Steve Garvey Biography

Fast Facts

• Has been involved with the Special Olympics, Juvenile Diabetes, The Blind Children Center, The Sisters of Carondelet, United Way, Ronald McDonald House, St․ Vincent DePaul Center, Pediatrics AIDS, the Starlight Foundation and ALS
• Succeeded Frank Sinatra as the National Campaign Chairman of the Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Won the William A․ Shea Award, the Little League's most prestigious honor
• His father drove the bus for the Los Angeles Dodgers while he was growing up
• Was a bat boy for the Los Angeles Dodgers as a child
• Grew up playing in the shadow of the Los Angeles Dodgers' spring training camp in Vero Beach, Fla
• Quote: "When you've struck out to end a game in front of fifty thousand people, you learn to put things in perspective․"
• Signed to the San Diego Padres as a free agent in 1983
• Known for leading offense for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970s and early 1980s
• Opened a marketing and production firm called Garvey Communications