Conrad Seth Cardinal (born March 30, 1942) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who appeared in six

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in Major League Baseball for the Houston Colt .45s in . Born in Brooklyn and of Jewish descent, he attended Valley Stream High School in Valley Stream, New York. Cardinal threw and batted right-handed; he was listed as tall and . Cardinal's four-year professional career began in 1962 in the

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' organization. After winning 14 games in the Class D New York–Penn League that season, he was selected by Houston in the first-year player draft in November, then made the 1963 Colt .45s' 28-man early-season roster out of

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. In his MLB debut April 11, he worked three

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of middle relief and allowed three

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and one earned run, while striking out three, against the defending National League champion San Francisco Giants. One of his strikeout victims was Willie Mays. Ten days later, he made his only big-league

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against eventual 1963 NL and World Series champion Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium. But he lasted only two-thirds of an inning, allowing five runs (three earned) on three hits and three

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, and was tagged with the 11–3 defeat, his only career MLB

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. Retrosheetbr>box score (21 April 1963): "Los Angeles Dodgers 11, Houston Colt .45s 3"
/ref> He worked in three more games in relief between April 23 and May 4, before he was sent to the Double-A Texas League. Cardinal never returned to the majors. In his six appearances, he allowed 15 hits and seven bases on balls, and registered seven strikeouts, in 13

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. His minor league baseball career lasted into the 1965 season.

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1942 births Living people Durham Bulls players Houston Colt .45s players Jamestown Tigers players Jewish American baseball players Jewish Major League Baseball players Major League Baseball pitchers San Antonio Bullets players Sportspeople from Brooklyn Baseball players from New York City 21st-century American Jews {{US-baseball-pitcher-1940s-stub