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Rod
Carew		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 187
 
Born: October 1, 1946 in Panama, CA, GATUN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Hitter Award 1978   
All-Star Selections 1978    1979   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 31 DM FL $ 16,000,000 8 10 10 6 7 6 11 14 13 2 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
1979 32 DM FL $ 16,000,000 8 10 10 5 6 6 12 15 14 2 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
1980 33 DM FL $ 16,000,000 6 9 8 5 6 6 12 15 14 2 3 2 3 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 16,000,000 6 9 8 5 6 6 11 14 13 2 3 2 3 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 16,000,000 8 10 10 6 7 6 12 15 14 2 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
                                             
  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
1981 34 MAN FL $ 16,000,000   19 19 17 5 6 6 15 18 18 7 9 8 17 18 18
1982 35 MAN FL $ 3,100,000   18 18 16 6 7 6 14 17 16 6 8 8 17 18 18
1983 36 CHI JL $ 3,100,000   16 16 14 4 5 5 12 15 14 4 6 6 15 16 16
1984 37 BIR FL $ 1,000,000   14 14 12 2 4 3 6 9 8 4 6 6 13 14 14
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,000,000   14 14 12 2 4 3 6 9 8 4 6 6 13 14 14
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 16,000,000   19 19 17 6 7 6 15 18 18 7 9 8 17 18 18
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 31 DM FL 152 588 92 232 53 10 9 79 34 15 51 43 .395 .444 .565 1.009 123.2 32.1
1979 32 DM FL 157 617 100 224 34 6 11 82 44 27 44 40 .363 .407 .491 .898 107.6 24.0
1980 33 DM FL 156 612 98 206 32 7 10 76 32 15 48 34 .337 .386 .461 .847 100.0 21.4
1981 34 DM FL 80 313 46 89 17 9 4 52 15 9 23 31 .284 .333 .435 .768 43.5 7.2
  MAN FL 77 251 32 71 12 3 4 30 12 7 15 18 .283 .321 .402 .723 31.7 5.3
  TOT   157 564 78 160 29 12 8 82 27 16 38 49 .284 .328 .420 .748 75.1 12.5
1982 35 MAN FL 149 518 69 142 32 5 10 66 16 10 32 39 .274 .319 .413 .732 66.2 8.6
1983 36 MAN FL 14 15 4 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .467 .867 2.4 0.7
  BIR FL 99 299 37 102 22 1 1 45 4 4 13 31 .341 .367 .431 .799 42.0 7.7
  CHI JL 17 20 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .250 .318 .300 .618 2.0 0.2
  TOT   130 334 41 113 24 1 1 52 4 4 15 32 .338 .365 .425 .791 46.4 8.5
    AAA   8 26 5 8 0 0 1 3 2 0 5 0 .308 .419 .423 .842 5.3  
1984 37 BIR FL 71 197 27 55 9 0 0 18 7 2 10 26 .279 .313 .325 .637 17.6 1.8
    AAA   31 123 11 37 3 0 3 14 3 1 5 21 .301 .328 .398 .726 15.6  
7 Years Sim 972 3430 505 1132 213 41 49 455 164 89 238 263 .330 .374 .459 .833 536.1 108.8
2 Years AAA 39 149 16 45 3 0 4 17 5 1 10 21 .302 .346 .403 .749 20.9  
162 Game Average 571 84 188 35 6 8 75 27 14 39 43 .330 .374 .459 .833 89.3  
Career Highs 157 617 100 232 53 12 11 82 44 27 51 49 .395 .444 .565 1.009 123.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2435 398 871 154 30 41 345 123 69 180 181 .358 .402 .496 .898 435.2
vs LH   995 107 261 59 11 8 110 41 21 58 82 .262 .304 .368 .672 106.9
Home 486 1667 242 542 107 15 26 221 80 35 108 131 .325 .366 .454 .821 259.0
Away 486 1763 263 590 106 26 23 234 84 55 130 132 .335 .381 .463 .844 283.1
RISP   848 0 292 55 11 11 365 0 0 88 75 .344 .399 .474 .873 150.9
Pinch Hitting   137 14 51 14 0 1 26 2 1 4 15 .372 .394 .496 .891 22.7
Close/Late   453 60 146 37 5 5 58 0 0 39 38 .322 .378 .459 .837 72.3
Mar/Apr 167 611 87 190 36 4 5 75 27 15 38 45 .311 .354 .408 .761 82.3
May 186 653 97 209 44 11 5 81 31 21 58 74 .320 .374 .444 .818 100.8
June 162 559 74 200 36 7 5 80 31 12 28 41 .358 .389 .474 .863 93.2
July 155 537 85 180 31 6 11 81 25 12 39 31 .335 .379 .477 .856 90.0
August 162 594 86 193 33 5 15 79 29 16 38 44 .325 .367 .473 .840 95.1
Sep/Oct 140 476 76 160 33 8 8 59 21 14 37 28 .336 .385 .489 .875 80.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1978 31 DM FL 1B 151 140 1266.7 1284 103 11 104 .992 9.86 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    2B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 32 DM FL 1B 149 144 1302.3 1290 119 14 114 .990 9.74 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 33 DM FL 1B 152 145 1318.7 1387 88 13 105 .991 10.07 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    2B 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 34 DM FL 1B 39 37 375.9 405 28 3 30 .993 10.37 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 38 29 304.6 70 99 3 19 .983 4.99 0 0 .000 0 1.5
  MAN FL 1B 38 36 297.4 321 22 3 23 .991 10.38 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    2B 37 28 241.0 55 78 3 15 .978 4.97 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  TOT   1B 77 73 673.3 726 50 6 53 .992 10.37   1.1
      2B 75 57 545.6 125 177 6 34 .981 4.98   2.1
1982 35 MAN FL 2B 141 130 1169.3 238 352 21 83 .966 4.54 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    SS 1 0 5.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 36 MAN FL 1B 9 7 26.1 28 2 0 2 1.000 10.34 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BIR FL 1B 63 52 556.0 593 46 1 45 .998 10.34 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    2B 8 2 42.0 11 12 1 3 .958 4.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CHI JL 1B 11 9 38.2 41 3 0 3 1.000 10.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 2.9 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 83 68 620.3 662 51 1 50 .999 10.34   1.7
      2B 10 2 46.9 13 14 1 3 .964 5.18   0.2
      LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      SS 1 0 3.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 5.45   0.0
1984 37 BIR FL 1B 39 38 321.3 362 26 1 22 .997 10.87 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 7 6 53.0 18 25 0 6 1.000 7.30 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 652 608 5503.6 5711 437 46 448 .993 10.05 0 0 .000 0 11.4
  2B 238 195 1823.5 396 571 28 127 .972 4.77 0 0 .000 0 5.1
  SS 2 0 8.3 0 4 0 1 1.000 4.34 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   894 803 7342.4 6110 1012 74 576 .990 8.73 0 0 .000 0 16.5
Career Highs   154 145 1321.7 1389 354 21 114 .998 10.38 0 0 .000 0  
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
1978 31 DM FL 8 36 5 17 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 5 .472 .472 .556 1.028
1979 32 DM FL 3 13 3 6 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .462 .462 .615 1.077
1980 33 DM FL 5 20 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .300 .333 .500 .833
Career Post-Season Batting 16 69 10 29 4 1 1 6 4 1 1 8 .420 .429 .551 .979
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
1978-1-.395
1979-3-.363
1980-4-.337
CAR-3-.330
 On-Base Pct
1978-1-.444
1979-3-.407
1980-4-.386
CAR-35-.374
 Slugging Pct
1978-3-.565
1979-8-.491
 OPS
1978-1-1.009
1979-5-.898
 XR
1978-1-123.2
1979-5-107.6
1980-8-100.0
 Games
1979-6-157
1980-5-156
1981-6-157
At-Bats
1979-4-617
1980-6-612
 Runs
1978-9-92
1979-6-100
1980-9-98
 Hits
1978-1-232
1979-1-224
1980-3-206
 Total Bases
1978-1-332
1979-4-303
1980-9-282
 Singles
1978-1-160
1979-1-173
1980-2-157
 Doubles
1978-1-53
1979-10-34
Triples
1978-6-10
1981-3-12
 Stolen Bases
1979-9-44
 Caught Stealing
1979-2-27
1980-9-15
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Signed as a free agent by Des Moines on 2/8/1978 to a 3-year deal worth $16,000,000 per year
Had first career hit on 4/1/1978, off Mike Madorin (AUS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1978, off Larry Nusbaum (LV)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/28/1978, hitting .650 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1978, hitting .451 with 2 HR, 14 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/9/1978, hitting .483 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/13/1978
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1978, hitting .413 with 4 HR, 16 RBI
Won Owners Choice Frick League Batter of the Year Award for 1978
Won Owners Choice Defector of the Year Award for 1978
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/31/1979
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Las Vegas on 7/24/1979
Traded from Des Moines to Manhattan on 7/2/1981 (Going to MAN: P David Lillis, 1B Rod Carew. Going to DM: 2B Michael Sturgeon, P Randy Masters)
 
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