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Steve
Garvey's Call to Cooperstown |
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.
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1974 National League
Most Valuable Player.
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National League's Iron Man - Holds NL
consecutive games played record at 1,207
straight games.
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10-time All Star
selection, including eight straight
(1974-1981).
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Hit .300 seven times
and finished with a .294 career
average with 2,599 hits.
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Led the NL in hits
twice, collected 200 hits or more
six times in seven seasons.
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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.
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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).
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Set a MLB record for
first baseman by
playing 193 straight games without
committing an error.
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Drove in 100 runs
five times, including four straight
years (1977-1980).
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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.
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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.
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Won 1978 and 1984 NLCS MVP Awards.
Team MVP of the 1974 NLCS (award not
official until 1977).
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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.
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Led NL in Games six times (1977-78,
1980-82, 1985).
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