Steve Garvey, San Diego Padres (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
Steve Garvey is an important player in the history of the San Diego Padres.
Friars on Base was recently asked on Twitter whether the legendary Steve Garvey should be remembered for wearing Dodger Blue or Padre Brown. As a blog that focuses on the San Diego Padres, it’s a little difficult to answer that question, but let’s look back at his career.
Garvey was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round, 13th overall, of the secondary phase of the 1968 amateur draft out of Michigan State University.