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Leo Cardenas
Leonardo Lazaro (Alfonso) Cardenas (Chico,Mr. Automatic)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 163 lb.

MLB Debut July 25, 1960
Final Game September 26, 1975
Born December 17, 1938 in Matanzas, Cuba (age 85)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 21 CIN NL   56  116   10   26   1   1   1    9   0   0    6   18  .224  .258  .276  .534    73    32   3   2   1   0   3  
 1961 22 CIN NL   69  203   34   77  16   2  10   44   0   0   23   39  .379  .439  .626 1.064   147   127   1   2   1   0   2  
 1962 23 CIN NL  162  637   94  169  28   5  13   58   0   1   40  100  .265  .311  .386  .698    97   246  50   3   8   4  21  
 1963 24 CIN NL  162  596   37  131  18   4   9   60   3   3   16  122  .220  .241  .309  .550    77   184  16   4   3   2  17  
 1964 25 CIN NL  163  605   55  157  33   1  11   64   1   0   32  103  .260  .296  .372  .668    92   225  14   1   2   0  13  
 1965 26 CIN NL  162  611   84  176  37  12  11   69   0   0   35  118  .288  .326  .442  .768   108   270   4   2   1   0  21  
 1966 27 CIN NL  162  623   75  155  26   5  23   74   7   5   51  106  .249  .304  .417  .722    98   260   4   3  14   0  12  MVP-12
 1967 28 CIN NL  147  430   39  104  13   2   5   37   1   1   20   93  .242  .275  .316  .592    82   136   9   3   2   1  12  
 1968 29 CIN NL  149  517   40  130  13   2   3   37   0   0   15   99  .251  .273  .302  .575    88   156   7   4   1   2  14  
 1969 30 MNA AL  162  616   69  160  17   4   9   73   7   5   60  119  .260  .331  .344  .676    94   212   3   0   1   6  18  
 1970 31 MNA AL  162  632   90  166  40   7  12   77   2   3   43  125  .263  .315  .405  .720   101   256  42   3   1   7   9  
 1971 32 MNA AL  153  594   80  151  25   2  23   76   3   2   40   97  .254  .301  .419  .720   102   249   0   0   0   0  15  MVP-14
 1972 33 CHA AL   77  274   20   68   6   0   7   30   1   2   12   33  .248  .279  .347  .625    94    95   4   1   1   0   8  
 1973 34 ATN NL   58  116    8   19   3   0   0    6   0   1   10   21  .164  .225  .190  .414    58    22   2   3   0   0   1  
 1974 35 TEA AL   32  101   11   32   5   0   0   11   3   0    1    8  .317  .324  .366  .690    99    37   2   0   0   0   3  
 1975 36 SDN NL   37   82    4   15   4   0   0    9   0   0   10   12  .183  .272  .232  .503    70    19   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     1913 6753  750 1736 285  47 137  734  28  23  414 1213  .257  .301  .374  .675        2526 161  31  36  22 169
 Per 600 PA           549   61  141  23   4  11   60   2   2   34   99                                 205  13   3   3   2  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CIN     1232 4338  468 1125 185  34  86  452  12  10  238  798  .259  .298  .377  .675        1636 108  24  33   9 115
   With MNA      477 1842  239  477  82  13  44  226  12  10  143  341  .259  .316  .389  .706         717  45   3   2  13  42
   With CHA       77  274   20   68   6   0   7   30   1   2   12   33  .248  .279  .347  .625          95   4   1   1   0   8
   With ATN       58  116    8   19   3   0   0    6   0   1   10   21  .164  .225  .190  .414          22   2   3   0   0   1
   With SDN       37   82    4   15   4   0   0    9   0   0   10   12  .183  .272  .232  .503          19   0   0   0   0   0
   With TEA       32  101   11   32   5   0   0   11   3   0    1    8  .317  .324  .366  .690          37   2   0   0   0   3
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1941 6707  662 1725 285  49 118  689  39  48  522 1135  .257  .311  .367  .679        2462  97  48 122  28 174
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1960 21 CIN NL  90    8   2.3   4   1   0  .250   7   24   14  .583    0    0  .000  SS   3e34      -54   
 1961 22 CIN NL  78   57  11.8  15   8   1  .533  11   53   33  .623    0    0  .000  SS   3e21      226   
 1962 23 CIN NL  26   73   3.7   0   0   0  .000  18  176  136  .773    0    0  .000  SS   3e23      -54   
 1963 24 CIN NL  34   40   2.2   0   0   0  .000  16  193  158  .819    0    0  .000  SS   2e22      -46   
 1964 25 CIN NL  28   65   3.7   0   0   0  .000  40  195  139  .713    0    0  .000  SS   2e34       13   
 1965 26 CIN NL  31   82   4.8   0   0   0  .000  18  168  140  .833    0    0  .000  SS   2e21      -19   
 1966 27 CIN NL  34   76   4.2   0   0   0  .000  17  197  156  .792    0    0  .000  SS   2e16       -6   
 1967 28 CIN NL  12   35   2.7   2   1   0  .500  18  136  107  .787    0    0  .000  SS   2e23      -53   
 1968 29 CIN NL  29   40   2.7   2   0   0  .000  28  167  122  .731    0    0  .000  SS   2e38      -36   
 1969 30 MNA AL  28   69   3.9   0   0   0  .000  27  195  151  .774    0    0  .000  SS   2e33      -65   
 1970 31 MNA AL  32   82   4.2   0   0   0  .000  15  181  141  .779    0    0  .000  SS   2e17       46   
 1971 32 MNA AL  29   71   4.2   0   0   0  .000   8  152  129  .849    0    0  .000  SS   2e12      -21   
 1972 33 CHA AL  33   24   3.0   0   0   0  .000   9   86   64  .744    0    0  .000  SS   3e24       71   
 1973 34 ATN NL  55    5   1.5  28   6   0  .214   4   30   21  .700    0    0  .000  SS   4e28      -86   
 1974 35 TEA AL  90   11   4.2   6   5   0  .833   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  DH              98   
 1975 36 SDN NL  63    5   2.4  12   3   0  .250   2   20   12  .600    0    0  .000  SS   4e42     -108   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons          750   3.8  69  24   1  .348 238 1974 1524  .772    0    0  .000                 -12   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 21.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 52.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1960 21 CIN NL  SS    44    49    97    7   25   .954    35   270.0   4.87
 1961 22 CIN NL  SS    56    57   173   11   31   .954    47   420.2   4.92
 1962 23 CIN NL  SS   162   264   557   18   95   .979   162  1443.1   5.12
 1963 24 CIN NL  SS   162   231   476   16   80   .978   162  1433.2   4.44  GG
 1964 25 CIN NL  SS   163   248   545   40   87   .952   163  1475.0   4.84
 1965 26 CIN NL  SS   162   250   514   18   94   .977   162  1450.0   4.74  GG
 1966 27 CIN NL  SS   162   266   580   17  118   .980   160  1452.1   5.24  GG
 1967 28 CIN NL  SS   142   183   387   18   78   .969   115  1081.2   4.74
 1968 29 CIN NL  SS   149   244   495   28   86   .963   143  1292.2   5.15
 1969 30 MNA AL  SS   162   276   547   27   93   .968   162  1471.0   5.04
 1970 31 MNA AL  SS   162   262   563   15  103   .982   161  1478.1   5.02
 1971 32 MNA AL  SS   153   218   497    8   82   .989   151  1345.0   4.78
 1972 33 CHA AL  SS    77   128   256    9   28   .977    77   691.2   5.00
 1973 34 ATN NL  SS    31    32    77    4   14   .965    24   217.0   4.52
                 3B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   2.25
 1974 35 TEA AL  3B     2     0     2    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
                 SS     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1975 36 SDN NL  SS    22    46    43    2    9   .978    20   164.0   4.88
                 3B     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS  1810  2754  5808  238 1023   .973  1744 15687.1   4.91
                 3B     5     1     3    0    0  1.000     1    12.0   3.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1964 WS    CIN DEA   W    5  18  2  6  2  0  0   1  0  4  .333  .333  .444  0
 1965 WS    CIN DEA   W    6  25  3  9  2  1  0   3  0  4  .360  .360  .520  0
 1967 WS    CIN BOA   L    7  22  1  4  2  0  0   0  0  7  .182  .182  .273  0
 1969 ALCS  MNA BAA   L    5  13  3  2  1  0  0   0  5  1  .154  .389  .231  0
 1970 ALCS  MNA NYA   W    3  10  2  4  1  0  0   1  1  3  .400  .455  .500  0
      WS    MNA SFN   W    4  14  2  6  1  0  0   2  1  0  .429  .500  .500  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1960  CIN   92-62   Larry Cupp
 1961  CIN   81-73   Larry Cupp
 1962  CIN   94-68   Larry Cupp
 1963  CIN   72-90   Larry Cupp
 1964  CIN   98-65   Larry Cupp
 1965  CIN   98-64   Larry Cupp
 1966  CIN   88-74   Larry Cupp
 1967  CIN  103-59   Larry Cupp
 1968  CIN   72-90   Alan Boodman
 1969  MNA  113-49   Rick Ramacier
 1970  MNA   92-70   Rick Ramacier
 1971  MNA   77-85   Rick Ramacier
 1972  CHA   85-77   Ben Lea
 1973  ATN   59-103  Tom Austad
 1974  TEA   95-67   Larry Cupp
 1975  SDN   84-78   Mike Tomeo

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