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Baseball player in hall of fame |
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|image=Rod Carew 2008.jpg |
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|caption=Carew in 2008. |
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|name=Rod Carew |
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|position=[[First baseman]] / [[Second baseman]] |
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|bats=Left |
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|throws=Right |
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|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1945|10|1}} |
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|birth_place=[[Gatún]], [[Panama Canal Zone]] |
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|debutdate=April 11 |
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|debutyear=1967 |
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|debutteam=Minnesota Twins |
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|finaldate=October 5 |
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|finalyear=1985 |
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|finalteam=California Angels |
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|stat1label=[[Batting average]] |
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|stat1value=.328 |
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|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]] |
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|stat2value=3,053 |
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|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]] |
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|stat3value=1,015 |
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|teams=<nowiki></nowiki> |
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'''As player''' |
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* [[Minnesota Twins]] ({{By|1967}}–{{By|1978}}) |
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* [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]] ({{By|1979}}–{{By|1985}}) |
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'''As coach''' |
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* [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California / Anaheim Angels]] ({{By|1992}}–{{By|1999}}) |
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* [[Milwaukee Brewers]] ({{By|2000}}–{{By|2001}}) |
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|highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> |
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* 18× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] selection ([[1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1967]], [[1968 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1968]], [[1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1969]], [[1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1970]], [[1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1971]], [[1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1972]], [[1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1973]], [[1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1974]], [[1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1975]], [[1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1976]], [[1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1977]], [[1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1978]], [[1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1979]], [[1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1980]], [[1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1981]], [[1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1982]], [[1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1983]], [[1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1984]]) |
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* 1977 [[AL MVP]] |
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* 1967 [[AL Rookie of the Year]] |
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* 1977 [[Roberto Clemente Award]] |
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* [[Minnesota Twins#Retired numbers|Minnesota Twins #29]] retired |
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* [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim#Retired numbers|Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim #29]] retired |
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|hofdate={{By|1991}} |
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|hofvote=90.5% (first ballot) |
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}} |
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'''Rodney Cline "Rod" Carew''' (born October 1, {{By|1945}}) is a former [[Major League Baseball]] [[first baseman]], [[second baseman]] and [[coach (baseball)|coach]]. He played from 1967 to 1985 for the [[Minnesota Twins]] and the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]] and was elected to the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] game every season except his last. In 1991, Carew was inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]]. While Carew was never a home run threat (hitting fewer than 100 career home runs), he made a career out of being a consistent [[contact hitter]]. He threw [[right-handed]] and batted [[left-handed]]. |
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==Early life== |
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Carew is a [[Zonian]] and was born to a [[Panama]]nian mother on a train in the town of [[Gatún]], which, at that time, was in the [[Panama Canal Zone]]. The train was [[Racial segregation|racially segregated]]; [[Caucasian race|white]] passengers were given the better forward cars, while non-whites, like Carew's mother, were forced to ride in the rearward cars. When she went into labor, a [[physician]] traveling on the train, Dr. Rodney Cline, delivered the baby, who was named Rodney Cline Carew in appreciation.<ref name="The Ballplayers">{{Cite book|author=Pietrusza, David; Matthew Silverman; Gershman, Michael |title=Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia |publisher=Total Sports |location=New York |year=2000 |pages= |isbn=1-892129-34-5 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> |
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When Carew was age 14, he and his family emigrated to the United States. He lived in the Washington Heights section of the borough of Manhattan, New York City. Although Carew attended George Washington High School, which former MLB star [[Manny Ramirez]] also attended, he never played baseball for the high school team. Instead, Carew played semi-pro baseball for the Bronx Cavaliers, 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 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">[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_stbah.shtml Stealing Home Base Records by Baseball Almanac]</ref><ref name="theatlantic.com">http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198108/baseball/6</ref> |
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Starting his minor league career, Carew was assigned to play [[second base]] with the Melbourne (FL) Twins in the Cocoa Rookie League and hit .325 over the final 37 games of the season.<ref>http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=carew-001rod</ref> Promoted to the Single-A [[Orlando Twins]] in the [[Florida State League]] the following season, Carew hit .303 with 20 doubles, 8 triples and 1 home run. Carew would spend the 1966 season back at Single-A, but this time with the [[Wilson Tobs]] in the [[Carolina League]]. |
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==Major league career== |
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Carew won the [[American League|American League's]] [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year award]] in {{By|1967}}<ref name="The Ballplayers"/> and was elected to the first of 18 consecutive All-Star game appearances. Carew [[Stolen base|stole]] home seven times in the 1969 season to lead the majors, just missing [[Ty Cobb]]'s Major League record of eight and the most in the major leagues since [[Pete Reiser]] stole seven for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] in 1946. Carew's career total of 17 steals of home currently puts him tied for 17th on the 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"/> In {{By|1972}}, Carew led the [[American League]] in [[Batting average|batting]], hitting .318, and remarkably, without hitting a single [[home run]] for the only time in his career. Carew is to date the only player in the American League or in the [[History of baseball in the United States|modern era]] to win the batting title with no home runs. In 1975, Carew joined [[Ty Cobb]] as the only players to lead both the American and National Leagues in batting average for three consecutive seasons. In the {{By|1977}} season, Carew batted .388, which was the highest since [[Boston Red Sox|Boston's]] [[Ted Williams]] hit .406 in {{By|1941}}, and won the [[American League|American League's]] [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player award]]. |
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[[File:Rod Carew at Yankee Stadium CROP.jpg|thumb|left|Carew bats at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] in 1979.]] |
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Seeing time predominantly at second base early in his career, Carew moved to [[first base]] in September {{By|1975}} and stayed there for the rest of his career. In 1979, frustrated by the Twins' inability to keep young talent, and after considerable [[Racism|conflict]] with team owner [[Calvin Griffith]],<ref name="theatlantic.com"/> Carew announced his intention to leave the Twins. On February 3, Carew was traded to the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|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|author=Charlton, James; Shatzkin, Mike; Holtje, Stephen |title=The Ballplayers: baseball's ultimate biographical reference |publisher=Arbor House/William Morrow |location=New York |year=1990 |pages=155–156 |isbn=0-87795-984-6 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> Although representing a considerable infusion of talent, the Twins had been unable to complete a possibly better deal with the [[New York Yankees]] in January in which Carew would have moved to New York in exchange for [[Chris Chambliss]], [[Juan Beniquez]], [[Dámaso García]], and [[Dave Righetti]].<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last=[[United Press International]] |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Yankees, Twins still dickering |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mBQOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QnwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6523,5452839&dq=superdome+yankees |work= |publisher=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=1979-01-30 |accessdate=2009-06-19}}</ref> |
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On August 4, {{By|1985}}, Carew joined an elite group of ballplayers when he got his [[List of major league players with 2,000 hits|3,000th base hit]] against Minnesota Twins left-hander [[Frank Viola]] at the former [[Angel Stadium of Anaheim|Anaheim Stadium]].<ref name="The Ballplayers"/> The {{By|1985}} season would be his last. After the season, Rod Carew was granted free agency, after the Angels declined to offer him new contract, but he received no offers from other teams. Carew suspected that baseball owners were deliberately [[Baseball collusion|colluding]] to keep him (and other players) from signing. The suspicion was justified; on January 10, {{By|1995}}, nearly a decade after his forced retirement, arbitrator Thomas Roberts ruled that the owners had indeed violated the rules of baseball's [[Baseball collusion#Collusion II|second collusion agreement]], which they had previously agreed to abide by. Rod Carew was awarded damages equivalent to what he would have likely received in {{By|1986}}: [[United States dollars|$]]782,036.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/year_in_review/sports/index4.html }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> Carew finished his career with 3,053 hits and a lifetime [[batting average]] of .328. |
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Carew was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] in {{By|1991}}, his first year of eligibility, the 22nd player so elected. In {{By|1999}}, he ranked #61 on ''[[The Sporting News|The Sporting News']]''' list of [[The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players|100 Greatest Baseball Players]], and was nominated as a finalist for [[Major League Baseball|Major League Baseball's]] [[Major League Baseball All-Century Team|All-Century Team]]. Carew has also been inducted into the [[Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum]] Hall of Fame. |
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==Military service== |
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During the 1960s, Carew served a six-year commitment in the [[United States Marine Corps Reserves]] as a combat engineer. |
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==Confusion over conversion to Judaism== |
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Carew has never formally converted to [[Judaism]]. However, he married a [[Jewish]] [[woman]], Marilynn Levy,<ref name="Total Baseball"/> and his three daughters were raised in the [[Jewish]] tradition. One source propagating the misconception that Carew converted to Judaism is the 1994 song, ''[[The Chanukah Song]]'', written and performed by entertainer [[Adam Sandler]], in which he lists famous [[Jews]] of the 20th century. He names Carew with these words: "...[[O.J. Simpson]]... not a Jew! But guess who is: Hall of Famer Rod Carew—he converted". Sandler has reiterated this mistake in later incarnations of the song. |
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Adding to the confusion is an article written in ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine in {{By|1976}}. [[Sports journalism|Sportswriter]] Harry Stein released his "All Time All-Star Argument Starter" article which consisted of five different baseball teams, each based on ethnicity. Carew was erroneously named the second baseman on Stein's All-[[Jewish]] team. |
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==After retirement== |
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{{MLBBioRet |
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|Image = TwinsRetired29.png |
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|Name = Rod Carew |
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|Number = 29 |
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|Team = Minnesota Twins |
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|Year = 1987 |
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|}} |
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{{MLBBioRet |
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|Image = AngelsRetired29.png |
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|Name = Rod Carew |
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|Number = 29 |
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|Team = California Angels |
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|Year = 1986 |
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|}} |
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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= 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's+Number&pqatl=google | work= Los Angeles | date= 1986-10-13 | accessdate=2008-04-15 }}</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>http://mlb.mlb.com/min/community/youth_camps.jsp</ref> |
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On January 19, 2004, [[Panama City|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=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/worldclassic2006/news/story?id=2291367 | date=17 January 2006 | work=[[ESPN]] | accessdate=3 December 2008}}</ref> In {{By|2005}}, Carew was named the second baseman on the Major League Baseball [[Latino Legends Team]]. |
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Carew's number 29 was retired by the Twins on July 19, 1987. Carew has had his number retired by the Angels in 1986 and was the 4th inductee into the Angels' Hall of Fame on August 6, 1991.<ref>http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/history/carew.jsp</ref><ref>http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/ana/history/retired_numbers.jsp</ref> |
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Carew and wife Marilyn have three daughters, Charryse, Stephanie and Michelle. In September, 1995, Michelle was diagnosed with [[leukemia]] and her rare Panamanian-Jewish heritage lowered the possibility of finding a matching donor for a [[bone marrow]] transplant. In spite of Carew's pleas for those of similar ethnic background to come forward, no matching donor was found and Michelle died on April 17, 1996 at the age of 18. A statue of her has been installed in [[Angel Stadium of Anaheim]]. |
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==Chewing tobacco use== |
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Carew began using [[chewing tobacco]] in {{By|1964}} and was a regular user up to {{By|1992}}, when a [[cancer]]ous growth in his mouth was discovered and removed. The years of use had heavily 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 — UICC GLOBALink">{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter17/Chap17_SmokelessPage2.html |title=The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer|work= |accessdate=2008-09-18}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|Baseball}} |
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* [[List of major league players with 2,000 hits]] |
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* [[List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles]] |
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* [[List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples]] |
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* [[List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs]] |
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* [[List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI]] |
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* [[List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases]] |
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* [[3000 hit club]] |
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* [[Hitting for the cycle]] |
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* [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions]] |
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* [[List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions]] |
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* [[List of Major League Baseball triples champions]] |
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* [[DHL Hometown Heroes]] |
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*[[Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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{{External links|date=September 2010}} |
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{{Baseballstats|br=c/carewro01|fangraphs=1001942|cube=rod-carew}} |
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{{bbhof|carew-rod}} |
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*[http://www.hofmag.com/content/view/36/126/ Ten Keys To Good Hitting] by Rod Carew |
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*[http://www.knucklecurve.com/what-the-scouts-said-about-rod-carew/ Biographical information about Rod Carew] |
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*[http://www.essortment.com/all/rodcarewbiogra_rbvv.htm More biographical information about Carew] |
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*[http://rodcarew.info/ Rod Carew Fan Site] |
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*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19850806&id=WbYSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3785,1586613 Ira Berkow, New York Times] |
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*[http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/history/carew.jsp Minnesota Twins web site] |
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{{S-start}} |
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{{Succession box|before=[[Tommie Agee]]|title=[[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|American League Rookie of the Year]]|years=1967|after=[[Stan Bahnsen]]}} |
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{{Succession box|title=[[List of Major League Baseball Batting Champions|American League Batting Champion]]|before=[[Carl Yastrzemski]]<br>[[Tony Oliva]]<br>[[George Brett (baseball)|George Brett]]|years=1969<br>1972-1975<br>1977-1978|after=[[Alex Johnson]]<br>[[George Brett (baseball)|George Brett]]<br>[[Fred Lynn]]}} |
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{{Succession box|before=[[Thurman Munson]]|title=[[MLB Most Valuable Player Award|American League Most Valuable Player]]|years=1977|after=[[Jim Rice]]}} |
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{{S-end}} |
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{{AL Rookie of the Year}} |
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{{AL MVPs}} |
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{{Roberto Clemente Award}} |
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{{MLBLLT}} |
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{{3000 hit club}} |
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{{Twins Retired Numbers}} |
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{{Angels Retired Numbers}} |
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{{Minnesota Twins}} |
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{{Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim}} |
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{{1991 Baseball HOF}} |
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{{Baseball Hall of Fame second basemen}} |
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{{Orange County Sports}} |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME =Carew, Rod |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = |
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| DATE OF BIRTH =October 1, 1945 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Gatún]], [[Panama Canal Zone]] |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carew, Rod}} |
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[[Category:1945 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:People from Colón District]] |
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[[Category:Panamanian people of Black African descent]] |
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[[Category:Zonians]] |
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[[Category:American people of Panamanian descent]] |
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[[Category:American League All-Stars]] |
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[[Category:American League batting champions]] |
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[[Category:California Angels coaches]] |
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[[Category:California Angels players]] |
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[[Category:Major League Baseball first basemen]] |
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[[Category:Major League Baseball hitting coaches]] |
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[[Category:Major League Baseball players from Panama]] |
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[[Category:Major League Baseball players with retired numbers]] |
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[[Category:Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners]] |
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[[Category:Major League Baseball second basemen]] |
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[[Category:Milwaukee Brewers coaches]] |
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[[Category:Minnesota Twins players]] |
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[[Category:National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees]] |
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[[Category:Orlando Twins players]] |
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[[Category:People from Anaheim, California]] |
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[[Category:People from New York City]] |
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[[Category:People from Washington Heights, Manhattan]] |
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[[Category:Wilson Tobs players]] |
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[[ko:로드 커류]] |
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