Rod Carew career batting average
.328Career Regular Season
Rod Carew has a career batting average of .328 over 19 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .388 in 1977.
- Most recent: .280 in 1985.
Average of 19 regular seasons, 1967 through 1985. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
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| 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