Cardenas has accrued an average at the plate of .257 for his time in baseball with 662 runs scored and an OPS of .374. He has been struck out 1,135 times and has gotten a free base on 522 occasions, which contributes in part to a .311 on-base percentage. For his career, Cardenas has hit 118 balls out of the park while driving in 689 runs. His slugging percentage is .062 and he has a total of 2,462 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 7,402 times and also came through with a base knock 1,725 times.
