Merv Rettenmund

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: June 6, 1943 in Flint, MI us

High School: Southwestern HS (Flint, MI)

School: Ball State University (Muncie, IN)

Debut: April 14, 1968 (Age 24-313d, 12,676th in major league history)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 22, 1980 (Age 37-016d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Mervin Weldon Rettenmund

Pronunciation: \ret-en-MUND\

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.0

2555

693

.271

393

RBI

329

OBP

.381

SLG

.406

OPS

.786

OPS+

123

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	GF	16	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR RF
2	5 (3)	Apr 13 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,2-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	6	Apr 13 (2)	BAL		WSA	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	8 (1)	Apr 15	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	9	Apr 16	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-8	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	10	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-5	GF	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	11	Apr 18	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	13 (1)	Apr 20 (1)	BAL	@	WSA	W,2-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	14	Apr 20 (2)	BAL	@	WSA	L,2-5	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
10	15	Apr 21	BAL		CLE	W,11-0	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
11	16	Apr 22	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	18 (1)	Apr 24	BAL		DET	W,5-2	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	20 (1)	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	L,5-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	21	Apr 27 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,6-0	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
15	22	Apr 27 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	23	Apr 30	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	26 (2)	May 3	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	28 (1)	May 4 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	30 (1)	May 7	BAL		CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
20	31	May 9	BAL		KCR	L,2-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	32	May 10	BAL		KCR	W,6-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	33	May 11	BAL		KCR	W,5-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
23	35 (1)	May 14	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
24	36	May 15	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	37	May 16	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	43	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
26	38	May 17	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	39	May 18	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	40	May 20	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	46	13.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	44 (3)	May 24	BAL		OAK	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	48 (3)	May 30	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	51 (2)	Jun 3	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
32	52	Jun 4	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-1	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	53	Jun 6	BAL		SEP	W,5-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	57 (3)	Jun 11	BAL		CAL	L,5-7	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
35	60 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
36	65 (4)	Jun 20 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	66	Jun 20 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	68 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	69	Jun 22 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	74 (4)	Jun 28	BAL		DET	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	75	Jun 29 (1)	BAL		DET	L,2-3	GS	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
42	76	Jun 29 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	79 (2)	Jul 4	BAL	@	DET	L,1-4	GS	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
44	82 (2)	Jul 8 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,10-3	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
45	87 (4)	Jul 11 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-12	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	88	Jul 12	BAL		BOS	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
47	89	Jul 13	BAL		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
48	92 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
49	93	Jul 17	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
50	96 (2)	Jul 20	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	97	Jul 24	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
52	98	Jul 25	BAL		CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
53	100 (1)	Jul 27	BAL		CHW	W,17-0	GF	12	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	104 (3)	Aug 1	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	106 (1)	Aug 3	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
56	115 (8)	Aug 12	BAL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	116	Aug 13	BAL		OAK	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	120 (3)	Aug 18	BAL	@	SEP	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
59	121	Aug 19	BAL	@	CAL	W,10-0	GF	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
60	122	Aug 20	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
61	123	Aug 21	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	124	Aug 22	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
63	125	Aug 23	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
64	127 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	BAL	@	OAK	L,8-9	GF	54	13.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
65	129 (1)	Aug 27	BAL		SEP	W,7-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
66	132 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	BAL		CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	133	Aug 30	BAL		CAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	134	Aug 31	BAL		CAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	135	Sep 1	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
70	136	Sep 2	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
71	141 (4)	Sep 9 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,6-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
72	147 (5)	Sep 14	BAL		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	148	Sep 15	BAL	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	149	Sep 16	BAL	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
75	150	Sep 18 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
76	151	Sep 18 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	155 (3)	Sep 24	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	158 (2)	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							84gm		467.0	112	3	1	116	0