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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Between getting a reputation as a jackass and sabrmetrics not liking his numbers so much, his stock has really dropped since his peak playing days.
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I can't speak for others experiences with him, but my personal experiences with Garvey were always very good.
Garvey was a very good player. Most teams would have loved to have had him playing for them. His OBP is skewed by his early and later years stats. During his peak with LA his OBP was only less than .341 once, and that was in '77 at .335. This covered a 7 year span. I would have loved to have had him on KC! The guy played almost every game, was good for almost 200 hits, 20+ home runs, 100 RBI's, and .300.
He raised his game in the post season hitting .338.
Sure he may not be HoF, but he was one of the best, if not the best, all around first base men in the game during the 70's.