How Rod Carew's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Rod Carew posted a career Equivalent Average of .844, above the league average of .748 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1977, posting 1.02, well above the league average of .761 that year. The lowest point came in 1968 at .685, near the league average of .661 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .831 in 1983 to .748 in 1984 and .742 in 1985. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Equivalent Average producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 19 seasons.

Rod Carew Lifetime Equivalent Average

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Rod Carew Equivalent Average Per Season

Rod Carew's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rod Carew Equivalent Average per season line chart

Rod Carew Equivalent Average by Team

Rod Carew's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rod Carew career Equivalent Average by team bar chart

Rod Carew Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rod Carew's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Rod Carew Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Rod Carew Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rod Carew's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Rod Carew Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rod Carew Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rod Carew's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Rod Carew Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table