Steve Garvey career batting average
.294Career Regular Season
Steve Garvey has a career batting average of .294 over 19 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .333 in 1969.
- Most recent: .211 in 1987.
Average of 19 regular seasons, 1969 through 1987. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
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| 1969 |  LAD | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| 1970 | LAD | 34 | 93 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .269 | .310 | .355 | .665 |
| 1971 | LAD | 81 | 225 | 27 | 51 | 7 | 26 | 1 | .227 | .290 | .382 | .673 |
| 1972 | LAD | 96 | 294 | 36 | 79 | 9 | 30 | 4 | .269 | .312 | .422 | .734 |
| 1973 | LAD | 114 | 349 | 37 | 106 | 8 | 50 | 0 | .304 | .328 | .438 | .766 |
| 1974 | LAD | 156 | 642 | 95 | 200 | 21 | 111 | 5 | .312 | .342 | .469 | .811 |
| 1975 | LAD | 160 | 659 | 85 | 210 | 18 | 95 | 11 | .319 | .351 | .476 | .827 |
| 1976 | LAD | 162 | 631 | 85 | 200 | 13 | 80 | 19 | .317 | .363 | .450 | .813 |
| 1977 | LAD | 162 | 646 | 91 | 192 | 33 | 115 | 9 | .297 | .335 | .498 | .834 |
| 1978 | LAD | 162 | 639 | 89 | 202 | 21 | 113 | 10 | .316 | .353 | .499 | .852 |
| 1979 | LAD | 162 | 648 | 92 | 204 | 28 | 110 | 3 | .315 | .351 | .497 | .848 |
| 1980 | LAD | 163 | 658 | 78 | 200 | 26 | 106 | 6 | .304 | .341 | .467 | .808 |
| 1981 | LAD | 110 | 431 | 63 | 122 | 10 | 64 | 3 | .283 | .322 | .411 | .732 |
| 1982 | LAD | 162 | 625 | 66 | 176 | 16 | 86 | 5 | .282 | .301 | .418 | .718 |
| 1983 |  SD | 100 | 388 | 76 | 114 | 14 | 59 | 4 | .294 | .344 | .459 | .802 |
| 1984 | SD | 161 | 617 | 72 | 175 | 8 | 86 | 1 | .284 | .307 | .373 | .680 |
| 1985 | SD | 162 | 654 | 80 | 184 | 17 | 81 | 0 | .281 | .318 | .430 | .748 |
| 1986 | SD | 155 | 557 | 58 | 142 | 21 | 81 | 1 | .255 | .284 | .408 | .692 |
| 1987 | SD | 27 | 76 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .211 | .231 | .276 | .507 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS