Rod Carew won seven 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 Rod Carew American League batting title.
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40 Facts About Rod Carew
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Rod Carew was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991 in his first year of eligibility; he appeared on upwards of 90 percent of the ballots.
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Rod Carew was elected to the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame, Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame, and Angels Hall of Fame.
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Rod Carew is a Zonian and was born to a Panamanian mother on a train in the town of Gatun, which, at that time, was in the Panama Canal Zone.
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Rod Carew was elected to the first of his 18 consecutive All-Star game appearances, and won the American League Rookie of the Year award receiving 19 of 20 first place votes.
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Rod Carew walked, then executed a double steal with Tovar as Tovar stole home and Rod Carew stole second.
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Rod Carew stole home seven times in 1969, leading the major leagues in this category and just missing Ty Cobb's record of eight.
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Rod Carew joined Ty Cobb as the only players to lead the major leagues in batting average for three consecutive seasons.
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Rod Carew missed out on winning another batting title in 1976 as his.
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Rod Carew still collected career highs in stolen bases, games played and triples, and had 200 hits for the third time in his career.
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Rod Carew set career highs with 239 hits, 100 RBIs and 128 runs scored.
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Rod Carew won his seventh and final batting title in 1978, hitting.
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Rod Carew had finished in the top 15 in AL MVP voting in every season between 1972 and 1978.
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Rod Carew suspected that baseball owners were colluding to keep him from signing.
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Rod Carew was awarded damages equivalent to what he would have likely received in 1986: $782,035.
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Rod Carew recorded 7 five-hit games and 51 four-hit games in his 19-year MLB career.
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Rod Carew later said that his military experience helped him in his baseball career.
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Rod Carew's first wife, Marilynn Levy, is Jewish, and he was a member of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Ana, California.
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Rod Carew was erroneously named the second baseman on Stein's All-Jewish team.
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Rod Carew moved to the community of Anaheim Hills, California, while playing with the Angels and remained there after his retirement.
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Rod Carew was hired as the Angels' hitting coach on November 5,1991, and served in a similar capacity with the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Rod Carew is credited with helping develop young hitters like Garret Anderson, Jim Edmonds, and Tim Salmon.
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Rod Carew has 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.
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In 2005, Rod Carew was named the second baseman on the Major League Baseball Latino Legends Team.
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Rod Carew was the fourth inductee into the Angels' Hall of Fame on August 6,1991.
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Rod Carew was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991, his first year of eligibility, the 22nd player so elected.
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Rod Carew was inducted into the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Rod Carew has three biological children from his first marriage—Charryse, Stephanie, and Michelle.
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Rod Carew pleaded for those of similar ethnic background to come forward.
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Rod 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.
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The years of use had severely damaged his teeth and gums, and Rod Carew has spent a reported $100,000 in restorative dental work.
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In September 2015, Rod Carew suffered a massive heart attack while on a California golf course.
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Rod Carew was hospitalized for more than six weeks, and had several surgical procedures, which culminated with implantation of a left ventricular assist device.
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Rod Carew recovered sufficiently to take part in the Twins' 2016 spring training as an instructor, coach, and launch the Heart of 29 Campaign.
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Further, Rod Carew became involved in the branding and launching of a Left Ventricular Assist Device wear company, Rod Carew Medical Wear.
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In February 2016, Rod Carew indicated that his doctors informed him that he would eventually need a heart transplant.
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Rod Carew's transplanted heart was donated by former Baltimore Ravens tight end Konrad Reuland.
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Rod Carew participated in the 2018 Rose Parade aboard the Donate Life float on New Year's Day, in honor of Reuland.
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