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Rod Carew

Rodney Cline Carew

Positions: First Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 1, 1945 in Gatun, Canal Zone
High School: George Washington HS (New York, NY)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1967
Teams (by GP): Twins/Angels 1967-1985
Agents: Jerry Simon? [*]
Final Game: October 5, 1985
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1991 (401/443 ballots).
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 12:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #26. Carl Yastrzemski… #27. George Brett… #28. Charlie Gehringer… #29. ROD CAREW… #30. Ed Delahanty… #31. Ken Griffey… #32. Alex Rodriguez… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1967 21 MIN AL 137 561 514 66 150 22 7 8 51 5 9 37 91 .292 .341 .409 .750 113 210 12 2 7 1 4 *4 AS,RoY-1
1968 22 MIN AL 127 492 461 46 126 27 2 1 42 12 4 26 71 .273 .312 .347 .659 95 160 11 1 2 2 1 *4/6 AS
1969 23 MIN AL 123 504 458 79 152 30 4 8 56 19 8 37 72 .332 .386 .467 .853 134 214 7 3 6 0 0 *4 AS,MVP-10
1970 24 MIN AL 51 204 191 27 70 12 3 4 28 4 6 11 28 .366 .407 .524 .930 152 100 1 2 0 0 0 4/3 AS
1971 25 MIN AL 147 632 577 88 177 16 10 2 48 6 7 45 81 .307 .356 .380 .736 107 219 23 1 6 3 1 *4/5 AS
1972 26 MIN AL 142 591 535 61 170 21 6 0 51 12 6 43 60 .318 .369 .379 .749 119 203 11 2 9 2 9 *4 AS,MVP-14
1973 27 MIN AL 149 657 580 98 203 30 11 6 62 41 16 62 55 .350 .411 .471 .881 144 273 16 2 7 6 9 *4 AS,MVP-4
1974 28 MIN AL 153 690 599 86 218 30 5 3 55 38 16 74 49 .364 .433 .446 .879 150 267 17 1 13 3 9 *4 AS,MVP-7
1975 29 MIN AL 143 617 535 89 192 24 4 14 80 35 9 64 40 .359 .421 .497 .919 157 266 10 1 7 10 18 *43/D AS,MVP-9
1976 30 MIN AL 156 687 605 97 200 29 12 9 90 49 22 67 52 .331 .395 .463 .858 148 280 12 1 8 6 14 *3/4 AS,MVP-5
1977 31 MIN AL 155 694 616 128 239 38 16 14 100 23 13 69 55 .388 .449 .570 1.019 178 351 6 3 1 5 15 *3/4D AS,MVP-1
1978 32 MIN AL 152 651 564 85 188 26 10 5 70 27 7 78 62 .333 .411 .441 .853 139 249 18 1 2 6 19 *3/47 AS,MVP-11
1979 33 CAL AL 110 493 409 78 130 15 3 3 44 18 8 73 46 .318 .419 .391 .810 125 160 9 0 8 3 7 3/D AS
1980 34 CAL AL 144 612 540 74 179 34 7 3 59 23 15 59 38 .331 .396 .437 .833 132 236 15 1 9 3 7 3D AS
1981 35 CAL AL 93 421 364 57 111 17 1 2 21 16 9 45 45 .305 .380 .374 .753 120 136 8 0 10 2 7 *3/D AS
1982 36 CAL AL 138 612 523 88 167 25 5 3 44 10 17 67 49 .319 .396 .403 .799 121 211 9 2 16 4 5 *3 AS,MVP-26
1983 37 CAL AL 129 536 472 66 160 24 2 2 44 6 7 57 48 .339 .409 .411 .820 128 194 15 1 3 3 9 3D/4 AS
1984 38 CAL AL 93 378 329 42 97 8 1 3 31 4 3 40 39 .295 .367 .353 .720 102 116 8 0 5 4 1 3/D AS
1985 39 CAL AL 127 518 443 69 124 17 3 2 39 5 5 64 47 .280 .371 .345 .717 99 153 8 1 9 1 9 *3
19 Yrs 2469 10550 9315 1424 3053 445 112 92 1015 353 187 1018 1028 .328 .393 .429 .822 131 3998 216 25 128 64 144
162 Game Avg. 162 692 611 93 200 29 7 6 67 23 12 67 67 .328 .393 .429 .822 131 262 14 2 8 4 9
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
MIN (12 yrs) 1635 6980 6235 950 2085 305 90 74 733 271 123 613 716 .334 .393 .448 .841 137 2792 144 20 68 44 99
CAL (7 yrs) 834 3570 3080 474 968 140 22 18 282 82 64 405 312 .314 .393 .392 .784 119 1206 72 5 60 20 45

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1967 21 MIN AL 137 561 8 -0 -0 -1 3 9 0.9 16 25 2.4 .508 .507 2.8 0.1 26 $7,000 *4 AS,RoY-1
1968 22 MIN AL 127 492 -1 0 0 -1 3 2 0.1 14 16 1.5 .502 .502 1.8 0.2 17 $ *4/6 AS
1969 23 MIN AL 123 504 25 2 1 6 3 36 3.8 14 50 5.2 .532 .524 4.7 0.9 44 $ *4 AS,MVP-10
1970 24 MIN AL 51 204 14 -2 1 -0 1 13 1.4 7 20 2.0 .528 .509 2.1 0.1 20 $ 4/3 AS
1971 25 MIN AL 147 632 10 2 -1 -12 4 3 0.2 21 24 2.3 .502 .502 3.7 -1.0 36 $ *4/5 AS
1972 26 MIN AL 142 591 13 3 1 6 4 26 3.1 20 46 5.0 .523 .520 4.4 1.1 40 $ *4 AS,MVP-14
1973 27 MIN AL 149 657 33 4 3 -1 4 43 4.8 21 64 6.7 .530 .528 6.7 0.5 65 $60,000 *4 AS,MVP-4
1974 28 MIN AL 153 690 42 5 2 -7 4 46 5.2 22 69 7.2 .533 .531 8.0 -0.2 76 $91,000 *4 AS,MVP-7
1975 29 MIN AL 143 617 38 7 2 4 2 53 5.8 20 73 7.5 .539 .534 7.2 0.8 69 $120,000 *43/D AS,MVP-9
1976 30 MIN AL 156 687 37 0 1 10 -9 38 4.5 22 61 6.5 .528 .527 5.5 0.2 51 $160,000 *3/4 AS,MVP-5
1977 31 MIN AL 155 694 64 7 3 8 -9 72 7.5 22 94 9.5 .547 .545 8.7 0.0 87 $180,000 *3/4D AS,MVP-1
1978 32 MIN AL 152 651 26 7 -0 -0 -9 24 2.7 21 45 4.6 .517 .516 4.8 -0.9 45 $200,000 *3/47 AS,MVP-11
1979 33 CAL AL 110 493 18 0 2 -4 -7 9 1.0 16 25 2.5 .508 .505 2.9 -1.1 30 $800,000 3/D AS
1980 34 CAL AL 144 612 27 -1 -1 -3 -10 12 1.5 19 31 3.2 .509 .508 3.5 -1.2 34 $800,000 3D AS
1981 35 CAL AL 93 421 14 -1 0 8 -6 15 1.8 13 28 2.9 .518 .510 2.2 0.2 20 $800,000 *3/D AS
1982 36 CAL AL 138 612 18 -4 3 18 -8 26 2.8 19 44 4.5 .519 .517 2.8 1.1 27 $800,000 *3 AS,MVP-26
1983 37 CAL AL 129 536 19 -0 -2 -6 -8 3 0.6 16 20 2.1 .503 .502 2.7 -1.3 25 $800,000 3D/4 AS
1984 38 CAL AL 93 378 1 -1 0 0 -5 -4 -0.4 12 7 0.7 .495 .497 0.7 -0.4 7 $ 3/D AS
1985 39 CAL AL 127 518 1 0 1 -9 -7 -13 -1.1 16 3 0.3 .489 .492 1.2 -1.5 12 $875,000 *3
19 Seasons 2469 10550 407 27 17 14 -50 414 46.2 330 743 76.6 .518 .514 76.4 -2.4 730 $5,693,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
MIN (12 yrs) 1635 6980 309 34 13 10 1 366 40.1 219 585 60.4 .524 .520 60.4 1.8 576 $818,000
CAL (7 yrs) 834 3570 98 -7 4 4 -51 48 6.2 110 158 16.2 .506 .504 16.0 -4.1 154 $4,875,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 23 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 3 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 1 0 0 0 0 0
1970 24 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 33 CAL AL ALCS BAL L 4 17 17 4 7 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .412 .412 .588 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 0
1982 36 CAL AL ALCS MIL L 5 21 17 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 .176 .333 .235 .569 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 14 55 50 6 11 4 0 0 1 2 2 5 9 .220 .291 .300 .591 15 0 0 0 0 0
4 ALCS 14 55 50 6 11 4 0 0 1 2 2 5 9 .220 .291 .300 .591 15 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 MIN AL 21 2B 134 131 127 1151.1 618 289 314 15 60 .976 -1 -1 4.71 4.50 .979 4.95 4.96 AS,RoY-1
1968 MIN AL 22 2B 117 112 99 981.2 560 262 280 18 48 .968 -1 -2 4.97 4.63 .977 5.11 5.08 AS
1968 MIN AL 22 SS 4 3 1 22.0 9 4 5 0 2 1.000 0 16 3.68 2.25 .962 4.79 4.78 AS
1969 MIN AL 23 2B 118 106 96 965.1 563 244 302 17 80 .970 6 7 5.09 4.63 .976 5.21 5.21 AS,MVP-10
1970 MIN AL 24 2B 45 45 42 376.2 203 73 122 8 26 .961 -0 -0 4.66 4.33 .979 5.35 5.32 AS
1970 MIN AL 24 1B 1 1 0 5.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 10.80 6.00 .992 9.54 9.60 AS
1971 MIN AL 25 2B 142 137 128 1209.0 666 321 329 16 76 .976 -11 -11 4.84 4.58 .980 5.31 5.28 AS
1971 MIN AL 25 3B 2 2 2 14.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -77 3.21 2.50 .956 3.02 3.05 AS
1972 MIN AL 26 2B 139 133 123 1184.1 725 331 378 16 85 .978 6 6 5.39 5.10 .977 5.17 5.14 AS,MVP-14
1973 MIN AL 27 2B 147 142 130 1241.1 809 383 413 13 96 .984 -1 -1 5.77 5.41 .980 5.44 5.41 AS,MVP-4
1974 MIN AL 28 2B 148 147 134 1285.1 824 375 416 33 114 .960 -7 -7 5.54 5.34 .975 5.37 5.35 AS,MVP-7
1975 MIN AL 29 2B 123 118 106 1038.0 672 285 369 18 79 .973 6 7 5.67 5.32 .975 5.40 5.38 AS,MVP-9
1975 MIN AL 29 1B 14 14 10 116.0 134 123 8 3 10 .978 -2 -19 10.16 9.36 .990 9.84 9.81 AS,MVP-9
1975 MIN AL 29 DH 2 1 AS,MVP-9
1976 MIN AL 30 1B 152 151 138 1331.2 1518 1394 108 16 149 .989 10 9 10.15 9.88 .992 9.85 9.89 AS,MVP-5
1976 MIN AL 30 2B 7 0 0 13.1 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -18 4.05 0.86 .975 5.40 5.41 AS,MVP-5
1977 MIN AL 31 1B 151 148 137 1313.1 1590 1459 121 10 161 .994 8 7 10.83 10.46 .990 10.02 9.95 AS,MVP-1
1977 MIN AL 31 2B 4 0 0 5.2 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 0 64 11.12 1.75 .979 5.40 5.38 AS,MVP-1
1977 MIN AL 31 DH 1 0 AS,MVP-1
1978 MIN AL 32 1B 148 138 133 1263.0 1483 1362 105 16 134 .989 -0 -0 10.45 9.91 .992 10.05 9.95 AS,MVP-11
1978 MIN AL 32 2B 4 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 1.80 0.25 .980 5.40 5.42 AS,MVP-11
1978 MIN AL 32 LF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20 AS,MVP-11
1978 MIN AL 32 OF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40 AS,MVP-11
1979 CAL AL 33 1B 103 102 99 889.1 869 804 55 10 101 .988 -4 -6 8.69 8.34 .992 10.08 9.96 AS
1979 CAL AL 33 DH 6 5 AS
1980 CAL AL 34 1B 103 102 99 913.0 960 897 57 6 82 .994 -3 -4 9.40 9.26 .992 10.02 10.00 AS
1980 CAL AL 34 DH 32 31 AS
1981 CAL AL 35 1B 90 90 85 779.0 942 877 60 5 90 .995 8 12 10.83 10.41 .993 10.06 10.03 AS
1981 CAL AL 35 DH 2 1 AS
1982 CAL AL 36 1B 134 130 124 1168.0 1445 1339 94 12 115 .992 18 18 11.04 10.69 .992 9.85 9.81 AS,MVP-26
1983 CAL AL 37 1B 89 88 76 770.1 938 890 42 6 94 .994 -5 -8 10.89 10.47 .992 9.90 9.82 AS
1983 CAL AL 37 DH 24 23 AS
1983 CAL AL 37 2B 2 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 1.50 0.50 .980 5.40 5.30 AS
1984 CAL AL 38 1B 83 80 68 695.1 798 724 59 15 73 .981 0 1 10.13 9.43 .991 9.75 9.68 AS
1984 CAL AL 38 DH 1 1 AS
1985 CAL AL 39 1B 116 109 103 989.0 1127 1055 65 7 121 .994 -9 -11 10.19 9.66 .991 9.76 9.67
12 Seasons 1B 1184 1153 1072 10233.0 11810 10930 774 106 1130 .991 19 2 10.29 9.89 .992 9.94 9.88
13 Seasons 2B 1130 1071 985 9463.0 5655 2573 2928 154 664 .973 -5 -1 5.23 4.87 .977 5.25 5.24
1 Season SS 4 3 1 22.0 9 4 5 0 2 1.000 0 16 3.68 2.25 .962 4.79 4.78
1 Season 3B 2 2 2 14.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -77 3.21 2.50 .956 3.02 3.05
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1 Season LF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
19 Seasons TOT 2321 2229 2060 19732.1 17479 13510 3709 260 1796 .985 14 1 7.85 7.42 .987 7.68 7.60
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA (90.5%)
Selected to HOF in 1991 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1967 (2B)
1968 (2B)
1969 (2B)
1970
1971 (2B)
1972 (2B)
1973 (2B)
1974 (2B)
1975 (2B)
1976 (1B)
1977 (1B)
1978 (1B)
1979
1980 (1B)
1981 (1B)
1982
1983 (1B)
1984 (1B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1967 AL Rookie of the Year
1969 AL batting_title
1972 AL batting_title
1973 AL batting_title
1974 AL batting_title
1975 AL batting_title
1977 ML Major League Player of the Year
1977 AL MVP
1977 ML Roberto Clemente Award
1977 AL batting_title
1978 AL batting_title

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 AL (10, 9%)
1972 AL (14, 5%)
1973 AL (4, 25%)
1974 AL (7, 21%)
1975 AL (9, 16%)
1976 AL (5, 21%)
1977 AL (1, 70%)
1978 AL (11, 12%)
1982 AL (26, 1%)
1 MVP
1.80 Career Shares (115th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1973 AL  6.7 (9th)
1974 AL  7.2 (5th)
1975 AL  7.5 (4th)
1976 AL  6.5 (6th)
1977 AL  9.5 (1st)
Career  76.6 (61st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1969 AL  5.2 (9th)
1972 AL  5.0 (9th)
1973 AL  6.7 (4th)
1974 AL  7.2 (1st)
1975 AL  7.5 (1st)
1976 AL  6.5 (3rd)
1977 AL  9.5 (1st)
Career  76.6 (38th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1969 AL  4.7 (7th)
1972 AL  4.4 (10th)
1973 AL  6.7 (2nd)
1974 AL  8.0 (1st)
1975 AL  7.2 (1st)
1976 AL  5.5 (3rd)
1977 AL  8.7 (1st)
1978 AL  4.8 (9th)
Career  76.4 (33rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1967 AL  .292 (6th)
1969 AL  .332 (1st)
1971 AL  .307 (5th)
1972 AL  .318 (1st)
1973 AL  .350 (1st)
1974 AL  .364 (1st)
1975 AL  .359 (1st)
1976 AL  .331 (3rd)
1977 AL  .388 (1st)
1978 AL  .333 (1st)
1980 AL  .331 (5th)
1982 AL  .319 (3rd)
1983 AL  .339 (2nd)
Career  .328 (34th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1972 AL  .369 (8th)
1973 AL  .411 (2nd)
1974 AL  .433 (1st)
1975 AL  .421 (1st)
1976 AL  .395 (3rd)
1977 AL  .449 (1st)
1978 AL  .411 (1st)
1979 AL  .419 (5th)**
1980 AL  .396 (8th)
1981 AL  .380 (9th)
1982 AL  .396 (4th)
1983 AL  .409 (3rd)
1985 AL  .371 (10th)
Career  .393 (89th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1975 AL  .497 (7th)
1976 AL  .463 (5th)
1977 AL  .570 (2nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1973 AL  .881 (4th)
1974 AL  .879 (4th)
1975 AL  .919 (3rd)
1976 AL  .858 (2nd)
1977 AL  1.019 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  2,469 (63rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1974 AL  599 (7th)
1976 AL  605 (8th)
1977 AL  616 (7th)
Career  9,315 (52nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1974 AL  690 (3rd)
1976 AL  687 (8th)
1977 AL  694 (6th)
Career  10,550 (49th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1971 AL  88 (4th)
1973 AL  98 (2nd)
1974 AL  86 (5th)
1975 AL  89 (7th)
1976 AL  97 (2nd)
1977 AL  128 (1st)
1981 AL  57 (10th)
Career  1,424 (83rd)

Hits s c a p y
1967 AL  150 (10th)
1971 AL  177 (3rd)
1972 AL  170 (4th)
1973 AL  203 (1st)
1974 AL  218 (1st)
1975 AL  192 (2nd)
1976 AL  200 (2nd)
1977 AL  239 (1st)
1978 AL  188 (3rd)
1980 AL  179 (9th)
Career  3,053 (23rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1973 AL  273 (7th)
1974 AL  267 (4th)
1975 AL  266 (8th)
1976 AL  280 (3rd)
1977 AL  351 (2nd)
Career  3,998 (83rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1968 AL  27 (9th)
1969 AL  30 (8th)
1973 AL  30 (3rd)
1974 AL  30 (10th)
1977 AL  38 (3rd)
1980 AL  34 (7th)
Career  445 (102nd)

Triples s c a p y
1967 AL  7 (3rd)
1971 AL  10 (2nd)
1972 AL  6 (6th)
1973 AL  11 (1st)
1976 AL  12 (2nd)
1977 AL  16 (1st)
1978 AL  10 (2nd)
Career  112 (119th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 AL  74 (10th)
1978 AL  78 (9th)
Career  1,018 (107th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,028 (234th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1973 AL  41 (4th)
1974 AL  38 (2nd)
1975 AL  35 (4th)
1976 AL  49 (6th)
1981 AL  16 (9th)
Career  353 (106th)

Singles s c a p y
1967 AL  113 (7th)
1971 AL  149 (2nd)
1972 AL  143 (1st)
1973 AL  156 (1st)
1974 AL  180 (1st)
1975 AL  150 (2nd)
1976 AL  150 (2nd)
1977 AL  171 (1st)
1978 AL  147 (3rd)
1980 AL  135 (10th)
1981 AL  91 (8th)
1982 AL  134 (5th)
1983 AL  132 (6th)
Career  2,404 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1973 AL  144 (5th)
1974 AL  150 (4th)
1975 AL  157 (3rd)
1976 AL  148 (4th)
1977 AL  178 (1st)
Career  131 (157th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1973 AL  113 (1st)
1974 AL  118 (1st)
1975 AL  118 (3rd)
1976 AL  111 (2nd)
1977 AL  160 (1st)
1978 AL  105 (2nd)
Career  1,595 (66th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1973 AL  36 (5th)
1974 AL  43 (3rd)
1975 AL  44 (4th)
1976 AL  38 (2nd)
1977 AL  69 (1st)
1978 AL  33 (7th)
Career  419 (68th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1973 AL  3.6 (5th)
1974 AL  4.4 (3rd)
1975 AL  4.4 (4th)
1976 AL  4.0 (2nd)
1977 AL  6.6 (1st)
1978 AL  3.3 (7th)
Career  42.0 (65th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  50 (10th)
1977 AL  68 (6th)
Career  649 (228th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1972 AL  215 (9th)
1973 AL  267 (1st)
1974 AL  293 (1st)
1975 AL  257 (3rd)
1976 AL  268 (1st)
1977 AL  311 (1st)
1978 AL  267 (2nd)
Career  4,096 (39th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1969 AL  .708 (8th)
1973 AL  .716 (3rd)
1974 AL  .743 (3rd)
1975 AL  .772 (3rd)
1976 AL  .717 (3rd)
1977 AL  .821 (1st)
1978 AL  .700 (6th)
Career  .670 (136th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1974 AL  13 (6th)
1981 AL  10 (6th)
1982 AL  16 (4th)
Career  128 (249th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1973 AL  6 (10th)
1975 AL  10 (2nd)
Career  64 (184th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL  9 (8th)
1975 AL  18 (1st)
1976 AL  14 (3rd)
1977 AL  15 (1st)
1978 AL  19 (1st)
1981 AL  7 (8th)
Career  144 (50th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1971 AL  23 (2nd)
1974 AL  17 (7th)
1978 AL  18 (7th)
Career  216 (72nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1967 AL  9 (7th)
1973 AL  16 (2nd)
1974 AL  16 (4th)
1976 AL  22 (2nd)
1980 AL  15 (4th)
1981 AL  9 (9th)
1982 AL  17 (3rd)
Career  187 (9th)

SB % s c a p y
1968 AL  75.00 (6th)
1973 AL  71.93 (10th)
1975 AL  79.55 (7th)
1978 AL  79.41 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1975 AL  20.0 (5th)
Career  146.0 (196th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1973 AL  10.5 (10th)
1974 AL  12.2 (5th)
1975 AL  13.4 (4th)
1980 AL  14.2 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  6,857 (61st)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1969 AL  37.75 (10th)
1973 AL  30.67 (10th)
1974 AL  47.25 (3rd)
1975 AL  48.31 (3rd)
1976 AL  49.17 (1st)
1977 AL  79.47 (1st)
1978 AL  33.07 (7th)
Career  518.78 (39th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1974 AL  4.8 (3rd)
1975 AL  5.1 (1st)
1976 AL  4.1 (4th)
1977 AL  6.6 (1st)
1980 AL  3.1 (10th)
Career  45.0 (43rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1973 AL  3.2 (4th)
1974 AL  4.3 (3rd)
1975 AL  3.7 (3rd)
1976 AL  3.1 (4th)
1977 AL  6.5 (1st)
1978 AL  2.8 (10th)
Career  38.5 (60th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.8 (10th)
1973 AL  3.0 (10th)
1974 AL  4.7 (3rd)
1975 AL  4.8 (3rd)
1976 AL  5.1 (1st)
1977 AL  7.6 (1st)
1978 AL  3.3 (6th)
Career  51.9 (36th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1976 AL  1,398 (3rd)
1977 AL  1,463 (2nd)
1978 AL  1,363 (4th)
1981 AL  877 (3rd)
1982 AL  1,339 (3rd)
Career  13,510 (63rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1974 AL  33 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1982 AL  18 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1976 AL  152 (4th)
1978 AL  148 (4th)
1981 AL  90 (5th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1976 AL  1,394 (3rd)
1977 AL  1,459 (2nd)
1978 AL  1,362 (4th)
1981 AL  877 (3rd)
1982 AL  1,339 (3rd)
Career  10,930 (92nd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1976 AL  108 (4th)
1977 AL  121 (1st)
1981 AL  60 (5th)
1982 AL  94 (5th)
Career  774 (90th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1976 AL  16 (2nd)
1978 AL  16 (2nd)
1979 AL  10 (4th)
1982 AL  12 (2nd)
1984 AL  15 (1st)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1971 AL  142 (3rd)
1972 AL  139 (4th)
1973 AL  147 (3rd)
1974 AL  148 (2nd)
Career  1,130 (94th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1967 AL  289 (5th)
1972 AL  331 (4th)
1973 AL  383 (3rd)
1974 AL  375 (3rd)
Career  2,573 (87th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1967 AL  314 (5th)
1972 AL  378 (4th)
1973 AL  413 (5th)
1974 AL  416 (2nd)
1975 AL  369 (4th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1967 AL  15 (3rd)
1968 AL  18 (1st)
1969 AL  17 (3rd)
1971 AL  16 (2nd)
1972 AL  16 (3rd)
1973 AL  13 (5th)
1974 AL  33 (1st)
1975 AL  18 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1976 AL  10 (1st)
1977 AL  8 (1st)
1981 AL  8 (1st)
1982 AL  18 (1st)
Career  19 (45th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1976 AL  10.15 (2nd)
1977 AL  10.83 (1st)
1978 AL  10.45 (5th)
1981 AL  10.83 (2nd)
1982 AL  11.04 (1st)
1983 AL  10.89 (2nd)
1984 AL  10.13 (3rd)
1985 AL  10.19 (4th)
Career  10.29 (6th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1976 AL  9.88 (4th)
1977 AL  10.46 (2nd)
1978 AL  9.91 (4th)
1981 AL  10.41 (2nd)
1982 AL  10.69 (1st)
1983 AL  10.47 (1st)
Career  9.89 (73rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1977 AL  .994 (4th)
1981 AL  .995 (4th)
1983 AL  .994 (5th)
1985 AL  .994 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1972 AL  6 (3rd)
1975 AL  6 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1972 AL  5.39 (2nd)
1973 AL  5.77 (4th)
1974 AL  5.54 (4th)
1975 AL  5.67 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1967 AL  4.50 (5th)
1972 AL  5.10 (4th)
1973 AL  5.42 (4th)
1974 AL  5.34 (2nd)
1975 AL  5.32 (3rd)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1972 AL  .978 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1985 AL  born 1945-10-01 (7th)

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 42 (36), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 148 (90), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 242 (26), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 55 (61), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (6th), 76.6 career WAR/47.6 7yr-peak WAR/62.1 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 66.0 career WAR/42.8 7yr-peak WAR/54.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Wade Boggs (882) *
  2. Sam Rice (875) *
  3. Tony Gwynn (867) *
  4. Frankie Frisch (838) *
  5. Zack Wheat (834) *
  6. Fred Clarke (824) *
  7. Jesse Burkett (823) *
  8. Sam Crawford (812) *
  9. Jimmy Ryan (810)
  10. Paul Waner (807) *
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  1. Larry Doyle (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jose Altuve (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Paul Molitor (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fred Dunlap (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pete Rose (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Chuck Knoblauch (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Chuck Knoblauch (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Chuck Knoblauch (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Cecil Travis (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Harvey Kuenn (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Harvey Kuenn (893)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Harvey Kuenn (882)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tony Gwynn (879) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Tony Gwynn (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Tony Gwynn (901) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Tony Gwynn (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Tony Gwynn (892) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Tony Gwynn (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Tony Gwynn (869) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196721Minnesota Twins$7,000Bill James Historical Abstract
197327Minnesota Twins$60,0002/16/74 TSN
197428Minnesota Twins$91,0003/24/75 US News and World Report2/16/74 TSN: $90,000
197529Minnesota Twins$120,0001976 Guide; 3/15/75 TSN; Timmerman dbasePlayer loss; $140,000 request
197630Minnesota Twins$160,0004/10/76 TSN
197731Minnesota Twins$180,0004/10/76 TSNTSN 1977 salary survey says $165,000
197832Minnesota Twins$200,0004/10/76 TSN
197933California Angels$800,0001979 TSN Guide$4 million/5 yrs.
198034California Angels$800,0001979 TSN Guide$4 million/5 yrs.
198135California Angels$800,0001979 TSN Guide$4 million/5 yrs.
198236California Angels$800,0001979 TSN Guide$4 million/5 yrs.
198337California Angels$800,0001979 TSN Guide$4 million/5 yrs.
198539California Angels$875,0003/3/86 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,693,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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