Steve Garvey - a name synonymous with
excellence and success. One of
baseball's most popular and durable
players during one of baseball's
greatest era's, Garvey is known to even
the most casual of baseball fans. A
10-time All Star and 1974 National
League MVP, Garvey is destined for
enshrinement to the Baseball Hall of
Fame at Cooperstown, New York. Starring
for the
Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres
in his illustrious
career, Garvey was nicknamed the
"Iron Man" for setting the
National League consecutive games record
with
1,207 straight.
Simply put, Garvey was a complete player
- equally adept with the bat and glove -
hitting for average and power to go
along with his nearly flawless defense.
Overall, Garvey garnered four Gold Glove
Awards for defensive excellence; had 200 or more
hits in six seasons; batted an
unbelievable .393 in ten All-Star Games
on his way to twice winning the
prestigious All Star Game MVP Award (1974,
1978); was named NL Playoff MVP and of
course, the aforementioned 1974 MVP
Award, his crowning achievement.
Garvey posted remarkable career numbers
with a .294 batting average and a .996 fielding percentage at first
base, a Major League Baseball record.
Garvey also played
193 consecutive, errorless games at
first base, yet another MLB record, and
is the only player in the history of
baseball to have played an errorless
season at the position...Click
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For eight years,
Steve Garvey was the cornerstone of the
"Fabulous Four" infield of the Los
Angeles Dodgers that also included Davey
Lopes, Bill Russell and Ron Cey. This
famous infield combination are still one
the longest standing and most successful
infield combinations in baseball
history. The "Fabulous Four" infield and
the arm of Fernando Valenzuela brought
the Dodgers a World Series Championship
in 1981.
The most dramatic moment of Garvey's
career is easily his
game-winning home run in the ninth
inning of the pivotal Game Four of the 1984
NL Championship Series. The blast beat
the Chicago Cubs and ultimately propelled the Padres
to its first ever National League Pennant
and World Series appearance. Garvey's
blast has been called one of baseball's
most memorable home runs, living on in
baseball lore as much for its importance
as also being a key moment in the
history of the famously cursed Chicago
Cubs and their run of postseason
futility.
Garvey was named
NL Playoff MVP for the third time in his
career (1974, 1977). On April 18, 1988
the San Diego Padres retired Garvey's #6
jersey in his honor.
That same year, Garvey retired from
baseball and is now involved with his
own company, Garvey Communications. He moved to
Los Angeles in 1990 and has
concentrated on television production
with the "Prime Ticket Network" and
also hosts the weekly series "Baseball's
Greatest Games." Garvey is also a
highly acclaimed motivational
speaker, traveling the world over to speak at corporate
functions.
Drawing from the same incredible drive
that enabled him to play in 1,207
consecutive games, Garvey uses his
experiences and lessons learned to motivate audiences around the world to
become the most successful
people or corporations they can be.
Sure, Garvey's playing field is no
longer the diamond; it has changed to corporate
boardrooms and lecture halls. But the
qualities that Garvey was famous for
throughout his career - integrity, intensity and devotion
- have also served him well in business.
These qualities are always evident in
all that Steve Garvey does, no matter
the playing field.
To focus
solely on Steve Garvey's baseball
accomplishments would leave out a
lifetime of achievements as a
businessman, philanthropist, volunteer
and most importantly a devoted family
man. As a father of seven children
Garvey understands that in the
ever-changing world we live in there is
a great necessity of being a man of
honor, integrity and quality...
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Giving back to
the community has always been an important Steve
Garvey trademark. He succeeded Frank
Sinatra as the National Campaign
Chairman of the Multiple Sclerosis
Society and serves on the Board of
Directors for the UCLA Division of
Neurosurgery and also for 'B.A.T',
(Baseball Assistance Team) which
provides services and financial aide for
former MLB players and their families.
Garvey also volunteers his time and
assists in causes such as the Special
Olympics, Juvenile Diabetes, The Blind
Children Center, the
Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the ALS
Foundation (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and
the The Sisters of Carondelet.
Garvey also
holds or has held positions on numerous
civic committees and corporate boards,
including the Retenitis Pigmentosa
Foundation, the Catholic University of America,
the University of San Diego, The Scripps
Clinic and Research Foundation and the
Alzheimer's Foundation. It is this
devotion and generosity that has
earned him numerous awards, including
the prestigious Lou Gehrig Award and The
Roberto Clemente Award, baseball's
highest honor for humanitarian service. Steve
has also received Little League's
most prestigious honor, The "William A.
(Bill) Shea Award," for contribution
to our national pastime by
a former little leaguer. Garvey was also
chosen as one of Disney's 30th
Anniversary "American
Hero's".
Steve Garvey
has been a spokesman for an impressive
list corporations and their
products since his rookie year in
1970. He has endorsed and done
promotional campaigns for companies like Pepsi-Cola, Chevrolet, Gillette,
McDonald's, Adidas,, Nestle,, TransAmerica,
Anheuser-Busch, Jockey, Cardservice International, John Hancock
and Team Nabisco in association with
Wal-Mart...
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