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Rod Carew played 19 major-league seasons (1967-1985) as a 1B (1,184), 2B (1,130), SS (4), 3B (2), OF (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 22 | MIN | 137 | 514 | 66 | 150 | 8 | 51 | 5 | 37 | 91 | .292 | .750 | 128 |
| 1968 | 23 | MIN | 127 | 461 | 46 | 126 | 1 | 42 | 12 | 26 | 71 | .273 | .659 | 107 |
| 1969 | 24 | MIN | 123 | 458 | 79 | 152 | 8 | 56 | 19 | 37 | 72 | .332 | .853 | 146 |
| 1970 | 25 | MIN | 51 | 191 | 27 | 70 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 28 | .366 | .930 | 165 |
| 1971 | 26 | MIN | 147 | 577 | 88 | 177 | 2 | 48 | 6 | 45 | 81 | .307 | .736 | 117 |
| 1972 | 27 | MIN | 142 | 535 | 61 | 170 | 0 | 51 | 12 | 43 | 60 | .318 | .749 | 131 |
| 1973 | 28 | MIN | 149 | 580 | 98 | 203 | 6 | 62 | 41 | 62 | 55 | .350 | .881 | 149 |
| 1974 | 29 | MIN | 153 | 599 | 86 | 218 | 3 | 55 | 38 | 74 | 49 | .364 | .879 | 154 |
| 1975 | 30 | MIN | 143 | 535 | 89 | 192 | 14 | 80 | 35 | 64 | 40 | .359 | .919 | 160 |
| 1976 | 31 | MIN | 156 | 605 | 97 | 200 | 9 | 90 | 49 | 67 | 52 | .331 | .858 | 152 |
| 1977 | 32 | MIN | 155 | 616 | 128 | 239 | 14 | 100 | 23 | 69 | 55 | .388 | 1.019 | 177 |
| 1978 | 33 | MIN | 152 | 564 | 85 | 188 | 5 | 70 | 27 | 78 | 62 | .333 | .853 | 141 |
| 1979 | 34 | CAL | 110 | 409 | 78 | 130 | 3 | 44 | 18 | 73 | 46 | .318 | .810 | 121 |
| 1980 | 35 | CAL | 144 | 540 | 74 | 179 | 3 | 59 | 23 | 59 | 38 | .331 | .833 | 129 |
| 1981 | 36 | CAL | 93 | 364 | 57 | 111 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 45 | 45 | .305 | .753 | 119 |
| 1982 | 37 | CAL | 138 | 523 | 88 | 167 | 3 | 44 | 10 | 67 | 49 | .319 | .799 | 121 |
| 1983 | 38 | CAL | 129 | 472 | 66 | 160 | 2 | 44 | 6 | 57 | 48 | .339 | .820 | 127 |
| 1984 | 39 | CAL | 93 | 329 | 42 | 97 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 40 | 39 | .295 | .720 | 101 |
| 1985 | 40 | CAL | 127 | 443 | 69 | 124 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 64 | 47 | .280 | .717 | 99 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 2B | 134 | 131 | 289 | 314 | 15 | 60 |
| 1968 | 2B | 117 | 112 | 262 | 280 | 18 | 48 |
| 1968 | SS | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 1969 | 2B | 118 | 106 | 244 | 302 | 17 | 80 |
| 1970 | 2B | 45 | 45 | 73 | 122 | 8 | 26 |
| 1970 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | 2B | 142 | 137 | 321 | 329 | 16 | 76 |
| 1971 | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | 2B | 139 | 133 | 331 | 378 | 16 | 85 |
| 1973 | 2B | 147 | 142 | 383 | 413 | 13 | 96 |
| 1974 | 2B | 148 | 147 | 375 | 416 | 33 | 114 |
| 1975 | 2B | 123 | 118 | 285 | 369 | 18 | 79 |
| 1975 | 1B | 14 | 14 | 123 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| 1976 | 1B | 152 | 151 | 1394 | 108 | 16 | 149 |
| 1976 | 2B | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1B | 151 | 148 | 1459 | 121 | 10 | 161 |
| 1977 | 2B | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1B | 148 | 138 | 1362 | 105 | 16 | 134 |
| 1978 | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1B | 103 | 102 | 804 | 55 | 10 | 101 |
| 1980 | 1B | 103 | 102 | 897 | 57 | 6 | 82 |
| 1981 | 1B | 90 | 90 | 877 | 60 | 5 | 90 |
| 1982 | 1B | 134 | 130 | 1339 | 94 | 12 | 115 |
| 1983 | 1B | 89 | 88 | 890 | 42 | 6 | 94 |
| 1983 | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1B | 83 | 80 | 724 | 59 | 15 | 73 |
| 1985 | 1B | 116 | 109 | 1055 | 65 | 7 | 121 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Rod Carew won: Rookie of the Year 1967 (AL), TSN All-Star 1967 (AL), TSN All-Star 1968 (AL), TSN All-Star 1969 (AL), TSN All-Star 1972 (AL), TSN All-Star 1973 (AL), TSN All-Star 1974 (AL), TSN All-Star 1975 (AL), MVP 1977 (AL), TSN All-Star 1977 (AL), TSN All-Star 1978 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (10 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1982, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1969, 1967.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | AL | 1 | 19 / 20 | 19 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 30 / 336 | 0 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 14 | 16 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 83 / 336 | 0 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 70 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 54 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 71 / 336 | 1 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 273 / 392 | 12 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 11 | 46 / 392 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 26 | 5 / 392 | 0 |
Rod Carew ranks on 4 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #54 | second basemen | 1975 | 160 OPS+ |
| #70 | second basemen | 1974 | 154 OPS+ |
| #87 | first basemen | 1977 | 177 OPS+ |
| #91 | second basemen | 1973 | 149 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.