LEO CARDENAS

| Retired | Played: 1956-1975

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 78th in IBB
Positions: SS-1843, 3B-69, DH-4, 2B-3
Full Name: Leonardo Lazaro Cardenas Alfonso
Nickname: Chico, Mr. Automatic
Born: Dec 17, 1938 (74.153) in Matanza,Cuba

MLB Debut: Jul 25, 1960 (21.220)

Speed
42

Contact
30

Patience
39

Batting
47

Power
44

Ht/Wt: 5-10 / 163 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Unknown
College: None listed
Drafted: Signed as UDFA 1957 by CIN

Tags: Gold Glove Award || Major League All-Star Game

TBC Player ID: 9629
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Leagues Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1956	Tucson	AML	C	-	-	17		-	125	548	127	173	36	12	23	78										.316	.000	.551	551	-	-	302			--	--
1957	Savannah	Sally	D	-	cin	18		-	147	545	66	139	22	6	10	63										.255	.000	.372	372	-	-	203			--	--
1958	Savannah	Sally	D	-	cin	19		-	141	498	76	133	29	6	13	58										.267	.000	.428	428	-	-	213			--	--
1959	Havana	IL	AAA	-	-	20		-	154	587	58	149	28	5	13	49										.254	.000	.385	385	-	-	226			--	--
1960	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	17	cin	21	ss	-	48	142	13	33	2	4	1	12	0	0	6	32	0	0	5	0	1	.232	.264	.324	587	43	90	46	153	115	11	2.7	.294
1961	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	16	cin	22	ss	-	74	198	23	61	18	1	5	24	1	0	15	39	0	1	1	2	5	.308	.353	.485	838	46	62	96	216	145	36	6.7	.359
1962	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	16	cin	23	ss	31	153	589	77	173	31	4	10	60	2	5	39	99	5	4	10	4	17	.294	.341	.411	752	147	96	242	647	452	83	5.0	.337
1963	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	16	cin	24	ss	40	158	565	42	133	22	4	7	48	3	5	23	101	4	6	8	1	13	.235	.270	.326	595	150	95	184	601	459	45	2.6	.275
1964	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	16	cin	25	ss	20	163	597	61	150	32	2	9	69	4	4	41	110	2	10	6	6	10	.251	.299	.357	656	163	100	213	652	473	65	3.7	.291
1965	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	16	cin	26	ss	31	156	557	65	160	25	11	11	57	1	4	60	100	1	25	4	4	17	.287	.355	.431	786	155	99	240	626	426	86	5.5	.331
1966	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	16	cin	27	ss	32	160	568	59	145	25	4	20	81	9	4	45	87	1	18	6	4	19	.255	.309	.419	728	160	100	238	624	456	75	4.4	.269
1967	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	16	cin	28	ss	66	108	379	30	97	14	3	2	21	4	5	34	77	2	16	2	1	8	.256	.320	.325	644	108	100	123	418	298	36	3.3	.316
1968	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	16	cin	29	ss	52	137	452	45	106	13	2	7	41	2	1	36	83	2	18	6	3	16	.235	.292	.319	611	129	94	144	499	372	37	2.7	.271
1969	Minnesota	AL	MLB	5	min	30	ss	20	160	578	67	162	24	4	10	70	5	6	66	96	4	12	8	9	19	.280	.353	.388	741	159	99	224	665	458	81	4.8	.316
1970	Minnesota	AL	MLB	5,17	min	31	ss	27	160	588	67	145	34	4	11	65	2	5	42	101	4	2	13	2	11	.247	.300	.374	674	158	99	220	649	474	69	3.9	.280
1971	Minnesota	AL	MLB	17	min	32	ss	37	153	554	59	146	25	4	18	75	3	3	51	69	1	5	7	11	16	.264	.321	.421	741	152	99	233	624	445	81	4.9	.268
1972	California	AL	MLB	17	cal	33	ss	47	150	551	25	123	11	2	6	42	1	2	35	73	2	4	13	1	15	.223	.272	.283	555	149	99	156	602	459	38	2.2	.247
1973	Cleveland	AL	MLB	4	cle	34	ss	-	72	195	9	42	4	0	0	12	1	4	13	42	0	0	4	0	5	.215	.264	.236	500	60	83	46	212	166	7	1.1	.275
1974	Texas	AL	MLB	19	tex	35	3b-ss	-	34	92	5	25	3	0	0	7	1	0	2	14	0	1	1	0	2	.272	.287	.304	592	24	71	28	95	70	7	2.8	.321
1975	Texas	AL	MLB	19	tex	36	3b	-	55	102	15	24	2	0	1	5	0	0	14	12	0	0	3	0	0	.235	.328	.284	612	30	55	29	119	81	11	3.8	.258
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MLB Totals (16 years) Career Ranks									1941	6707	662	1725	285	49	118	689	39	48	522	1135	28	122	97	48	174	.257	.311	.367	679	1833	94	2462	7402	5349	768.5	3.9	.292
Minor League Totals (1 year)									154	587	58	149	28	5	13	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.385	639	--	--	226	587	438	73.1	4.5	.237
AAA Totals (1 year)									154	587	58	149	28	5	13	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.385	639	--	--	226	587	438	73.1	4.5	.237
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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1960	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	SS	47		213	76	128	9	32		.958	--	--
1961	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	SS	63		222	83	133	6	21		.973	--	--
1962	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	SS	149		737	273	443	21	84		.972	--	--
1963	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	SS	157		710	270	420	20	84		.972	--	--
1964	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	SS	163		804	336	436	32	87		.960	--	--
1965	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	SS	155		751	292	440	19	92		.975	--	--
1966	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	SS	160		740	279	446	15	87		.980	--	--
1967	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	SS	108		521	190	316	15	57		.971	--	--
1968	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	SS	136		638	221	388	29	66		.955	--	--
1969	Minnesota	AL	MLB	SS	160		912	310	570	32	126		.965	--	--
1970	Minnesota	AL	MLB	SS	160		784	280	487	17	91		.978	--	--
1971	Minnesota	AL	MLB	SS	153		722	266	445	11	89		.985	--	--
1972	California	AL	MLB	SS	150		734	241	471	22	82	1315	.970	4.75	4.87
1973	Cleveland	AL	MLB	3B	5		18	3	13	2	4	37	.889	3.20	3.89
	Cleveland	AL	MLB	SS	67		250	87	154	9	33	497	.964	3.60	4.36
1974	Texas	AL	MLB	3B	21		52	17	35	0	1		1.000	--	--
	Texas	AL	MLB	SS	10		30	9	19	2	2		.933	--	--
	Texas	AL	MLB	DH	4		0						--	--	--
1975	Texas	AL	MLB	2B	3		3	1	2	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Texas	AL	MLB	3B	43		113	32	76	5	9		.956	--	--
	Texas	AL	MLB	SS	5		12	5	7	0	3		1.000	--	--
Major League Totals:				2B	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
				3B	69	0	183	52	124	7	14	37	.962	2.55	0.00
				SS	1843	0	8780	3218	5303	259	1036	1812	.971	4.62	0.00
				DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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