billy Hamilton League 0 5 years (88 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C+ D+ B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B  C 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ B  D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D  D+ C+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A- 0 12/1/1959
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1981 Minors 25.00 1 / 2 1 / 3 2 / 2 3 / 7 2 / 2 4 / 4 5 / 5 18 / 25
1982 Minors 28.00 3 / 5 3 / 3 2 / 4 0 / 4 3 / 4 3 / 3 5 / 5 19 / 28
1983 Minors 44.00 2 / 5 1 / 3 4 / 9 2 / 6 1 / 5 5 / 9 7 / 7 22 / 44
1984 Minors 41.00 1 / 2 7 / 14 2 / 5 2 / 3 3 / 4 5 / 7 6 / 6 26 / 41
1985 Majors 29.57 162 11 0 1 / 3 1 / 4 2 / 5 1 / 3 2 / 6 2 / 3 2 / 5 11 / 29
1986 Majors 31.56 162 17 0 2 / 5 1 / 4 1 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 4 0 / 4 3 / 4 14 / 31
1987 Minors 22.00 2 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 3 4 / 7 10 / 22
1987 Majors 13.03 75 4 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 2 3 / 13
1988 Minors 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 4
1988 Majors 15.00 1 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 2 / 2 4 / 15
1989 Majors 15.00 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 15
1990 Majors 16.34 60 19 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 16
1991 Minors 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 1 / 8
1991 Majors 13.00 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 13
1992 Majors 27.66 162 21 0 0 / 1 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 5 1 / 27
1993 Majors 26.29 162 22 0 -3 / 5 -7 / 2 -4 / 5 -2 / 3 -5 / 3 -1 / 2 -1 / 6 -23 / 26
1994 Majors 21.18 108 21 20 -5 / 3 -3 / 3 -5 / 5 -2 / 4 -3 / 0 -2 / 4 0 / 2 -20 / 21
1995 Majors 16.00 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 16
Total 891 115 20 5 / 50 5 / 58 6 / 55 8 / 52 11 / 52 19 / 65 34 / 62 88 / 394
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1995-11-01Steve Garvey has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1995-04-27The Pittsburgh Pirates have waived Steve Garvey.
1995-04-01The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Van McElveen to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated Steve Garvey for assignment. The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated Jeff Price for assignment. The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated Thad Herrera for assignment.
1994-08-01Steve Garvey of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1992-03-03The Pittsburgh Detail have promoted Steve Garvey to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Detail have sent Del Colbern to the minors.
1992-03-03The Pittsburgh Detail have acquired Steve Garvey from the waiver wire.
1991-06-01The Pittsburgh Detail have waived Steve Garvey.
1991-03-03The Pittsburgh Detail have designated Steve Garvey for assignment.
1990-07-27The Pittsburgh Detail have promoted Steve Garvey to the major league team.
1990-07-27The Pittsburgh Detail have acquired Steve Garvey from the waiver wire.
1988-05-17The New York FREEDOMS have waived Steve Garvey.
1987-06-25The New York FREEDOMS have promoted Lenny Nagelson to the major league team. The New York FREEDOMS have designated Steve Garvey for assignment.
1985-04-01The New York FREEDOMS have promoted V. I. Sevastyanov to the major league team. The New York FREEDOMS have promoted Steve Garvey to the major league team. The New York FREEDOMS have designated Frank Bowers for assignment.
1983-04-28The New York FREEDOMS have acquired Steve Garvey from the waiver wire. The New York FREEDOMS have waived Larry Sewell.
1983-04-23The Baltimore Hurricanes have waived Steve Garvey.
1981-04-01The Baltimore Hurricanes have renamed Rusty Cvengros to Steve Garvey.