Nickname: "Chico, Mr. Automatic"
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 12-17-1938
Birthplace: Matanzas, Cuba
Career Positions Played: SS,3B,DH,2B
All-Star: 1964,1965,1966,1968,1971
Gold Glove Award: 1965
Height: 5 ft., 10 in. Weight: 163 lbs.
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NSB Total Offensive Rank: 3182 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1960 CIN:N 6 21 48 153 142 33 26 2 4 1 12 13 .232 .255 .264 .324 6 0 31 5 0 0 1960 CIN:N
1961 CIN:N 6 22 74 216 198 61 37 18 1 5 24 23 .308 .262 .353 .485 15 1 39 1 2 0 1961 CIN:N
1962 CIN:N 6 23 153 647 589 173 128 31 4 10 60 77 .294 .261 .341 .411 39 4 99 10 4 5 1962 CIN:N
1963 CIN:N 6 24 158 601 565 133 100 22 4 7 48 42 .235 .245 .270 .326 23 6 101 8 1 4 1963 CIN:N
1964 CIN:N 6 25 163 653 597 150 107 32 2 9 69 61 .251 .254 .299 .357 41 10 111 7 6 2 1964 CIN:N
1965 CIN:N 6 26 156 626 557 160 113 25 11 11 57 65 .287 .249 .355 .431 60 25 100 4 4 1 1965 CIN:N
1966 CIN:N 6 27 160 624 568 145 96 25 4 20 81 59 .255 .256 .309 .419 45 18 87 6 4 1 1966 CIN:N
1967 CIN:N 6 28 108 418 379 97 78 14 3 2 21 30 .256 .249 .320 .325 34 16 77 2 1 2 1967 CIN:N
1968 CIN:N 6 29 137 499 452 106 84 13 2 7 41 45 .235 .243 .292 .319 36 18 83 6 3 2 1968 CIN:N
1969 MIN:A 6 30 160 666 578 162 124 24 4 10 70 67 .280 .246 .353 .388 66 12 96 9 9 4 1969 MIN:A
1970 MIN:A 6 31 160 649 588 145 96 34 4 11 65 67 .247 .250 .300 .374 42 2 101 13 2 4 1970 MIN:A
1971 MIN:A 6 32 153 624 554 146 99 25 4 18 75 59 .264 .247 .327 .421 51 5 69 7 11 1 1971 MIN:A
1972 ANA:A 6 33 150 602 551 123 104 11 2 6 42 25 .223 .239 .272 .283 35 4 73 13 1 2 1972 ANA:A
1973 CLE:A 5,6 34 72 213 195 42 38 4 0 0 12 9 .215 .259 .264 .236 13 0 42 5 0 0 1973 CLE:A
1974 TEX:A D,5,6 35 34 95 92 25 22 3 0 0 7 5 .272 .258 .287 .304 2 1 14 1 0 0 1974 TEX:A
1975 TEX:A 4,5,6 36 55 119 102 24 21 2 0 1 5 15 .235 .258 .328 .284 14 0 12 3 0 0 1975 TEX:A
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1960 CIN:N 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 .03 .00 .67 1.00 1 0 0 0 46 117 52 31 9 1.68 2 34 1960 CIN:N
1961 CIN:N 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 .02 .00 .22 .71 1 0 0 0 96 146 52 50 7 1.04 6 47 1961 CIN:N
1962 CIN:N 23 2 5 1 0 0 0 .03 .01 .24 .77 7 0 1 0 242 452 185 154 26 1.20 17 119 1962 CIN:N
1963 CIN:N 24 3 5 0 0 0 0 .07 .00 .25 .73 5 1 0 0 184 459 213 122 31 1.75 13 105 1963 CIN:N
1964 CIN:N 25 4 4 2 1 0 0 .04 .03 .42 .80 7 0 0 1 213 474 187 164 42 1.14 10 155 1964 CIN:N
1965 CIN:N 26 1 4 0 1 0 0 .03 .01 .33 .68 6 0 0 0 240 426 179 118 25 1.52 17 124 1965 CIN:N
1966 CIN:N 27 9 4 1 0 1 0 .10 .01 .21 .89 9 0 0 0 238 456 202 147 15 1.37 19 135 1966 CIN:N
1967 CIN:N 28 4 5 0 0 0 0 .10 .00 .21 .71 4 0 0 0 123 299 123 82 6 1.50 9 68 1967 CIN:N
1968 CIN:N 29 2 1 1 0 0 0 .02 .01 .42 .92 3 1 0 0 144 372 163 100 14 1.63 16 103 1968 CIN:N
1969 MIN:A 30 5 6 0 0 0 2 .05 .00 .18 .85 7 0 0 0 224 459 187 132 28 1.42 19 137 1969 MIN:A
1970 MIN:A 31 2 5 0 0 0 1 .04 .00 .19 .64 9 0 0 1 220 474 187 151 29 1.24 11 135 1970 MIN:A
1971 MIN:A 32 3 3 0 0 0 0 .04 .00 .22 .60 7 0 0 0 233 445 201 136 29 1.48 16 137 1971 MIN:A
1972 ANA:A 33 1 2 0 1 0 0 .01 .02 .21 .78 6 1 0 0 156 460 199 170 8 1.17 16 139 1972 ANA:A
1973 CLE:A 34 1 4 0 0 0 0 .09 .00 .25 .50 2 0 0 0 46 167 62 48 6 1.29 5 49 1973 CLE:A
1974 TEX:A 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 .04 .00 .29 .75 1 0 0 0 28 70 33 18 4 1.83 2 27 1974 TEX:A
1975 TEX:A 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .50 .33 0 0 0 0 29 81 47 22 1 2.14 0 25 1975 TEX:A
PINCH HITTING DESIGNATED HITTING
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1960 CIN:N 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1961 CIN:N 22 12 1 1 0 0 0 4 .083 .167 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1962 CIN:N 23 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .333 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1963 CIN:N 24 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1964 CIN:N 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1965 CIN:N 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1966 CIN:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1967 CIN:N 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1968 CIN:N 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1969 MIN:A 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1970 MIN:A 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1971 MIN:A 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1972 ANA:A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1973 CLE:A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 - - - - - - - - -
1974 TEX:A 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 10 2 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .300
1975 TEX:A 36 10 1 0 0 0 1 4 .100 .100 - - - - - - - - -
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1960 CIN:N 21 56 10 1 2 0 3 10 .179 .268 86 23 1 2 1 3 21 .267 .360 1960 CIN:N
1961 CIN:N 22 95 37 13 1 1 9 19 .389 .579 103 24 5 0 4 6 20 .233 .398 1961 CIN:N
1962 CIN:N 23 295 91 18 3 6 20 51 .308 .451 294 82 13 1 4 19 48 .279 .371 1962 CIN:N
1963 CIN:N 24 272 72 13 3 3 7 50 .265 .368 293 61 9 1 4 16 51 .208 .287 1963 CIN:N
1964 CIN:N 25 289 68 13 1 3 21 52 .235 .318 308 82 19 1 6 20 59 .266 .393 1964 CIN:N
1965 CIN:N 26 262 74 14 3 7 32 40 .282 .439 295 86 11 8 4 28 60 .292 .424 1965 CIN:N
1966 CIN:N 27 278 76 11 2 11 26 40 .273 .446 290 69 14 2 9 19 47 .238 .393 1966 CIN:N
1967 CIN:N 28 178 48 8 2 2 19 38 .270 .371 201 49 6 1 0 15 39 .244 .284 1967 CIN:N
1968 CIN:N 29 241 52 7 2 2 21 47 .216 .286 211 54 6 0 5 15 36 .256 .355 1968 CIN:N
1969 MIN:A 30 275 81 10 1 3 34 43 .295 .371 303 81 14 3 7 32 53 .267 .403 1969 MIN:A
1970 MIN:A 31 288 78 14 4 5 18 50 .271 .399 300 67 20 0 6 24 51 .223 .350 1970 MIN:A
1971 MIN:A 32 262 77 14 3 11 29 32 .294 .496 292 69 11 1 7 22 37 .236 .353 1971 MIN:A
1972 ANA:A 33 289 69 5 1 3 17 36 .239 .294 262 54 6 1 3 18 37 .206 .271 1972 ANA:A
1973 CLE:A 34 94 20 2 0 0 6 22 .213 .234 101 22 2 0 0 7 20 .218 .238 1973 CLE:A
1974 TEX:A 35 46 14 3 0 0 1 5 .304 .370 46 11 0 0 0 1 9 .239 .239 1974 TEX:A
1975 TEX:A 36 54 10 2 0 0 8 7 .185 .222 48 14 0 0 1 6 5 .292 .354 1975 TEX:A
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1960 CIN:N 21 40 10 0 1 0 1 6 .250 .300 102 23 2 3 1 5 25 .225 .333 1960 CIN:N
1961 CIN:N 22 72 26 3 1 2 8 15 .361 .514 126 35 15 0 3 7 24 .278 .468 1961 CIN:N
1962 CIN:N 23 170 52 7 0 1 15 29 .306 .365 419 121 24 4 9 24 70 .289 .430 1962 CIN:N
1963 CIN:N 24 206 52 10 2 1 8 33 .252 .335 359 81 12 2 6 15 68 .226 .320 1963 CIN:N
1964 CIN:N 25 185 46 5 0 1 18 36 .249 .292 412 104 27 2 8 23 75 .252 .386 1964 CIN:N
1965 CIN:N 26 195 59 9 4 5 27 33 .303 .467 362 101 16 7 6 33 67 .279 .412 1965 CIN:N
1966 CIN:N 27 193 54 15 0 4 18 28 .280 .420 375 91 10 4 16 27 59 .243 .419 1966 CIN:N
1967 CIN:N 28 102 26 3 0 0 14 17 .255 .284 277 71 11 3 2 20 60 .256 .339 1967 CIN:N
1968 CIN:N 29 105 36 5 2 2 8 16 .343 .486 347 70 8 0 5 28 67 .202 .268 1968 CIN:N
1969 MIN:A 30 203 54 8 2 0 29 34 .266 .325 375 108 16 2 10 37 62 .288 .421 1969 MIN:A
1970 MIN:A 31 185 49 11 3 3 19 29 .265 .405 403 96 23 1 8 23 72 .238 .360 1970 MIN:A
1971 MIN:A 32 178 48 6 2 8 21 21 .270 .461 376 98 19 2 10 30 48 .261 .402 1971 MIN:A
1972 ANA:A 33 161 36 3 1 3 9 15 .224 .311 390 87 8 1 3 26 58 .223 .272 1972 ANA:A
1973 CLE:A 34 68 14 2 0 0 5 12 .206 .235 127 28 2 0 0 8 30 .220 .236 1973 CLE:A
1974 TEX:A 35 58 21 3 0 0 2 7 .362 .414 34 4 0 0 0 0 7 .118 .118 1974 TEX:A
1975 TEX:A 36 80 20 1 0 0 9 10 .250 .263 22 4 1 0 1 5 2 .182 .364 1975 TEX:A
FIELDING STATS - SECOND BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1975 TEX:A 36 1.000 .975 3 0 4.3 1 2 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - THIRD BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1973 CLE:A 34 .882 .950 5 3 37.0 3 12 2 0 4
1974 TEX:A 35 1.000 .954 21 17 142.7 17 34 0 0 1
1975 TEX:A 36 .956 .954 43 28 256.7 32 77 5 2 9
FIELDING STATS - SHORTSTOP
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1960 CIN:N 21 .957 .960 47 43 372.0 75 127 9 5 32
1961 CIN:N 22 .973 .959 63 46 449.3 84 135 6 2 22
1962 CIN:N 23 .972 .963 149 147 1332.3 279 445 21 6 87
1963 CIN:N 24 .972 .961 157 152 1348.7 266 435 20 4 86
1964 CIN:N 25 .960 .963 163 163 1456.0 328 441 32 3 86
1965 CIN:N 26 .975 .964 155 155 1384.3 291 447 19 4 92
1966 CIN:N 27 .980 .964 160 160 1426.0 289 441 15 1 86
1967 CIN:N 28 .971 .963 108 108 989.0 186 314 15 1 57
1968 CIN:N 29 .955 .962 136 129 1176.0 225 393 29 0 69
1969 MIN:A 30 .965 .966 160 159 1455.0 313 573 32 2 128
1970 MIN:A 31 .978 .967 160 158 1400.3 282 482 17 2 91
1971 MIN:A 32 .985 .965 153 152 1332.7 268 446 11 1 89
1972 ANA:A 33 .970 .967 150 149 1315.3 247 470 22 1 82
1973 CLE:A 34 .965 .963 67 56 497.3 90 159 9 0 33
1974 TEX:A 35 .933 .965 10 4 51.0 9 19 2 0 2
1975 TEX:A 36 1.000 .959 5 2 20.0 5 7 0 0 3
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 3,034 3,515 2,816 1,832 3,357 2,288 3,260 3,469 3,376
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leo Cardenas - Historical Batting Stastistics
Leo Cardenas - Pinch Hitting Statistics, Designated Hitting Statistics
Leo Cardenas - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Leo Cardenas - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Fielding Statistics - Second Base
Fielding Statistics - Third Base
Fielding Statistics - Shortstop
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching