Don Cardwell

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 210 lb

BornDecember 7, 1935 · Winston-Salem, NC, USA

MLB debutApril 21, 1957

Final gameSeptember 27, 1970

Seasons14 (1957–1970)

Philadelphia Phillies 1957–1959; Chicago Cubs 1960; Philadelphia Phillies 1960; Chicago Cubs 1961–1962; Pittsburgh Pirates 1963–1966; New York Mets 1967–1969; Atlanta Braves 1970; New York Mets 1970

Percentile snapshot

1968 season — qualified pitchers

2.7

1.3

34.7

70.7

10.7

SHO

5.3

156

85.3

78.7

2.7

85.3

179.7

10.7

ERA

2.96

WHIP

1.147

K/9

4.11

FIP

3.29

10.7

FIP-

110.3

10.7

ERA+

100.8

38.7

sWAR

1.4

18.7

of 76 qualified 1968 pitchers (min 163 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

94.3

sWAR

15.7

91.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1957	30	39	35	4	7	1	0	1	2	0	17	0	0	.200	.222	.314	.537	37.5	43.9	.238	-0.2
1958	16	39	38	0	8	2	0	0	3	0	11	0	0	.211	.211	.263	.474	13.8	25.3	.211	0.4
1959	26	58	55	3	3	0	0	1	2	1	28	0	0	.055	.088	.109	.197	-65.4	-48.3	.094	1.2
1960	38	79	77	11	16	1	0	5	9	0	35	1	0	.208	.208	.416	.623	58.8	65.8	.270	1.1
1961	40	106	95	6	10	3	0	3	6	6	55	0	0	.105	.167	.232	.398	-3.2	3.1	.184	3.4
1962	41	69	61	2	9	0	1	0	3	4	27	0	0	.148	.200	.180	.380	-4.6	1.4	.184	0.1
1963	33	80	71	3	6	0	0	0	2	5	35	0	0	.085	.156	.085	.240	-36.0	-28.3	.129	2.5
1964	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-32.5	-18.6	.131	0.3
1965	37	90	74	6	12	1	0	2	10	4	35	1	1	.162	.213	.257	.469	27.5	32.1	.218	3.7
1966	32	32	29	1	3	1	0	0	3	2	12	0	0	.103	.161	.138	.299	-22.5	-15.4	.148	-0.3
1967	27	41	38	1	6	1	0	1	3	3	15	0	0	.158	.220	.263	.483	36.8	38.7	.230	1.0
1968	30	64	61	3	3	0	0	1	4	0	34	0	0	.049	.049	.098	.148	-86.3	-56.4	.067	1.4
1969	30	51	47	3	8	0	0	1	5	0	26	0	0	.170	.184	.234	.418	4.2	16.4	.192	2.7
1970	32	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	.200	.182	.200	.382	-13.7	-4.2	.168	-1.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1957	30	19	4	8	1	5	1	122	70	42	92	17	128.3	4.91	1.278	6.45	3.88	101.8	77.6	-0.2
1958	16	14	3	6	0	3	0	99	54	37	77	16	107.7	4.51	1.263	6.44	4.09	104.3	87.0	0.4
1959	25	22	9	10	0	5	1	135	69	65	106	22	153.0	4.06	1.307	6.24	4.46	110.7	99.3	1.2
1960	36	30	9	16	0	6	1	194	100	79	150	23	205.3	4.38	1.330	6.57	3.89	103.0	86.1	1.1
1961	39	38	15	14	0	13	3	243	110	88	156	22	259.3	3.82	1.276	5.41	3.70	89.2	108.6	3.4
1962	41	29	7	16	4	6	1	205	107	60	104	27	195.7	4.92	1.354	4.78	4.51	110.1	83.2	0.1
1963	33	32	13	15	0	7	2	195	73	52	112	21	213.7	3.07	1.156	4.72	3.68	112.2	106.7	2.5
1964	4	4	1	2	0	1	1	15	6	7	10	1	19.3	2.79	1.138	4.66	3.94	112.3	125.6	0.3
1965	37	34	13	10	0	12	2	214	85	59	107	21	240.3	3.18	1.136	4.01	3.77	106.7	110.9	3.7
1966	32	14	6	6	1	1	0	112	52	27	60	15	101.7	4.60	1.367	5.31	4.38	121.8	78.2	-0.3
1967	26	16	5	9	0	3	3	112	47	39	71	8	118.3	3.57	1.276	5.40	3.50	104.8	93.5	1.0
1968	29	25	7	13	1	5	1	156	59	50	82	9	179.7	2.96	1.147	4.11	3.29	110.3	100.8	1.4
1969	30	21	8	10	0	4	0	145	51	47	60	15	152.3	3.01	1.260	3.54	4.17	115.5	119.9	2.7
1970	32	3	2	3	0	1	1	62	41	19	24	8	48.0	7.69	1.688	4.50	5.45	131.9	53.6	-1.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

416

766

698

RBI

340

.1347

OBP

.1708

SLG

.2163

OPS

.3871

Pitching

G (P)

410

301

349th-most career GS

102

138

228th-most career L

SHO

317th-most career SHO

2,123

385th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,211

387th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

671

429th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.918

WHIP

1.2626

397th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

5.13

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	TB
1960-09-02	CHC @ STL Gameday	5	3	3	2	3	9
1965-08-05	PIT @ NYM Gameday	4	2	2	1	3	5
1969-05-06	CIN @ NYM Gameday	4	1	2	1	3	5
1957-08-31	PIT @ PHI Gameday	4	2	2	1	2	5
1967-04-17	NYM @ PIT Gameday	4	1	2	1	2	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1959-07-02	CIN @ PHI Gameday	7.0	5	5	3	4	12	0
1961-07-07	PHI @ CHC Gameday	9.0	5	3	3	2	11	0
1967-09-01	NYM @ CHC Gameday	9.0	5	0	0	1	11	0
1958-08-11	CIN @ PHI Gameday	10.0	8	4	4	1	9	1
1957-05-08	ATL @ PHI Gameday	9.0	7	1	1	3	9	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.