Kammala wannan magana: Steve Garvey shi ne dan wasa na farko da Padres suka yi ritaya da lambar sa a shekarar 1988. Baseman na farko ya yi ritaya a lokacin hutun, kuma Keith Moreland ne ke sanya lambar sa ta 6, wanda ya canza zuwa lamba 7 bayan ya gabatar da Garvey tare da rigar Padres mai lamba 6 a yayin bikin wasan. Garvey ya buga wasanni biyar ne kawai tare da San Diego, amma ya buga wasan da ya lashe wasanni biyu a cikin wasan na tara a kan Lee Smith na Chicago Cubs a wasan 4 na
1984 National League Championship Series (NLCS), daidaita jerin kafin Padres ya ci nasara a rana mai zuwa. An kira shi dan wasan NLCS mafi mahimmanci, kuma San Diego ya ci gaba zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ta farko. A cikin 2016, "San Diego Union-Tribune" ya sanya wasan Garvey na wasa na 4 a matsayin lokacin No. 1 a tarihin wasanni na San Diego. Koyaya, ya buga 14 daga cikin lokutansa 19 tare da abokin hamayyarsa Los Angeles Dodgers, inda kuma ya fi samun riba, kuma an yi muhawara sosai game da ritayar lambar sa ta San Diego.