1977 Topps Baseball #120 - Rod Carew

• When looking at the back of this card, it's hard to believe Rod Carew's best season was yet to come. He had a monster year in 1977. Rod led the AL in eight offensive categories -- batting average, runs, hits, triples, on base percentage, OPS, and intentional walks. Rod won the AL MVP award in 1977.
• This was another highly sought-after card for us. 
• Trivia: Rod Carew was an AL All Star every year of his career except his final year (1985). He was selected or voted on to the AL All Star team for 18  years (1967-1984).
• 1977 stats: .388, 13 HR, 69 RBI
• 1977 highlights:
• July 12 - Received 4,292,740 All Star votes -- the most in baseball history at the time.
• Aug 7 - Went 4 for 5 and helped the Twins win their 17th game in 22 tries. At the time Minnesota was 1/2 game out of first place in the AL West.
• Oct 19 - Selected by the players to the Sporting News AL All Star team
• Nov 15 - Voted the AL MVP for 1977
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