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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 as in 0.
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Rod Carew: 92 Career Home Runs

2 leading off, 2 walk-off, 11 tying, 29 go ahead
2 Tms
MIN74
CAL18
 
vs RHP71
vs LHP21
 
Away48
Home44
 
Leverage
High Lev22
Medium Lev36
Low Lev34
14 Opps
NYY11
DET11
KCR10
TEX/WSA10
KCA/OAK9
CAL8
BOS7
CLE6
CHW5
BAL4
MIL/SEP4
SEA3
MIN2
TOR2
65 Pitchers
Catfish Hunter7
Ed Figueroa4
Luis Tiant3
Fergie Jenkins3
Pat Dobson3
Steve Hargan3
Frank Tanana2
Bart Johnson2
Earl Wilson2
Matt Keough2
Joe Coleman2
Dennis Eckersley2
Nolan Ryan2
Don Kirkwood2
Mike Torrez2
Doug Bird2
Jack O'Connor1
Dick Baney1
Mickey Lolich1
Albert Williams1
17 Parks
Metrop. Stad35
Angel Stad12
Tiger Stad7
ClevelandStd5
Arlington4
Munic. Stad4
NetworkAssoc3
Comiskey Pk3
Memor. Stad3
Yankee Stad3
Fenway Pk3
KauffmanStad3
RFK Stad2
Kingdome2
County Stad1
Sick's Stad1
Exhibit Stad1
Where Hit
954
718
811
Unk9
General field locations when available.
 
1 Inside the Park
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms86
2·HR gms3
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
2nd50
3rd27
1st12
7th1
5th1
8th1
Outs
039
133
220
 
DefPos
2B44
1B42
PH3
DH3
Bases
---45
1--24
-2-10
1235
12-3
1-33
-232
 
157 RBI
RISP23
0 on45
1 on34
2 on8
3 on5
Any on47
Inning
118
23
312
410
514
69
76
814
94
Extra2
 
1-333
4-633
7-end26
RelScore
+4..8
+33
+25
+17
Tied24
-111
-213
-36
-4..15
 
Ahead23
Tied24
Behind45
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

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1967 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1967-04-21 MIN @ DET Denny McLain behind 1-12 t 7 0 1-- 2 8 4 0% 0% Home Run; Nixon Scores
2 2 2 1 1967-05-25 MIN @ KCA Catfish Hunter behind 0-2 t 3 0 --- 1 2 4 11% 37% Home Run
3 3 3 1 1967-06-14 MIN DET Earl Wilson ahead 4-0 b 2 2 1-- 2 2 4 7% 95% Home Run; Tovar Scores
4 4 4 1 1967-06-16 MIN @ CLE Luis Tiant tied 0-0 t 6 1 --- 1 2 4 19% 66% Home Run
5 5 5 1 1967-06-19 (2) MIN @ BAL Wally Bunker behind 0-2 t 3 1 -23 3 2 4 25% 61% Home Run; Battey Scores; Grant Scores/unER
6 6 6 1 1967-06-21 MIN @ DET Earl Wilson ahead 3-2 t 4 2 --- 1 2 4 12% 73% Home Run
7 7 7 1 1967-07-30 MIN @ BOS Bucky Brandon ahead 2-0 t 4 0 --- 1 5 4 9% 83% Home Run
8 8 8 1 1967-08-27 MIN @ CLE Luis Tiant ahead 3-0 t 4 0 --- 1 7 4 6% 90% Home Run
1968 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
9 9 1 1 1968-05-14 MIN OAK Catfish Hunter tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 4 11% 66% Lead-Off Home Run
1969 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
10 10 1 1 1969-04-23 MIN OAK Catfish Hunter behind 0-2 b 1 0 1-- 2 2 4 17% 55% Home Run; Uhlaender Scores
11 11 2 1 1969-04-27 MIN @ CHW Gary Peters behind 2-3 t 7 2 1-- 2 2 4 41% 66% Home Run; Tovar Scores
12 12 3 1 1969-05-13 MIN BAL Mike Cuellar behind 1-2 b 8 0 -2- 2 2 4 41% 87% IPHR Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; Tovar Scores
13 13 4 1 1969-05-26 MIN @ WSA Joe Coleman tied 0-0 t 3 0 1-- 2 2 4 19% 74% Home Run; Uhlaender Scores
14 14 5 2 1969-05-26 MIN @ WSA Dave Baldwin ahead 5-0 t 4 1 -2- 2 2 4 3% 98% Home Run; Uhlaender Scores
15 15 6 1 1969-07-04 MIN OAK Catfish Hunter ahead 5-0 b 4 2 1-- 2 2 4 3% 98% Home Run; Uhlaender Scores
16 16 7 1 1969-07-29 (1) MIN DET Mickey Lolich ahead 3-0 b 5 0 1-- 2 2 4 6% 96% Home Run; Tovar Scores
17 17 8 1 1969-09-28 (2) MIN @ SEP Dick Baney tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 1 2 4 11% 59% Home Run
1970 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
18 18 1 1 1970-05-16 MIN @ MIL Bob Meyer ahead 5-1 t 4 1 1-- 2 2 4 6% 95% Home Run; Tovar Scores
19 19 2 1 1970-05-18 MIN @ KCR Bill Butler tied 2-2 t 5 0 -2- 2 2 4 18% 77% Home Run; Tovar Scores
20 20 3 1 1970-05-20 MIN @ KCR Bob Johnson behind 0-1 t 3 0 --- 1 2 4 12% 50% Home Run
21 21 4 1 1970-06-20 MIN @ KCR Jim Rooker behind 0-5 t 8 0 12- 3 2 4 7% 12% Home Run; Allison Scores; Kaat Scores
1971 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
22 22 1 1 1971-05-04 MIN NYY Lindy McDaniel behind 4-5 b 9 2 --- 1 2 4 49% 53% Home Run
23 23 2 1 1971-08-22 MIN @ BAL Dave McNally behind 1-5 t 8 0 1-- 2 2 4 7% 12% Home Run; Tovar Scores
1973 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
24 24 1 1 1973-04-18 MIN CAL Nolan Ryan tied 0-0 b 1 0 1-- 2 2 4 15% 74% Home Run; Hisle Scores
25 25 2 1 1973-05-13 MIN @ KCR Mike Jackson ahead 3-0 t 9 0 --- 1 2 4 2% 99% Home Run
26 26 3 1 1973-05-15 MIN @ TEX Jim Merritt ahead 6-5 t 8 1 12- 3 2 4 17% 97% Home Run; Mitterwald Scores; Hisle Scores
27 27 4 1 1973-06-11 MIN MIL Bill Parsons behind 1-8 b 5 0 --- 1 1 4 2% 4% Home Run
28 28 5 1 1973-06-13 MIN MIL Jim Colborn tied 2-2 b 5 1 --- 1 1 4 15% 69% Home Run
29 29 6 1 1973-06-16 MIN @ DET Joe Coleman tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 4 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run
1974 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
30 30 1 1 1974-05-26 MIN TEX Fergie Jenkins ahead 3-1 b 7 0 --- 1 1 4 5% 95% Home Run
31 31 2 1 1974-07-28 (2) MIN @ CAL Nolan Ryan behind 8-12 t 9 2 --- 1 2 PH 0% 0% Home Run
32 32 3 1 1974-09-13 MIN KCR Doug Bird tied 5-5 b 10 0 --- 1 2 4 37% 100% Walk-Off Home Run
1975 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
33 33 1 1 1975-05-27 MIN @ DET Lerrin LaGrow behind 0-5 t 6 2 --- 1 2 4 2% 5% Home Run
34 34 2 1 1975-05-31 MIN BOS Rick Wise ahead 4-3 b 4 2 1-3 3 2 4 22% 91% Home Run; Thompson Scores; Borgmann Scores
35 35 3 1 1975-06-03 MIN NYY Pat Dobson behind 0-1 b 1 1 --- 1 2 4 11% 53% Home Run
36 36 4 1 1975-06-05 MIN NYY Catfish Hunter behind 0-2 b 1 1 --- 1 2 4 10% 42% Home Run
37 37 5 2 1975-06-05 MIN NYY Catfish Hunter behind 1-2 b 3 1 -2- 2 2 4 20% 65% Home Run; Braun Scores
38 38 6 1 1975-06-10 MIN @ CLE Dennis Eckersley tied 2-2 t 8 0 --- 1 2 4 25% 75% Home Run
39 39 7 1 1975-06-22 (1) MIN @ CHW Wilbur Wood behind 1-4 t 5 0 --- 1 2 4 8% 24% Home Run
40 40 8 1 1975-06-30 MIN CAL Frank Tanana behind 0-6 b 1 1 --- 1 2 4 4% 12% Home Run
41 41 9 1 1975-07-05 MIN TEX Fergie Jenkins behind 3-4 b 5 2 --- 1 2 4 16% 51% Home Run
42 42 10 1 1975-07-06 (1) MIN TEX Clyde Wright behind 1-3 b 3 1 --- 1 2 4 11% 41% Home Run
43 43 11 1 1975-07-22 MIN BOS Bill Lee behind 0-5 b 6 0 -2- 2 3 4 7% 15% Home Run; Terrell Scores/unER
44 44 12 1 1975-07-28 MIN KCR Marty Pattin behind 1-5 b 3 1 1-- 2 3 4 14% 29% Home Run; Bostock Scores
45 45 13 1 1975-09-02 MIN @ TEX Steve Hargan behind 1-3 t 4 0 1-- 2 3 4 20% 50% Home Run; Terrell Scores
46 46 14 1 1975-09-18 MIN KCR Doug Bird behind 0-2 b 4 0 --- 1 3 3 12% 42% Home Run
1976 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
47 47 1 1 1976-04-18 MIN @ NYY Catfish Hunter behind 1-2 t 3 2 --- 1 2 3 12% 46% Home Run
48 48 2 1 1976-06-22 MIN @ CAL Don Kirkwood tied 0-0 t 1 0 1-3 3 3 3 16% 79% Home Run; Bostock Scores; Smalley Scores
49 49 3 1 1976-06-23 (1) MIN CHW Bart Johnson behind 1-4 b 8 1 1-- 2 3 3 15% 22% Home Run; Braun Scores
50 50 4 1 1976-06-26 MIN @ OAK Paul Mitchell ahead 2-0 t 2 1 123 4 3 3 15% 94% Home Run; Randall Scores; Braun Scores; Smalley Scores
51 51 5 1 1976-07-02 MIN CAL Don Kirkwood tied 0-0 b 1 1 -2- 2 3 3 16% 73% Home Run; Braun Scores
52 52 6 1 1976-07-04 (2) MIN CAL Sid Monge tied 5-5 b 8 2 123 4 3 3 36% 99% Home Run; Randall Scores; Braun Scores; Smalley Scores
53 53 7 1 1976-09-09 MIN @ TEX Steve Hargan ahead 1-0 t 7 1 123 4 1 PH 17% 97% Home Run; Wynegar Scores; Borgmann Scores; Smalley Scores
54 54 8 1 1976-09-22 MIN @ CHW Bart Johnson tied 2-2 t 6 0 1-- 2 3 3 25% 80% Home Run; Smalley Scores
55 55 9 1 1976-09-29 MIN TEX Steve Hargan ahead 6-1 b 5 0 1-- 2 3 3 2% 99% Home Run; Smalley Scores
1977 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
56 56 1 1 1977-04-15 MIN OAK Mike Torrez behind 1-3 b 8 0 --- 1 2 3 14% 30% Home Run
57 57 2 1 1977-05-04 MIN @ CLE Pat Dobson behind 3-4 t 5 1 --- 1 3 3 15% 47% Home Run
58 58 3 1 1977-05-17 MIN CLE Pat Dobson tied 2-2 b 3 2 --- 1 2 3 12% 63% Home Run
59 59 4 1 1977-06-02 MIN NYY Ed Figueroa behind 1-7 b 6 2 -2- 2 2 3 4% 6% Home Run; Norwood Scores
60 60 5 1 1977-06-12 MIN @ NYY Ed Figueroa tied 0-0 t 1 0 1-- 2 2 3 15% 69% Home Run; Hisle Scores
61 61 6 1 1977-06-26 MIN CHW Larry Anderson ahead 17-10 b 8 0 1-- 2 3 3 0% 100% Home Run; Smalley Scores
62 62 7 1 1977-07-23 MIN CAL Tom Walker ahead 7-3 b 5 0 --- 1 3 3 3% 96% Home Run
63 63 8 1 1977-07-26 MIN @ SEA Glenn Abbott behind 2-7 t 5 1 1-3 3 3 3 12% 22% Home Run; Bostock Scores; Smalley Scores
64 64 9 1 1977-07-27 MIN @ SEA Tom House tied 0-0 t 7 1 --- 1 3 3 21% 67% Home Run
65 65 10 1 1977-07-30 MIN @ CLE Jim Bibby behind 0-2 t 6 1 --- 1 3 3 12% 30% Home Run
66 66 11 1 1977-08-12 MIN @ DET Jim Crawford ahead 8-3 t 3 2 123 4 3 3 8% 98% Home Run; Cubbage Scores; Randall Scores; Smalley Scores
67 67 12 1 1977-08-23 MIN BOS Fergie Jenkins tied 0-0 b 1 2 --- 1 3 3 10% 61% Home Run
68 68 13 1 1977-09-03 MIN NYY Ed Figueroa behind 0-1 b 1 2 --- 1 3 3 10% 51% Home Run
69 69 14 2 1977-09-03 MIN NYY Ed Figueroa behind 2-7 b 8 1 -2- 2 3 3 3% 6% Home Run; Cubbage Scores
1978 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
70 70 1 1 1978-04-12 MIN @ CAL Frank Tanana tied 0-0 t 1 2 --- 1 3 3 11% 57% Home Run (Deep CF)
71 71 2 1 1978-04-16 (1) MIN SEA Dick Pole behind 3-7 b 8 0 --- 1 3 3 4% 8% Home Run
72 72 3 1 1978-05-18 MIN @ KCR Dennis Leonard tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 1 2 3 10% 58% Home Run
73 73 4 1 1978-05-20 MIN @ KCR Rich Gale behind 1-5 t 8 1 -2- 2 2 3 6% 9% Home Run; Norwood Scores
74 74 5 1 1978-06-04 MIN @ DET Steve Baker tied 1-1 t 4 0 --- 1 3 3 13% 63% Home Run (Deep RF)
1979 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
75 75 1 1 1979-04-15 CAL @ OAK Matt Keough ahead 2-0 t 5 0 1-- 2 3 3 12% 90% Home Run; Lansford Scores
76 76 2 1 1979-07-24 CAL @ NYY Luis Tiant behind 3-5 t 5 0 --- 1 1 10 11% 36% Home Run (Deep RF)
77 77 3 1 1979-08-18 CAL TOR Tom Underwood ahead 4-3 b 6 2 1-- 2 1 3 18% 90% Home Run (Deep RF); Rettenmund Scores
1980 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
78 78 1 1 1980-06-11 CAL NYY Tommy John behind 1-6 b 6 1 -23 3 3 10 12% 22% Home Run (Deep CF); Thon Scores; Patek Scores
79 79 2 1 1980-08-07 CAL MIN Albert Williams tied 2-2 b 15 2 -2- 2 2 3 39% 100% Walk-Off Home Run; Patek Scores
80 80 3 1 1980-09-03 CAL @ BOS Mike Torrez tied 0-0 t 1 1 1-- 2 3 3 16% 66% Home Run; Lansford Scores
1981 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
81 81 1 1 1981-05-16 CAL @ DET Dave Rozema behind 1-4 t 3 1 --- 1 1 3 8% 25% Home Run
82 82 2 1 1981-05-20 CAL @ BAL Tim Stoddard behind 2-5 t 9 0 --- 1 1 3 4% 7% Home Run
1982 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
83 83 1 1 1982-06-25 CAL KCR Dan Quisenberry behind 4-6 b 8 0 --- 1 2 PH 14% 30% Home Run
84 84 2 1 1982-08-28 CAL @ BOS John Tudor ahead 1-0 t 6 1 12- 3 2 3 21% 91% Home Run (Fly Ball); Boone Scores; Downing Scores
85 85 3 1 1982-09-25 CAL @ TEX John Butcher behind 2-5 t 7 0 --- 1 2 3 8% 17% Home Run
1983 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
86 86 1 1 1983-04-09 CAL @ OAK Matt Keough behind 0-2 t 5 1 123 4 1 10 37% 75% Home Run; DeCinces Scores; Foli Scores; Boone Scores
87 87 2 1 1983-05-15 CAL MIN Jack O'Connor ahead 2-0 b 2 1 1-- 2 1 3 12% 87% Home Run; Ferguson Scores
1984 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
88 88 1 1 1984-04-05 CAL BOS Dennis Eckersley behind 2-4 b 8 2 1-- 2 2 3 41% 53% Home Run; Beniquez Scores
89 89 2 1 1984-05-02 CAL OAK Steve McCatty tied 3-3 b 5 1 1-- 2 2 3 23% 80% Home Run; Pettis Scores
90 90 3 1 1984-05-22 CAL DET Juan Berenguer behind 0-1 b 1 1 --- 1 2 3 11% 53% Home Run
1985 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
91 91 1 1 1985-05-14 CAL @ TOR Doyle Alexander ahead 2-1 t 3 1 --- 1 2 3 10% 69% Home Run
92 92 2 1 1985-08-24 CAL DET Jack Morris behind 0-3 b 1 0 1-- 2 2 3 15% 45% Home Run; Pettis Scores

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

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There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.