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Steve Garvey

Dodgers Career team 1969 to 1982
Position 1B
Born Dec 22, 1948

Key Insights

1987
One opponent brings the best out of him

Garvey has hit .529/.526/.882 against Zane Smith in 19 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

9 for 17 with 0 home runs and 0 strikeouts, against a .748 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Garvey is 8 for 14 against Adrian Devine, a .571 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

14 career plate appearances.
He is a different player against this opponent

Garvey carries a .775 career OPS; against Doug Bird it is .125, over 16 plate appearances.

1 for 16 with 0 home runs.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Garvey has hit 5 home runs off Don Gullett, one every 10.8 plate appearances they have shared.

54 career plate appearances against him.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Garvey swings through more against Bill Lee than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

18 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 71 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Garvey more often than Phil Niekro: 152 plate appearances, in which Garvey has hit .248/.283/.310.

36 hits, 1 home run and 21 strikeouts across 152 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 22, 1948