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Leo Cardenas Leo Cardenas

Full name: Leonardo Lazaro (Alfonso) Cardenas Born: December 17, 1938, Matanzas, Cuba First Game: July 25, 1960; Final Game: September 26, 1975 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 150 SS on TSN AL All-Star Team (1971) NL Gold Glove as SS (1965) Leo Cardenas Collectibles! Leo Cardenas Memorabilia! Leo Cardenas Cards! Leo Cardenas Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Find cards like this at eBay!

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1960 CIN N Daily Splits   48   142   13   33   2   4   1   12    6   0   32   0   5   0   0   2   1    0   0  .232  .264  .324  -0.4 1960 CIN N
1961 CIN N Daily Splits   74   198   23   61  18   1   5   24   15   1   39   0   1   2   0   0   5    1   0  .308  .353  .485   0.6 1961 CIN N
1962 CIN N Daily Splits  153   589   77  173  31   4  10   60   39   4   99   5  10   4   0   9  17    2   5  .294  .341  .411   0.1 1962 CIN N
1963 CIN N Daily Splits  158   565   42  133  22   4   7   48   23   6  101   4   8   1   0   8i 13    3   5  .235  .270  .326  -1.4 1963 CIN N
1964 CIN N Daily Splits  163   597   61  150  32   2   9   69   41  10  110   2   6   6   0  12  10    4   4  .251  .299  .357  -1.2 1964 CIN N
1965 CIN N Daily Splits  156   557   65  160  25  11  11   57   60  25  100   1   4   4   0   7  17    1   4  .287  .355  .431   2.2 1965 CIN N
1966 CIN N Daily Splits  160   568   59  145  25   4  20   81   45  18   87   1   6   4   0   5  19    9   4  .255  .309  .419  -0.6 1966 CIN N
1967 CIN N Daily Splits  108   379   30   97  14   3   2   21   34  16   77   2   2   1   0   4   8    4   5  .256  .320  .325  -1.2 1967 CIN N
1968 CIN N Daily Splits  137   452   45  106  13   2   7   41   36  18   83   2   6   3   0  10  16    2   1  .235  .292  .319  -2.9 1968 CIN N
1969 MIN A Daily Splits  160   578   67  162  24   4  10   70   66  12   96   4   8   9   0  11  19    5   6  .280  .353  .388   5.0 1969 MIN A
1970 MIN A Daily Splits  160   588   67  145  34   4  11   65   42   2  101   4  13   2   0  13  11    2   5  .247  .300  .374   0.9 1970 MIN A
1971 MIN A Daily Splits  153   554   59  146  25   4  18   75   51   5   69   1   7  11   0   7  16    3   3  .264  .321  .421   2.4 1971 MIN A
1972 CAL A Daily Splits  150   551   25  123  11   2   6   42   35   4   73   2  13   1   0  10  15    1   2  .223  .272  .283   0.2 1972 CAL A
1973 CLE A Daily Splits   72   195    9   42   4   0   0   12   13   0   42   0   4   0   0   6   5    1   4  .215  .264  .236  -2.2 1973 CLE A
1974 TEX A Daily Splits   34    92    5   25   3   0   0    7    2   1   14   0   1   0   0   6   2    1   0  .272  .287  .304  -0.1 1974 TEX A
1975 TEX A Daily Splits   55   102   15   24   2   0   1    5   14   0   12   0   3   0   0   3   0    0   0  .235  .328  .284   0.5 1975 TEX A
Total NL                1157  4047  415 1058 182  35  72  413  299  98  728  17  48  25   0  57i106   26  28  .261  .313  .377  -4.8 Total NL        
Total AL                 784  2660  247  667 103  14  46  276  223  24  407  11  49  23   0  56  68   13  20  .251  .309  .352   6.7 Total AL        
Total            Splits 1941  6707  662 1725 285  49 118  689  522 122 1135  28  97  48   0 113i174   39  48  .257  .311  .367   1.9 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

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League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1969 MIN A Daily Splits    3    13    0    2   0   1   0    0    0   0    7   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .154  .154  .308 1969 MIN A
1970 MIN A Daily Splits    3    11    1    2   0   0   0    1    1   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   0  .182  .250  .182 1970 MIN A
Total            Splits    6    24    1    4   0   1   0    1    1   0    8   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   0  .167  .200  .250 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1961 CIN N Daily Splits    3     3    0    1   1   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .667 1961 CIN N

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1964 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1964 NL   
1965 NL    Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1965 NL   
1966 NL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1966 NL   
1968 NL    Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1968 NL   
Total            Splits    4     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1960 CIN N Daily  SS   47   43   33   372      76  128    9   32   0  .958
1961 CIN N Daily  SS   63   46   42   449.1    83  133    6   21   0  .973
1962 CIN N Daily  SS  149  147  143  1332.1   273  443   21   84   0  .972
1963 CIN N Daily  SS  157  152  147  1348.2   270  420   20   84   0  .972
1964 CIN N Daily  SS  163  163  160  1456     336  436   32   87   0  .960
1965 CIN N Daily  SS  155  155  151  1384.1   292  440   19   92   0  .975
1966 CIN N Daily  SS  160  160  154  1426     279  446   15   87   0  .980
1967 CIN N Daily  SS  108  108  107   989     190  316   15   57   1  .971
1968 CIN N Daily  SS  136  129  119  1176     221  388   29   66   0  .955
1969 MIN A Daily  SS  160  159  155  1455     310  570   32  126   0  .965
1970 MIN A Daily  SS  160  158  154  1400.1   280  487   17   91   0  .978
1971 MIN A Daily  SS  153  152  149  1332.2   266  445   11   89   0  .985
1972 CAL A Daily  SS  150  149  145  1315.1   241  471   22   82   1  .970
1973 CLE A Daily  SS   67   56   45   497.1    87  154    9   33   0  .964
1973 CLE A        3B    5    3    3    37       3   13    2    4   0  .889
1974 TEX A Daily  3B   21   17    8   142.2    17   35    0    1   0 1.000
1974 TEX A        SS   10    4    3    51       9   19    2    2   0  .933
1974 TEX A        DH    4    3    1                                      -
1975 TEX A Daily  3B   43   28   16   256.2    32   76    5    9   0  .956
1975 TEX A        SS    5    2    1    20       5    7    0    3   0 1.000
1975 TEX A        2B    3    0    0     4.1     1    2    0    0   0 1.000
Total             SS 1843 1783 1708 16005.1  3218 5303  259 1036   2  .971
Total             3B   69   48   27   436.1    52  124    7   14   0  .962
Total             DH    4    3    1                                      -
Total             2B    3    0    0     4.1     1    2    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

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League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1969 MIN A Daily  SS    3    3    3    31.1    14   12    1    3   0  .963
1970 MIN A Daily  SS    3    3    3    26       6   11    2    3   0  .895
Total             SS    6    6    6    57.1    20   23    3    6   0  .935
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1964 NL    Daily  SS    1    0    0     4       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1965 NL    Daily  SS    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1966 NL    Daily  SS    1    1    0     7       2    2    0    1   0 1.000
1968 NL    Daily  SS    1    0    0     3       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total             SS    4    1    0    16       3    3    0    1   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

TransactionsTransactions

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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