Jose Cardenal
1963–1980 · bats R / throws R · California Angels, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants
2,017G
.275AVG
.333OBP
.395SLG
More career statistics
1,913H
138HR
775RBI
329SB
18Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 139 | 138 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 807 | 806 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,696 | 7,698 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,017 | 7,696 | 6,964 | 936 | 1,913 | 333 | 46 | 138 | 775 | 608 | 807 | 329 | 139 | 26 | 61 | 2,752 | .275 | .333 | .395 | .728 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1970-05-05 to 1970-05-20
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1976-05-02 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
| 57 | Triple Play | 1978-07-15 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1976-05-02 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1006 | 3785 | 941 | 71 | 392 | 320 | 384 | .277 | .333 | .400 |
| Away | 1011 | 3913 | 972 | 67 | 383 | 288 | 422 | .273 | .322 | .391 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 231 | 949 | 213 | 17 | 104 | 90 | 86 | .252 | .319 | .378 |
| May | 351 | 1378 | 360 | 35 | 162 | 85 | 154 | .282 | .323 | .425 |
| June | 363 | 1380 | 340 | 22 | 131 | 104 | 144 | .274 | .322 | .388 |
| July | 366 | 1402 | 359 | 23 | 133 | 118 | 158 | .284 | .340 | .397 |
| August | 380 | 1450 | 363 | 25 | 135 | 128 | 141 | .278 | .339 | .398 |
| September | 311 | 1095 | 269 | 16 | 108 | 83 | 118 | .273 | .321 | .380 |
| October | 15 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .209 | .205 | .256 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-mets | 131 | 520 | 125 | 10 | 55 | 42 | 46 | .266 | .321 | .398 |
| montreal-expos | 123 | 445 | 110 | 7 | 40 | 58 | 33 | .288 | .378 | .414 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 122 | 437 | 96 | 9 | 41 | 48 | 58 | .251 | .330 | .397 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 116 | 398 | 111 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 40 | .307 | .352 | .413 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 108 | 400 | 105 | 4 | 38 | 39 | 42 | .295 | .360 | .379 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 104 | 391 | 104 | 10 | 51 | 27 | 38 | .291 | .335 | .445 |
| houston-astros | 103 | 375 | 92 | 2 | 45 | 27 | 36 | .267 | .317 | .343 |
| san-francisco-giants | 101 | 399 | 101 | 6 | 46 | 42 | 45 | .289 | .358 | .406 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  San Francisco Giants | 9 | 5 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1964 | San Francisco Giants | 20 | 15 | – | – | – | 2 | .000 | – | – |
| 1965 |  California Angels | 134 | 512 | 128 | 11 | 57 | 37 | .250 | – | – |
| 1966 | California Angels | 154 | 561 | 155 | 16 | 48 | 24 | .276 | – | – |
| 1967 | California Angels | 108 | 381 | 90 | 6 | 27 | 10 | .236 | – | – |
| 1968 |  Cleveland Guardians | 157 | 583 | 150 | 7 | 44 | 40 | .257 | – | – |
| 1969 | Cleveland Guardians | 146 | 557 | 143 | 11 | 45 | 36 | .257 | – | – |
| 1970 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 148 | 552 | 162 | 10 | 74 | 26 | .293 | – | – |
| 1971 | Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals | 142 | 499 | 124 | 10 | 80 | 21 | .248 | – | – |
| 1972 |  Chicago Cubs | 143 | 533 | 155 | 17 | 70 | 25 | .291 | – | – |
| 1973 | Chicago Cubs | 145 | 522 | 158 | 11 | 68 | 19 | .303 | – | – |
| 1974 | Chicago Cubs | 143 | 542 | 159 | 13 | 72 | 23 | .293 | – | – |
| 1975 | Chicago Cubs | 154 | 574 | 182 | 9 | 68 | 34 | .317 | – | – |
| 1976 | Chicago Cubs | 136 | 521 | 156 | 8 | 47 | 23 | .299 | – | – |
| 1977 | Chicago Cubs | 100 | 226 | 54 | 3 | 18 | 5 | .239 | – | – |
| 1978 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 201 | 50 | 4 | 33 | 2 | .249 | – | – |
| 1979 | New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies | 40 | 85 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 2 | .247 | – | – |
| 1980 | Kansas City Royals, New York Mets | 51 | 95 | 25 | – | 9 | – | .263 | – | – |