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Rogers Hornsby vs Rod Carew Comparison

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Seasons

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Rogers Hornsby

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Rod Carew

 

Info

Teams

Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals (1915-1926, 1933) New York Giants (1927) Boston Braves (1928), Chicago Cubs (1929-1932) St. Louis Browns (1933-1937)
Rod Carew Minnesota Twins (1967-1978), California Angels (1979-1985)

Position

Rogers Hornsby Second Baseman, Third Baseman, Shortstop
Rod Carew Second Baseman, First Baseman

Height

Rogers Hornsby 5'11"
Rod Carew 6'0"

Weight

Rogers Hornsby 175
Rod Carew 170

Bats

Rogers Hornsby Right
Rod Carew Left

Throws

Rogers Hornsby Right
Rod Carew Right

World Series And Playoff Appearances

World Series

Rogers Hornsby 1 (1926) Star
Rod Carew 0

World Series Appearances

Rogers Hornsby 2 (1926, 1929) StarStar
Rod Carew 0

Playoff Appearances

Rogers Hornsby 2 (1926, 1929) StarStar
Rod Carew 4 (1969-1970, 1979, 1982) StarStarStarStar

Awards And Honors

Hall of Fame

Rogers Hornsby Yes 78.1% in 1942
Rod Carew Yes 90.5% in 1991

Number Retired

Rogers Hornsby No
Rod Carew Yes

MVP

Rogers Hornsby 2 (1925, 1929) StarStar
Rod Carew 1 (1977) Star

Gold Gloves

Rogers Hornsby 0 *Award Didn't Exist Until 1957
Rod Carew 0

Rookie of the Year

Rogers Hornsby No *Award Didn't Exist Until 1947
Rod Carew Yes (1967)

All-Star Games

Rogers Hornsby 0 *First All-Star Game was in 1933
Rod Carew 18 (1967-1984) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar

League Batting Champion

Rogers Hornsby 7 (1920-1925, 1928) StarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Rod Carew 7 (1969, 1972-1975, 1977-1978) StarStarStarStarStarStarStar

League Leader in Home Runs

Rogers Hornsby 2 (1922, 1925) StarStar
Rod Carew 0

League Leader in RBIs

Rogers Hornsby 4 (1920-1922, 1925) StarStarStarStar
Rod Carew 0

League Leader in Hits

Rogers Hornsby 4 (1920-1922, 1924) StarStarStarStar
Rod Carew 3 (1973-1974, 1977) StarStarStar

League Leader in Stolen Bases

Rogers Hornsby 0
Rod Carew 0

League Leader in Total Bases

Rogers Hornsby 7 (1917, 1920-1922, 1924-1925, 1929) StarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Rod Carew 0

League Leader in Doubles

Rogers Hornsby 4 (1920-1922, 1924) StarStarStarStar
Rod Carew 0

League Leader in Triples

Rogers Hornsby 2 (1917, 1921) StarStar
Rod Carew 2 (1973, 1977) StarStar

League Leader in Runs

Rogers Hornsby 5 (1921-1922, 1924, 1927, 1929) StarStarStarStarStar
Rod Carew 1 (1977) Star

League Leader in On-Base Percentage

Rogers Hornsby 9 (1920-1925, 1927-1928, 1931) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Rod Carew 4 (1974-1975, 1977-1978) StarStarStarStar

League Leader in Slugging Percentage

Rogers Hornsby 9 (1917, 1920-1925, 1928-1929) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Rod Carew 0

Hitting

Games (G)

Rogers Hornsby 2,259
Rod Carew 2,469

Plate Appearances (PA)

Rogers Hornsby 9,480
Rod Carew 10,550

At Bats (AB)

Rogers Hornsby 8,173
Rod Carew 9,315

Batting Average (BA)

Rogers Hornsby 0.358
Rod Carew 0.328

Hits (H)

Rogers Hornsby 2,930
Rod Carew 3,053

Runs (R)

Rogers Hornsby 1,579
Rod Carew 1,424

Home Runs (HR)

Rogers Hornsby 301
Rod Carew 92

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Rogers Hornsby 1,584
Rod Carew 1,015

Doubles (2B)

Rogers Hornsby 541
Rod Carew 445

Triples (3B)

Rogers Hornsby 169
Rod Carew 112

Walks (BB)

Rogers Hornsby 1,038
Rod Carew 1,018

Strikeouts (SO)

Rogers Hornsby 679
Rod Carew 1,028

Stolen Bases (SB)

Rogers Hornsby 135
Rod Carew 353

Caught Stealing (CS)

Rogers Hornsby 64
Rod Carew 187

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Rogers Hornsby 0.434
Rod Carew 0.393

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Rogers Hornsby 0.577
Rod Carew 0.429

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Rogers Hornsby 1.010
Rod Carew 0.822

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Rogers Hornsby 48
Rod Carew 25

Total Bases (TB)

Rogers Hornsby 4,712
Rod Carew 3,998

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Rogers Hornsby 1,011
Rod Carew 649

Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Rogers Hornsby 0.365
Rod Carew 0.359

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Rogers Hornsby 0.218
Rod Carew 0.101

Secondary Average (SECA)

Rogers Hornsby 0.354
Rod Carew 0.229

Power-Speed (PwrSpd)

Rogers Hornsby 186.4
Rod Carew 146.0

Walk Percentage (BB%)

Rogers Hornsby 10.9%
Rod Carew 9.6%

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Rogers Hornsby 7.2%
Rod Carew 9.7%

Ball In-Play Percentage (IP%)

Rogers Hornsby 76%
Rod Carew 78%

At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)

Rogers Hornsby 27.2
Rod Carew 101.3

Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

Rogers Hornsby 126.9
Rod Carew 81.1

Runs Created (RC)

Rogers Hornsby 2,045
Rod Carew 1,595

Playoff Hitting

Games (G)

Rogers Hornsby 12
Rod Carew 14

Plate Appearances (PA)

Rogers Hornsby 53
Rod Carew 55

At Bats (AB)

Rogers Hornsby 49
Rod Carew 50

Batting Average (BA)

Rogers Hornsby .245
Rod Carew .220

Hits (H)

Rogers Hornsby 12
Rod Carew 11

Runs (R)

Rogers Hornsby 6
Rod Carew 6

Home Runs (HR)

Rogers Hornsby 0
Rod Carew 0

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Rogers Hornsby 5
Rod Carew 1

Doubles (2B)

Rogers Hornsby 2
Rod Carew 4

Triples (3B)

Rogers Hornsby 1
Rod Carew 0

Walks (BB)

Rogers Hornsby 3
Rod Carew 5

Strikeouts (SO)

Rogers Hornsby 10
Rod Carew 9

Stolen Bases (SB)

Rogers Hornsby 1
Rod Carew 2

Caught Stealing (CS)

Rogers Hornsby 0
Rod Carew 2

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Rogers Hornsby 0
Rod Carew 0

Total Bases (TB)

Rogers Hornsby 16
Rod Carew 15

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Rogers Hornsby .288
Rod Carew .291

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Rogers Hornsby .327
Rod Carew .300

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Rogers Hornsby 0.615
Rod Carew 0.591

Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Rogers Hornsby .308
Rod Carew .268

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Rogers Hornsby 18.9%
Rod Carew 16.4%

Walk Percentage (BBP)

Rogers Hornsby 5.7%
Rod Carew 9.1%

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Rogers Hornsby .082
Rod Carew .080

Secondary Average (SECA)

Rogers Hornsby .163
Rod Carew .180

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Rogers Hornsby 3
Rod Carew 4

Best Hitting

Games (G)

Rogers Hornsby 156 (1929)
Rod Carew 156 (1976)

At Bats (AB)

Rogers Hornsby 623 (1922)
Rod Carew 616 (1977)

Plate Appearances (PA)

Rogers Hornsby 712 (1929)
Rod Carew 694 (1977)

Batting Average (BA)

Rogers Hornsby 0.424 (1924)
Rod Carew 0.388 (1977)

Hits (H)

Rogers Hornsby 250 (1922)
Rod Carew 239 (1977)

Runs (R)

Rogers Hornsby 156 (1929)
Rod Carew 128 (1977)

Home Runs (HR)

Rogers Hornsby 42 (1922)
Rod Carew 14 (1977)

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Rogers Hornsby 152 (1922)
Rod Carew 100 (1977)

Doubles (2B)

Rogers Hornsby 47 (1929)
Rod Carew 38 (1977)

Triples (3B)

Rogers Hornsby 20 (1920)
Rod Carew 16 (1977)

Walks (BB)

Rogers Hornsby 107 (1928)
Rod Carew 78 (1978)

Strikeouts (SO)

Rogers Hornsby 0 (1936)
Rod Carew 28 (1970)

Stolen Bases (SB)

Rogers Hornsby 17 (1922)
Rod Carew 49 (1976)

Caught Stealing (CS)

Rogers Hornsby 0 (1937)
Rod Carew 3 (1984)

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Rogers Hornsby 7 (1921)
Rod Carew 3 (1977)

Total Bases (TB)

Rogers Hornsby 450 (1922)
Rod Carew 351 (1977)

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Rogers Hornsby 0.507 (1924)
Rod Carew 0.449 (1977)

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Rogers Hornsby 0.756 (1925)
Rod Carew 0.570 (1977)

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Rogers Hornsby 1.245 (1925)
Rod Carew 1.019 (1977)

Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

Rogers Hornsby 12.1 (1924)
Rod Carew 9.7 (1977)

Runs Created (RC)

Rogers Hornsby 202 (1922)
Rod Carew 160 (1977)

Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Rogers Hornsby 0.422 (1924)
Rod Carew 0.415 (1970)

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Rogers Hornsby 0.353 (1925)
Rod Carew 0.182 (1977)

Secondary Average (SECA)

Rogers Hornsby 0.522 (1934)
Rod Carew 0.310 (1977)

Strikeouts Percentage (KP)

Rogers Hornsby 0.0% (1936)
Rod Carew 6.2% (1980)

Walk Percentage (BBP)

Rogers Hornsby 22.6% (1934)
Rod Carew 14.8% (1979)

At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)

Rogers Hornsby 0.0 (1936)
Rod Carew 0.0 (1972)

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Rogers Hornsby 102 (1922)
Rod Carew 68 (1977)

Sacrifice Flies (SF)

Rogers Hornsby 0 (1937)
Rod Carew 10 (1975)

Seasons

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Info

Teams

Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals (1915-1926, 1933) New York Giants (1927) Boston Braves (1928), Chicago Cubs (1929-1932) St. Louis Browns (1933-1937)
Rod Carew Minnesota Twins (1967-1978), California Angels (1979-1985)

Position

Rogers Hornsby Second Baseman, Third Baseman, Shortstop
Rod Carew Second Baseman, First Baseman

Height

Rogers Hornsby 5'11"
Rod Carew 6'0"

Weight

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Bats

Rogers Hornsby Right
Rod Carew Left

Throws

Rogers Hornsby Right
Rod Carew Right

World Series And Playoff Appearances

World Series

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

World Series Appearances

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Playoff Appearances

Rogers Hornsby 2 (1926, 1929)
Rod Carew 4 (1969-1970, 1979, 1982)

Awards And Honors

Hall of Fame

Rogers Hornsby Yes 78.1% in 1942
Rod Carew Yes 90.5% in 1991

Number Retired

Rogers Hornsby No
Rod Carew Yes

MVP

Rogers Hornsby 2 (1925, 1929)
Rod Carew 1 (1977)

Gold Gloves

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Rookie of the Year

Rogers Hornsby No *Award Didn't Exist Until 1947
Rod Carew Yes (1967)

All-Star Games

Rogers Hornsby 0 *First All-Star Game was in 1933
Rod Carew 18 (1967-1984)

League Batting Champion

Rogers Hornsby 7 (1920-1925, 1928)
Rod Carew 7 (1969, 1972-1975, 1977-1978)

League Leader in Home Runs

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

League Leader in RBIs

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

League Leader in Hits

Rogers Hornsby 4 (1920-1922, 1924)
Rod Carew 3 (1973-1974, 1977)

League Leader in Stolen Bases

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

League Leader in Total Bases

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

League Leader in Doubles

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

League Leader in Triples

Rogers Hornsby 2 (1917, 1921)
Rod Carew 2 (1973, 1977)

League Leader in Runs

Rogers Hornsby 5 (1921-1922, 1924, 1927, 1929)
Rod Carew 1 (1977)

League Leader in On-Base Percentage

Rogers Hornsby 9 (1920-1925, 1927-1928, 1931)
Rod Carew 4 (1974-1975, 1977-1978)

League Leader in Slugging Percentage

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Hitting

Games (G)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Plate Appearances (PA)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

At Bats (AB)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Batting Average (BA)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Hits (H)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Runs (R)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Home Runs (HR)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Doubles (2B)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Triples (3B)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Walks (BB)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Strikeouts (SO)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Stolen Bases (SB)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Caught Stealing (CS)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Total Bases (TB)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Secondary Average (SECA)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Power-Speed (PwrSpd)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Walk Percentage (BB%)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Ball In-Play Percentage (IP%)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Runs Created (RC)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Playoff Hitting

Games (G)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Plate Appearances (PA)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

At Bats (AB)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Batting Average (BA)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Hits (H)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Runs (R)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Home Runs (HR)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Doubles (2B)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Triples (3B)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Walks (BB)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Strikeouts (SO)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Stolen Bases (SB)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Caught Stealing (CS)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Total Bases (TB)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Walk Percentage (BBP)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Secondary Average (SECA)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Rogers Hornsby Rod Carew

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