Pete Rose vs Rod Carew

Pete Rose Rod Carew

Pete Rose and Rod Carew compared on their MLB careers: Pete Rose played 24 seasons, 1963 to 1986, Rod Carew 19 seasons, 1967 to 1985. Pete Rose has .303 batting average to Rod Carew's .328. Pete Rose won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Pete Rose and Rod Carew career totals

3,562	GP	2,469
14,053	AB	9,315
2,165	R	1,424
4,256	H	3,053
160	HR	92
1,314	RBI	1,015
198	SB	353
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.4
0.4	SLG	0.4
0.8	OPS	0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

Pete Rose and Rod Carew postseason

67	GP	14
268	AB	50
30	R	6
86	H	11
5	HR	0
22	RBI	1
2	SB	2
0.3	AVG	0.2
0.4	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.3
0.8	OPS	0.6

Where each stands all time

Pete Rose and Rod Carew all-time places

1st (4,256)	Hits	27th (3,053)
92nd (1,314)	RBI	257th (1,015)
—	Stolen bases	108th (353)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Pete Rose: 3 championships; NL Rookie of the Year, NL Gold Glove ×2, NL MVP, World Series MVP, NL Silver Slugger
Rod Carew: 0 championships; AL Rookie of the Year, AL MVP

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Pete Rose and Rod Carew season by season

1st	1963	.273	6	41	1967	.292	8	51
2nd	1964	.269	4	34	1968	.273	1	42
3rd	1965	.312	11	81	1969	.332	8	56
4th	1966	.313	16	70	1970	.366	4	28
5th	1967	.301	12	76	1971	.307	2	48
6th	1968	.335	10	49	1972	.318	0	51
7th	1969	.348	16	82	1973	.350	6	62
8th	1970	.316	15	52	1974	.364	3	55
9th	1971	.304	13	44	1975	.359	14	80
10th	1972	.307	6	57	1976	.331	9	90
11th	1973	.338	5	64	1977	.388	14	100
12th	1974	.284	3	51	1978	.333	5	70
13th	1975	.317	7	74	1979	.318	3	44
14th	1976	.323	10	63	1980	.331	3	59
15th	1977	.311	9	64	1981	.305	2	21
16th	1978	.302	7	52	1982	.319	3	44
17th	1979	.331	4	59	1983	.339	2	44
18th	1980	.282	1	64	1984	.295	3	31
19th	1981	.325	0	33	1985	.280	2	39
20th	1982	.271	3	54	—	—	—	—
21st	1983	.245	0	45	—	—	—	—
22nd	1984	.286	0	34	—	—	—	—
23rd	1985	.264	2	46	—	—	—	—
24th	1986	.219	0	25	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI


67	GP	14
268	AB	50
30	R	6
86	H	11
5	HR	0
22	RBI	1
2	SB	2
0.3	AVG	0.2
0.4	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.3
0.8	OPS	0.6


67	GP	14
268	AB	50
30	R	6
86	H	11
5	HR	0
22	RBI	1
2	SB	2
0.3	AVG	0.2
0.4	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.3
0.8	OPS	0.6


67	GP	14
268	AB	50
30	R	6
86	H	11
5	HR	0
22	RBI	1
2	SB	2
0.3	AVG	0.2
0.4	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.3
0.8	OPS	0.6