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.

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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…

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October 25th

Happy Birthday to Danny Darwin, the Blue Jays have a new manager and the Twins are World Champs on October…

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October 1st

Happy Birthday to Rod Carew, the Cardinals clinch their third division title of the decade, and the Braves give Joe…

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August 21st

One broadcaster's birthday, one broadcaster passes away, and big days for Rod Carew, Rollie Fingers, and Ryne Sandberg highlight August…

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August 12th

The Tigers trade a future Hall of Famer, the White Sox sign one and the most memorable brawl of the…

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August 7th

Happy Birthday to Steve Kemp, the 1985 strike is over and Jim Rice saves a fan's life on August 7th…

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August 4th

Happy Birthday to Roger Clemens and milestones for Tom Seaver and Rod Carew highlight August 4th in 1980s Baseball

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May 6th

Happy Birthday to one of the funniest men in the game, a Rookie of the Year makes his debut, and…

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May 4th

Happy Birthday to Ken Oberkfell, a big day for Otto Velez, and Mike Squires makes history on May 4th in…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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