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Leo Cardenas played 16 major-league seasons (1960-1975) as a SS (1,843), 3B (69), 2B (3). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 22 | CIN | 48 | 142 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 32 | .232 | .587 | 65 |
| 1961 | 23 | CIN | 74 | 198 | 23 | 61 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 39 | .308 | .838 | 127 |
| 1962 | 24 | CIN | 153 | 589 | 77 | 173 | 10 | 60 | 2 | 39 | 99 | .294 | .752 | 108 |
| 1963 | 25 | CIN | 158 | 565 | 42 | 133 | 7 | 48 | 3 | 23 | 101 | .235 | .595 | 77 |
| 1964 | 26 | CIN | 163 | 597 | 61 | 150 | 9 | 69 | 4 | 41 | 110 | .251 | .656 | 91 |
| 1965 | 27 | CIN | 156 | 557 | 65 | 160 | 11 | 57 | 1 | 60 | 100 | .287 | .786 | 129 |
| 1966 | 28 | CIN | 160 | 568 | 59 | 145 | 20 | 81 | 9 | 45 | 87 | .255 | .728 | 107 |
| 1967 | 29 | CIN | 108 | 379 | 30 | 97 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 77 | .256 | .644 | 92 |
| 1968 | 30 | CIN | 137 | 452 | 45 | 106 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 36 | 83 | .235 | .611 | 90 |
| 1969 | 31 | MIN | 160 | 578 | 67 | 162 | 10 | 70 | 5 | 66 | 96 | .280 | .741 | 114 |
| 1970 | 32 | MIN | 160 | 588 | 67 | 145 | 11 | 65 | 2 | 42 | 101 | .247 | .674 | 92 |
| 1971 | 33 | MIN | 153 | 554 | 59 | 146 | 18 | 75 | 3 | 51 | 69 | .264 | .741 | 117 |
| 1972 | 34 | CAL | 150 | 551 | 25 | 123 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 35 | 73 | .223 | .555 | 71 |
| 1973 | 35 | CLE | 72 | 195 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 42 | .215 | .500 | 42 |
| 1974 | 36 | TEX | 34 | 92 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .272 | .592 | 71 |
| 1975 | 37 | TEX | 55 | 102 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .235 | .612 | 75 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | SS | 47 | 43 | 76 | 128 | 9 | 32 |
| 1961 | SS | 63 | 46 | 83 | 133 | 6 | 21 |
| 1962 | SS | 149 | 147 | 273 | 443 | 21 | 84 |
| 1963 | SS | 157 | 152 | 270 | 420 | 20 | 84 |
| 1964 | SS | 163 | 163 | 336 | 436 | 32 | 87 |
| 1965 | SS | 155 | 155 | 292 | 440 | 19 | 92 |
| 1966 | SS | 160 | 160 | 279 | 446 | 15 | 87 |
| 1967 | SS | 108 | 108 | 190 | 316 | 15 | 57 |
| 1968 | SS | 136 | 129 | 221 | 388 | 29 | 66 |
| 1969 | SS | 160 | 159 | 310 | 570 | 32 | 126 |
| 1970 | SS | 160 | 158 | 280 | 487 | 17 | 91 |
| 1971 | SS | 153 | 152 | 266 | 445 | 11 | 89 |
| 1972 | SS | 150 | 149 | 241 | 471 | 22 | 82 |
| 1973 | SS | 67 | 56 | 87 | 154 | 9 | 33 |
| 1973 | 3B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
| 1974 | 3B | 21 | 17 | 17 | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 1974 | SS | 10 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 1975 | 3B | 43 | 28 | 32 | 76 | 5 | 9 |
| 1975 | SS | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 1975 | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Leo Cardenas won: Gold Glove 1965 (NL), TSN All-Star 1971 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1971, 1969, 1965.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 7 / 280 | 0 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 27 / 336 | 0 |
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 21 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
Leo Cardenas ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #149 | shortstops | 1965 | 129 OPS+ |
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.