Don Cardwell

Full Name: Donald Eugene Cardwell Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 4"/210 First Game: April 21, 1957 Birthdate: December 7, 1935 Final Game: September 27, 1970 Birthplace: Winston-Salem, North Carolina MLB Experience: 14 years Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on December 7, 1935 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Don Cardwell (Donald Eugene Cardwell) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 14 year career. Cardwell broke into the bigs on April 21, 1957 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 4.91 ERA in 128.1 innings pitched in 1957, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Don Cardwell's best season was 1961, when he posted a 3.82 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 156 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1957	PHI	N	30	19	4	8	4.91	92	71	70	5	1	1	128.1	122	17	42	1	1	4
1958	PHI	N	16	14	3	6	4.51	77	55	54	3	0	0	107.2	99	16	37	4	5	2
1959	PHI	N	25	22	9	10	4.06	106	77	69	5	1	0	153	135	22	65	5	3	4
1960	PHI	N	5	4	1	2	4.45	21	14	14	0	0	0	28.1	28	4	11	1	4	1
1960	CHI	N	31	26	8	14	4.37	129	101	86	6	1	0	177	166	19	68	10	2	5
1960	TOT	N	36	30	9	16	4.38	150	115	100	6	1	0	205.1	194	23	79	11	6	6
1961	CHI	N	39	38	15	14	3.82	156	121	110	13	3	0	259.1	243	22	88	0	6	10
1962	CHI	N	41	29	7	16	4.92	104	116	107	6	1	4	195.2	205	27	60	7	9	9
1963	PIT	N	33	32	13	15	3.07	112	92	73	7	2	0	213.2	195	21	52	10	2	16
1964	PIT	N	4	4	1	2	2.79	10	9	6	1	1	0	19.1	15	1	7	1	2	3
1965	PIT	N	37	34	13	10	3.18	107	101	85	12	2	0	240.1	214	21	59	1	8	12
1966	PIT	N	32	14	6	6	4.60	60	58	52	1	0	1	101.2	112	15	27	8	5	6
1967	NY	N	26	16	5	9	3.57	71	55	47	3	3	0	118.1	112	8	39	8	5	7
1968	NY	N	29	25	7	13	2.96	82	69	59	5	1	1	179.2	156	9	50	11	7	10
1969	NY	N	30	21	8	10	3.01	60	63	51	4	0	0	152.1	145	15	47	10	8	5
1970	NY	N	16	1	0	2	6.48	8	19	18	0	0	0	25	31	3	6	1	1	3
1970	ATL	N	16	2	2	1	9.00	16	23	23	1	1	0	23	31	5	13	2	1	1
1970	TOT	N	32	3	2	3	7.69	24	42	41	1	1	0	48	62	8	19	3	2	4
Total			410	301	102	138	3.92	1211	1044	924	72	17	7	2122.2	2009	225	671	80	69	98

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1957	PHI	N	P	30	19	128.1	12	18	2	0	0	2	9	3	0	.938
1958	PHI	N	P	16	14	107.2	11	13	0	2	0	1	3	2	1	1.000
1959	PHI	N	P	25	22	153	4	13	3	2	0	4	10	2	1	.850
1960	PHI	N	P	5	4	28.1	1	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.800
1960	CHI	N	P	31	26	176	12	21	1	0	0	2	5	13	0	.971
1960	TOT	N	P	36	30	204.1	13	24	2	0	0	2	8	13	0	.949
1961	CHI	N	P	39	38	259.1	18	54	2	3	0	7	13	4	1	.973
1962	CHI	N	P	41	29	195.2	15	37	1	2	0	2	11	7	0	.981
1963	PIT	N	P	33	32	213.2	16	35	5	1	0	1	9	9	3	.911
1964	PIT	N	P	4	4	19.1	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1965	PIT	N	P	37	34	240.1	23	51	2	6	0	1	7	3	0	.974
1966	PIT	N	P	32	14	101.2	13	24	2	2	0	1	13	2	1	.949
1967	NY	N	P	26	16	118.1	13	27	0	3	0	2	12	6	1	1.000
1968	NY	N	P	29	25	180	16	39	1	1	0	1	8	6	0	.982
1969	NY	N	P	30	21	152.1	9	41	3	0	0	0	7	7	2	.943
1970	NY	N	P	16	1	25	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1.000
1970	ATL	N	P	16	2	23	0	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.857
1970	TOT	N	P	32	3	48	1	12	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	.929
Total			P	410	301	2122	164	394	25	25	0	24	111	66	11	.957

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1957	PHI	N	30	35	4	7	1	2	.200	.222	.314	1	0	0	17	1	3	0	0	0
1958	PHI	N	16	38	0	8	0	3	.211	.211	.263	2	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
1959	PHI	N	26	55	3	3	1	2	.055	.088	.109	0	0	1	28	1	1	0	0	1
1960	PHI	N	5	8	2	2	2	3	.250	.250	1.000	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0
1960	CHI	N	33	69	9	14	3	6	.203	.203	.348	1	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	1
1960	TOT	N	38	77	11	16	5	9	.208	.208	.416	1	0	0	35	0	2	1	0	1
1961	CHI	N	40	95	6	10	3	6	.105	.167	.232	3	0	6	55	1	4	0	0	0
1962	CHI	N	41	61	2	9	0	3	.148	.200	.180	0	1	4	27	0	4	0	0	2
1963	PIT	N	33	71	3	6	0	2	.085	.156	.085	0	0	5	35	1	3	0	0	0
1964	PIT	N	4	7	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1965	PIT	N	37	74	6	12	2	10	.162	.213	.257	1	0	4	35	1	10	1	0	2
1966	PIT	N	32	29	1	3	0	3	.103	.161	.138	1	0	2	12	0	1	0	0	0
1967	NY	N	27	38	1	6	1	3	.158	.220	.263	1	0	3	15	0	0	0	0	1
1968	NY	N	30	61	3	3	1	4	.049	.049	.098	0	0	0	34	0	3	0	0	3
1969	NY	N	30	47	3	8	1	5	.170	.184	.234	0	0	0	26	1	2	0	0	0
1970	NY	N	16	5	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1970	ATL	N	16	5	1	2	0	0	.400	.400	.400	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1970	TOT	N	32	10	1	2	0	1	.200	.182	.200	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Total			416	698	44	94	15	53	.135	.171	.216	10	1	25	340	6	34	2	0	10

Transactions

• Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1954).
• Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Ed Bouchee to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Tony Taylor and Cal Neeman (May 13, 1960).
• Traded by Chicago Cubs with George Altman and Moe Thacker to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Larry Jackson, Lindy McDaniel and Jimmie Schaffer (October 17, 1962).
• Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Julio Gotay to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dick Groat and Diomedes Olivo (November 19, 1962).
• Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Don Bosch to New York Mets in exchange for Dennis Ribant and Gary Kolb (December 6, 1966).
• Sold by New York Mets to Atlanta Braves (July 12, 1970).
• Released by Atlanta Braves (December 22, 1970).