1978 Topps Baseball #350 - Steve Garvey

• Even though Steve Garvey was a Dodger, his cards were always among the most desired by the kids on my block.
• Steve had a good year in 1978, leading the NL with 202 hits. He was an NL All Star for the fifth of eight straight seasons. He was on the NL All Star team a total of ten times during his career. 
• Steve started the season with a 21-game hitting streak and had a 20-game hitting streak at the end of the season (it was broken on the last day of the season when he had only one at bat to preserve his consecutive games streak).
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• 1978 Stats:
• Regular Season: .304, 26 HR, 106 RBI in (his usual) 162 games
• NL Championship Series: .389, 4 HR, 7 RBI in 4 games; NLCS MVP
• World Series:.208, 0 HR, 0 RBI in 6 games
• 1978 Highlights:
• Aug 8 - Knocked in all three Dodger runs with two home runs as the Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 3-2.
• Sept 10 - Had five hits as the Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 11-5.
• Oct 4 - Homered twice and tripled to lead the Dodgers to a 9-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in game 1 of the NL Championship Series.