Leo Cardenas

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