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Jose Cardenal played 18 major-league seasons (1963-1980) as a OF (1,778), 1B (58), 3B (7), 2B (2), SS (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 20 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 20 | SFN | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .533 | 63 |
| 1964 | 21 | SFN | 20 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .118 | -62 |
| 1965 | 22 | CAL | 134 | 512 | 58 | 128 | 11 | 57 | 37 | 27 | 72 | .250 | .654 | 91 |
| 1966 | 23 | CAL | 154 | 561 | 67 | 155 | 16 | 48 | 24 | 34 | 69 | .276 | .719 | 112 |
| 1967 | 24 | CAL | 108 | 381 | 40 | 90 | 6 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 63 | .236 | .612 | 86 |
| 1968 | 25 | CLE | 157 | 583 | 78 | 150 | 7 | 44 | 40 | 39 | 74 | .257 | .658 | 106 |
| 1969 | 26 | CLE | 146 | 557 | 75 | 143 | 11 | 45 | 36 | 49 | 58 | .257 | .687 | 98 |
| 1970 | 27 | SLN | 148 | 552 | 73 | 162 | 10 | 74 | 26 | 45 | 70 | .293 | .775 | 115 |
| 1971 | 28 | ML4 | 53 | 198 | 20 | 51 | 3 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 20 | .258 | .650 | 91 |
| 1971 | 28 | SLN | 89 | 301 | 37 | 73 | 7 | 48 | 12 | 29 | 35 | .243 | .681 | 99 |
| 1972 | 29 | CHN | 143 | 533 | 96 | 155 | 17 | 70 | 25 | 55 | 58 | .291 | .810 | 138 |
| 1973 | 30 | CHN | 145 | 522 | 80 | 158 | 11 | 68 | 19 | 58 | 62 | .303 | .812 | 133 |
| 1974 | 31 | CHN | 143 | 542 | 75 | 159 | 13 | 72 | 23 | 56 | 67 | .293 | .800 | 130 |
| 1975 | 32 | CHN | 154 | 574 | 85 | 182 | 9 | 68 | 34 | 77 | 50 | .317 | .821 | 136 |
| 1976 | 33 | CHN | 136 | 521 | 64 | 156 | 8 | 47 | 23 | 32 | 39 | .299 | .740 | 117 |
| 1977 | 34 | CHN | 100 | 226 | 33 | 54 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 28 | 30 | .239 | .665 | 85 |
| 1978 | 35 | PHI | 87 | 201 | 27 | 50 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 23 | 16 | .249 | .691 | 100 |
| 1979 | 36 | PHI|NYN | 40 | 85 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 11 | .247 | .760 | 115 |
| 1980 | 37 | KCA | 25 | 53 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .340 | .754 | 108 |
| 1980 | 37 | NYN | 26 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .167 | .456 | 34 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | OF | 16 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1965 | OF | 129 | 125 | 286 | 12 | 11 | 2 |
| 1965 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | OF | 146 | 139 | 351 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| 1967 | OF | 101 | 92 | 195 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 1968 | OF | 153 | 142 | 367 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
| 1969 | OF | 142 | 134 | 327 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 1969 | 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | OF | 134 | 129 | 276 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| 1971 | OF | 135 | 130 | 314 | 15 | 9 | 1 |
| 1972 | OF | 137 | 135 | 223 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 1973 | OF | 142 | 142 | 234 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| 1974 | OF | 137 | 135 | 262 | 15 | 10 | 4 |
| 1975 | OF | 151 | 147 | 313 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 1976 | OF | 128 | 125 | 246 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 1977 | OF | 62 | 52 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1B | 50 | 43 | 360 | 17 | 4 | 39 |
| 1978 | OF | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | OF | 21 | 18 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1B | 3 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1980 | OF | 29 | 20 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1B | 5 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1973, 1972.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 28 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.