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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Jose Cardenal 2026 Season · KC

Jose Cardenal played in the majors from 1963 to 1980. His career NUT is +11.0, #629 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1972 (+3.1). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .275/.333/.395, 138 HR, 1913 H in 2017 games.

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Jose Cardenal Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Jose Cardenal

CF · KC

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+11.0Career NUT

+4 to Great

Career

.275AVG138HR775RBI1913H936R329SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 5' 10", 150 lb · b. Oct 7, 1943 · Matanzas, Cuba · Signed International FA, 1963

Player Overview

Year by Year


1963	19	SF	—	9	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.000	.533	.250
1964	20	SF	—	20	17	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.118	.000	.000	.118	.000
1965	21	LAA	-0.7	134	550	512	58	128	23	2	11	57	27	2	1	72	37	17	6	3	5	.250	.287	.367	.117	.654	.269
1966	22	LAA	+0.6	154	606	561	67	155	15	3	16	48	34	4	5	69	24	11	4	3	6	.276	.320	.399	.123	.719	.290
1967	23	LAA	-0.9	108	405	381	40	90	13	5	6	27	15	2	0	63	10	5	1	6	4	.236	.268	.344	.108	.612	.268
1968	24	CLE	+0.4	157	629	583	78	150	21	7	7	44	39	2	3	74	40	18	3	2	3	.257	.305	.353	.096	.658	.283
1969	25	CLE	-0.2	146	616	557	75	143	26	3	11	45	49	0	3	58	36	6	6	4	18	.257	.314	.373	.116	.687	.267
1970	26	STL	+1.4	148	599	552	73	162	32	6	10	74	45	1	0	70	26	9	0	1	14	.293	.348	.428	.135	.776	.322
1971	27	STL	-0.1	89	339	301	37	73	12	4	7	48	29	0	1	35	12	3	7	2	8	.243	.303	.379	.136	.682	.248
1971	27	MIL	-0.3	53	219	198	20	51	10	0	3	32	13	1	0	20	9	5	7	0	4	.258	.297	.354	.096	.651	.264
1971	27	TOT	-0.4	142	558	499	57	124	22	4	10	80	42	1	1	55	21	8	14	2	12	.248	.300	.369	.121	.669	.254
1972	28	CHC	+3.1	143	593	533	96	155	24	6	17	70	55	1	3	58	25	14	3	1	15	.291	.356	.454	.163	.810	.299
1973	29	CHC	+2.1	145	593	522	80	158	33	2	11	68	58	5	9	62	19	7	4	4	16	.303	.375	.437	.134	.812	.325
1974	30	CHC	+2.2	143	604	542	75	159	35	3	13	72	56	1	3	67	23	9	3	2	18	.293	.359	.441	.148	.800	.314
1975	31	CHC	+2.8	154	666	574	85	182	30	2	9	68	77	4	5	50	34	12	7	4	11	.317	.397	.423	.106	.820	.331
1976	32	CHC	+1.1	136	560	521	64	156	25	2	8	47	32	1	0	39	23	14	3	3	5	.299	.339	.401	.102	.740	.310
1977	33	CHC	-0.5	100	258	226	33	54	12	1	3	18	28	1	2	30	5	4	1	2	9	.239	.324	.341	.102	.665	.263
1978	34	PHI	-0.1	87	226	201	27	50	12	0	4	33	23	0	2	16	2	3	2	0	5	.249	.323	.368	.119	.691	.251
1979	35	PHI	—	29	56	48	4	10	3	0	0	9	8	0	1	8	1	0	0	0	3	.208	.321	.271	.063	.592	.250
1979	35	NYM	—	11	44	37	8	11	4	0	2	4	6	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.297	.409	.568	.271	.977	.281
1979	35	TOT	+0.2	40	100	85	12	21	7	0	2	13	14	1	1	11	2	0	0	0	3	.247	.360	.400	.153	.760	.264
1980	36	NYM	—	26	49	42	4	7	1	0	0	4	6	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	3	.167	.265	.190	.023	.455	.179
1980	36	KC	—	25	61	53	8	18	2	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	.340	.377	.377	.037	.754	.353
1980	36	TOT	-0.3	51	110	95	12	25	3	0	0	9	11	0	0	9	0	1	4	0	3	.263	.327	.295	.032	.622	.278
Career	—	18 yrs	+11.0	2017	7696	6964	936	1913	333	46	138	775	608	26	38	807	329	139	61	37	147	.275	.333	.395	.120	.728	.292

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Cardenal's career NUT of +11

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

3.1

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NUT by Season

-0.7

+0.6

-0.9

+0.4

-0.2

+1.4

-0.4

+3.1

+2.1

+2.2

+2.8

+1.1

-0.5

-0.1

+0.2

-0.3

Awards

1969Cleveland Gordon Cobbledick Golden Tomahawk Award

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