Rod Carew

Positions: First Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: October 1, 1945 in Gatun, Panama pa

High School: George Washington HS (New York, NY)

Debut: April 11, 1967 (Age 21-192d, 12,545th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1985 (Age 40-004d)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1991. (Voted by BBWAA on 401/443 ballots)
View Rod Carew's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Agents: Jerry Simon?

Full Name: Rodney Cline Carew

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Hall of Fame
MVP
Rookie of the Year
18x All-Star
7x Batting Title
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

81.2

9315

3053

.328

1424

RBI

1015

353

OBP

.393

SLG

.429

OPS

.822

OPS+

131

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
2	2	Apr 6	MIN	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
3	3	Apr 7	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
4	4	Apr 8	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
5	5	Apr 9	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
6	6	Apr 10	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
7	7	Apr 11	MIN	@	CAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
8	8	Apr 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,5-9	GS	22	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
9	9	Apr 13	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	40	10.1	12	1	0	13	1	1B
10	10	Apr 14	MIN		SEA	W,14-5	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
11	11	Apr 15	MIN		SEA	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
12	12	Apr 16 (1)	MIN		SEA	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
13	13	Apr 16 (2)	MIN		SEA	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
14	14	Apr 17	MIN		OAK	L,2-7	GS	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B 2B
15	15	Apr 19	MIN		OAK	L,5-6	GS	54	11.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B 2B
16	16	Apr 21	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
17	17	Apr 22	MIN		CAL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
18	18	Apr 25 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
19	19	Apr 25 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	58	13.2	11	0	0	11	2	1B
20	20	Apr 26	MIN	@	OAK	L,8-9	CG	51	11.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
21	21	Apr 27	MIN	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
22	22	Apr 28	MIN		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
23	23	Apr 29	MIN		NYY	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
24	24	Apr 30	MIN		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	25	May 3	MIN	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	46	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
26	26	May 4	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
27	27	May 5	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
28	28	May 6	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
29	29	May 7	MIN	@	BAL	W,15-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
30	30	May 9	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
31	31	May 10	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-7	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
32	32	May 13	MIN		BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
33	33	May 14	MIN		BOS	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
34	34	May 15	MIN		BAL	W,9-6	CG	50	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
35	35	May 16	MIN		BAL	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
36	36	May 18	MIN	@	KCR	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
37	38 (1)	May 20	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
38	39	May 21	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
39	40	May 22	MIN		TEX	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
40	41	May 23	MIN		TEX	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
41	42	May 24	MIN		TEX	L,2-3	CG	42	11.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
42	43	May 25	MIN		TEX	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
43	44	May 28	MIN		KCR	L,7-8	CG	56	12.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
44	45	May 29 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
45	46	May 29 (2)	MIN	@	TEX	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
46	47	May 30	MIN	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	49 (1)	Jun 2	MIN	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
48	51 (1)	Jun 4	MIN	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
49	52	Jun 7	MIN		CHW	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
50	53	Jun 8	MIN		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
51	57 (3)	Jun 13 (1)	MIN	@	TOR	W,2-0	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
52	58	Jun 13 (2)	MIN	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
53	59	Jun 14	MIN		CLE	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
54	60	Jun 16	MIN		DET	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
55	61	Jun 17	MIN		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
56	62	Jun 18	MIN		DET	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	10	3	1	14	1	1B
57	63	Jun 20	MIN		CAL	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
58	64	Jun 21	MIN		CAL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
59	65	Jun 22	MIN		CAL	L,2-4	GF	21	4.0	4	2	0	6	0	PH 1B
60	66	Jun 23	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	12	3	0	15	1	1B
61	67	Jun 24	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
62	68	Jun 25 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
63	69	Jun 25 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-6	GF	29	6.0	6	1	0	7	2	PH 1B
64	70	Jun 26	MIN	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
65	71	Jun 27	MIN	@	MIL	L,6-13	CG	45	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	72	Jul 1	MIN		CHW	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
67	73	Jul 2 (1)	MIN		CHW	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
68	74	Jul 2 (2)	MIN		CHW	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
69	75	Jul 3	MIN		MIL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
70	76	Jul 4	MIN		MIL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
71	77	Jul 5	MIN		MIL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
72	78	Jul 7 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
73	79	Jul 7 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
74	80	Jul 8	MIN	@	OAK	W,9-8	CG	48	11.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
75	81	Jul 9	MIN	@	OAK	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
76	82	Jul 13	MIN	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
77	83	Jul 14	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B 2B
78	84	Jul 15	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
79	85	Jul 16 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
80	86	Jul 16 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
81	87	Jul 17	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	12	3	0	15	2	1B
82	88	Jul 19	MIN		NYY	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
83	89	Jul 20	MIN		NYY	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
84	90	Jul 21	MIN		BAL	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
85	91	Jul 22	MIN		BAL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
86	92	Jul 23	MIN		BAL	L,5-8	GS	30	6.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
87	94 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	MIN		BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
88	95	Jul 25	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
89	96	Jul 26	MIN		TOR	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
90	97	Jul 27	MIN		TOR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	21	0	0	21	0	1B
91	98	Jul 28	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
92	99	Jul 29	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
93	100	Jul 30 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH 1B
94	101	Jul 30 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	102	Aug 1	MIN	@	SEA	L,6-13	CG	44	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
96	103	Aug 2	MIN	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
97	104	Aug 3	MIN	@	SEA	L,5-6	GF	12	2.2	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
98	105	Aug 4	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-12	CG	46	8.0	4	0	1	5	1	1B
99	106	Aug 5 (1)	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
100	107	Aug 5 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
101	108	Aug 6	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	8	2	0	10	1	1B
102	109	Aug 7	MIN		SEA	L,5-6	CG	59	14.0	19	0	0	19	2	1B
103	110	Aug 8	MIN		SEA	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
104	111	Aug 9	MIN		SEA	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
105	112	Aug 11 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
106	113	Aug 11 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
107	114	Aug 12	MIN		OAK	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	11	1	1	13	2	1B
108	115	Aug 13 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
109	116	Aug 13 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
110	117	Aug 14	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
111	118	Aug 15	MIN	@	CLE	W,9-8	GF	14	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH LF 1B
112	119	Aug 16 (1)	MIN		KCR	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
113	120	Aug 16 (2)	MIN		KCR	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	10	2	1	13	2	1B
114	121	Aug 17	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
115	122	Aug 18	MIN		TOR	W,4-3	CG	46	10.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
116	123	Aug 19	MIN		TOR	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
117	126 (2)	Aug 22	MIN		DET	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
118	127	Aug 23	MIN		TEX	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
119	128	Aug 24	MIN		TEX	L,1-4	CG	36	10.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
120	129	Aug 25	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
121	130	Aug 26	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
122	131	Aug 27	MIN	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
123	132	Aug 29	MIN	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	9	2	1	12	2	1B
124	133	Aug 31	MIN	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	14	1	1	16	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	134	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
126	135	Sep 2	MIN		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
127	136	Sep 3 (1)	MIN		CLE	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
128	137	Sep 3 (2)	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
129	138	Sep 4	MIN		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
130	141 (2)	Sep 8	MIN		MIL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
131	142	Sep 9	MIN		MIL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
132	143	Sep 10	MIN		MIL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
133	144	Sep 11	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
134	145	Sep 12	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
135	146	Sep 15	MIN	@	MIL	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
136	147	Sep 16	MIN	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
137	148	Sep 17	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
138	149	Sep 18	MIN		CAL	W,10-4	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	4	1B
139	150	Sep 19	MIN		CAL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
140	151	Sep 20	MIN		TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	13	3	0	16	2	1B
141	152	Sep 21	MIN		TEX	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
142	153	Sep 22 (1)	MIN		KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
143	154	Sep 22 (2)	MIN		KCR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
144	155	Sep 23	MIN		KCR	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
145	156	Sep 24	MIN		KCR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
146	157	Sep 25	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	39	10.2	9	2	1	12	1	1B
147	158	Sep 26	MIN	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
148	160 (1)	Sep 29	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
149	161	Sep 30	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	42	11.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
							153gm		1268.1	1363	105	16	1484	134