Rod Carew
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ROD CAREW, 3,053: The smooth-swinging Panama native was a 7-time AL batting champ, 1977 MVP and Rookie of the Year in 1967 for the Twins.
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Robert Dominguez is co-author of “Bronx Bummers: The Unofficial History of the New York Yankees’ Bad Boys, Blunders and Brawls,” and writer of the upcoming “El Salón: The Trials and Triumphs of Baseball’s Latino Hall of Famers.”
rdominguez@latinobaseball.com