Rod Carew

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Rod Carew
Rod Carew 2008.jpg
First baseman / second baseman
Born: October 1, 1945
Gatun , PanamaPanamaPanama 
Strikes: Left Throws: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 11,  1967  with the  Minnesota Twins
Last MLB assignment
October 5,  1985  with the  California Angels
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    , 328
Hits    3,053
Home runs    92
Runs Batted In    1,015
Teams

As a player

As a coach

Awards

  • AL MVP (1977)
  • AL Rookie of the Year (1967)
  • Roberto Clemente Award (1977)
  • 7 times best batsman in the AL (1969, 1972–1975, 1977, 1978)
  • In his honor, the # 29 is no longer awarded at the Minnesota Twins
  • In his honor, the # 29 is no longer awarded at the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1991
Quota    90.5% (first ballot)

Rodney "Rod" Cline Carew (born October 1, 1945 in Gatun , Panama ) is a former baseball player from Panama in Major League Baseball .

Life

Rod Carew emigrated from Panama with his family to New York City at the age of 16 . There he lived near the Yankee Stadium and the former Polo Grounds . He began his professional baseball career as a second baseman with the Minnesota Twins on April 11, 1967. In his first year as a professional, he was nominated as an All Star of the American League , which should follow seventeen other consecutive appointments. He also received the title of Rookie of the Year . He was able to win the title of best batsman seven times in his career. The first success in this category came in 1969. From 1972 to 1975 he won this category four times in a row, something that only Ty Cobb had achieved before him . In 1976 he moved to the position of first baseman to extend his career. Here, too, he was close to winning the batting title , but had to admit defeat to George Brett by the Kansas City Royals on the last day of the season . In 1977 he led the American League with a batting average of 38.8%, the second best mark since Ted Williams in 1941 with 40.6% as the last player to date to surpass the magic mark of 40v%. In that year he also won the title of MVP of the AL.

In 1979 Carew moved to the California Angels because the Minnesota Twins could not keep their promising young talents and could not play for the title. The New York Yankees and the San Francisco Giants had also sought his service. With the Angels he reached the play-offs for the first time since 1970. As in 1969 and 1970 with the Twins, he was now defeated with his new club in the American League Championship Series against the Baltimore Orioles . His last appearance in the ALCS was in 1982 when the Angels lost to the Milwaukee Brewers in five games. The last game in the major league played Carew on October 5, 1985. 3053 basehits and a batting average of 32.8%. In 1991, in his first possible election year, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame .

After his baseball career, he worked as a hitting coach for the Angels and the Brewers. On January 19, 2004, the National Stadium in Panama was renamed Rod Carew Stadium .

Stations as a player

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personal data
SURNAME Carew, Rod
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carew, Rodney Cline (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Panamanian baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Gatun