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Ken Griffey Jr League
4-4-2080
Al Cardwell Second Base
Retired (1976, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .284 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .743 Status Deceased (2015) Option Years 0  
H 1193 Age at Death 74 Date of Birth 12-07-1941
HR 49 Drafted Round 2, Pick 23
(1964)
Majors Svc Time 11 years
(94 games)
RBI 507
SB 109
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (98.0%) Range B- WS Rings 1
1B D- (5.3%) LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 1
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 1
3B A+ (98.9%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1964 CHA
29
79
11
19
1
0
0
8
11
8 0 1
2
1 4
.583
.330
.253
.013
.241
1965 CHA
114
387
61
118
23
2
4
40
47
66 2 1
3
1 6
.788
.382
.406
.101
.305
1966 CHA
113
417
55
106
8
1
8
37
49
44 3 0
5
3 10
.673
.337
.336
.082
.254
1967 CHA
102
344
42
108
21
3
6
45
31
38 2 3
10
6 8
.816
.371
.445
.131
.314
1968 CHA
120
354
50
105
21
4
2
40
50
40 3 1
7
7 9
.783
.387
.395
.099
.297
1969 CHA-BRO-MIL
133
424
63
133
26
4
6
66
51
58 3 3
15
9 3
.825
.389
.436
.123
.314
1970 MIL
144
437
52
124
16
5
7
67
55
62 2 1
15
5 2
.757
.366
.391
.108
.284
1971 MIL
141
439
65
127
19
2
5
40
42
56 3 2
17
5 5
.730
.354
.376
.087
.289
1972 MIL
133
351
51
89
20
4
4
41
42
51 1 1
8
3 2
.702
.334
.368
.114
.254
1973 MIL
129
368
55
106
15
5
3
49
47
52 4 0
12
11 3
.755
.375
.380
.092
.288
1974 MIL
121
366
40
102
16
5
2
45
53
43 2 2
10
2 8
.737
.371
.366
.087
.279
1975 MIL-CHA
62
146
19
38
5
0
2
17
18
16 0 2
2
3 1
.673
.337
.336
.075
.260
1976 CHA-STL-KC
38
92
7
18
2
0
0
12
6
15 0 1
3
2 1
.460
.242
.217
.022
.196
Total
1379
4204
571
1193
193
35
49
507
502
549 25 18
109
58 62
.743
.362
.381
.098
.284
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Al Cardwell has retired from the Kansas City Athletics
1976-09-04The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Al Cardwell from the waiver wire.
1976-08-31The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Joey Rydell to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Al Cardwell for assignment.
1976-07-06The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired Al Cardwell from the waiver wire.
1976-07-06The St. Louis Cardinals have demoted Billy Kelley to the minor leagues.
1976-07-02The Chicago SOX have promoted Al Wiesler to the major league team. The Chicago SOX have designated Al Cardwell for assignment.
1976-06-23The Chicago SOX have re-claimed Al Cardwell from the waiver wire.
1976-06-22The Chicago SOX have designated Al Cardwell for assignment.
1975-04-29The Chicago SOX have acquired Al Cardwell from the waiver wire.
1975-04-25The Milwaukee Crew have promoted Mack Rohr to the major league team. The Milwaukee Crew have designated Al Cardwell for assignment.
1969-06-05A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Crew and the Brooklyn Lawnmowers. The Brooklyn Lawnmowers receive Reid McWilliams, Jorge Patterson from the Milwaukee Crew in exchange for Al Cardwell.
1969-05-08A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Lawnmowers and the Chicago SOX. The Chicago SOX receive Otto Birmingham, Johnny Varney, Taylor Brown, Draft Pick - 1970 Round 2 (BRO) from the Brooklyn Lawnmowers in exchange for Jack Kell, Al Cardwell, Clyde Buckner, Bill James.
1967-08-29The Chicago SOX have promoted Al Cardwell to the major league team.
1965-04-01The Chicago SOX have promoted Al Cardwell to the major league team. The Chicago SOX have sent Charlie Calhoun to the minors.
1964-08-14The Chicago SOX have sent Al Cardwell to the minors.
1964-06-18The Chicago SOX have promoted Al Cardwell to the major league team.