Rod Carew
1980s Franchise Hits Leaders
From Robin Yount to Chili Davis, here are the hits leaders for every major league team in the 1980s.
1980s 3,000 Hit Club
Nearly half of the players in MLB history to reach 3,000 hits played in the 1980s. Here is the list…
October 25th
Happy Birthday to Danny Darwin, the Blue Jays have a new manager and the Twins are World Champs on October…
October 1st
Happy Birthday to Rod Carew, the Cardinals clinch their third division title of the decade, and the Braves give Joe…
August 21st
One broadcaster's birthday, one broadcaster passes away, and big days for Rod Carew, Rollie Fingers, and Ryne Sandberg highlight August…
August 12th
The Tigers trade a future Hall of Famer, the White Sox sign one and the most memorable brawl of the…
August 7th
Happy Birthday to Steve Kemp, the 1985 strike is over and Jim Rice saves a fan's life on August 7th…
August 4th
Happy Birthday to Roger Clemens and milestones for Tom Seaver and Rod Carew highlight August 4th in 1980s Baseball
The 1980 All-Star Game
There have been 87 All-Star games in major league history. Exactly one of them took place at Dodger Stadium. Watching…
Jimmy Piersall Loses It… Again
The summer of 1980 was brutal. A heatwave swept across the southeast which resulted in nearly 150 deaths across seven states. From…
1980’s Longest Hitting Streak
DiMaggio: 56 Other DiMaggio: 34 Landreaux: 31 Wait... what? From 1941 through 1980, the three longest hitting streaks in the…
The 80’s are my 50’s
I grew up reading Angell, Halberstam, Kahn and others wax nostalgic about baseball in the 1950’s. The pictures they painted…