Rod Carew's Art and Science of Hitting

by Rod Carew, Ian Ketey, Pace

The author shares his philosophy of hitting, discusses stance, grip, and swing, explains how to analyze each hitting situation, and looks at other top hitters

Genres: Baseball, Sports

1 pages, Paperback

First published May 6, 1986

About the author

Rodney Cline Carew is a Panamanian-American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman, first baseman and designated hitter from 1967 to 1985 for the Minnesota Twins and the California Angels. The most accomplished contact hitter in Twins history, he won the 1977 AL Most Valuable Player Award, setting a Twins record with a .388 batting average. Carew appeared in 18 straight All-Star Games and led the AL in hits three times, with his 239 hits in 1977 being the twelfth most in a season at the time. He won seven AL batting titles, the second most AL batting titles in history behind Ty Cobb, and on July 12, 2016, the AL batting title was renamed to the Rod Carew American League batting title.

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

To say this didn't make me a better hitter is like saying that Relativity by Einstein didn't make me a better physicist.

A fun read, however, to get a better idea about what goes through a great hitters mind when he is at the plate.