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Rod Carew
Rodney Cline Carew
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: October 1, 1945 in Gatun, Ca, Panama
High School: Washington (Washington Heights, NY)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1967
Final Game: October 5, 1985
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1991 (401/443 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 MIN AL 21 2B 134 131 1151.1 618 289 314 15 60 .976 -1.4 -1.5 1.6 4.0 -2.4 -3 4.71 4.50 .979 4.95 4.19 AS,RoY-1
1968 MIN AL 22 2B 117 112 981.2 560 262 280 18 48 .968 -1.3 -1.6 -0.3 4.5 -4.8 -1 4.97 4.63 .977 5.11 4.34 AS
1968 MIN AL 22 SS 4 3 22.0 9 4 5 0 2 1.000 0.3 16.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.68 2.25 .956 4.79 4.08 AS
1969 MIN AL 23 2B 118 106 965.1 563 244 302 17 80 .970 5.5 6.8 5.5 2.1 3.4 0 5.09 4.63 .976 5.21 4.58 AS,MVP-10
1970 MIN AL 24 2B 45 45 376.2 203 73 122 8 26 .961 -0.1 -0.3 0.9 -1.6 2.5 -1 4.66 4.33 .979 5.35 4.64 AS
1970 MIN AL 24 1B 1 1 5.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.80 6.00 .983 9.54 8.10 AS
1971 MIN AL 25 2B 142 137 1209.0 666 321 329 16 76 .976 -11.0 -10.9 -10.0 -6.6 -3.4 -1 4.84 4.58 .980 5.31 4.76 AS
1971 MIN AL 25 3B 2 2 14.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -77.1 -0.9 -0.6 -0.4 0 3.21 2.50 .960 3.02 2.75 AS
1972 MIN AL 26 2B 139 133 1184.1 725 331 378 16 85 .978 5.7 5.8 3.7 1.1 2.5 2 5.39 5.10 .977 5.17 4.42 AS,MVP-14
1973 MIN AL 27 2B 147 142 1241.1 809 383 413 13 96 .984 -0.8 -0.8 1.2 6.1 -4.9 -2 5.77 5.41 .980 5.44 4.67 AS,MVP-4
1974 MIN AL 28 2B 148 147 1285.1 824 375 416 33 114 .960 -7.0 -6.5 -9.0 -4.6 -4.4 2 5.54 5.34 .975 5.37 4.56 AS,MVP-7
1975 MIN AL 29 2B 123 118 1038.0 672 285 369 18 79 .973 5.7 6.6 5.7 5.1 0.6 0 5.67 5.32 .975 5.40 4.73 AS,MVP-9
1975 MIN AL 29 1B 14 14 116.0 134 123 8 3 10 .978 -1.8 -18.6 -1.8 -1.0 -0.9 0 10.16 9.36 .990 9.84 8.32 AS,MVP-9
1975 MIN AL 29 DH 2 AS,MVP-9
1976 MIN AL 30 1B 152 151 1331.2 1518 1394 108 16 149 .989 9.9 8.9 9.9 6.2 3.6 0 10.15 9.88 .992 6.76 6.58 AS,MVP-5
1976 MIN AL 30 2B 7 0 13.1 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -18.0 -0.2 -0.3 0.0 0 4.05 0.86 .967 5.40 4.64 AS,MVP-5
1977 MIN AL 31 1B 151 148 1313.1 1590 1459 121 10 161 .994 7.5 6.9 5.5 2.2 3.4 2 10.83 10.46 .990 6.85 6.62 AS,MVP-1
1977 MIN AL 31 2B 4 0 5.2 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 0.3 63.5 0.3 0.0 0.2 0 11.12 1.75 .971 5.40 4.75 AS,MVP-1
1977 MIN AL 31 DH 1 AS,MVP-1
1978 MIN AL 32 1B 148 138 1263.0 1483 1362 105 16 134 .989 -0.3 -0.3 -1.3 -6.1 4.8 1 10.45 9.91 .992 7.13 6.76 AS,MVP-11
1978 MIN AL 32 2B 4 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.80 0.25 1.000 5.40 4.75 AS,MVP-11
1978 MIN AL 32 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80 AS,MVP-11
1978 MIN AL 32 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10 AS,MVP-11
1979 CAL AL 33 1B 103 102 889.1 869 804 55 10 101 .988 -4.5 -6.1 -4.5 0.0 -4.6 0 8.69 8.34 .992 10.08 8.85 AS
1979 CAL AL 33 DH 6 AS
1980 CAL AL 34 1B 103 102 913.0 960 897 57 6 82 .994 -3.1 -4.1 -2.1 2.0 -4.1 -1 9.40 9.26 .992 9.86 8.40 AS
1980 CAL AL 34 DH 32 AS
1981 CAL AL 35 1B 90 90 779.0 942 877 60 5 90 .995 7.6 11.7 7.6 4.1 3.5 0 10.83 10.41 .993 10.06 8.57 AS
1981 CAL AL 35 DH 2 AS
1982 CAL AL 36 1B 134 130 1168.0 1445 1339 94 12 115 .992 17.7 18.2 16.7 10.7 6.0 1 11.04 10.69 .992 7.70 7.46 AS,MVP-26
1983 CAL AL 37 1B 89 88 770.1 938 890 42 6 94 .994 -5.4 -8.4 -5.4 -5.2 -0.2 0 10.89 10.47 .992 9.90 8.24 AS
1983 CAL AL 37 DH 24 AS
1983 CAL AL 37 2B 2 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.50 0.50 1.000 5.40 4.75 AS
1984 CAL AL 38 1B 83 80 695.1 798 724 59 15 73 .981 0.4 0.7 0.4 1.4 -0.9 0 10.13 9.43 .991 9.75 8.25 AS
1984 CAL AL 38 DH 1 AS
1985 CAL AL 39 1B 116 109 989.0 1127 1055 65 7 121 .994 -8.9 -10.8 -8.9 -4.4 -4.5 0 10.19 9.66 .991 9.10 8.62
12 Seasons 1B 1184 1153 10233.0 11810 10930 774 106 1130 .991 19.1 2.2 16.1 9.9 6.1 3 10.29 9.89 .992 8.44 7.68
13 Seasons 2B 1130 1071 9463.0 5655 2573 2928 154 664 .973 -4.9 -0.6 -0.9 9.6 -10.8 -4 5.23 4.87 .978 5.25 4.54
7 Seasons DH 68
1 Season SS 4 3 22.0 9 4 5 0 2 1.000 0.3 16.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.68 2.25 .956 4.79 4.08
1 Season 3B 2 2 14.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -77.1 -0.9 -0.6 -0.4 0 3.21 2.50 .960 3.02 2.75
1 Season LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1 Season OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10
19 Seasons TOT 2321 2229 19732.1 17479 13510 3709 260 1796 .985 13.5 0.8 14.5 19.1 -5.1 0 -1 7.85 7.42 .972 6.91 6.14
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1967 MIN AL 21 137 131 137 137 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1968 MIN AL 22 127 115 127 127 0 0 0 117 0 4 0 0 0 0 11 0
1969 MIN AL 23 123 106 123 123 0 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1970 MIN AL 24 51 46 51 51 0 0 1 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1971 MIN AL 25 147 139 147 147 0 0 0 142 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1972 MIN AL 26 142 133 142 142 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
1973 MIN AL 27 149 142 149 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1974 MIN AL 28 153 147 153 148 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1975 MIN AL 29 143 133 143 134 0 0 14 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0
1976 MIN AL 30 156 151 156 153 0 0 152 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1977 MIN AL 31 155 148 155 151 0 0 151 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1978 MIN AL 32 152 138 152 149 0 0 148 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 0
1979 CAL AL 33 110 107 110 103 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
1980 CAL AL 34 144 133 144 103 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 11 0
1981 CAL AL 35 93 91 93 90 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
1982 CAL AL 36 138 130 138 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1983 CAL AL 37 129 111 129 89 0 0 89 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 18 0
1984 CAL AL 38 93 81 93 83 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0
1985 CAL AL 39 127 109 127 116 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
19 Seasons 2469 2291 2469 2327 0 0 1184 1130 2 4 1 0 0 1 62 151 6
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 MIN AL 24 21 52% 76% 38% 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 MIN AL 29 515 47% 77% 27% 23 87% 0 124 5 116 3 9 7 6 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 10 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 3 1 0%
1976 MIN AL 30 6006 55% 79% 26% 351 95% 1 1388 72 1289 27 168 108 67 26 3 9 16 3 13 0 12 148 5 2 2 135 7 13 5 8 22 86%
1977 MIN AL 31 5862 55% 80% 28% 360 98% 2 1459 112 1333 14 136 116 67 32 4 5 10 0 8 2 7 161 11 2 3 147 14 14 4 10 13 92%
1978 MIN AL 32 5585 54% 80% 27% 323 95% 3 1366 93 1251 23 127 105 55 26 3 6 16 3 12 1 9 134 10 1 1 125 13 9 1 7 17 82%
1979 CAL AL 33 4054 52% 78% 23% 192 90% 0 806 39 762 6 87 56 36 10 0 5 10 1 8 1 6 101 5 0 0 96 5 5 3 1 19 74%
1980 CAL AL 34 4137 51% 81% 24% 213 96% 2 896 54 834 10 107 54 28 13 1 8 6 2 4 0 2 82 1 0 1 77 2 4 2 2 21 100%
1981 CAL AL 35 3384 55% 82% 29% 209 93% 3 878 45 826 8 98 59 35 16 2 1 5 1 4 0 4 90 4 2 0 83 6 7 3 4 12 67%
1982 CAL AL 36 5074 57% 80% 30% 342 94% 4 1339 63 1265 10 180 93 57 19 2 6 12 1 10 1 5 117 7 2 0 105 11 11 2 8 9 100%
1983 CAL AL 37 3435 62% 81% 30% 155 94% 1 891 23 858 10 81 43 31 10 1 2 6 0 6 0 6 93 5 0 1 88 6 5 0 5 7 100%
1984 CAL AL 38 3060 56% 81% 28% 183 92% 0 727 19 704 2 97 55 42 11 0 0 15 0 15 0 13 74 4 0 0 67 3 7 1 6 3 100%
1985 CAL AL 39 4308 50% 79% 27% 207 97% 2 1055 42 995 17 103 65 39 13 4 7 7 0 6 1 6 123 3 1 0 112 6 11 4 5 8 75%
12 Seasons 45441 55% 80% 27% 2558 95% 18 10935 567 10239 130 1193 761 463 176 20 51 106 11 89 6 73 1133 55 10 8 1042 73 89 25 59 132 86%
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1967 MIN AL 21 4964 64% 76% 24% 437 94% 1 288 120 105 63 319 275 35 0 5 15 1 14 0 9 61 17 6 21 3 52 25 26 5 0 2
1968 MIN AL 22 4170 65% 76% 26% 377 93% 1 257 106 100 51 278 243 28 0 2 18 0 14 4 11 48 17 9 13 3 45 16 28 1 1 0
1969 MIN AL 23 4179 67% 76% 26% 367 94% 1 243 91 111 42 305 253 42 1 1 17 3 13 1 12 84 35 2 17 6 71 24 41 9 4 5
1970 MIN AL 24 1639 61% 78% 25% 150 93% 2 75 30 27 18 123 105 14 1 2 8 1 7 0 6 26 7 5 9 1 23 10 12 2 0 1
1971 MIN AL 25 5350 63% 76% 24% 445 93% 7 315 132 119 65 335 278 45 1 7 16 2 11 3 9 76 32 8 24 4 72 30 40 3 2 0
1972 MIN AL 26 5020 58% 78% 28% 461 94% 2 330 112 150 68 376 329 33 0 11 16 1 13 2 6 85 27 21 18 9 76 27 49 8 3 4
1973 MIN AL 27 5512 60% 78% 26% 501 95% 3 375 127 193 55 413 357 43 1 8 13 1 12 0 9 93 24 26 22 8 85 32 52 7 3 4
1974 MIN AL 28 5677 60% 77% 26% 525 90% 6 374 125 179 70 420 364 44 3 9 33 0 30 3 26 114 37 23 22 11 103 36 62 6 3 3
1975 MIN AL 29 4696 55% 76% 27% 404 97% 1 286 85 138 63 363 309 39 1 7 18 1 17 0 11 79 27 14 22 4 73 27 46 4 3 1
1976 MIN AL 30 64 55% 75% 28% 3 100% 0 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 MIN AL 31 25 56% 80% 32% 5 100% 0 4 2 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 MIN AL 32 20 60% 60% 15% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 37 26 62% 73% 8% 1 100% 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 41342 61% 77% 26% 3676 93% 24 2554 932 1128 496 2937 2517 324 8 52 154 10 131 13 99 666 223 114 168 49 600 227 356 45 19 20
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1968 MIN AL 22 86 52% 76% 31% 7 100% 0 4 3 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
1 Season 86 52% 76% 31% 7 100% 0 4 3 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1971 MIN AL 25 71 58% 76% 27% 4 100% 0 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 71 58% 76% 27% 4 100% 0 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 90% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1978 MIN AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 100% 0% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 100% 0% 1 0%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.8% 59% 78% 26% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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