Editing Rod Carew (section)

==After retirement==
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|Name   = Rod Carew
|Number = 29
|Team   = Minnesota Twins
|Year   = 1987
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|Name   = Rod Carew
|Number = 29
|Team   = California Angels
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Carew moved to the community of [[Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California|Anaheim Hills, California]], while playing with the Angels and remained there after his retirement.<ref>{{Cite news| first= Jim | last= McCurdie | title= They Have Carew's Number | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58000349.html?dids=58000349:58000349&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+13%2C+1986&author=JIM+McCURDIE&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=They+Have+Carew%27s+Number&pqatl=google | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110511133624/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58000349.html?dids=58000349:58000349&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+13%2C+1986&author=JIM+McCURDIE&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=They+Have+Carew%27s+Number&pqatl=google | url-status= dead | archive-date= May 11, 2011 | work= Los Angeles | date= October 13, 1986 | access-date=April 15, 2008 }}</ref> Carew was hired as the Angels' hitting coach on November 5, 1991, and served in a similar capacity with the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. He is credited with helping develop young hitters like [[Garret Anderson]], [[Jim Edmonds]], and [[Tim Salmon]]. Carew has also worked at various times as a minor league and spring training hitting and base running coach for the Twins and serves as an international youth baseball instructor for Major League Baseball.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/min/community/youth_camps.jsp |title=Minnesota Twins Youth Baseball & Softball Training Camps |publisher=Mlb.mlb.com |date=August 26, 2011 |access-date=October 6, 2011}}</ref>

Carew married his second wife Rhonda in December 2001; she has two children, Cheyenne and Devon. Devout Christians, the family attends Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.

On January 19, 2004, [[Panama City]]'s [[Estadio Nacional de Panamá|National Stadium]] was renamed "Rod Carew Stadium".<ref>{{Cite news| first=Joe | last=Connor | title=Welcome to Panama | url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/worldclassic2006/news/story?id=2291367 | date=January 17, 2006 | publisher=[[ESPN]] | access-date=December 3, 2008}}</ref> In 2005, Carew was named the second baseman on the Major League Baseball [[Latino Legends Team]].<ref name=Legends>{{cite web|title=Chevrolet Presents the Major League Baseball Latino Legends Team unveiled today|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20051026&content_id=1260180&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|work=[[MLB.com]]|access-date=August 28, 2013}}</ref>

Carew's number 29 was retired by the Twins on July 19, 1987, and by the Angels in 1986. Carew was the fourth inductee into the Angels' Hall of Fame on August 6, 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/history/carew.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013155329/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/history/carew.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |title=Retired Numbers: Rod Carew |publisher=Minnesota.twins.mlb.com |access-date=October 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/ana/history/retired_numbers.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429055054/http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/ana/history/retired_numbers.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 29, 2007 |title=Angels Retired numbers |publisher=Losangeles.angels.mlb.com |access-date=October 6, 2011}}</ref> Carew was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1991, his first year of eligibility, the 22nd player so elected; he went into the Hall with a Twins cap. In 1999, he ranked #61 on ''[[The Sporting News]]''' list of 100 Greatest Baseball Players,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/lisn100.shtml|title = 100 Greatest Baseball Players by the Sporting News : A Legendary List by Baseball Almanac}}</ref> and was nominated as a finalist for [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Major League Baseball All-Century Team|All-Century Team]]. Carew was inducted into the [[Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame]] in 2010.<ref name=LAT>{{cite news|last=Price|first=DeAntae|title=Roberto Clemente, Rod Carew honored at All-Star FanFest|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-13-la-sp-0714-clemente-carew-20100714-story.html|access-date=August 28, 2013|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 13, 2010}}</ref>

[[File:Rod Carew talks to fan in May 2014.jpg|thumb|Carew (''left'') talks to a fan in May 2014.]]
Carew has three biological children from his first marriage—Charryse, Stephanie, and Michelle. In September 1995, his youngest of three daughters, Michelle, was diagnosed with [[acute myeloid leukemia]], a relatively rare leukemia for a young person. Doctors wanted to perform a [[bone marrow transplant]], but Michelle's rare ethnic heritage complicated the search for a matching donor; her father was black with West Indian and Panamanian roots and her mother was of Russian-Jewish ancestry. Carew pleaded for those of similar ethnic background to come forward. When no matching bone marrow donor was found, an umbilical [[cord blood]] transplant was performed in March 1996. Michelle died on April 17, 1996, at the age of 18.<ref name=Litsky>{{cite news|last=Litsky|first=Frank|title=Baseball; Rod Carew's Daughter Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/18/sports/baseball-rod-carew-s-daughter-dies.html|access-date=August 28, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 18, 1996}}</ref> A statue of her has been installed in [[Angel Stadium of Anaheim]].<ref name=Pahigian>{{cite book|last=Pahigian|first=Josh and Kevin O'Connell|title=The Ultimate Baseball Road-Trip: A Fan's Guide to Major League Stadiums|year=2004|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=1592281591|page=428|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FM1YtoSZEnAC&q=michelle+carew+statue&pg=PA428}}</ref>

Carew began using [[chewing tobacco]] in 1964 and was a regular user up to 1992, when a cancerous growth in his mouth was discovered and removed. The years of use had severely damaged his teeth and gums, and Carew has spent a reported $100,000 in restorative dental work.<ref name="urlThe Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer&nbsp;— UICC GLOBALink">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter17/Chap17_SmokelessPage2.html |title=The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer |access-date=September 18, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191442/http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter17/Chap17_SmokelessPage2.html |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

In September 2015, Carew suffered a massive heart attack while on a California golf course.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rushin |first=Steve |date=November 23, 2015 |title=Rod Carew Opens Up About His Private Life And His Near-Death Experience |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/11/23/rod-carew-heart-angels-twins |newspaper=Sports Illustrated |location=New York, NY}}</ref> He was hospitalized for more than six weeks, and had several surgical procedures, which culminated with implantation of a [[ventricular assist device|left ventricular assist device]] (LVAD).<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosenthal |first=Ken |date=February 27, 2016 |title=Rod Carew's Return Is Everything We Love About Baseball |url=http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/rod-carew-minnesota-twins-heart-transplant-return-spring-practice-tony-oliva-torii-hunter-022716 |newspaper=Fox Sports |location=New York, NY}}</ref> Carew recovered sufficiently to take part in the Twins' 2016 spring training as an instructor, coach, and launch the ''Heart of 29'' Campaign.<ref name="Rod Carew's Return">''[http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/rod-carew-minnesota-twins-heart-transplant-return-spring-practice-tony-oliva-torii-hunter-022716 Rod Carew's Return]''</ref> Further, Carew became involved in the branding and launching of a Left Ventricular Assist Device wear company, Carew Medical Wear. In February 2016, Carew indicated that his doctors informed him that he would eventually need a heart transplant.<ref name="Rod Carew's Return"/> The transplant was done on December 15, 2016.<ref>[http://www.ocregister.com/articles/heart-738516-attack-thursday.html Former Angels great Rod Carew reportedly set for heart transplant]. ''Orange County Register''. December 15, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.</ref> Carew's transplanted heart was donated by former Baltimore Ravens tight end [[Konrad Reuland]]. Reuland had attended middle school with Carew's children and was inspired by Carew to become a professional athlete in elementary, after meeting him as a child. Reuland later became a high school athlete in baseball, as well as basketball and football.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MLB Legend Rod Carew And The Former NFL Pro Who Gave Him A New Heart|url=https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/09/28/rod-carew-konrad-reuland-heart-assists|date=2018-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.heart.org/baseball-great-rod-carews-new-heart-kidney-came-from-nfl-player-konrad-reuland/|title = Baseball great Rod Carew's new heart, kidney came from NFL player Konrad Reuland|date = April 14, 2017}}</ref> Carew participated in the 2018 [[Rose Parade]] aboard the Donate Life float on New Year's Day, in honor of Reuland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2018/01/01/rod-carew-tribute-organ-donor-former-raven-konrad-reuland-rose-parade-float/994392001/|title=Rod Carew pays tribute to organ donor, former Raven Konrad Reuland, on Rose Parade float|website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>

In a [[pre-game ceremony]] before the 2016 MLB All Star Game in San Diego, the American League batting championship trophy was named the ''Rod Carew American League Batting Championship Award''.<ref name="w149">{{cite web | last=Footer | first=Alyson | title=NL, AL batting titles named after Gwynn, Carew | website=MLB.com | date=2016-07-13 | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/nl-al-batting-titles-named-after-gwynn-carew-c189449844 | access-date=2024-10-14}}</ref>

In 2016, Rod Carew was awarded the [https://actofvaloraward.org/ Bob Feller Act of Valor Award].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Act Of Valor Award Foundation Announces 2016 Winners – Act of Valor Award|url=https://actofvaloraward.org/2016/10/06/act-of-valor-award-foundation-announces-2016-winners/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=actofvaloraward.org|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201105706/https://actofvaloraward.org/2016/10/06/act-of-valor-award-foundation-announces-2016-winners/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On August 23, 2024, Carew became a [[citizen of the United States]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hayes |first=Dan |title=Twins great Rod Carew, age 78, becomes a U.S. citizen at last: 'I love this country' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5694722/2024/08/12/rod-carew-united-states-citizen/ |access-date= |work=[[The Athletic]] |date=August 12, 2024 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>