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Rod
Carew		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 202
 
Born: October 1, 1945 in Panama, CA, GATUN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1976    1977   
Gold Glove 1968    1969    1970    1972    1973   
All-Star Selections 1973    1975   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1967 21 DET AL $ 300,000   10 10 9 3 3 3 7 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1968 22 DET AL $ 300,000   10 10 9 3 3 3 7 8 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1969 23 DET AL $ 300,000   10 10 9 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5 8 9 9
1970 24 DET AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 5 5 8 9 9
1971 25 DET AL $ 2,642,857   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 4 8 9 8
1972 26 DET AL $ 2,642,857   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 4 8 8 8
1973 27 DET AL $ 2,000,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 4 8 9 9
1974 28 DET AL $ 2,000,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 7 8 8 3 4 4 8 9 8
1975 29 KCR AL $ 2,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 8 3 4 4 8 8 8
1976 30 KCR AL $ 2,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 7 3 4 4 8 9 8
1977 31 KCR AL $ 2,743,027   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 7 3 4 4 8 9 9
1978 32 KCR AL $ 2,743,027   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 4 4 8 9 8
1979 33 KCR AL $ 2,743,027   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 4 4 8 9 8
1980 34 KCR AL $ 2,743,027   7 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8
1981 35 PIT NL $ 2,600,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 7
1982 36 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
1983 37 MIL NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,743,027   10 10 9 4 4 4 7 8 8 4 5 5 8 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1967 21 DET AL 128 527 74 143 23 18 5 39 26 9 35 88 .271 .318 .412 .730 67.6 10.7
    AAA   2 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3  
1968 22 DET AL 155 586 70 182 39 10 5 39 38 15 47 66 .311 .361 .437 .798 88.7 14.8
1969 23 DET AL 149 569 74 158 29 6 8 52 29 11 38 64 .278 .323 .392 .715 69.6 18.1
1970 24 DET AL 154 594 78 162 31 5 10 79 29 12 48 52 .273 .328 .392 .720 74.5 12.9
1971 25 DET AL 153 591 63 159 25 5 11 67 30 10 33 55 .269 .306 .384 .690 69.4 11.0
1972 26 DET AL 152 567 88 149 32 8 3 51 30 9 54 49 .263 .325 .363 .689 69.8 10.5
1973 27 DET AL 151 568 99 159 32 9 16 79 24 12 45 56 .280 .331 .452 .784 80.6 12.6
1974 28 DET AL 145 579 91 187 35 6 12 70 38 20 41 51 .323 .366 .466 .833 91.6 17.7
1975 29 KCR AL 125 515 86 176 38 6 11 59 28 17 27 36 .342 .375 .503 .878 86.5 18.7
1976 30 KCR AL 153 557 91 153 31 4 8 76 21 4 43 36 .275 .323 .388 .711 70.8 10.4
1977 31 KCR AL 123 386 51 108 21 1 9 51 6 1 28 31 .280 .329 .409 .738 50.2 8.5
1978 32 KCR AL 120 421 54 133 16 4 7 54 2 1 31 15 .316 .362 .423 .785 60.7 12.8
1979 33 KCR AL 139 539 73 138 23 3 9 52 2 1 30 39 .256 .294 .360 .654 55.1 6.9
1980 34 KCR AL 128 430 47 125 26 6 6 53 0 1 21 33 .291 .325 .421 .746 53.6 9.7
1981 35 PIT NL 137 425 51 124 25 5 3 62 16 7 33 36 .292 .343 .395 .739 53.5 9.8
1982 36 PIT NL 135 441 49 116 16 3 10 45 11 10 33 51 .263 .314 .381 .695 48.1 6.5
1983 37 MIL NL 107 360 35 83 19 1 3 40 8 0 23 48 .231 .276 .314 .590 27.0 1.1
17 Years Sim 2354 8655 1174 2455 461 100 136 968 338 140 610 806 .284 .330 .407 .737 1117.4 192.9
1 Years AAA 2 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3  
162 Game Average 595 80 168 31 6 9 66 23 9 41 55 .284 .330 .407 .737 76.9  
Career Highs 155 594 99 187 39 18 16 79 38 20 54 88 .342 .375 .503 .878 91.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6563 927 1944 353 72 112 766 253 110 477 545 .296 .343 .423 .767 922.9
vs LH   2092 247 511 108 28 24 202 85 30 133 261 .244 .289 .357 .646 216.1
Home 1167 4208 590 1206 245 51 67 469 157 65 304 395 .287 .334 .417 .751 570.0
Away 1187 4447 584 1249 216 49 69 499 181 75 306 411 .281 .327 .398 .725 569.0
RISP   1930 0 528 104 31 28 763 0 0 145 190 .274 .319 .403 .722 244.6
Pinch Hitting   103 10 30 2 1 4 19 0 1 11 10 .291 .360 .447 .806 16.2
Close/Late   1049 124 309 59 10 19 137 0 0 78 92 .295 .343 .424 .767 146.2
Mar/Apr 373 1377 191 380 64 12 26 160 61 18 103 127 .276 .326 .397 .722 179.5
May 412 1488 201 420 65 23 19 158 56 23 106 153 .282 .328 .395 .724 190.8
June 390 1432 196 420 75 14 24 157 58 28 103 125 .293 .340 .416 .756 196.0
July 382 1410 178 405 82 17 28 165 46 21 83 140 .287 .327 .429 .756 189.3
August 416 1564 231 429 104 25 24 172 72 21 116 143 .274 .326 .419 .744 210.2
Sep/Oct 381 1384 177 401 71 9 15 156 45 29 99 118 .290 .335 .387 .722 173.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1967 21 DET AL 2B 126 125 1105.7 241 452 21 74 .971 5.64   2.6
1968 22 DET AL 2B 151 146 1303.3 282 552 26 114 .970 5.76   4.8
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
1969 23 DET AL 2B 148 143 1252.0 298 527 18 113 .979 5.93   4.7
1970 24 DET AL 2B 149 145 1305.3 299 566 24 132 .973 5.96   4.3
    1B 4 0 10.7 12 4 0 0 1.000 13.51   0.0
1971 25 DET AL 2B 150 144 1300.7 288 537 14 96 .983 5.71   5.5
    1B 2 0 4.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75   0.0
1972 26 DET AL 2B 149 148 1353.7 311 620 15 122 .984 6.19   9.4
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1973 27 DET AL 2B 148 146 1320.7 288 635 26 128 .973 6.29   6.3
    1B 1 1 9.0 13 1 0 2 1.000 14.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 28 DET AL 2B 142 141 1260.3 274 546 26 95 .969 5.86   2.3
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1975 29 KCR AL 2B 119 112 1016.7 244 475 17 96 .977 6.36   5.0
    1B 4 1 17.0 23 0 0 4 1.000 12.18   0.0
    SS 1 0 6.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.27   0.0
1976 30 KCR AL 2B 151 151 1323.3 268 521 13 89 .984 5.37   6.0
    1B 1 0 6.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 16.50   0.0
1977 31 KCR AL 2B 118 109 970.0 238 418 16 101 .976 6.09   5.1
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 3 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 32 KCR AL 2B 114 107 963.7 222 390 13 74 .979 5.72   5.1
    1B 2 0 9.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 10.00   0.0
1979 33 KCR AL 2B 127 121 1085.3 222 517 21 91 .972 6.13   6.5
    1B 5 4 39.0 40 2 0 4 1.000 9.69   0.1
1980 34 KCR AL 2B 127 119 1077.0 230 491 19 88 .974 6.03   6.1
1981 35 PIT NL 2B 120 111 988.0 209 463 16 82 .977 6.12   4.6
    1B 9 6 60.3 81 4 2 4 .977 12.68   0.1
    3B 1 0 5.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    SS 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 36 PIT NL 2B 120 113 1036.7 237 466 18 83 .975 6.10   2.9
    1B 6 5 42.0 43 2 0 2 1.000 9.64   0.1
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 2 1 0 .667 13.53   0.0
1983 37 MIL NL 2B 27 24 206.0 48 95 4 24 .973 6.25   1.6
    1B 5 3 28.0 35 2 1 3 .974 11.89   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 2 2 2 0 .667 12.00   0.0
  2B 2186 2105 18868.3 4199 8271 307 1602 .976 5.95   82.8
  1B 45 20 236.0 283 18 3 24 .990 11.48   0.4
  SS 9 0 18.7 2 8 3 0 .769 4.82   0.0
  3B 1 0 5.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
Career Totals   2241 2125 19128.3 4484 8299 313 1626 .976 6.01   83.3
Career Highs   153 151 1355.7 311 636 26 132 .984 6.99    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1972 26 DET AL 10 38 6 13 3 0 0 8 1 1 5 4 .342 .409 .421 .830
1975 29 KCR AL 7 30 7 10 3 1 1 4 0 1 2 1 .333 .375 .600 .975
1976 30 KCR AL 18 71 16 25 6 1 2 5 2 0 7 5 .352 .410 .549 .960
1977 31 KCR AL 14 39 6 8 0 1 1 2 2 1 7 1 .205 .326 .333 .659
1978 32 KCR AL 7 28 4 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 .179 .226 .250 .476
1979 33 KCR AL 14 64 6 22 6 0 0 10 0 0 2 6 .344 .364 .438 .801
Career Post-Season Batting 70 270 45 83 18 4 4 32 5 3 25 18 .307 .364 .448 .812
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1968-5-.311
1974-6-.323
1975-4-.342
 Slugging Pct
1975-5-.503
 OPS
1975-8-.878
 XR
1968-9-88.7
 Games
CAR-39-2354
 At-Bats
1968-6-586
1970-5-594
1971-10-591
CAR-36-8655
Runs
1973-10-99
 Hits
1968-4-182
1974-7-187
CAR-35-2455
 Total Bases
1968-10-256
 Singles
1968-6-128
1969-10-115
1974-10-134
CAR-23-1758
 Doubles
1968-1-39
1970-10-31
1972-8-32
1974-8-35
1975-6-38
CAR-50-461
 Triples
1967-1-18
1968-2-10
1969-5-6
1972-3-8
1973-2-9
1975-6-6
CAR-12-100
Stolen Bases
1967-8-26
1968-5-38
1969-10-29
1970-9-29
1971-10-30
1974-9-38
CAR-38-338
 Caught Stealing
1968-6-15
1970-9-12
1973-10-12
1974-4-20
1975-6-17
CAR-39-140
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 45    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Denny Walling (862)
  4. Jim Fregosi (854)
  5. Cookie Lavagetto (853)
  6. Vada Pinson (839)
  7. Rance Mulliniks (838)
  8. Lou Boudreau (836)
  9. Billy Cox (835)
  10. Tony Cuccinello (831)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Detroit in 1967
Had first career hit on 4/2/1967, off John Hiller (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1967, off Ike Delock (CLE)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (A) on 9/17/1968
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1968, hitting .682 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1968
Injured on 8/6/1969 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1969
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Oakland on 9/23/1970
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,642,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,642,857 through salary arbitration
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1972
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1973
Injured on 4/6/1974 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1974, hitting .363 with 3 HR, 20 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1974, hitting .609 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 2/21/1975 (Going to KCR: 2B Rod Carew. Going to DET: P Ernie Mcanally)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 5/14/1975
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
10/13/1976: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $2,743,027 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
Injured on 5/15/1978 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Minnesota on 7/23/1979
Had 2000th career hit on 9/22/1979, off Nolan Ryan (BOS)
Injured on 9/28/1980 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 9 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/10/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $2,600,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/7/1982 to a 1-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/4/1983 to a 3-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
 
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