Steve Garvey garnered a number of accolades and achievements over the course of his illustrious career that will surely allow him to take his proper place amongst baseball's elite in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Below are some of his most outstanding accomplishments.
1974 National League Most Valuable Player.

• National League's Iron Man - Holds NL consecutive games played record at 1,207 straight games.
  
  
• 10-time All Star selection, including eight straight (1974-1981).
  
  
• Hit .300 seven times and finished with a .294 career average with 2,599 hits.
  
  
• Led the NL in hits twice, collected 200 hits or more six times in seven seasons.
  
  
• In 1974, became the ONLY player ever elected as an All-Star Game starter as a write-in candidate. Garvey earned the MVP Award in that game and later won another MVP in the the 1978 mid-summer classic.
  
  
• Won four straight Gold Glove awards (1974-1977) and set a ML record with his career .996 fielding percentage at first base.
  
  
• The ONLY player in MLB history to record an errorless season at first base (1984).
  
  
• Set a MLB record for first baseman by playing 193 straight games without committing an error.
  
  
• Drove in 100 runs five times, including four straight years (1977-1980).
  
  
• One of the greatest clutch, post season players ever. Hit .300 or better in eight of his 11 post-season series. Hit .389 with four homers and seven RBI in the four-game 1978 NLCS win. Hit 10 home runs in the NLCS (a record at the time) and hit .338 with 11 homers, 31 RBI and 32 runs scored in 55 post-season contests. Played best when it mattered most.
  
  
• Hit one of baseball's most memorable home runs, the famous game-winning home run in Game Four of the 1984 NLCS. The blast itself, combined with the huge team momentum and morale shifts that it caused, lifted the Padres into the deciding fifth game and ultimately to the team's first ever NL Pennant and World Series appearance. Garvey drove in five runs in all.
  
  
• Won 1978 and 1984 NLCS MVP Awards. Team MVP of the 1974 NLCS (award not official until 1977).
  
  
• Garvey led or tied for the team lead in batting average and total hits (among team's regulars) in an amazing eight out of 11 post-season series.
  
  
• Led NL in Games six times (1977-78, 1980-82, 1985).