George Hendrick vs Steve Garvey

George Hendrick Steve Garvey

George Hendrick and Steve Garvey compared on their MLB careers: George Hendrick played 18 seasons, 1971 to 1988, Steve Garvey 19 seasons, 1969 to 1987. George Hendrick has .278 batting average to Steve Garvey's .294. George Hendrick won 2 titles, Steve Garvey won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

George Hendrick and Steve Garvey career totals

2,048	GP	2,332
7,129	AB	8,835
941	R	1,143
1,980	H	2,599
267	HR	272
1,111	RBI	1,308
59	SB	83
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.4
0.8	OPS	0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

George Hendrick and Steve Garvey postseason

23	GP	55
75	AB	222
12	R	32
17	H	75
0	HR	11
7	RBI	31
0	SB	2
0.2	AVG	0.3
0.3	OBP	0.4
0.2	SLG	0.6
0.5	OPS	0.9

Where each stands all time

George Hendrick and Steve Garvey all-time places

226th (267)	Home runs	214th (272)
192nd (1,111)	RBI	98th (1,308)
—	Hits	82nd (2,599)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

George Hendrick: 2 championships; NL Silver Slugger ×2
Steve Garvey: 1 championship; NL Gold Glove ×4, NL MVP

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

George Hendrick and Steve Garvey season by season

1st	1971	.237	0	8	1969	.333	0	0
2nd	1972	.182	4	15	1970	.269	1	6
3rd	1973	.268	21	61	1971	.227	7	26
4th	1974	.279	19	67	1972	.269	9	30
5th	1975	.258	24	86	1973	.304	8	50
6th	1976	.265	25	81	1974	.312	21	111
7th	1977	.311	23	81	1975	.319	18	95
8th	1978	.278	20	75	1976	.317	13	80
9th	1979	.300	16	75	1977	.297	33	115
10th	1980	.302	25	109	1978	.316	21	113
11th	1981	.284	18	61	1979	.315	28	110
12th	1982	.282	19	104	1980	.304	26	106
13th	1983	.318	18	97	1981	.283	10	64
14th	1984	.277	9	69	1982	.282	16	86
15th	1985	.215	4	31	1983	.294	14	59
16th	1986	.272	14	47	1984	.284	8	86
17th	1987	.241	5	25	1985	.281	17	81
18th	1988	.244	3	19	1986	.255	21	81
19th	—	—	—	—	1987	.211	1	9

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI


23	GP	55
75	AB	222
12	R	32
17	H	75
0	HR	11
7	RBI	31
0	SB	2
0.2	AVG	0.3
0.3	OBP	0.4
0.2	SLG	0.6
0.5	OPS	0.9


23	GP	55
75	AB	222
12	R	32
17	H	75
0	HR	11
7	RBI	31
0	SB	2
0.2	AVG	0.3
0.3	OBP	0.4
0.2	SLG	0.6
0.5	OPS	0.9


23	GP	55
75	AB	222
12	R	32
17	H	75
0	HR	11
7	RBI	31
0	SB	2
0.2	AVG	0.3
0.3	OBP	0.4
0.2	SLG	0.6
0.5	OPS	0.9