Don Cardwell

Donald Eugene Cardwell
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: December 7, 1935 in Winston-Salem, NC
Signed: 1954 by the Philadelphia Phillies
Acquired: traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates with Don Bosch for Dennis Ribant and Gary Kolb, December 1966
Departed: purchased by the Atlanta Braves, July 1970
Died: January 14, 2008 in Winston-Salem, NC

 

A member of the 1969 World Championship club, but his greatest single achievement must have been the one reflected by the Nu-Cards Scoops card pictured at the right. A card from his Mets days is shown below, as well as a Coca-Cola bottle cap from 1967.

  

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PITCHING RECORD (team-leading totals in red)

YEAR CLUB     G  GS CG     IP   W   L  PCT    H    R  ER   SO  BB ShO SV  ERA
1957 Phi NL  30  19  5  128.1   4   8 .333  122   71  70   92  42   1  1 4.91
1958 Phi NL  16  14  3  107.2   3   6 .333   99   55  54   77  37   0  0 4.51
1959 Phi NL  25  22  5  153.0   9  10 .474  135   77  69  106  65   1  0 4.06
1960 2teams  36  30  6  205.1   9  16 .360  194  115 100  150  79   1  0 4.38
1961 Chi NL  39  38 13  259.1  15  14 .517  243  121 110  156  88   3  0 3.82
1962 Chi NL  41  29  6  195.2   7  16 .304  205  116 107  104  60   1  4 4.92
1963 Pit NL  33  32  7  213.2  13  15 .464  195   92  73  112  52   2  0 3.07
1964 Pit NL   4   4  1   19.1   1   2 .333   15    9   6   10   7   1  0 2.79
1965 Pit NL  37  34 12  240.1  13  10 .565  214  101  85  107  59   2  0 3.18
1966 Pit NL  32  14  1  101.2   6   6 .500  112   58  52   60  27   0  1 4.60
1967 *METS*  26  16  3  118.1   5   9 .357  112   55  47   71  39   3  0 3.57
1968 *METS*  29  25  5  179.2   7  13 .350  156   69  59   82  50   1  1 2.96
1969 *METS*  30  21  4  152.1   8  10 .444  145   63  51   60  47   0  0 3.01
1970 2teams  32   3  1   48.0   2   3 .400   62   42  41   24  19   1  0 7.69
METS TOTALS 101  63 12  475.1  20  34 .370  444  206 175  221 142   4  1 3.31
OTHER CLUBS 309 238 60 1647.1  82 104 .441 1565  838 749  990 529  13  6 4.09
CAREER TOTS 410 301 72 2122.2 102 138 .425 2009 1044 924 1211 671  17  7 3.92

 

SPLIT SEASONS

YEAR CLUB     G  GS CG     IP   W   L  PCT    H    R  ER   SO  BB ShO SV  ERA
1960 Phi NL   5   4  0   28.1   1   2 .333   28   14  14   21  11   0  0 4.45
1960 Chi NL  31  26  6  177.0   8  14 .364  166  101  86  129  68   1  0 4.37
1970 *METS*  16   1  0   25.0   0   2 .000   31   19  18    8   6   0  0 6.48
1970 Atl NL  16   2  1   23.0   2   1 .667   31   23  23   16  13   1  0 9.00

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This is a list of the Don Cardwell cards that I already have in my collection. If you have any cards that are not listed here, and you are willing to donate or trade them, contact me at Rounding Third.

1968 Topps

 

1958 Topps #372

1959 Topps #314

1961 Nu-Card Scoops #410
1961 Topps #393 ("Batter Bafflers")

1962 Jay Publishing Cubs

1963-66 Jay Publishing Pirates

1964 Topps #417

1965 Topps #502

1966 Topps #235

1968 Topps #437

1969 Milton Bradley game card
1969 The News Portfolio of Stars by Stark reprint
1969 Topps #193

1970 Topps #83

1978 TCMA The 1960's #0089

1979 Diamond Greats #374

1967 Coca-Cola cap

 

1989 Susan Rini 1969 Mets Postcards #6

1990 Swell (CMC) Baseball Greats #72

1991 WIZ Mets #63

1994 Ron Lewis '69 Mets 25th Anniversary Postcards #9 (02767 of 25,000)
1994 Spectrum Miracle of '69 #26
1994 Spectrum Miracle of '69 #26 (autographed) 

Other Don Cardwell memorabilia in my collection:

1967 Coca-Cola bottle cap #V23

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