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Position SS
Born Dec 17, 1938

Key Insights

1975
One opponent brings the best out of him

Cardenas has hit .636/.667/1.091 against Jack Lamabe in 12 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

7 for 11 with 1 home run and 0 strikeouts, against a .655 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Cardenas is 6 for 12 against Pete Richert, a .500 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

12 career plate appearances.
He is a different player against this opponent

Cardenas carries a .679 career OPS; against Bill Hands it is 1.271, over 17 plate appearances.

6 for 15 with 2 home runs.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Cardenas has hit 6 home runs off Juan Marichal, one every 13.8 plate appearances they have shared.

83 career plate appearances against him.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Cardenas more often than Mike Cuellar: 108 plate appearances, in which Cardenas has hit .235/.269/.337.

23 hits, 2 home runs and 16 strikeouts across 108 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Cardenas swings through more against Cal Koonce than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

58 plate appearances between them. 94th percentile of the 38 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 17, 1938