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Merv Rettenmund
Mervin Weldon Rettenmund
Mervin Weldon Rettenmund
Bats: Right
, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 195 lb.
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 195 lb.
Born: June 6, 1943 in Flint, MI
High School: Southwestern (Flint, MI)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1964.
(All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1968
Final Game: June 22, 1980
About biographical information
Career Home Runs
For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for
pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have
complete play-by-play.
Merv Rettenmund: 66 Career Home Runs
3 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 25 go ahead
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Play By Play
Glossaries · Click headers to sort · · CSV · PRE · LINK · View Pitches · WE and WPA Explanation| 1968 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1968-08-27 (1) | BAL | OAK | Warren Bogle | tied 3-3 | b 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | PH | 38% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Blefary Scores | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1968-09-02 (2) | BAL | NYY | Steve Barber | ahead 1-0 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 9 | 19% | 90% | Home Run; Buford Scores | ||
| 1969 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1969-04-13 (2) | BAL | WSA | Frank Bertaina | ahead 8-0 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1969-04-21 | BAL | CLE | Steve Hargan | ahead 4-0 | b 7 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2% | 100% | Home Run (LF-CF); Belanger Scores; Buford Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1969-08-22 | BAL | @ | OAK | Lew Krausse | behind 1-2 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16% | 47% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1969-08-30 | BAL | CAL | Steve Kealey | tied 1-1 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 24% | 81% | Home Run (LF-CF); Phoebus Scores | ||
| 1970 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1970-05-03 | BAL | MIN | Jim Kaat | tied 2-2 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 27% | 87% | Home Run | ||
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1970-05-10 (1) | BAL | CHW | Gerry Arrigo | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1970-05-21 (1) | BAL | @ | DET | Les Cain | behind 0-1 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17% | 47% | Home Run | |
| 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1970-05-21 (2) | BAL | @ | DET | John Hiller | tied 1-1 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 9 | 42% | 92% | Home Run; Hendricks Scores | |
| 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1970-06-05 | BAL | @ | MIL | Bobby Bolin | tied 1-1 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1970-06-07 | BAL | @ | MIL | John Gelnar | ahead 3-2 | t 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15% | 94% | Home Run; Powell Scores | |
| 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1970-06-11 | BAL | CAL | Rudy May | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1970-06-13 | BAL | OAK | Paul Lindblad | behind 6-10 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | ||
| 15 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1970-06-15 | BAL | MIL | Bobby Bolin | behind 0-2 | b 1 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 28% | 73% | Home Run; Buford Scores; Salmon Scores; Robinson Scores | ||
| 16 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1970-06-25 | BAL | @ | BOS | Sparky Lyle | behind 5-7 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5% | 9% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 17 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1970-07-12 (2) | BAL | @ | DET | Daryl Patterson | ahead 12-3 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 18 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1970-07-19 (1) | BAL | @ | CHW | Barry Moore | ahead 5-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3% | 96% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 19 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1970-08-08 | BAL | @ | NYY | Mike Kekich | ahead 2-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9% | 80% | Home Run | |
| 20 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 1970-08-15 | BAL | @ | OAK | Dooley Womack | ahead 4-1 | t 9 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2% | 100% | Home Run (LF-CF); Johnson Scores; Powell Scores | |
| 21 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 1970-08-18 | BAL | @ | MIL | Marty Pattin | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13% | 63% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 1970-08-28 (2) | BAL | MIL | Dave Baldwin | ahead 7-4 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3% | 97% | Home Run | ||
| 23 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 1970-08-29 | BAL | MIL | John Gelnar | ahead 5-0 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 24 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 1970-09-27 | BAL | @ | CLE | Sam McDowell | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 21% | 63% | Home Run (CF-RF); Buford Scores | |
| 1971 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 25 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1971-04-25 | BAL | @ | CAL | Jim Maloney | ahead 2-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9% | 85% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1971-06-05 | BAL | @ | MIL | Jim Hannan | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 30% | 68% | Home Run; Robinson Scores | |
| 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1971-06-22 (2) | BAL | @ | WSA | Jim Shellenback | tied 0-0 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17% | 63% | Home Run | |
| 28 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1971-07-03 | BAL | @ | DET | Les Cain | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 29 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1971-07-06 (1) | BAL | WSA | Jim Shellenback | ahead 3-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6% | 87% | Home Run; Rettenmund Scores/unER | ||
| 30 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1971-07-08 | BAL | WSA | Jackie Brown | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 9 | 26% | 74% | Home Run (CF-RF); Buford Scores; Blair Scores | ||
| 31 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1971-07-10 (1) | BAL | CLE | Sam McDowell | behind 0-3 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9% | 25% | Home Run | ||
| 32 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1971-07-22 | BAL | @ | KCR | Mike Hedlund | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9% | 87% | Home Run | |
| 33 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 1971-08-10 | BAL | @ | MIN | Ray Corbin | tied 3-3 | t 10 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 35% | 85% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 34 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 1971-08-12 | BAL | @ | MIN | Jim Kaat | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15% | 78% | Home Run (CF-RF); Blair Scores | |
| 35 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 1971-09-01 | BAL | @ | BOS | Ray Culp | ahead 4-0 | t 2 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10% | 95% | Home Run; Cuellar Scores; Powell Scores | |
| 1972 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 36 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1972-05-15 | BAL | @ | DET | Les Cain | behind 1-2 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13% | 48% | Home Run | |
| 37 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1972-05-21 | BAL | @ | MIL | Ken Brett | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 9 | 28% | 83% | Home Run; Dobson Scores; Buford Scores/unER | |
| 38 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1972-06-21 | BAL | @ | CAL | Rudy May | behind 0-2 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12% | 32% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 39 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1972-06-28 | BAL | @ | NYY | Fritz Peterson | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11% | 94% | Home Run; Robinson Scores | |
| 40 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1972-08-06 | BAL | @ | BOS | John Curtis | tied 2-2 | t 5 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 19% | 77% | Home Run; Belanger Scores | |
| 41 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 1972-08-12 (1) | BAL | BOS | Marty Pattin | behind 1-2 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 28% | 52% | Home Run | ||
| 1973 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 42 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1973-04-07 | BAL | MIL | Frank Linzy | behind 2-6 | b 7 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 9 | 20% | 30% | Home Run; Crowley Scores; Belanger Scores | ||
| 43 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1973-07-06 (2) | BAL | OAK | Vida Blue | behind 2-3 | b 7 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 32% | 78% | Home Run; Robinson Scores | ||
| 44 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1973-07-07 | BAL | OAK | Ken Holtzman | behind 2-3 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 9 | 28% | 69% | Home Run; Belanger Scores | ||
| 45 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 1973-07-18 | BAL | @ | OAK | Ken Holtzman | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 46 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 1973-07-18 | BAL | @ | OAK | Ken Holtzman | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17% | 78% | Home Run; Belanger Scores | |
| 47 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 1973-08-06 | BAL | BOS | Roger Moret | behind 0-4 | b 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13% | 27% | Home Run; Belanger Scores | ||
| 48 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 1973-08-07 (2) | BAL | @ | MIN | Dave Goltz | ahead 5-1 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8% | 94% | Home Run; Belanger Scores | |
| 49 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 1973-08-13 | BAL | @ | TEX | Jim Merritt | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 50 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 1973-08-18 | BAL | CHW | Terry Forster | tied 0-0 | b 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 9 | 34% | 88% | Home Run; Belanger Scores | ||
| 1974 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 51 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1974-04-08 | CIN | @ | SFG | John D'Acquisto | behind 0-4 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4% | 10% | Home Run | |
| 52 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 1974-04-12 | CIN | @ | ATL | Jack Aker | ahead 5-2 | t 7 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6% | 99% | Home Run; Driessen Scores; Perez Scores; Bench Scores | |
| 53 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 1974-05-12 (1) | CIN | HOU | Claude Osteen | ahead 2-0 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5% | 95% | Home Run | ||
| 54 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 1974-05-12 (2) | CIN | HOU | Don Wilson | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15% | 66% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to LF | |
| 55 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 1974-05-18 | CIN | @ | HOU | Don Wilson | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 9 | 23% | 83% | Home Run; Bench Scores; Driessen Scores | |
| 56 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 1974-05-28 | CIN | NYM | George Stone | ahead 3-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5% | 92% | Home Run | ||
| 1975 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 57 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1975-06-29 (1) | CIN | SDP | Danny Frisella | ahead 3-1 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 58 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 1975-08-08 | CIN | MON | Dan Warthen | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 1976 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 59 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1976-05-18 | SDP | @ | SFG | Gary Lavelle | behind 4-6 | t 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | PH | 37% | 40% | Home Run; Kendall Scores/unER; Rettenmund Scores/unER | |
| 60 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 1976-09-06 | SDP | LAD | Don Sutton | behind 0-4 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 2% | 3% | Home Run | ||
| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 61 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1977-04-14 | SDP | SFG | Jim Barr | behind 2-8 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 1% | 2% | Home Run | ||
| 62 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 1977-05-20 | SDP | @ | MON | Will McEnaney | ahead 8-4 | t 8 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3% | 99% | Home Run; Almon Scores | |
| 63 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 1977-05-21 | SDP | @ | MON | Jeff Terpko | tied 8-8 | t 21 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 7 | 38% | 97% | Home Run; Tenace Scores; Valentine Scores | |
| 64 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 1977-06-11 | SDP | @ | PIT | John Candelaria | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 65 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 1978-05-06 | CAL | CLE | Dennis Kinney | ahead 3-1 | b 7 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 6 | PH | 9% | 99% | Home Run; Chalk Scores; Bostock Scores; Baylor Scores | ||
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 66 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1979-06-04 | CAL | TOR | Phil Huffman | behind 1-2 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16% | 54% | Home Run |
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