Leo Cardenas
Leonardo Lazaro (Alfonso) Cardenas (Chico and Mr. Automatic)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 163 lb.

Born: December 17, 1938 in Matanzas, Cuba (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1960
Final Game: September 26, 1975
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 CIN NL 21 SS 47 43 372.0 213 76 128 9 32 .958 -3.9 -12.6 -4.9 -0.8 -4.1 1 4.94 4.34 .960 4.81 4.23
1961 CIN NL 22 SS 63 46 449.1 222 83 133 6 21 .973 -0.8 -2.1 2.2 -1.1 3.3 -3 4.33 3.43 .959 4.92 4.28
1962 CIN NL 23 SS 149 147 1332.1 737 273 443 21 84 .972 11.0 9.9 12.0 0.3 11.7 -1 4.84 4.81 .963 5.05 4.43
1963 CIN NL 24 SS 157 152 1348.2 710 270 420 20 84 .972 8.8 7.8 8.8 2.7 6.1 0 4.60 4.39 .961 4.83 4.22
1964 CIN NL 25 SS 163 163 1456.0 804 336 436 32 87 .960 -2.8 -2.3 -1.8 -2.0 0.2 -1 4.77 4.74 .963 5.03 4.32 AS
1965 CIN NL 26 SS 155 155 1384.1 751 292 440 19 92 .975 5.1 4.4 5.1 -1.1 6.2 0 4.76 4.72 .964 4.92 4.20 AS,MVP-21,GG
1966 CIN NL 27 SS 160 160 1426.0 740 279 446 15 87 .980 -1.6 -1.3 -3.6 -4.8 1.2 2 4.58 4.53 .963 4.96 4.43 AS
1967 CIN NL 28 SS 108 108 989.0 521 190 316 15 57 .971 -2.2 -2.7 -3.2 -0.2 -3.0 1 4.60 4.69 .963 4.99 4.31
1968 CIN NL 29 SS 136 129 1176.0 638 221 388 29 66 .955 -9.8 -10.0 -10.8 -1.1 -9.7 1 4.66 4.48 .962 4.98 4.50 AS
1969 MIN AL 30 SS 160 159 1455.0 912 310 570 32 126 .965 16.8 13.9 13.8 2.4 11.4 3 5.44 5.50 .966 4.96 4.43 MVP-12
1970 MIN AL 31 SS 160 158 1400.1 784 280 487 17 91 .978 10.3 8.8 11.3 4.1 7.2 -1 4.93 4.79 .967 4.94 4.39
1971 MIN AL 32 SS 153 152 1332.2 722 266 445 11 89 .985 -1.3 -1.2 -2.3 -0.2 -2.1 1 4.80 4.65 .964 4.90 4.32 AS,MVP-21
1972 CAL AL 33 SS 150 149 1315.1 734 241 471 22 82 .970 4.2 3.8 6.2 -1.1 7.3 -2 4.87 4.75 .967 4.99 4.51
1973 CLE AL 34 SS 67 56 497.1 250 87 154 9 33 .964 -8.8 -21.2 -8.8 -2.7 -6.2 0 4.36 3.60 .963 5.10 4.43
1973 CLE AL 34 3B 5 3 37.0 18 3 13 2 4 .889 0.6 19.5 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 3.89 3.20 .956 2.99 2.68
1974 TEX AL 35 3B 21 17 142.2 52 17 35 0 1 1.000 1.8 15.1 1.8 1.7 0.1 0 3.28 2.48 .952 3.12 2.77
1974 TEX AL 35 SS 10 4 51.0 30 9 19 2 2 .933 0.3 7.1 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 4.94 2.80 .967 4.98 4.24
1974 TEX AL 35 DH 4
1975 TEX AL 36 3B 43 28 256.2 113 32 76 5 9 .956 2.9 13.6 2.9 -0.6 3.4 0 3.79 2.51 .954 3.16 2.81
1975 TEX AL 36 SS 5 2 20.0 12 5 7 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 5.40 2.40 .958 4.86 4.08
1975 TEX AL 36 2B 3 0 4.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 83.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 6.23 1.00 .967 5.40 4.73
16 Seasons SS 1843 1783 16005.1 8780 3218 5303 259 1036 .971 25.3 1.9 24.3 -5.5 29.7 1 4.79 4.62 .964 4.96 4.36
3 Seasons 3B 69 48 436.1 183 52 124 7 14 .962 5.3 14.6 5.3 1.1 4.1 0 3.63 2.55 .954 3.13 2.79
1 Season DH 4
1 Season 2B 3 0 4.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 83.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 6.23 1.00 .967 5.40 4.73
16 Seasons TOT 1915 1831 16446.0 8966 3271 5429 266 1050 .970 30.9 2.3 29.9 -4.2 33.9 1 4.76 4.54 .934 4.91 4.31
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 CIN NL 21 48 43 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 CIN NL 22 74 46 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 12 4
1962 CIN NL 23 153 147 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 5 0
1963 CIN NL 24 158 152 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 3 2
1964 CIN NL 25 163 163 163 163 0 0 0 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CIN NL 26 156 155 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 CIN NL 27 160 160 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CIN NL 28 108 108 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CIN NL 29 137 129 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 MIN AL 30 160 159 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MIN AL 31 160 158 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 MIN AL 32 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 CAL AL 33 150 149 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CLE AL 34 72 59 72 72 0 0 0 0 5 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 TEX AL 35 34 24 34 30 0 0 0 0 21 10 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
1975 TEX AL 36 55 30 55 51 0 0 0 3 43 5 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
16 Seasons 1941 1834 1941 1933 0 0 0 3 69 1843 0 0 0 0 3 39 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1960 CIN NL 21 1625 61% 79% 27% 159 91% 0 75 34 35 6 128 81 38 0 3 9 1 3 5 6 32 15 0 9 2 3 31 15 14 1 1 0
1961 CIN NL 22 1973 59% 76% 25% 180 92% 0 85 40 37 8 135 106 28 0 1 6 0 4 2 5 22 7 4 7 1 0 20 11 9 1 1 0
1962 CIN NL 23 5815 62% 76% 25% 558 94% 1 279 126 121 31 445 342 84 1 8 21 2 13 6 12 87 23 7 22 10 8 75 32 41 9 3 6
1963 CIN NL 24 5768 61% 76% 25% 563 93% 2 266 136 100 30 435 341 77 1 5 20 0 16 4 16 86 26 11 28 6 1 77 38 35 2 1 1
1964 CIN NL 25 6196 62% 75% 26% 640 90% 2 329 172 127 30 441 348 80 1 5 32 1 28 3 28 87 26 14 17 8 4 75 42 29 8 4 3
1965 CIN NL 26 6143 59% 73% 24% 584 94% 3 290 141 121 28 447 353 82 3 2 19 1 14 4 14 92 26 14 27 3 5 83 42 37 7 3 4
1966 CIN NL 27 6305 62% 75% 23% 578 93% 6 290 146 116 28 441 350 74 1 5 15 0 14 1 12 86 21 14 28 8 2 75 35 38 8 5 2
1967 CIN NL 28 4276 60% 74% 24% 414 91% 3 185 92 74 19 314 237 65 2 5 15 0 14 1 14 57 23 5 21 1 2 56 29 24 1 1 0
1968 CIN NL 29 5155 63% 76% 26% 509 91% 4 225 99 98 28 393 301 76 2 5 29 2 27 0 18 69 31 7 17 2 3 62 38 23 5 3 2
1969 MIN AL 30 6303 65% 77% 27% 714 93% 4 313 136 146 32 573 435 113 2 11 32 0 31 1 24 128 53 14 24 8 6 114 70 40 10 4 4
1970 MIN AL 31 6033 61% 77% 25% 610 93% 5 282 131 121 30 483 379 92 1 5 17 2 13 2 11 92 35 9 26 6 7 86 44 39 3 0 3
1971 MIN AL 32 5887 63% 77% 24% 554 94% 7 268 122 116 30 448 338 89 4 7 11 1 9 1 10 89 36 6 27 7 5 86 42 42 2 1 1
1972 CAL AL 33 5708 63% 72% 25% 590 93% 9 247 119 94 33 470 356 91 5 5 22 3 18 1 14 82 31 9 22 5 2 73 42 30 6 3 2
1973 CLE AL 34 2281 56% 76% 25% 192 93% 5 90 35 38 18 159 108 41 5 5 9 1 8 0 8 33 15 1 7 1 3 30 17 11 3 1 2
1974 TEX AL 35 219 51% 82% 27% 24 92% 0 9 5 3 1 19 16 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1975 TEX AL 36 93 51% 81% 20% 9 89% 0 5 2 1 2 7 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
16 Seasons 69780 62% 75% 25% 6878 93% 51 3238 1536 1348 354 5338 4096 1034 28 74 259 14 214 31 193 1047 370 115 284 68 51 947 499 414 67 31 31
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1973 CLE AL 34 161 69% 74% 29% 17 82% 0 3 3 0 0 12 6 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 3 0 3 1 1 0 0
1974 TEX AL 35 621 55% 79% 27% 51 100% 0 17 16 1 0 34 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 100%
1975 TEX AL 36 1151 56% 79% 28% 113 90% 1 32 27 1 4 77 54 19 2 1 5 0 3 2 5 9 6 1 7 2 2 0 5 80%
3 Seasons 1933 57% 79% 28% 181 92% 1 52 46 2 4 123 86 31 2 1 7 0 5 2 7 14 10 1 11 3 3 0 8 88%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1975 TEX AL 36 19 58% 84% 37% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 19 58% 84% 37% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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