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Rod Carew

Twins Career team 1967 to 1978
Position 1B
Born Oct 1, 1945

Key Insights

1985
One opponent brings the best out of him

Carew has hit .625/.800/1.125 against Jim Kern in 15 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

5 for 8 with 0 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .789 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Carew is 8 for 12 against Dave Heaverlo, a .667 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

13 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Carew has hit 6 home runs off Catfish Hunter, one every 16.8 plate appearances they have shared.

101 career plate appearances against him.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Carew swings through more against Joseph Niekro than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

12 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 17 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Carew more often than Jim Palmer: 118 plate appearances, in which Carew has hit .352/.398/.429.

37 hits, 0 home runs and 5 strikeouts across 118 plate appearances.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Carew has hit .067/.125/.067 against Bobby Castillo in 16 plate appearances, his worst line against anyone he has seen this often.

1 for 15 with 0 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .789 OPS median across his matchups.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 1, 1945