Heriberto
Cardenas
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 17, 1990 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2022    2025   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 19 HOL GL   0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 2 2
2010 20 HOL GL   0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3
2011 21 HOL GL   1 1 1 3 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 4 4 3 2 2
2012 22 ARZ VL   2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3
2013 23 ARZ VL   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3
2014 24 ARZ VL   4 4 4 4 5 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 5 5 5 4 4 4
2015 25 POU VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 4 5 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5
2016 26 POU VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 5 5 5 7 7 7
2017 27 POU VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 5 5 5 8 8 8
2018 28 UTI VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 5 5 5 8 8 8
2019 29 UTI VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 8 8
2020 30 UTI VL $ 270,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 8 8
2021 31 UTI VL $ 270,000 4 4 4 4 5 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 8 8
2022 32 UTI VL $ 270,000 5 5 5 4 5 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 5 5 5 8 8 8
2023 33 UTI VL $ 270,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 6 6 6 8 8 8
2024 34 UTI VL $ 270,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 6 6 6 8 8 8
2025 35 COL VL $ 1,770,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8
Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 2 2
Max Ratings $ 1,770,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2009 19 A   144 520 34 88 15 1 0 21 3 4 39 108 .169 .227 .202 .429 18.9  
2010 20 A   119 289 22 58 11 1 1 22 1 1 29 57 .201 .274 .256 .530 20.4  
2011 21 AA   86 336 21 56 12 0 1 16 3 3 15 76 .167 .202 .211 .414 9.4  
    A   72 247 26 73 18 1 0 20 3 2 19 56 .296 .346 .377 .722 30.7  
2012 22 A   131 454 43 127 22 1 1 34 5 1 30 87 .280 .324 .339 .664 49.2  
2013 23 AAA   18 69 4 15 3 0 0 6 0 0 6 20 .217 .280 .261 .541 5.0  
    AA   117 458 44 123 24 1 3 38 1 4 40 76 .269 .327 .345 .672 50.5  
2014 24 AAA   131 466 54 120 30 1 0 46 0 0 59 99 .258 .341 .326 .667 54.0  
2015 25 POU VL 41 85 7 21 2 0 0 3 0 1 6 27 .247 .312 .271 .582 7.0 0.8
    AAA   83 305 30 84 16 0 0 26 1 0 43 64 .275 .365 .328 .693 39.1  
2016 26 POU VL 35 66 3 17 1 0 1 7 0 1 4 7 .258 .319 .318 .638 6.9 1.6
2017 27 POU VL 54 143 19 39 4 0 1 17 0 0 13 17 .273 .333 .322 .655 16.2 1.2
2018 28 UTI VL 52 71 7 17 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 4 .239 .253 .296 .549 6.0 0.4
  POU VL 6 16 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.3 0.0
  TOT   58 87 7 19 4 0 0 9 0 0 2 7 .218 .231 .264 .495 5.7 0.4
2019 29 UTI VL 159 499 51 113 17 2 0 27 1 1 38 38 .226 .287 .269 .555 37.5 1.6
2020 30 UTI VL 162 525 46 111 13 1 0 30 0 0 30 48 .211 .259 .240 .499 29.2 0.0
2021 31 UTI VL 26 32 3 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 4 .250 .333 .344 .677 3.5 1.1
2022 32 UTI VL 147 444 51 113 22 2 0 45 2 2 34 34 .255 .314 .313 .627 42.0 5.0
2023 33 UTI VL 157 587 63 156 29 2 0 69 1 0 53 39 .266 .329 .322 .651 63.7 7.1
2024 34 UTI VL 159 558 62 155 29 0 4 64 0 0 62 42 .278 .352 .351 .704 70.2 10.7
2025 35 COL VL 138 474 50 128 22 0 0 43 0 0 47 26 .270 .343 .316 .660 49.9 3.4
11 Years Sim 1136 3500 362 880 146 7 6 318 4 5 293 289 .251 .314 .302 .616 331.9 32.9
3 Years AAA 232 840 88 219 49 1 0 78 1 0 108 183 .261 .351 .321 .672 98.1  
2 Years AA 203 794 65 179 36 1 4 54 4 7 55 152 .225 .288 .288 .576 59.9  
4 Years A 466 1510 125 346 66 4 2 97 12 8 117 308 .229 .293 .282 .575 119.2  
9 Years Minors 901 3144 278 744 151 6 6 229 17 15 280 643 .237 .308 .294 .602 277.2  
162 Game Average 499 51 125 20 0 0 45 0 0 41 41 .251 .314 .302 .616 47.3  
Career Highs 162 587 63 156 29 2 4 69 2 2 62 48 .278 .352 .351 .704 70.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2656 275 663 114 6 4 241 3 4 232 214 .250 .315 .302 .617 250.4
vs LH   844 87 217 32 1 2 77 1 1 61 75 .257 .311 .305 .615 78.4
Home 558 1673 171 412 55 4 4 152 0 2 156 150 .246 .315 .291 .606 155.4
Away 578 1827 191 468 91 3 2 166 4 3 137 139 .256 .314 .313 .626 173.4
RISP   822 0 212 38 3 3 292 0 0 81 70 .258 .322 .322 .645 87.8
Pinch Hitting   23 1 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 .348 .400 .435 .835 3.3
Close/Late   374 25 101 14 0 0 41 0 0 34 30 .270 .335 .307 .642 38.9
Mar/Apr 158 521 60 139 29 1 1 49 0 1 31 35 .267 .312 .332 .644 50.9
May 180 562 57 134 15 2 2 46 1 0 50 44 .238 .310 .283 .593 49.4
June 170 506 54 136 20 0 0 37 1 1 40 39 .269 .322 .308 .630 50.3
July 155 473 54 120 16 2 1 56 0 0 54 45 .254 .336 .302 .638 50.0
August 196 595 63 146 28 0 2 53 1 2 62 51 .245 .318 .303 .621 58.6
Sep/Oct 275 843 74 205 38 2 0 77 1 1 56 75 .243 .298 .293 .591 69.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2015 25 POU VL 2B 38 24 224.0 45 71 4 18 .967 4.66   1.3
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    RF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
2016 26 POU VL 2B 9 7 62.0 13 29 1 7 .977 6.10   0.5
    3B 21 9 105.3 13 28 2 1 .953 3.50   0.2
2017 27 POU VL 1B 4 4 30.0 33 3 0 2 1.000 10.80   0.1
    2B 8 7 62.0 16 18 2 6 .944 4.94   0.4
    3B 40 24 261.7 24 65 5 7 .947 3.06   0.9
2018 28 UTI VL 2B 1 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  POU VL 2B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
  UTI VL 3B 48 13 189.9 12 48 2 5 .968 2.84   0.8
  POU VL 3B 6 1 39.5 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.96   0.1
  TOT   3B 54 14 229.4 15 58 2 6 .973 2.86   0.9
2019 29 UTI VL 3B 158 158 1309.0 82 345 15 39 .966 2.94   4.9
2020 30 UTI VL 3B 162 162 1362.3 101 343 13 41 .972 2.93   6.8
2021 31 UTI VL 2B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 19 5 75.7 5 27 0 4 1.000 3.81   0.6
2022 32 UTI VL 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 147 146 1208.3 80 359 19 40 .959 3.27   4.8
2023 33 UTI VL 3B 157 157 1392.7 103 384 18 39 .964 3.15   5.9
2024 34 UTI VL 3B 159 158 1403.0 73 402 19 49 .962 3.05   6.2
2025 35 COL VL 2B 9 4 49.0 14 18 2 3 .941 5.88   0.3
    3B 129 127 1115.7 75 309 14 30 .965 3.10   3.9
  3B 1047 960 8467.0 571 2321 107 256 .964 3.07   35.1
  2B 68 42 404.0 88 136 9 34 .961 4.99   2.5
  1B 4 4 30.0 33 3 0 2 1.000 10.80   0.1
  RF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
Career Totals   1123 1006 8910.0 694 2460 116 292 .965 3.19   37.7
Career Highs   162 162 1403.0 103 402 19 49 1.000 4.52    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 33 UTI VL 3 10 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .400 .455 .600 1.055
2024 34 UTI VL 19 66 9 20 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 2 .303 .387 .333 .720
Career Post-Season Batting 22 76 11 24 4 0 0 5 0 0 9 3 .316 .395 .368 .764
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2020-1-162
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 167th overall pick, by Hollywood in 2009
Injured on 7/4/2009 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/18/2011 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
Traded from Hollywood to Arizona on 7/2/2012 (Going to HOL: RF G. Dumais, P J. Eells, SS S. Rotter. Going to ARZ: RF D. Wiltse, SS L. Keyser, 2B H. Cardenas, C D. Orton, RF P. Michell)