Editing Rod Carew

{{short description|Panamanian–American baseball player/coach (born 1945)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|image=1978 Minnesota Twins Postcards Rod Carew.jpg
|caption=Carew with the Minnesota Twins in 1978
|name=Rod Carew
|position=[[Second baseman]] / [[First baseman]]
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1945|10|1}}
|birth_place=[[Gatún]], [[Panama Canal Zone]]
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 11
|debutyear=1967
|debutteam=Minnesota Twins
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 5
|finalyear=1985
|finalteam=California Angels
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.328
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value=3,053
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=92
|stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=1,015
|teams=
'''As player'''
* [[Minnesota Twins]] ({{mlby|1967}}–{{mlby|1978}})
* [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]] ({{mlby|1979}}–{{mlby|1985}})
'''As coach'''
* [[Los Angeles Angels|California / Anaheim Angels]] ({{mlby|1992}}–{{mlby|1999}})
* [[Milwaukee Brewers]] ({{mlby|2000}}–{{mlby|2001}})
|highlights=
* 18× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1967]]–[[1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1984]])
* [[AL MVP]] (1977)
* [[AL Rookie of the Year]] (1967)
* [[Roberto Clemente Award]] (1977)
* 7× [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|AL batting champion]] (1969, 1972–1975, 1977, 1978)
* [[Minnesota Twins#Retired numbers|Minnesota Twins No. 29]] retired
* [[Los Angeles Angels#Retired numbers|Los Angeles Angels No. 29]] retired
* [[Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame]]
* [[Angels Hall of Fame]]
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate=[[1991 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1991]]
|hofvote=90.5% (first ballot)
}}
'''Rodney Cline Carew''' (born October 1, 1945)<ref>{{cite web |title=Rod Carew Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/rod-carew-111986 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530223748/https://www.mlb.com/player/rod-carew-111986 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |access-date=November 16, 2024 |website=[[MLB.com]] |language=en-US}}</ref> is a Panamanian-American former professional [[baseball]] player and [[Coach (baseball)|coach]]. He played in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) as a [[second baseman]], [[first baseman]] and [[designated hitter]] from 1967 to 1985 for the [[Minnesota Twins]] and the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]]. The most accomplished [[contact hitter]] in Twins history, he won the 1977 [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|AL Most Valuable Player Award]], setting a Twins record with a .388 [[Batting average (baseball)|batting average]].<ref name="Twins 10 Season">{{cite web |title=Minnesota Twins Top 10 Single-Season Batting Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/leaders_bat_season.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113153930/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/leaders_bat_season.shtml |archive-date=November 13, 2024 |access-date=February 3, 2020 |work=[[Baseball Reference]]}}</ref> Carew appeared in 18 consecutive [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Games]] and led the AL in hits three times, with his 239 hits in {{mlby|1977}} ranking as the 12th most in a season at the time and the 16th most as of 2024, tied with [[Willie Keeler|Willie Keeler’s]] 239 hits from {{baseball year|1897}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Single-Season Leaders & Records for Hits |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/H_season.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518171449/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/H_season.shtml |archive-date=May 18, 2024 |access-date=February 3, 2020 |work=[[Baseball Reference]]}}</ref> He won seven [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|AL batting titles]], the second most AL batting titles in history behind [[Ty Cobb]], and on July 12, 2016, the AL batting title was renamed to the [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|Rod Carew American League batting title]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Snyder |first=Matt |date=July 13, 2016 |title=MLB All-Star Game: Batting title awards named to honor Tony Gwynn, Rod Carew |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2016-mlb-all-star-game-batting-title-awards-named-to-honor-tony-gwynn-rod-carew/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823224557/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2016-mlb-all-star-game-batting-title-awards-named-to-honor-tony-gwynn-rod-carew/ |archive-date=August 23, 2024 |access-date=February 3, 2020 |work=[[CBS Sports]]}}</ref>

In 1977, Carew was named the recipient of the prestigious [[Roberto Clemente Award]] for his involvement in local community affairs. On August 4, 1985, he became the 16th member of the [[3,000 hit club]] with a single to left field off [[Frank Viola]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/3000_hit_club/carew_rod.htm|title=3,000 Hit Club Exhibit|work=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=February 3, 2020}}</ref> His 3,053 hits are 27th all time, and his career batting average of .328 is 34th all time. He was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1991 in his first year of eligibility;<ref name="sabr">{{sabrbio|0746c6ee|Joseph Wancho|February 3, 2020}}</ref> he appeared on upwards of 90 percent of the ballots. He was also elected to the [[Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame]], [[Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame]], and [[Angels Hall of Fame]]. After retiring as a player, Carew served as a coach for the Angels and the [[Milwaukee Brewers]].

==Early life==
Carew is the son of Olga Teoma, and Eric Carew Sr., a painter.<ref name="sabr"/> Carew is a [[Zonian]] and was born to a Panamanian mother on a train in the town of [[Gatún]], which, at that time, was in the [[Panama Canal Zone]].<ref name="Goldman, Rob pp. 145">[[#Gold06|Goldman, Rob]] pp. 145</ref> The train was [[Racial segregation|racially segregated]]; [[white people|white]] passengers were given the better forward cars, while non-whites, like Carew's mother, were forced to ride in the rearward cars. Traveling on the train was Dr. Rodney Cline, who delivered the baby. In appreciation for this, Mrs. Carew named the boy Rodney Cline Carew.<ref name="sabr"/><ref name="Goldman, Rob pp. 145"/><ref name="The Ballplayers">{{Cite book |author1=Pietrusza, David |author2=Matthew Silverman |author3=Gershman, Michael |title=Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia |publisher=Total Sports |location=New York |year=2000 |isbn=1-892129-34-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/baseballbiograph00matt }}</ref> Carew later acknowledged in 2020 that he and his father Eric had a very tumultuous relationship, even stating "Baseball was the one thing that kept me from killing my father."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-the-dan-barreiro-show-26981004/episode/best-of-bumper-to-bumper-friday-65678440/?cmp=ios_share&sc=ios_social_share&pr=false|title = BEST OF Bumper to Bumper Friday, June 26: Rod Carew, Belinda Jensen, Lavelle Neal - Dan Barreiro}}</ref><ref name=onetoughout>{{cite news|url=https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-sports/rod-carew-baseball-was-the-one-thing-that-kept-me-from-killing-my-father|title=Rod Carew: 'Baseball was the one thing that kept me from killing my father'|first=Chris|last=Schad|publisher=Bring Me The News|date=June 29, 2020|access-date=October 19, 2020}}</ref> In his memoir ''One Tough Out'', Carew stated that his father was a violent alcoholic who would often physically abuse him and his mother, and that Carew eventually came close to killing him with a [[machete]].<ref name=onetoughout />

At age 14, Carew and his siblings immigrated to the United States to join his mother in the [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]] section of the borough of [[Manhattan]], New York City.<ref name="sabr"/><ref name="Goldman, Rob pp. 147">[[#Gold06|Goldman, Rob]] pp. 147</ref> Although Carew attended [[George Washington High School (New York City)|George Washington High School]], he never played baseball for the high school team. According to Carew, his interest in baseball redeveloped at the age of 18; as when he was younger and still in Panama, his mother convinced him he could get away from his father if he played baseball.<ref name=onetoughout /> Carew later played [[semi-professional sports|semi-professional]] baseball for the Bronx Cavaliers,<ref name="Goldman, Rob pp. 148">[[#Gold06|Goldman, Rob]] pp. 148</ref> which is where he was discovered by Minnesota Twins scout Monroe Katz (whose son, Steve, played with Carew on the Cavaliers). Katz then recommended Carew to another Twins scout, Herb Stein, who arranged a tryout in April 1964,<ref name="Goldman, Rob pp. 149">[[#Gold06|Goldman, Rob]] pp. 149</ref> and Carew performed so well that manager [[Sam Mele]] finished the tryout early so that the Yankees would not see him.<ref name="Goldman, Rob pp. 149"/> Herb Stein along with Katz signed Carew to an amateur free agent contract (at the [[Stella D'Oro]] Restaurant in the Bronx) on June 24, 1964<ref name="baseball-almanac.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_stbah.shtml |title=Stealing Home Base Records by Baseball Almanac |publisher=Baseball-almanac.com |access-date=October 6, 2011}}</ref><ref name="theatlantic.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198108/baseball/6 |title=The Last of the Pure Baseball Men |publisher=The Atlantic |date=August 1, 1981 |access-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-date=October 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006224720/http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198108/baseball/6 |url-status=dead }}</ref> for a monthly salary of $400 ({{Inflation|US|400|1964|fmt=eq}}).<ref name="sabr"/>

Starting his minor league career, Carew was assigned to play [[second base]] with the [[Melbourne Twins]] in the [[Cocoa Rookie League]] and hit .325 over the final 37 games of the season.<ref name="minors">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=carew-001rod |title=Rod Carew Minor League Statistics & History |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date=October 1, 1945 |access-date=October 6, 2011}}</ref> Over the next two years he would end up hitting .302 in [[Minor League Baseball|Class A]]<ref name="minors"/> playing second base for the [[Wilson Tobs (minor league baseball)|Wilson Tobs]] and the [[Orlando Twins]].<ref name="sabr"/>

==Major league career==
===Minnesota Twins===
In the top of the second inning on April 11, 1967, at [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]] against the [[Baltimore Orioles]], Carew hit a single for his first major league hit in his first [[plate appearance]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL196704110.shtml|title=Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles Box Score, April 11, 1967|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 3, 2020}}</ref> he would finish the game going 2&ndash;4.<ref name="sabr"/> A few weeks later against the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)#Washington Senators (1961–1971)|Washington Senators]], Carew went 5&ndash;5 with a [[double (baseball)|double]] and a [[stolen base]] for the first 5&ndash;hit game of his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN196705080.shtml|title=Washington Senators at Minnesota Twins Box Score, May 8, 1967|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 3, 2020}}</ref> He was elected to the first of his 18 consecutive All-Star game appearances, and won the [[American League]] (AL) [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year award]]<ref name="sabr"/><ref name="The Ballplayers"/><ref name="BR">{{cite web|title=Rod Carew Statistics|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carewro01.shtml|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=August 28, 2013}}</ref> receiving 19 of 20 first place votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1967.shtml#all_AL_ROY_voting|title=1967 Awards Voting|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 3, 2020}}</ref> In a game against the [[Detroit Tigers]] at [[Metropolitan Stadium]] on May 18, 1969, [[Cesar Tovar]] led off the bottom of the third with a single.<ref name="steal all bases">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/stealing_second_third_home.shtml|title=Major League Baseball Players Who Stole Every Base in an Inning|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> With Carew at bat, pitcher [[Mickey Lolich]] [[balk (baseball)|balked]] and Tovar moved to second base, then stole third. Carew walked, then executed a [[double steal]] with Tovar as Tovar stole home and Carew stole second. Carew then stole third base, followed by a steal of home. This marked the 41st time in Major League history and the 20th time in AL history that a runner had stolen every base in an inning.<ref name="steal all bases"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN196905180.shtml|title=Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins Box Score, May 18, 1969|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> Carew [[Stolen base|stole]] home seven times in 1969, leading the major leagues in this category and just missing [[Ty Cobb]]'s record of eight. Carew's seven steals of home in 1969 was the most in the majors since [[Pete Reiser]] stole seven for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] in 1946. Manager [[Billy Martin]] had worked with Carew throughout the 1969 season to learn how to steal home,<ref name="Goldman, Rob pp. 150">[[#Gold06|Goldman, Rob]] pp. 150</ref> and teammate [[Sandy Valdespino]] had taught Carew how to bunt more effectively,<ref name="Goldman, Rob pp. 150"/> at the end of the season he led the AL with a .332 batting average, the second-place finisher, [[Reggie Smith]], had a .309 average.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1969-batting-leaders.shtml|title=1969 AL Batting Leaders|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Rod-carew cleveland 08-31-1975.jpg|thumb|left|Carew with the Minnesota Twins warming up before a game in Cleveland in 1975]]
Carew had hit for the [[cycle (baseball)|cycle]] on May 20, 1970, against the [[Kansas City Royals]], going 4&ndash;5 with a stolen base,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA197005200.shtml|title=Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals Box Score, May 20, 1970|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> this was the first cycle hit by a member of the Twins.<ref name="sabr"/> Later that year, on June 22, he was injured at second base attempting to convert a [[double play]], he had surgery to repair ligaments in his left leg, and missed 92 games.<ref name="sabr"/> In 1972, Carew led the AL in [[Batting average (baseball)|batting]], hitting .318; he had no [[home run]]s for the only time in his career. This was the first time since 1918, when [[Zack Wheat]] won the National League batting championship, that a player won the batting title with no home runs.

The start of the 1973 season was slow, Carew was only hitting .246 by the end of April.<ref name="1973 logs">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=carewro01&t=b&year=1973|title=1973 Batting Game Log|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> Carew performed well during the summer months, including a 5-hit performance on August 14.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN197308140.shtml|title=Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins Box Score, August 14, 1973|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> By the end of September he was back in the major league lead with a .353 average.<ref name="1973 logs"/> When the season concluded he won his third batting title, with a major league leading .350 batting average.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1973-batting-leaders.shtml|title=1973 MLB Batting Leaders|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> His 203 hits and 11 triples also led the AL.<ref name="BR"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1973-batting-leaders.shtml|title=1973 AL Batting Leaders|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> The next season, Carew had his best year to date, from his first at bat on April 5, against the [[Kansas City Royals]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA197404050.shtml|title=Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals Box Score, April 5, 1974|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> he never batted below .300 for the entire year.<ref name="1974 logs">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=carewro01&t=b&year=1974|title=1974 Batting Game Log|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> Through June 27, he was batting .400<ref name="1974 logs"/> but cooled off near the end of the season. His 213 hits were a career-high, and led the majors,<ref name="1974 ml">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1974-batting-leaders.shtml|title=1974 MLB Batting Leaders|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> and he collected his fourth career batting title with a .364 batting average.<ref name="BR"/>

In 1975, Carew won his fourth consecutive AL batting title.<ref name="BR"/> He joined [[Ty Cobb]] as the only players to lead the major leagues in batting average for three consecutive seasons. Seeing time predominantly at second base early in his career, Carew moved to [[first base]] in September 1975 and stayed there for the rest of his career.<ref name="sabr"/> Carew missed out on winning another batting title in 1976 as his .331 average was only .002 behind the league leader [[George Brett]]. Carew still collected career highs in games played (156) and stolen bases (49), and had 200 hits for the third time in his career. He became the first player to steal 40 bases while predominantly playing first base in a season since [[George Sisler]] in 1922.<ref name="BR"/>

In the 1977 season, Carew batted .388, which was the highest since [[Boston Red Sox|Boston's]] [[Ted Williams]] hit .388 in 1957; he won the 1977 AL [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award]]. He also set career highs with 239 hits (at that time the most by any player since 1930),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stathead.com/tiny/czyYw |title=Batting Season & Career Finder: For Single Seasons, From 1871 to 1977, (requiring H>=239), sorted by greatest Hits |website=Stathead |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> 100 RBIs and 128 runs scored. In the summer of 1977, Carew appeared on the cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' with the caption "Baseball's Best Hitter".<ref name=Time>{{cite news|url=https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19770718,00.html|title=Baseball's Best Hitter (Cover)|access-date=February 2, 2014|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=July 18, 1977|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015205910/http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19770718,00.html|archive-date=October 15, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He won his seventh and final batting title in 1978 when he hit .333.<ref name=BR/> He had finished in the top 15 in AL MVP voting in every season between 1972 and 1978.<ref name=BR/>

===California Angels===

[[File:Rod Carew Angelscard.png|thumb|upright|Carew with the Angels.]]

In 1979, allegedly frustrated by the Twins' inability to keep young talent, some [[racism|racist]] comments by [[Calvin Griffith]], and the Twins' overall penny-pinching negotiating style,<ref name="theatlantic.com"/> Carew announced his intention to leave the Twins. On February 3, Carew was traded to the [[Los Angeles Angels|Angels]] for [[outfield]]er [[Ken Landreaux]], [[catcher]]/[[first baseman]] [[Dave Engle]], right-handed [[pitcher]] [[Paul Hartzell]], and left-handed pitcher [[Brad Havens]].<ref name="Total Baseball">{{Cite book|author1=Charlton, James|author2=Shatzkin, Mike|author3=Holtje, Stephen|title=The Ballplayers: baseball's ultimate biographical reference|publisher=Arbor House/William Morrow and Company|location=New York|year=1990|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ballplayersbaseb00shat/page/155 155–156]|isbn=0-87795-984-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/ballplayersbaseb00shat/page/155}}</ref> Although it would have represented an infusion of talent, the Twins were unable to complete a possibly better deal with the [[New York Yankees]] in January in which Carew would have moved to the Yankees in exchange for [[Chris Chambliss]], [[Juan Beníquez]], [[Dámaso García]], and [[Dave Righetti]].<ref>{{cite news |date=January 30, 1979 |title=Yankees, Twins still dickering |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2E1SAAAAIBAJ&dq=Yankees%2C+Twins+still+dickering&pg=PA24 |access-date=June 19, 2009 |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |publisher=[[United Press International]] |pages=3c |via=Google News}}</ref> In 2020, Carew denied the longtime allegations that the controversial comments which Griffith made in 1978 suggesting support for Minnesota having a low African-American population and the idea that blacks preferred wrestling to baseball was what triggered his trade to the Angels when he stated, "When he traded me prior to the 1979 season, Calvin told me he wanted me to be paid what I was worth. Later that year the Angels made me the highest paid player in baseball. A racist wouldn't have done that."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Carew|first=Rod|title=STATEMENT FROM ROD CAREW ON CALVIN GRIFFITH|work=KSTP|url=https://kstp.com/kstpImages/repository/cs/files/STATEMENT%20FROM%20ROD%20CAREW%20ON%20CALVIN%20GRIFFITH.pdf|access-date=June 19, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622101703/https://kstp.com/kstpImages/repository/cs/files/STATEMENT%20FROM%20ROD%20CAREW%20ON%20CALVIN%20GRIFFITH.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Rod Carew at Yankee Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|255px|Carew bats at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] in 1979.]]

Though Carew did not win a batting title after 1978, he hit between .305 and .339 from 1979 to 1983.<ref name=BR/> In 1982, Carew broke his hand early in the season. Newspaper reports characterized him as swinging one-handed that season due to pain, but he put together a 25-game hitting streak at one point in the season.<ref name="Hand">{{Cite news |date=June 25, 1982 |title=As hand heals, Rod Carew soars |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19820625&id=ESsgAAAAIBAJ&pg=5454,2816726 |access-date=February 2, 2014 |work=[[Gainesville Sun]]|via=Google News}}</ref> He played in 138 games that year and hit .319. The Angels went to the playoffs in 1982, which was Carew's fourth and final appearance in postseason play. The team lost a five-game series (three games to two) to the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. Carew played in all five games, but he hit .176 (three hits in 17 at-bats).<ref name=BR/> Carew grounded out to end the fifth and final game by hitting a routine groundball to shortstop [[Robin Yount]] off a pitch from [[Pete Ladd]], a minor-league journeyman who replaced the injured Brewers closer [[Rollie Fingers]].

On August 4, 1985, Carew joined an elite group of ballplayers when he got his [[List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders|3,000th base hit]] against Minnesota Twins left-hander [[Frank Viola]] at the former [[Anaheim Stadium]].<ref name="The Ballplayers"/> The 1985 season was his last. After the season, Rod Carew was granted free agency, after the Angels declined to offer him a new contract. He received an offer from the [[Boston Red Sox]] to be their minor league hitting instructor. His only offer to continue his playing career in 1986 was from the [[San Francisco Giants]]. He declined the offer and opted to retire.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 3, 1986 |title=After 19 Years, Carew Says He's Had Enough |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-03-sp-9397-story.html |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Carew suspected that baseball owners were [[Baseball collusion|colluding]] to keep him (and other players) from signing.<ref name=Chass/> On January 10, 1995, nearly a decade after his forced retirement, arbitrator Thomas Roberts ruled that the owners had violated the rules of baseball's [[Baseball collusion#Collusion II|second collusion agreement]]. Carew was awarded damages equivalent to what he would have likely received in 1986: [[United States dollars|$]]782,035.71.<ref name=Chass>{{cite news|last=Chass|first=Murray|title=Baseball; Collusion Case Grants Unusual Damages|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/18/sports/baseball-collusion-case-grants-unusual-damages.html|access-date=August 28, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 18, 1995}}</ref> Carew finished his career with 3,053 hits and a lifetime [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] of .328.<ref name=ESPN>{{cite news|work=[[ESPN.com]]|title=Rod Carew Stats|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/55/rod-carew|access-date=August 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114151134/http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/55/rod-carew|archive-date=November 14, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Through 2017, Carew still holds many places in the Twins record books, including: highest career batting average (.334), second-highest on-base percentage (.393, tied with [[Buddy Myer]]), fourth-highest in intentional walks (99), fifth in hits (2,085), and fifth in stolen bases (271).<ref name="Twins 10 Career">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/leaders_bat.shtml|title=Minnesota Twins Top 10 Career Batting Leaders|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=February 3, 2020}}</ref> He also holds many spots in the Angels record books, including: highest career on-base percentage (.393), second-highest batting average (.314), and sixth-highest in both intentional walks (45) and sacrifice hits (60).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ANA/leaders_bat.shtml|title=Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Top 10 Batting Leaders|access-date=August 28, 2013|archive-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022015521/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ANA/leaders_bat.shtml|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Carew's career total of 17 steals of home ties him for 17th on the all-time MLB list with former [[New York Giants (baseball team)|New York Giant]] MVP [[Larry Doyle (baseball)|Larry Doyle]] and fellow Hall of Famer [[Eddie Collins]].<ref name="The Ballplayers"/><ref name="baseball-almanac.com"/>

===Career statistics===
In 2,469 games over 19 seasons, Carew posted a .328 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] (3,053-for-9,315) with 1,424 [[run (baseball)|runs]], 445 [[double (baseball)|doubles]], 112 [[triple (baseball)|triples]], 92 [[home runs]], 1,015 [[Run batted in|RBI]], 353 [[stolen bases]], 1,018 [[bases on balls]], .393 [[on-base percentage]] and .429 [[slugging percentage]]. Defensively, he recorded a .985 [[fielding percentage]] playing at first and second base. In 14 [[ALCS]] games, he hit .220 (11-for-50) with 6 runs, 4 doubles, 1 RBI, 2 stolen bases and 5 walks.<ref name="BR" />  He also had a [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] of .300 or higher in 15 consecutive seasons (1969-1983). Carew recorded 7 five-hit games and 51 four-hit games in his 19-year MLB career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/C/PX_carer001.htm|title=Rod Carew top performances at retrosheet.org|website=retrosheet.org|access-date=September 30, 2022}}</ref> Carew was also an effective [[pinch hitter]] in his career, recording a .315  batting average (40-for-127) with 3 home runs and 33 RBI in that role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://baseball-reference.com/players/c/carewro01-bat.shtml|title=Rod Carew Situational Batting at Baseball Reference|website=baseball-reference.com|accessdate= September 5, 2024}}</ref>

==Outside baseball==

===Military service===
During the 1960s, Carew served a six-year commitment in the [[United States Marine Corps Reserve]] as a combat engineer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.twincities.com/2013/03/26/charley-walters-tubby-smiths-firing-leaves-undetermined-effect-on-big-three-recruits/|title=Tubby Smith's firing leaves undetermined effect on 'Big Three' recruits|author=Charley Walters|work=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]|date=March 26, 2013|access-date=February 3, 2020}}</ref> He later said that his military experience helped him in his baseball career. Carew said, "When I joined the Marine Corps, it was a life-changing event for me because I learned about discipline. When I first came up to the big leagues in 1967, I was a little bit of a hothead. But after two weeks of war games every summer, I realized that baseball was not do-or-die. That kind of discipline made me the player I became."<ref name=Muder>{{cite web|last=Muder|first=Craig|title=Character and Courage in Cooperstown|url=http://baseballhall.org/news/event/character-and-courage-cooperstown|publisher=[[Baseball Hall of Fame]]|access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref>

===Confusion over conversion to Judaism===
There is no evidence that Carew ever formally converted to Judaism, although he wore a [[chai (symbol)|chai]] necklace during his playing days. His first wife, Marilynn Levy, is Jewish,<ref name="Total Baseball"/> and he was a member of Temple Beth Shalom in [[Santa Ana, California]]. Their three daughters, Charryse, Stephanie, and Michelle,<ref name=anglicanandjew>{{cite news|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/rod-carew/|title=Rod Carew|first=Joseph|last=Wancho|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=October 19, 2020}}</ref> were raised in the Jewish tradition and had their [[bat mitzvah]]s there. When one daughter, Michelle, died of leukemia at age 18, services were held at Beth Shalom,<ref>Reyes, David. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-20-sp-60673-story.html "Friends and Family Say Last Goodbye to Michelle Carew"]. ''Los Angeles Times''. April 20, 1996.</ref> and she was buried in the family plot at the United Hebrew Brotherhood Cemetery in [[Richfield, Minnesota]], a suburb of [[Minneapolis]], where Rod Carew played for the [[Minnesota Twins]].<ref>Reyes, David. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-22-sp-61415-story.html "Hundreds of Minnesotans Attend Funeral for Michelle Carew"]. ''Los Angeles Times''. April 20, 1996.</ref> Carew, however, still identified as [[Episcopalian]] during their relationship.<ref name=anglicanandjew />

A 2007 ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]'' article named Carew one of the 18 best Jewish ballplayers of all time; the article clarified that Carew was not Jewish but commended him for raising his children in the faith and for marrying Levy in spite of death threats he received.<ref name=Salon>{{cite web|last=Keri|first=Jonah|title=The 18 best Jewish ballplayers of all time|url=http://www.salon.com/2007/09/01/jewish_baseball/|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon.com]]|date=September 2007|access-date=August 28, 2013}}</ref> Carew and Levy, who began their relationship in 1968, were married in 1970 and divorced in 2000.<ref name=anglicanandjew />

Another source propagating the story is "[[The Chanukah Song]]", written and performed by [[Adam Sandler]] in 1994. The tune (which quickly became a holiday perennial) lists famous Jews of the 20th century: "...[[O. J. Simpson]]... not a Jew! But guess who is: Hall of Famer Rod Carew! He converted!" Carew later wrote Sandler and explained the situation, adding that he thought the song was "pretty funny". (Sandler dropped Carew from later versions of the song, but [[Neil Diamond]] mentions the ballplayer in his rendition, recorded in 2009.)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mallenbaum |first=Carly |title=Adam Sandler's 'Chanukah Song': Are all of those celebs in the song actually Jewish? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/11/29/adam-sandler-chanukah-lyrics/2133567002/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>

==After retirement==
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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>

==See also==
{{Portal|Baseball}}
* [[List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders]]
* [[3,000 hit club]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders]]
* [[DHL Hometown Heroes]]
* [[Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |title=One Tough Out: Fighting Off Life's Curveballs |first1=Rod |last1=Carew |first2=Jaime |last2=Aron |publisher=[[Triumph Books]]|date=2020 |isbn=978-1629377643}}
*{{cite book |title=Rod Carew's Hit to Win: Batting Tips and Techniques from a Baseball Hall of Famer |first1=Rod |last1=Carew |first2=Frank |last2=Pace |first3=Armen |last3=Keteyian |publisher=MVP Books |date=2012 |isbn=978-0760342664 }}
*{{cite book|title=Once They Were Angels|first1=Rob|last1=Goldman|first2=Nolan|last2=Ryan|publisher=Sport Publishing, LLC|date=2006 |isbn=9781582611631|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxv4OdoL1EUC|ref=Gold06}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.gamboareunion.com/major-league-baseballs-connection-to-gamboa-santa-cruz-canal-zone/ |title=Major League Baseball's Connection to Gamboa/Santa Cruz Canal Zone |website=Gamboa 'Silver Town' Reunion}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071013155329/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/history/carew.jsp Retired Numbers: Rod Carew, Minnesota Twins] at [[MLB.com]]

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