José Cardenal

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 150lb (178cm, 68kg)

Born: October 7, 1943 in Matanzas, Cuba cu

High School: Jose Marti (Matanzas, Cuba)

Debut: April 14, 1963 (Age 19-189d, 12,090th in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1980 (Age 36-362d)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Jose Rosario Domec Cardenal

Nicknames: Junior

Pronunciation: \car-duh-NAHL\

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Relatives: Cousin of Bert Campaneris

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.7

6964

1913

138

.275

936

RBI

775

329

OBP

.333

SLG

.395

OPS

.728

OPS+

103

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1961	17	SFG-min	D,B	137	647	527	159	185	40	7	35	108	64	21	109	97	.351	.460	.653	1.113		344		3	1	7			ELP,EUG · SOPH,NORW
1962	18	SFG-min	AAA	121	416	391	55	87	16	6	16	41	16	7	21	66	.223	.263	.417	.680		163		1	2	1			TAC · PCL
1963	19	SFG-min	AA	125	546	475	112	148	27	5	36	95	35	12	65	91	.312	.394	.617	1.011		293		2	0	4			ELP · TL
1963	19	SFG	NL	9	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	59	1	0	0	0	0	0	/H89
1964	20	SFG-min	AAA	132	541	464	70	134	18	3	12	54	40	6	64	81	.289	.370	.418	.788		194		0	6	7			TAC · PCL
1964	20	SFG	NL	20	17	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	.000	.118	.000	.118	-64	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H978
1965	21	CAL	AL	134	551	512	58	128	23	2	11	57	37	15	27	72	.250	.287	.367	.654	88	188	5	2	3	6	1	*8/H54
1966	22	CAL	AL	154	606	561	67	155	15	3	16	48	24	11	34	69	.276	.320	.399	.719	109	224	6	4	3	4	5	*8H/7
1967	23	CAL	AL	108	405	381	40	90	13	5	6	27	10	5	15	63	.236	.268	.344	.612	84	131	4	2	6	1	0	879H
1968	24	CLE	AL	157	629	583	78	150	21	7	7	44	40	18	39	74	.257	.305	.353	.658	100	206	3	2	2	3	3	*8H
1969	25	CLE	AL	146	616	557	75	143	26	3	11	45	36	6	49	58	.257	.314	.373	.687	90	208	18	0	4	6	3	*8/H57
1970	26	STL	NL	148	599	552	73	162	32	6	10	74	26	9	45	70	.293	.348	.428	.775	105	236	14	1	1	0	0	*8H/9
1971	27	TOT	MLB	142	559	499	57	124	22	4	10	80	21	8	42	55	.248	.300	.369	.669	88	184	12	1	2	14	1	*98H
1971	27	STL	NL	89	339	301	37	73	12	4	7	48	12	3	29	35	.243	.303	.379	.681	89	114	8	0	2	7	1	9H/8
1971	27	MIL	AL	53	220	198	20	51	10	0	3	32	9	5	13	20	.258	.297	.354	.650	86	70	4	1	0	7	0	8/9H
1972	28	CHC	NL	143	593	533	96	155	24	6	17	70	25	14	55	58	.291	.356	.454	.810	121	242	15	1	1	3	3	*98/7H	MVP-28
1973	29	CHC	NL	145	593	522	80	158	33	2	11	68	19	7	58	62	.303	.375	.437	.812	119	228	16	5	4	4	9	*9/H87	MVP-23
1974	30	CHC	NL	143	604	542	75	159	35	3	13	72	23	9	56	67	.293	.359	.441	.800	121	239	18	1	2	3	3	*97/H8
1975	31	CHC	NL	154	666	574	85	182	30	2	9	68	34	12	77	50	.317	.397	.423	.821	125	243	11	4	4	7	5	*79/H
1976	32	CHC	NL	136	560	521	64	156	25	2	8	47	23	14	32	39	.299	.339	.401	.740	104	209	5	1	3	3	0	*7H/9
1977	33	CHC	NL	100	258	226	33	54	12	1	3	18	5	4	28	30	.239	.324	.341	.665	72	77	9	1	2	1	2	7H/8946
1978	34	PHI	NL	87	226	201	27	50	12	0	4	33	2	3	23	16	.249	.323	.368	.691	93	74	5	0	0	2	2	3H7/9
1979	35	TOT	NL	40	100	85	12	21	7	0	2	13	2	0	14	11	.247	.360	.400	.760	108	34	3	1	0	0	1	H9/73
1979	35	PHI	NL	29	56	48	4	10	3	0	0	9	1	0	8	8	.208	.321	.271	.592	62	13	3	0	0	0	1	H/793
1979	35	NYM	NL	11	44	37	8	11	4	0	2	4	1	0	6	3	.297	.409	.568	.977	170	21	0	1	0	0	0	/93
1980	36	TOT	MLB	51	110	95	12	25	3	0	0	9	0	1	11	9	.263	.327	.295	.622	75	28	3	0	0	4	0	H9/73
1980	36	NYM	NL	26	49	42	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	1	6	4	.167	.265	.190	.456	31	8	3	0	0	1	0	H/397
1980	36	KCR	AL	25	61	53	8	18	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	.340	.377	.377	.754	108	20	0	0	0	3	0	9/H7
18 Yrs				2017	7698	6964	936	1913	333	46	138	775	329	137	608	807	.275	.333	.395	.728	103	2752	147	26	37	61	38
162 Game Avg.				162	618	559	75	154	27	4	11	62	26	11	49	65	.275	.333	.395	.728	103	221	12	2	3	5	3
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
CHC (6 yrs)				821	3274	2918	433	864	159	16	61	343	129	60	306	306	.296	.363	.424	.787	114	1238	74	13	16	21	22
CAL (3 yrs)				396	1562	1454	165	373	51	10	33	132	71	31	76	204	.257	.295	.373	.668	95	543	15	8	12	11	6
NYM (2 yrs)				37	93	79	12	18	5	0	2	8	1	1	12	7	.228	.333	.367	.700	97	29	3	1	0	1	0
SFG (2 yrs)				29	23	20	4	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	4	.050	.174	.050	.224	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				116	282	249	31	60	15	0	4	42	3	3	31	24	.241	.323	.349	.672	87	87	8	0	0	2	3
STL (2 yrs)				237	938	853	110	235	44	10	17	122	38	12	74	105	.275	.332	.410	.742	100	350	22	1	3	7	1
CLE (2 yrs)				303	1245	1140	153	293	47	10	18	89	76	24	88	132	.257	.309	.363	.672	95	414	21	2	6	9	6
KCR (1 yr)				25	61	53	8	18	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	.340	.377	.377	.754	108	20	0	0	0	3	0
MIL (1 yr)				53	220	198	20	51	10	0	3	32	9	5	13	20	.258	.297	.354	.650	86	70	4	1	0	7	0

NL (13 yrs)				1240	4610	4119	590	1178	223	26	84	517	173	77	426	446	.286	.353	.414	.767	109	1705	107	15	19	31	26
AL (7 yrs)				777	3088	2845	346	735	110	20	54	258	156	60	182	361	.258	.302	.368	.670	95	1047	40	11	18	30	12

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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