Steve Garvey was a Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres first baseman who still holds the National League record for consecutive games played, at 1,207. Displayed is a Steve Garvey signed, game used baseball that he has inscribed "Playoffs 84." Garvey was born in 1948, in Tampa, Florida, and grew up in Florida. His father was a bus driver who sometimes drove for Major League teams in spring training, and that connection helped Steve, as a young boy, to work as a bat boy for the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, and Detroit Tigers in Florida spring training. Later, Garvey was a two-sport star at Michigan State University - baseball and football. He played on the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1969-82 and on the San Diego Padres from 1983-87. The 10-time All-Star batted a career .294 with 272 home runs and 2,599 hits. He won four Gold Glove Awards, was a World Champion with the Dodgers in 1981, and he was the NL MVP in 1974. In more recent years, he was active in politics. 

The offering is an Official National League Ball (Feeney). On a side panel, Garvey used a black marker to script, "Best Wishes/Steve Garvey 84/Playoffs 84." Garvey's inscription is particularly noteworthy because he was the NLCS MVP in the playoffs in '84, batting .400, with a home run and an OPS of 1.029, and the Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs 3-2 in games in that NCLS. Ironically, as Garvey had been a bat boy in spring training for both teams, in the World Series that year, the Detroit Tigers defeated Los Angeles, in five games. The ball exhibits good use, with scuffs, ball marks, cuts, and some light stains. Part of the words "Wishes," and a slight part of Garvey's last name have scuff marks. Garvey's signature and inscription are both bold and neatly written. The signature and apt inscription on the baseball from baseball's reigning National League "Ironman," make the baseball stand out.