Rod Carew batting average in 1981

• 15th-best of Rod Carew's 19 seasons on file; the high is .388 in 1977.
• Down .026 from .331 in 1980.

Average of 19 regular seasons, 1967 through 1985. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.

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Rod Carew batting average in 1981, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	SLG↓iSLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
1967	MIN	137	514	66	150	8	51	5	.292	.341	.409	.750
1968	MIN	127	461	46	126	1	42	12	.273	.312	.347	.659
1969	MIN	123	458	79	152	8	56	19	.332	.386	.467	.853
1970	MIN	51	191	27	70	4	28	4	.366	.407	.524	.930
1971	MIN	147	577	88	177	2	48	6	.307	.356	.380	.736
1972	MIN	142	535	61	170	0	51	12	.318	.369	.379	.749
1973	MIN	149	580	98	203	6	62	41	.350	.411	.471	.881
1974	MIN	153	599	86	218	3	55	38	.364	.433	.446	.879
1975	MIN	143	535	89	192	14	80	35	.359	.421	.497	.919
1976	MIN	156	605	97	200	9	90	49	.331	.395	.463	.858
1977	MIN	155	616	128	239	14	100	23	.388	.449	.570	1.019
1978	MIN	152	564	85	188	5	70	27	.333	.411	.441	.853
1979	LAA	110	409	78	130	3	44	18	.318	.419	.391	.810
1980	LAA	144	540	74	179	3	59	23	.331	.396	.437	.833
1981	LAA	93	364	57	111	2	21	16	.305	.380	.374	.753
1982	LAA	138	523	88	167	3	44	10	.319	.396	.403	.799
1983	LAA	129	472	66	160	2	44	6	.339	.409	.411	.820
1984	LAA	93	329	42	97	3	31	4	.295	.367	.353	.720
1985	LAA	127	443	69	124	2	39	5	.280	.371	.345	.717

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS