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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.

Leo Cardenas 2026 Season · TEX

Leo Cardenas played in the majors from 1960 to 1975. His career NUT is -7.0, #7,355 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1965 (+1.6). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .257/.311/.367, 118 HR, 1725 H in 1941 games.

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Leo Cardenas

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-7.0Career NUT

+4 to Weak

Career

.257AVG118HR689RBI1725H662R39SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 5' 10", 160 lb · b. Dec 17, 1938 · Matanzas, Cuba · Signed International FA, 1960

Player Overview

Year by Year


1960	21	CIN	-0.8	48	153	142	13	33	2	4	1	12	6	0	0	32	0	0	0	5	1	.232	.264	.324	.092	.588	.294
1961	22	CIN	+0.7	74	216	198	23	61	18	1	5	24	15	0	1	39	1	0	2	1	5	.308	.353	.485	.177	.838	.359
1962	23	CIN	+0.4	153	647	589	77	173	31	4	10	60	39	5	4	99	2	5	4	10	17	.294	.341	.411	.117	.752	.337
1963	24	CIN	-2.2	158	601	565	42	133	22	4	7	48	23	4	6	101	3	5	1	8	13	.235	.270	.326	.091	.596	.275
1964	25	CIN	-1.2	163	652	597	61	150	32	2	9	69	41	2	10	110	4	4	6	6	10	.251	.299	.357	.106	.656	.291
1965	26	CIN	+1.6	156	626	557	65	160	25	11	11	57	60	1	25	100	1	4	4	4	17	.287	.355	.431	.144	.786	.331
1966	27	CIN	+0.3	160	624	568	59	145	25	4	20	81	45	1	18	87	9	4	4	6	19	.255	.309	.419	.164	.728	.269
1967	28	CIN	-0.7	108	418	379	30	97	14	3	2	21	34	2	16	77	4	5	1	2	8	.256	.320	.325	.069	.645	.316
1968	29	CIN	-1.1	137	499	452	45	106	13	2	7	41	36	2	18	83	2	1	3	6	16	.235	.292	.319	.084	.611	.271
1969	30	MIN	+0.8	160	665	578	67	162	24	4	10	70	66	4	12	96	5	6	9	8	19	.280	.353	.388	.108	.741	.316
1970	31	MIN	-1.1	160	649	588	67	145	34	4	11	65	42	4	2	101	2	5	2	13	11	.247	.300	.374	.127	.674	.280
1971	32	MIN	+0.9	153	624	554	59	146	25	4	18	75	51	1	5	69	3	3	11	7	16	.264	.321	.421	.157	.742	.268
1972	33	LAA	-2.7	150	602	551	25	123	11	2	6	42	35	2	4	73	1	2	1	13	15	.223	.272	.283	.060	.555	.247
1973	34	CLE	-1.5	72	212	195	9	42	4	0	0	12	13	0	0	42	1	4	0	4	5	.215	.264	.236	.021	.500	.275
1974	35	TEX	—	34	95	92	5	25	3	0	0	7	2	0	1	14	1	0	0	1	2	.272	.287	.304	.032	.591	.321
1975	36	TEX	-0.3	55	119	102	15	24	2	0	1	5	14	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	0	.235	.328	.284	.049	.612	.258
Career	—	16 yrs	-7.0	1941	7402	6707	662	1725	285	49	118	689	522	28	122	1135	39	48	48	97	174	.257	.311	.367	.110	.678	.292

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Cardenas's career NUT of -7

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

Career NUT Trend

1.6

606162636465666768697071727375

NUT by Season

-0.8

+0.7

+0.4

-2.2

-1.2

+1.6

+0.3

-0.7

-1.1

+0.8

-1.1

+0.9

-2.7

-1.5

-0.3

Awards

1964NL All-Star

1965NL All-Star · Rawlings NL Gold Glove

1966NL All-Star

1968NL All-Star

1971AL All-Star · Twins Calvin R. Griffith MVP Award

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