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Leo Cardenas

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Full Name: Leonardo Lazaro (Alfonso) Cardenas Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/150 First Game: July 25, 1960
Birthdate: December 17, 1938 Final Game: September 26, 1975
Birthplace: Matanzas, Cuba MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Leo Cardenas (Leonardo Lazaro (Alfonso) Cardenas) was born on December 17, 1938 in Matanzas, Cuba. He made his Major League debut on July 25, 1960 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1960, his rookie year, he hit .232 with 1 home run and 12 RBI. Cardenas played for the Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Leo Cardenas's best season was 1966, when he slugged 20 home runs and knocked in 81 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1960 CIN N 48 142 13 33 1 12 .232 .264 .324 2 4 6 32 0 5 0 0 1
1961 CIN N 74 198 23 61 5 24 .308 .353 .485 18 1 15 39 0 1 1 1 5
1962 CIN N 153 589 77 173 10 60 .294 .341 .411 31 4 39 99 5 10 2 4 17
1963 CIN N 158 565 42 133 7 48 .235 .270 .326 22 4 23 101 4 8 3 6 13
1964 CIN N 163 597 61 150 9 69 .251 .299 .357 32 2 41 110 2 6 4 10 10
1965 CIN N 156 557 65 160 11 57 .287 .355 .431 25 11 60 100 1 4 1 25 17
1966 CIN N 160 568 59 145 20 81 .255 .309 .419 25 4 45 87 1 6 9 18 19
1967 CIN N 108 379 30 97 2 21 .256 .320 .325 14 3 34 77 2 2 4 16 8
1968 CIN N 137 452 45 106 7 41 .235 .292 .319 13 2 36 83 2 6 2 18 16
1969 MIN A 160 578 67 162 10 70 .280 .353 .388 24 4 66 96 4 8 5 12 19
1970 MIN A 160 588 67 145 11 65 .247 .300 .374 34 4 42 101 4 13 2 2 11
1971 MIN A 153 554 59 146 18 75 .264 .321 .421 25 4 51 69 1 7 3 5 16
1972 CAL A 150 551 25 123 6 42 .223 .272 .283 11 2 35 73 2 13 1 4 15
1973 CLE A 72 195 9 42 0 12 .215 .264 .236 4 0 13 42 0 4 1 0 5
1974 TEX A 34 92 5 25 0 7 .272 .287 .304 3 0 2 14 0 1 1 1 2
1975 TEX A 55 102 15 24 1 5 .235 .328 .284 2 0 14 12 0 3 0 0 0
Total NL 1157 4047 415 1058 72 413 .261 .313 .377 182 35 299 728 17 48 26 98 106
Total AL 784 2660 247 667 46 276 .251 .309 .352 103 14 223 407 11 49 13 24 68
Total 1941 6707 662 1725 118 689 .257 .311 .367 285 49 522 1135 28 97 39 122 174

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1960 CIN N SS 47 43 372 76 128 9 32 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1961 CIN N SS 63 46 449.1 83 133 6 21 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1962 CIN N SS 149 147 1332.1 273 443 21 84 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1963 CIN N SS 157 152 1348.2 270 420 20 84 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1964 CIN N SS 163 163 1456 336 436 32 87 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1965 CIN N SS 155 155 1384.1 292 440 19 92 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1966 CIN N SS 160 160 1426 279 446 15 87 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1967 CIN N SS 108 108 989 190 316 15 57 1 0 0 0 0 .971
1968 CIN N SS 136 129 1176 221 388 29 66 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1969 MIN A SS 160 159 1455 310 570 32 126 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1970 MIN A SS 160 158 1400.1 280 487 17 91 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1971 MIN A SS 153 152 1332.2 266 445 11 89 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1972 CAL A SS 150 149 1315.1 241 471 22 82 1 0 0 0 0 .970
1973 CLE A 3B 5 3 37 3 13 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1973 CLE A SS 67 56 497.1 87 154 9 33 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1974 TEX A DH 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 TEX A 3B 21 17 142.2 17 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 TEX A SS 10 4 51 9 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1975 TEX A 2B 3 0 4.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 TEX A 3B 43 28 256.2 32 76 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1975 TEX A SS 5 2 20 5 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total DH 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 3 0 4.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 1843 1783 16005.1 3218 5303 259 1036 2 0 0 0 0 .971
Total 3B 69 48 436.1 52 124 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 .962

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Jim Merritt (November 21, 1968).
  • Traded by Minnesota Twins to California Angels in exchange for Dave LaRoche (November 30, 1971).
  • Traded by California Angels to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Tommy McCraw and Bob Marcano (April 2, 1973).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to Texas Rangers in exchange for Ken Suarez (February 12, 1974).
  • Released by Texas Rangers (March 24, 1976).

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