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Jose
Cardenal		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 160
 
Born: October 7, 1943 in Cuba, , MATANZAS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 19 MON NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1964 20 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1965 21 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1966 22 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1967 23 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1968 24 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1969 25 MON NL $ 2,200,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1970 26 CLE AL $ 2,200,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1971 27 CLE AL $ 2,200,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 3 7 7 7
1972 28 CLE AL $ 2,200,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1973 29 CLE AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1974 30 CLE AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 7 4 3 3 8 7 7
1975 31 CLE AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1976 32 MIN AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 3 3 7 7 7
1977 33 MIN AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1978 34 MIN AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1979 35 OAK AL $ 328,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1980 36 OAK AL $ 900,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1963 19 AAA   137 530 78 148 25 3 12 72 21 3 56 64 .279 .348 .406 .754 77.6  
1964 20 MON NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0
    AAA   137 562 96 168 28 2 24 78 14 5 57 53 .299 .363 .484 .847 96.3  
1965 21 MON NL 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1 0.0
    AAA   135 556 80 175 35 4 17 67 19 7 52 50 .315 .373 .484 .857 95.6  
1966 22 MON NL 113 224 30 59 7 2 7 35 6 1 17 16 .263 .314 .406 .720 26.9 5.0
1967 23 MON NL 157 550 70 138 33 3 10 70 21 6 39 43 .251 .297 .376 .674 61.2 8.6
1968 24 MON NL 145 509 66 137 32 3 9 49 21 5 31 42 .269 .312 .397 .709 61.5 10.4
1969 25 MON NL 24 87 13 26 9 1 1 8 1 0 7 8 .299 .354 .460 .813 13.4 2.9
1970 26 CLE AL 110 420 52 114 29 4 7 52 24 11 17 55 .271 .298 .410 .707 48.0 8.8
1971 27 CLE AL 156 601 63 146 33 4 7 65 19 8 27 86 .243 .278 .346 .624 53.5 6.2
1972 28 CLE AL 152 585 80 148 22 5 10 69 28 7 30 89 .253 .290 .359 .649 61.7 7.5
1973 29 CLE AL 138 461 54 136 24 5 4 58 21 5 34 60 .295 .341 .395 .736 61.4 11.0
1974 30 CLE AL 114 339 52 88 18 0 4 41 23 5 20 46 .260 .299 .348 .647 35.3 3.3
1975 31 CLE AL 103 226 49 66 15 2 1 30 15 6 12 27 .292 .326 .389 .716 26.1 3.4
1976 32 MIN AL 157 547 60 141 30 4 6 68 21 6 37 67 .258 .303 .360 .663 59.4 7.4
1977 33 MIN AL 109 314 48 90 24 3 4 37 18 6 15 28 .287 .318 .420 .739 37.3 5.0
1978 34 MIN AL 100 149 30 43 8 4 2 24 12 3 8 14 .289 .327 .436 .763 19.7 3.9
1979 35 OAK AL 124 319 41 90 11 3 2 39 19 10 20 55 .282 .322 .354 .676 34.8 5.2
1980 36 OAK AL 115 324 41 68 12 1 2 28 21 8 14 65 .210 .247 .272 .519 20.4 0.0
17 Years Sim 1826 5658 751 1490 307 44 76 673 271 87 329 701 .263 .303 .373 .677 620.7 88.7
3 Years AAA 409 1648 254 491 88 9 53 217 54 15 165 167 .298 .361 .459 .820 269.5  
162 Game Average 501 66 132 27 3 6 59 24 7 29 62 .263 .303 .373 .677 55.1  
Career Highs 157 601 80 148 33 5 10 70 28 11 39 89 .299 .354 .460 .813 61.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3552 482 933 200 27 40 411 169 56 199 444 .263 .301 .368 .669 391.4
vs LH   2106 269 557 107 17 36 262 101 31 130 257 .264 .308 .383 .690 248.8
Home 918 2755 389 726 147 22 39 326 140 44 165 350 .264 .305 .375 .680 316.3
Away 908 2903 362 764 160 22 37 347 131 43 164 351 .263 .302 .372 .674 324.1
RISP   1387 0 375 90 11 22 552 0 0 87 170 .270 .307 .399 .706 166.3
Pinch Hitting   129 25 42 10 1 1 22 3 1 8 15 .326 .362 .442 .804 19.3
Close/Late   705 147 191 31 5 11 73 0 0 60 73 .271 .326 .376 .701 86.4
Mar/Apr 313 1058 149 282 66 6 11 117 56 17 57 130 .267 .302 .371 .674 118.6
May 293 893 139 233 45 9 16 112 48 17 59 127 .261 .308 .385 .693 106.2
June 292 939 120 243 53 3 11 105 40 15 44 114 .259 .294 .357 .650 95.7
July 295 896 131 244 39 11 17 121 52 9 52 113 .272 .311 .397 .709 114.1
August 318 930 126 256 54 5 12 122 40 8 58 107 .275 .316 .383 .699 113.5
Sep/Oct 315 942 86 232 50 10 9 96 35 21 59 110 .246 .290 .349 .639 92.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1964 20 MON NL CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1965 21 MON NL 2B 3 0 9.3 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.82   0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1966 22 MON NL LF 13 12 104.3 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.50   0.7
    1B 16 8 96.0 110 8 0 16 1.000 11.06   0.3
    2B 31 2 77.0 14 35 1 8 .980 5.73   0.6
    RF 13 7 69.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.91    
    CF 7 7 57.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.57    
    SS 19 2 55.3 5 28 3 3 .917 5.37   0.4
    3B 8 7 55.3 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.30   0.1
1967 23 MON NL CF 107 105 957.3 251 3 9 1 .966 2.39   3.5
    LF 34 33 292.7 51 0 3 0 .944 1.57    
    1B 6 0 15.0 24 1 0 2 1.000 15.00   0.1
    RF 3 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    2B 4 0 6.0 3 2 1 2 .833 7.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1968 24 MON NL RF 71 68 629.7 126 1 5 0 .962 1.82   2.6
    LF 51 46 394.0 89 2 3 1 .968 2.08    
    CF 7 2 25.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.84    
    2B 7 0 15.7 6 8 1 4 .933 8.05   0.1
    SS 6 0 10.0 2 5 0 2 1.000 6.30   0.1
    1B 5 0 8.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 10.13   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1969 25 MON NL CF 23 23 199.3 55 2 0 1 1.000 2.57   0.8
1970 26 CLE AL SS 102 101 888.3 143 381 15 88 .972 5.31   4.9
    CF 5 5 40.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1971 27 CLE AL SS 147 145 1297.3 211 495 19 107 .974 4.90   4.4
    1B 2 1 12.0 16 0 0 4 1.000 12.00   0.0
    2B 3 0 8.0 4 3 0 2 1.000 7.88   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 28 CLE AL SS 109 104 905.7 162 404 16 87 .973 5.62   5.9
    3B 32 32 274.7 16 56 2 5 .973 2.36   0.9
    CF 9 9 73.0 22 0 2 0 .917 2.71   0.2
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1973 29 CLE AL 3B 68 62 554.3 41 149 2 18 .990 3.08   2.6
    2B 17 9 102.7 27 44 1 12 .986 6.22   0.4
    RF 12 10 96.3 15 2 1 1 .944 1.59   0.4
    CF 13 8 82.7 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.72    
    SS 8 8 75.7 17 37 1 5 .982 6.42   0.5
    1B 12 8 64.0 77 4 0 7 1.000 11.39   0.1
    LF 7 5 49.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.47    
1974 30 CLE AL CF 40 38 332.7 84 1 3 0 .966 2.30   0.8
    3B 26 24 208.0 15 47 0 4 1.000 2.68   0.6
    2B 22 6 89.0 23 43 1 8 .985 6.67   0.4
    LF 7 4 37.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    SS 4 4 37.0 10 19 0 2 1.000 7.05   0.3
    1B 9 3 31.7 40 3 1 3 .977 12.22   0.1
    RF 2 1 7.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.68    
1975 31 CLE AL 2B 22 13 133.3 39 54 0 12 1.000 6.28   0.7
    CF 20 7 85.3 33 0 1 0 .971 3.48   0.8
    LF 14 8 80.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    RF 14 7 72.3 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.24    
    3B 12 6 71.0 4 19 0 0 1.000 2.92   0.3
    SS 8 6 61.0 11 30 3 8 .932 6.05   0.3
    1B 14 3 37.0 46 4 1 4 .980 12.16   0.1
1976 32 MIN AL SS 150 149 1289.3 204 517 16 110 .978 5.03   5.6
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 33 MIN AL 2B 23 16 148.3 34 66 0 13 1.000 6.07   0.7
    SS 22 13 133.0 29 48 1 9 .987 5.21   0.5
    3B 19 12 113.0 7 27 1 2 .971 2.71   0.4
    1B 13 6 71.0 93 11 0 10 1.000 13.18   0.1
    CF 9 7 68.7 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.2
    RF 5 1 17.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.12    
1978 34 MIN AL 3B 35 10 142.7 10 32 0 3 1.000 2.65   0.6
    2B 19 0 46.3 16 20 0 6 1.000 6.99   0.3
    1B 15 2 45.3 52 3 0 2 1.000 10.92   0.1
    CF 3 2 18.3 3 0 1 0 .750 1.47   0.0
    SS 7 0 17.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.1
    RF 3 1 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    LF 4 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
1979 35 OAK AL 1B 24 14 147.7 211 14 2 27 .991 13.71   0.2
    3B 22 12 119.7 12 36 2 4 .960 3.61   0.5
    CF 13 9 87.7 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.3
    SS 21 6 83.0 14 47 1 16 .984 6.61   0.6
    RF 12 8 79.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
    LF 13 8 69.0 6 1 1 0 .875 0.91    
    2B 11 5 65.7 15 28 2 7 .956 5.89   0.2
1980 36 OAK AL 2B 43 39 348.0 84 179 2 29 .992 6.80   1.7
    CF 16 10 102.0 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.4
    RF 14 8 92.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
    3B 9 8 75.3 7 15 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.2
    1B 8 3 44.0 58 1 0 4 1.000 12.07   0.1
    LF 9 1 29.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17    
    SS 7 0 17.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 4.76   0.1
  SS 611 538 4871.6 811 2024 75 438 .974 5.24   23.5
  CF 276 232 2136.6 565 9 16 2 .973 2.42   7.0
  3B 236 173 1625.0 116 388 7 37 .986 2.79   6.2
  RF 151 112 1089.7 209 4 6 1 .973 1.76   3.0
  LF 154 117 1069.0 216 3 7 1 .969 1.84   0.7
  2B 208 90 1057.3 270 489 9 105 .988 6.46   5.2
  1B 128 48 579.7 744 49 4 81 .995 12.31   1.2
Career Totals   1764 1310 12428.8 2931 2966 124 665 .979 4.27   46.8
Career Highs   156 149 1319.3 331 519 20 113 1.000 5.84    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1966 22 MON NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 28 CLE AL 2 8 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
1974 30 CLE AL 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1978 34 MIN AL 9 11 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .273 .455
Career Post-Season Batting 17 24 5 5 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 2 .208 .208 .292 .500
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1967-4-157
1971-3-156
1976-2-157
 At-Bats
1971-4-601
 Doubles
1967-9-33
1968-7-32
1971-7-33
 Triples
1972-8-5
 Stolen Bases
1967-6-21
1968-6-21
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Sonny Jackson (918)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 19th overall pick, by Montreal in 1963
Had first career hit on 4/6/1966, off Grant Jackson (LAD)
Hit first career homerun on 4/22/1966, off Jim Duffalo (LAD)
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,200,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/27/1969 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for full season
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,200,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland (A) on 3/3/1970 (Going to CLE: SS Jose Cardenal, P Reggie Cleveland, 2B Jerry Morales, P Orlando Pena. Going to MON: 1B Duane Josephson)
Injured on 5/1/1970 with a Fractured Knee, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,200,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,200,000 through salary arbitration
10/13/1972: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against St. Louis on 9/7/1975
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/3/1976 to a 3-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/3/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $328,000 per year
10/3/1979: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $900,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 5/2/1980 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
 
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