Leo Cardenas
1960–1975 · bats R / throws R · ALS, California Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, NLS, Texas Rangers
1,941G
.257AVG
.311OBP
.367SLG
More career statistics
1,725H
118HR
689RBI
39SB
4Rare 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 | 48 | 49 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,941 | 7,402 | 6,707 | 662 | 1,725 | 285 | 49 | 118 | 689 | 522 | 1,135 | 39 | 48 | 28 | 48 | 2,462 | .257 | .311 | .367 | .678 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1970-05-13 to 1970-05-30
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1964-06-04 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1970-09-29 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1967-05-21 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 971 | 3630 | 877 | 57 | 353 | 271 | 542 | .268 | .316 | .382 |
| Away | 970 | 3772 | 848 | 61 | 336 | 251 | 593 | .247 | .291 | .352 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 218 | 850 | 187 | 10 | 66 | 65 | 132 | .245 | .296 | .346 |
| May | 345 | 1361 | 324 | 22 | 138 | 98 | 202 | .263 | .310 | .371 |
| June | 348 | 1287 | 306 | 24 | 123 | 91 | 211 | .259 | .308 | .369 |
| July | 328 | 1238 | 302 | 25 | 121 | 90 | 186 | .269 | .317 | .394 |
| August | 362 | 1397 | 315 | 17 | 124 | 102 | 215 | .251 | .298 | .356 |
| September | 322 | 1200 | 278 | 20 | 113 | 70 | 177 | .255 | .290 | .367 |
| October | 18 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | .213 | .275 | .262 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 136 | 529 | 126 | 5 | 51 | 49 | 70 | .268 | .331 | .368 |
| san-francisco-giants | 135 | 515 | 121 | 12 | 48 | 23 | 96 | .251 | .280 | .377 |
| chicago-cubs | 134 | 521 | 121 | 11 | 53 | 36 | 72 | .254 | .301 | .378 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 133 | 502 | 128 | 9 | 50 | 33 | 101 | .280 | .321 | .414 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 128 | 473 | 114 | 7 | 48 | 27 | 75 | .260 | .298 | .378 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 125 | 479 | 121 | 5 | 43 | 37 | 87 | .281 | .330 | .383 |
| houston-astros | 119 | 458 | 104 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 83 | .247 | .290 | .325 |
| new-york-mets | 114 | 443 | 110 | 10 | 51 | 35 | 66 | .278 | .327 | .430 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  Cincinnati Reds | 48 | 142 | 33 | 1 | 12 | – | .232 | – | – |
| 1961 | Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 198 | 61 | 5 | 24 | 1 | .308 | – | – |
| 1962 | Cincinnati Reds | 153 | 589 | 173 | 10 | 60 | 2 | .294 | – | – |
| 1963 | Cincinnati Reds | 158 | 565 | 133 | 7 | 48 | 3 | .235 | – | – |
| 1964 | Cincinnati Reds | 163 | 597 | 150 | 9 | 69 | 4 | .251 | – | – |
| 1965 | Cincinnati Reds | 156 | 557 | 160 | 11 | 57 | 1 | .287 | – | – |
| 1966 | Cincinnati Reds | 160 | 568 | 145 | 20 | 81 | 9 | .255 | – | – |
| 1967 | Cincinnati Reds | 108 | 379 | 97 | 2 | 21 | 4 | .256 | – | – |
| 1968 | Cincinnati Reds | 137 | 452 | 106 | 7 | 41 | 2 | .235 | – | – |
| 1969 |  Minnesota Twins | 160 | 578 | 162 | 10 | 70 | 5 | .280 | – | – |
| 1970 | Minnesota Twins | 160 | 588 | 145 | 11 | 65 | 2 | .247 | – | – |
| 1971 | Minnesota Twins | 153 | 554 | 146 | 18 | 75 | 3 | .264 | – | – |
| 1972 |  California Angels | 150 | 551 | 123 | 6 | 42 | 1 | .223 | – | – |
| 1973 |  Cleveland Guardians | 72 | 195 | 42 | – | 12 | 1 | .215 | – | – |
| 1974 |  Texas Rangers | 34 | 92 | 25 | – | 7 | 1 | .272 | – | – |
| 1975 | Texas Rangers | 55 | 102 | 24 | 1 | 5 | – | .235 | – | – |