Rod Carew's best batting average for a season was .388 in 1977 playing for the Minnesota Twins. His career batting average was .328.
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For batters that had at least 10 plate appearances against Palmer, that was Fran Healy who went 5 for 8 with 4 walks for a .625 batting average. For batters that had at least 20 plate appearances against Palmer, that was Al Oliver who went 11 for 23 for a .478 batting average. For batters that had at least 50 plate appearances against Palmer, that was Doug Griffin who went 17 for 47 with 6 walks for a .362 batting average. For batters that had at least 100 plate appearances against Palmer, that was Rod Carew who when 34 for 95 with 10 walks for a .358 batting average.
Dusty Baker had the best career batting average against Tom Seaver with .426.
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Rod Carew has a total of 91 bunt hits. He was voted number 7 in the top 10 best bunters in Baseball history.
The single postseason batting average leader is Lloyd McClendon with 16 plate appearances, he batted .727 in the 1992 postseason.