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Leo
Cardenas		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 183
 
Born: December 17, 1938 in Cuba, , MATANZAS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1964    1970    1975   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 21 OAK AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1961 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 6
1962 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1963 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 7
1964 25 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 4 4 6 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1965 26 COL NL $ 1,042,857   6 6 7 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1966 27 COL NL $ 1,207,143   6 6 7 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1967 28 COL NL $ 1,807,143   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1968 29 COL NL $ 1,750,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
1969 30 COL NL $ 1,750,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1970 31 WAS NL $ 1,750,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1971 32 WAS NL $ 1,750,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 6
1972 33 WAS NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 7
1973 34 WAS NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 3 2 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 6
1974 35 WAS NL $ 1,000,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 6 6
1975 36 WAS NL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5
1976 37 WAS NL $ 340,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
1977 38 WAS NL $ 340,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,807,143   7 7 7 5 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7
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
1960 21 AAA   55 213 23 53 8 0 9 25 0 3 14 37 .249 .295 .413 .708 25.2  
    AA   81 330 39 98 15 4 9 38 6 2 24 66 .297 .345 .448 .793 49.2  
1961 22 OAK AL 21 50 3 8 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 13 .160 .208 .220 .428 1.5 0.0
    AAA   135 568 59 143 25 2 15 56 8 12 43 122 .252 .304 .382 .686 63.6  
1962 23 OAK AL 114 296 48 94 10 3 6 35 0 0 28 45 .318 .377 .432 .810 45.8 10.8
1963 24 OAK AL 128 446 46 118 16 4 5 39 1 3 28 82 .265 .316 .352 .668 45.6 8.0
1964 25 COL NL 150 492 46 124 12 0 10 56 1 2 44 63 .252 .313 .337 .650 49.9 7.0
1965 26 COL NL 156 521 57 130 20 4 9 60 0 1 37 64 .250 .300 .355 .655 52.1 8.0
1966 27 COL NL 144 512 54 141 17 5 8 55 0 1 30 82 .275 .316 .375 .691 57.8 10.5
1967 28 COL NL 123 386 62 91 13 1 8 42 0 0 24 53 .236 .284 .337 .621 37.2 5.3
1968 29 COL NL 151 615 75 173 19 3 8 54 0 0 36 104 .281 .325 .361 .686 69.9 13.4
1969 30 COL NL 146 509 58 133 31 3 8 65 2 5 31 71 .261 .303 .381 .684 49.7 5.4
1970 31 WAS NL 153 519 57 120 15 3 6 49 6 4 31 70 .231 .272 .306 .578 38.6 0.0
1971 32 WAS NL 128 338 46 97 19 3 10 52 5 3 15 38 .287 .317 .450 .766 42.6 7.1
1972 33 WAS NL 131 405 44 112 19 3 6 58 5 2 25 62 .277 .319 .383 .702 47.5 7.9
1973 34 WAS NL 129 374 46 111 13 4 6 44 4 3 24 60 .297 .338 .401 .739 48.2 8.4
1974 35 WAS NL 75 187 16 46 2 1 1 13 1 2 11 31 .246 .290 .283 .573 13.9 0.0
1975 36 WAS NL 137 442 39 111 18 0 3 40 0 4 24 82 .251 .289 .312 .601 33.6 1.0
1976 37 WAS NL 77 237 13 55 6 0 0 16 3 3 16 30 .232 .278 .257 .536 15.9 0.0
    AAA   36 29 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .241 .267 .241 .508 1.7  
1977 38 WAS NL 80 124 13 26 3 1 0 8 0 1 6 23 .210 .244 .250 .494 6.5 0.0
17 Years Sim 2043 6453 723 1690 236 38 94 693 28 34 413 973 .262 .307 .354 .661 656.4 92.9
3 Years AAA 226 810 84 203 33 2 24 86 8 15 58 164 .251 .300 .385 .686 90.5  
1 Years AA 81 330 39 98 15 4 9 38 6 2 24 66 .297 .346 .448 .795 49.2  
4 Years Minors 307 1140 123 301 48 6 33 124 14 17 82 230 .264 .314 .404 .717 139.7  
162 Game Average 511 57 134 18 3 7 54 2 2 32 77 .262 .307 .354 .661 52.0  
Career Highs 156 615 75 173 31 5 10 65 6 5 44 104 .318 .377 .450 .810 69.9  
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   3972 439 1015 145 21 53 416 18 22 251 647 .256 .301 .343 .644 398.2
vs LH   2481 284 675 91 17 41 277 10 12 162 326 .272 .317 .372 .689 284.9
Home 1009 3091 344 811 106 16 43 329 13 12 203 476 .262 .309 .349 .657 326.5
Away 1034 3362 379 879 130 22 51 364 15 22 210 497 .261 .305 .359 .664 356.6
RISP   1469 0 405 70 15 23 565 0 0 103 226 .276 .318 .391 .709 180.5
Pinch Hitting   103 19 30 5 0 3 23 0 0 15 16 .291 .381 .427 .809 17.0
Close/Late   747 72 197 22 3 7 57 0 0 54 111 .264 .317 .329 .646 77.1
Mar/Apr 355 1118 137 285 40 6 13 117 6 5 88 165 .255 .312 .336 .649 116.2
May 336 1061 114 279 41 6 10 129 6 4 64 139 .263 .304 .341 .645 107.6
June 362 1128 116 289 38 8 15 102 7 12 78 189 .256 .304 .344 .648 114.7
July 328 1055 118 283 50 3 26 138 3 3 65 159 .268 .312 .395 .707 126.1
August 333 1063 118 269 36 7 16 103 1 5 58 162 .253 .292 .345 .637 103.3
Sep/Oct 329 1028 120 285 31 8 14 104 5 5 60 159 .277 .318 .364 .682 115.2
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
1961 22 OAK AL SS 16 11 108.0 10 47 1 12 .983 4.75   0.6
    1B 3 0 4.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 15.75   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1962 23 OAK AL SS 60 51 486.7 59 208 8 40 .971 4.94   4.0
    3B 16 7 76.7 3 17 2 1 .909 2.35   0.2
    2B 13 6 69.7 15 27 0 6 1.000 5.43   0.6
    1B 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1963 24 OAK AL SS 122 122 1060.0 150 479 21 81 .968 5.34   6.4
    3B 3 0 6.7 0 5 0 0 1.000 6.76   0.1
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1964 25 COL NL 3B 139 139 1187.0 69 297 7 21 .981 2.78   6.8
    2B 6 1 27.7 6 13 0 2 1.000 6.18   0.3
    SS 6 0 11.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 5.73   0.1
1965 26 COL NL 3B 96 96 801.7 41 215 6 23 .977 2.87   5.9
    2B 64 60 531.3 119 215 7 44 .979 5.66   3.4
1966 27 COL NL 2B 142 140 1230.7 243 475 14 85 .981 5.25   4.9
    3B 1 0 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1967 28 COL NL 2B 91 85 762.0 148 296 4 56 .991 5.24   3.7
    SS 4 0 6.0 1 4 0 2 1.000 7.50   0.1
    1B 3 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 29 COL NL SS 150 147 1303.0 164 546 16 87 .978 4.90   11.1
1969 30 COL NL 2B 141 133 1193.7 246 478 16 89 .978 5.46   4.9
    SS 2 1 10.0 0 5 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.1
1970 31 WAS NL 2B 150 150 1280.3 307 585 24 132 .974 6.27   6.5
    SS 4 1 12.7 0 6 0 2 1.000 4.27   0.1
    3B 2 0 10.3 0 6 0 2 1.000 5.23   0.2
1971 32 WAS NL SS 79 73 622.7 98 280 13 58 .967 5.46   2.8
    2B 35 8 122.3 23 57 1 5 .988 5.89   0.6
    3B 13 10 86.3 3 17 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.3
    1B 5 1 17.0 22 1 0 4 1.000 12.18   0.0
1972 33 WAS NL SS 109 101 873.7 132 359 13 78 .974 5.06   4.8
    2B 20 17 148.0 29 61 1 18 .989 5.47   0.8
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1973 34 WAS NL 2B 117 106 898.3 192 432 6 82 .990 6.25   4.8
    3B 7 4 41.7 3 11 0 1 1.000 3.02   0.2
    SS 4 4 34.0 2 15 1 4 .944 4.50   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 35 WAS NL 2B 20 19 159.3 32 69 2 22 .981 5.71   0.7
    SS 21 13 109.7 23 44 1 9 .985 5.50   0.6
    3B 22 11 103.7 10 18 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.2
    1B 4 4 31.0 33 3 0 1 1.000 10.45   0.1
1975 36 WAS NL SS 137 134 1123.3 205 573 25 126 .969 6.23   5.3
1976 37 WAS NL SS 76 76 611.3 100 299 14 63 .966 5.87   3.3
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1977 38 WAS NL 1B 27 17 160.3 218 21 0 20 1.000 13.42   0.3
    3B 36 9 134.3 10 41 2 2 .962 3.42   0.5
    2B 15 3 44.0 7 13 1 4 .952 4.09   0.1
    SS 5 0 8.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 6.75   0.1
  2B 817 728 6472.3 1369 2723 76 545 .982 5.69   31.0
  SS 796 734 6382.0 948 2875 113 566 .971 5.39   39.3
  3B 337 276 2460.0 139 628 17 50 .978 2.81   14.3
  1B 46 22 223.3 288 26 0 25 1.000 12.65   0.5
Career Totals   1996 1760 15537.5 2744 6252 206 1186 .978 5.21   85.1
Career Highs   160 156 1333.0 307 597 25 136 .991 8.20    
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
1961 22 OAK AL 9 28 2 6 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 10 .214 .241 .357 .599
1962 23 OAK AL 5 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .158 .158 .158 .316
1964 25 COL NL 6 21 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .143 .143 .190 .333
1967 28 COL NL 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200
1968 29 COL NL 5 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .211 .167 .377
1969 30 COL NL 20 76 12 24 4 0 0 10 0 1 8 8 .316 .381 .368 .749
1970 31 WAS NL 12 38 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .263 .263 .263 .526
1971 32 WAS NL 6 13 5 5 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 2 .385 .429 .769 1.198
1972 33 WAS NL 5 12 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .357 .333 .690
1973 34 WAS NL 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 73 239 22 60 7 1 2 24 0 3 13 41 .251 .290 .314 .603
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
1965-6-156
 At-Bats
1968-2-615
 Hits
1968-7-173
 Singles
1968-1-143
 Triples
1966-10-5
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Paul Schaal (912)
  4. Chico Carrasquel (910)
  5. Bobby Grich (903)
  6. Marty Martinez (901)
  7. Jim Lefebvre (900)
  8. Gene Stephens (898)
  9. Johnny Lucadello (891)
  10. Odell Hale (887)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Oakland in 1960
Injured on 5/31/1960 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Had first career hit (double) on 9/6/1961, off Terry Fox (NYG)
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
Hit first career homerun on 4/21/1962, off Bob Anderson (SEM)
Injured on 4/28/1963 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Oakland to Colorado on 4/2/1964 (Going to COL: SS Jim Brideweser, SS Leo Cardenas, P Gene Conley. Going to OAK: C Andy Etchebarren, 1B Billy Klaus, RF Lou Clinton, P Mickey Lolich)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1964, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1964
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,042,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,207,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,807,143 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Kansas City on 5/23/1967
10/20/1967: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $1,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Los Angeles on 8/24/1968
Traded from Colorado to Washington on 3/3/1970 (Going to COL: P Jim Hannan. Going to WAS: 2B Leo Cardenas, CF Mike White)
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1970
6/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/18/1973 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
6/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $340,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/19/1975 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1975
 
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