About Rod Carew Memorabilia & Collectibles
Former Major League Baseball player,
Rod Carew has played for the Minnesota Twins and also for the California Angels from the year 1967 to 1985. He was born in Gatun, Panama, Canal Zone on October 1, 1945.
He was 14 years of age when he immigrated to New York City and a day after Carew graduated high school, he decided to sign a contract with the Minnesota Twins. Carew was hailed the American League Rookie of the Year in the year 1967 and in 1985, he became an All-Star. He successfully won in seven batting titles in the years 1969 with .332, 1972 with .318, 1973 with .350, 1974 with .364, 1975 with .359, 1977 with .388, and 1978 with .333. It was in 1972 when Carew was able to lead the American League in batting without hitting a single home run.
In the 1977 season, Carew had hit a batting average of .388 and it became the highest in the history of baseball since the powerful hit of Ted Williams with .406 in the year 1941. With his good performance and strongly played games, Carew was hailed as the American League’s Most Valuable Player award. Carew is also one of two players who were able to lead Major League Baseball in blazing batting average in three successive years from 1973 to 1975.
Carew’s sports stuffs like his
signed StatBall w/15 inscriptions and 8X10 photos can be purchased in Sportsmemorabilia.com. Common typographical errors of his name are Rode Carow, Rodd Ceraw, Rod Crew, Rhod Creaw, and Rod Carraw.