This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Rod CarewWWikipedia↗

Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1945-10-01 · Played 1967–1985 · Career WAR 81.2 (bWAR) ·

IDs

BBREF=carewro01, LAHMAN=carewro01, MLBAM=111986, RETROSHEET=carer001

Photo: Minnesota Twins, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

REGULAR POSTSEASON

📋 Game logs →

Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1967	MIN	AL	137	514	66	150	22	7	8	51	5	9	37	91	.292	.341	.409	.750	2.8
1968	MIN	AL	127	461	46	126	27	2	1	42	12	4	26	71	.273	.312	.347	.659	1.8
1969	MIN	AL	123	458	79	152	30	4	8	56	19	8	37	72	.332	.386	.467	.853	5.5
1970	MIN	AL	51	191	27	70	12	3	4	28	4	6	11	28	.366	.407	.524	.931	2.1
1971	MIN	AL	147	577	88	177	16	10	2	48	6	7	45	81	.307	.356	.380	.736	2.4
1972	MIN	AL	142	535	61	170	21	6	0	51	12	6	43	60	.318	.369	.379	.748	5.4
1973	MIN	AL	149	580	98	203	30	11	6	62	41	16	62	55	.350	.411	.471	.882	7.0
1974	MIN	AL	153	599	86	218	30	5	3	55	38	16	74	49	.364	.433	.446	.879	7.5
1975	MIN	AL	143	535	89	192	24	4	14	80	35	9	64	40	.359	.421	.497	.918	7.8
1976	MIN	AL	156	605	97	200	29	12	9	90	49	22	67	52	.331	.395	.463	.858	6.8
1977	MIN	AL	155	616	128	239	38	16	14	100	23	13	69	55	.388	.449	.570	1.019	9.7
1978	MIN	AL	152	564	85	188	26	10	5	70	27	7	78	62	.333	.411	.441	.852	5.0
1979	CAL	AL	110	409	78	130	15	3	3	44	18	8	73	46	.318	.419	.391	.810	2.6
1980	CAL	AL	144	540	74	179	34	7	3	59	23	15	59	38	.331	.396	.437	.833	3.4
1981	CAL	AL	93	364	57	111	17	1	2	21	16	9	45	45	.305	.380	.374	.754	3.0
1982	CAL	AL	138	523	88	167	25	5	3	44	10	17	67	49	.319	.396	.403	.799	4.7
1983	CAL	AL	129	472	66	160	24	2	2	44	6	7	57	48	.339	.409	.411	.820	2.3
1984	CAL	AL	93	329	42	97	8	1	3	31	4	3	40	39	.295	.367	.353	.720	0.9
1985	CAL	AL	127	443	69	124	17	3	2	39	5	5	64	47	.280	.371	.345	.716	0.5
Total			2469	9315	1424	3053	445	112	92	1015	353	187	1018	1028	.328	.394	.429	.823	81.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1967	MIN	AL	2B	134	131	1151.1	289	314	15	60
1968	MIN	AL	2B	117	112	981.2	262	280	18	48
1968	MIN	AL	SS	4	3	22.0	4	5	0	2
1969	MIN	AL	2B	118	106	965.1	244	302	17	80
1970	MIN	AL	1B	1	1	5.0	6	0	0	0
1970	MIN	AL	2B	45	45	377.0	73	122	8	26
1971	MIN	AL	2B	142	137	1209.0	321	329	16	76
1971	MIN	AL	3B	2	2	14.0	3	2	0	0
1972	MIN	AL	2B	139	133	1184.0	331	378	16	85
1973	MIN	AL	2B	147	142	1241.1	383	413	13	96
1974	MIN	AL	2B	148	147	1285.1	375	416	33	114
1975	MIN	AL	1B	14	14	116.0	123	8	3	10
1975	MIN	AL	2B	123	118	1038.0	285	369	18	79
1976	MIN	AL	1B	152	151	1331.2	1394	108	16	149
1976	MIN	AL	2B	7	0	13.1	4	2	0	0
1977	MIN	AL	1B	151	148	1313.1	1459	121	10	161
1977	MIN	AL	2B	4	0	5.2	4	3	0	0
1978	MIN	AL	1B	148	138	1263.0	1362	105	16	134
1978	MIN	AL	2B	4	0	5.0	1	0	0	0
1978	MIN	AL	OF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0
1979	CAL	AL	1B	103	102	889.1	804	55	10	101
1980	CAL	AL	1B	103	102	913.0	897	57	6	82
1981	CAL	AL	1B	90	90	779.0	877	60	5	90
1982	CAL	AL	1B	134	130	1168.0	1339	94	12	115
1983	CAL	AL	1B	89	88	770.1	890	42	6	94
1983	CAL	AL	2B	2	0	6.0	1	0	0	0
1984	CAL	AL	1B	83	80	695.1	724	59	15	73
1985	CAL	AL	1B	116	109	989.0	1055	65	7	121
Total				2321	2229	19732.1	13510	3709	260	1796

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1967	TSN All-Star	AL
1967	Rookie of the Year	AL
1967	TSN Rookie Player of the Year	AL
1968	TSN All-Star	AL
1969	TSN All-Star	AL
1972	TSN All-Star	AL
1973	TSN All-Star	AL
1974	TSN All-Star	AL
1974	Player of the Month	AL
1975	TSN All-Star	AL
1975	Player of the Week	AL
1976	Player of the Week	AL
1977	Most Valuable Player	AL
1977	TSN All-Star	AL
1977	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1977	TSN Player of the Year	AL
1977	Roberto Clemente Award	ML
1977	Player of the Week	AL
1977	Player of the Month	AL
1978	TSN All-Star	AL
1980	Player of the Month	AL
1983	Player of the Week	AL
1983	Player of the Month	AL
1985	Player of the Week	AL
2016	Bob Feller Act of Valor Award - HOF Player	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1991	BBWAA	401	333	Yes

Ejections (10)