Saturday, May 28, 2016

Rod Carew: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1991

Born: October 1, 1945
1960: Family moved to US
1964: Signed by Minnesota Twins
1964-6: Minor Leagues
Debut: April 11, 1967 (Twins)
1967: Rookie of the Year
1969: Stole home 7x
1969: Batting Champ (.332)
1969-70: Twins win AL West
1972: Won batting title with 0 home runs (first time since 1918)
1972-5: Batting Champ (.318, .350, .364, .359)
1975: Moved to 1b
1977: MVP (.388, 128 runs, 239 Hits, 38 doubles, 16 Triples, 14 HR, 100 RBI, 23 SB, 1.019 OPS)
1977: Batting Champ (.388)
1977: Roberto Clemente Award
1977: TSN Player of the Year
1978: Batting Champ (.333)
1979: Traded to California Angels
1979: Angels win AL West
1982: 25 game hit streak
1982: Angels win AL West
1985: 3,000 Hits
1986: Angels retire his #29
1987: Twins retire his #29
1991: Elected to Hall of Fame (90.5% of vote)
1991: Angels Hall of Fame
1995: Arbiter ruled he was forced into retirement due to collusion.
1999: Finalist All Century Team
2010: Hispanic Heritage Hall of Fame
2015: Survived massive heart attack

Accomplishments:
1977 MVP
1977 TSN Player of the Year
1967 ROY
18x All Star
7x Batting Champ
1977 Roberto Clemente Award
3053 Hits
5x Player of the Month
5x Player of the Week
17 career steals of home
.328
92 HR
1015 RBI
1424 Runs
445 Doubles
112 Triples
353 SB
1018 Walks-1028 Ks
.393 OBP
.429 SLG
.822 OPS
3998 TB
128 Runs (Led League): 1977
200+ Hits: 4x
30+ Doubles: 5x
10+ Triples: 5x
16 Triples (1977): Led League
100 RBI (1977)
20+ SB: 7x
30+ SB: 4x
40+ SB: 2x
.300+: 13x
.350+ : 4x
.400+ OBP: 7x
.570 SLG (1977)
1.019 OPS (1977)
351 TB (1977)
Led League in Hits: 3x
Led league in Triples: 2x
Led league in OBP: 4x
Led league in IBB: 3x
Postseason: .220, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 2 SB, .591 OPS

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