Ken Reitz
Kenneth John Reitz (Zamboni)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 24, 1951 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Jefferson (Daly City, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 31st round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed July 14, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1972
Final Game: June 3, 1982
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1972 21 STL NL 21 81 78 5 28 4 0 0 10 0 1 2 4 .359 .370 .410 .781 123 32 4 0 0 1 0 5
1973 22 STL NL 147 446 426 40 100 20 2 6 42 0 1 9 25 .235 .256 .333 .589 62 142 18 4 4 3 2 *5/6
1974 23 STL NL 154 612 579 48 157 28 2 7 54 0 0 23 63 .271 .299 .363 .662 85 210 25 2 3 5 7 *5/64
1975 24 STL NL 161 627 592 43 159 25 1 5 63 1 1 22 54 .269 .298 .340 .637 74 201 18 5 2 6 9 *5 GG
1976 25 SFG NL 155 614 577 40 154 21 1 5 66 5 4 24 48 .267 .293 .333 .626 76 192 24 1 3 9 5 *5/6
1977 26 STL NL 157 620 587 58 153 36 1 17 79 2 6 19 74 .261 .291 .412 .703 88 242 17 7 5 2 4 *5
1978 27 STL NL 150 578 540 41 133 26 2 10 75 1 0 23 61 .246 .280 .357 .637 78 193 13 5 3 7 5 *5
1979 28 STL NL 159 643 605 42 162 41 2 8 73 1 0 25 85 .268 .299 .382 .681 84 231 13 4 4 5 7 *5
1980 29 STL NL 151 561 523 39 141 33 0 8 58 0 1 22 44 .270 .300 .379 .679 86 198 16 3 8 5 5 *5 AS
1981 30 CHC NL 82 286 260 10 56 9 1 2 28 0 0 15 56 .215 .261 .281 .541 52 73 9 3 2 6 3 *5
1982 31 PIT NL 7 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 -73 0 0 1 0 0 0 /5
11 Seasons 1344 5079 4777 366 1243 243 12 68 548 10 14 184 518 .260 .290 .359 .649 79 1714 157 35 34 49 47
162 Game Avg. 162 612 576 44 150 29 1 8 66 1 2 22 62 .260 .290 .359 .649 79 207 19 4 4 6 6
STL (8 yrs) 1100 4168 3930 316 1033 213 10 61 454 5 10 145 410 .263 .292 .369 .661 81 1449 124 30 29 34 39
PIT (1 yr) 7 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 -73 0 0 1 0 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 155 614 577 40 154 21 1 5 66 5 4 24 48 .267 .293 .333 .626 76 192 24 1 3 9 5
CHC (1 yr) 82 286 260 10 56 9 1 2 28 0 0 15 56 .215 .261 .281 .541 52 73 9 3 2 6 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1972 21 STL NL 81 56 10 4.8 91 .373 .359 .255 .370 .323 .410 .377 .781 .701 123 .579 2.3 0.2 .600 .064 .051
1973 22 STL NL 446 352 31 2.4 97 .236 .235 .263 .256 .332 .333 .390 .589 .722 62 .254 -23.2 -2.4 .446 .117 .099 .0
1974 23 STL NL 612 455 56 3.3 95 .292 .271 .262 .299 .334 .363 .379 .662 .714 85 .388 -13.6 -1.4 .526 .131 .092 .0
1975 24 STL NL 627 460 56 3.3 99 .286 .269 .270 .298 .342 .340 .390 .637 .732 74 .377 -22.6 -2.3 .504 .108 .071 1.7
1976 25 SFG NL 614 463 51 3.0 94 .280 .267 .266 .293 .333 .333 .379 .626 .712 76 .358 -19.8 -2.1 .483 .109 .066 5.0
1977 26 STL NL 620 464 64 3.7 102 .273 .261 .268 .291 .336 .412 .408 .703 .744 88 .402 -12.3 -1.2 .578 .177 .152 3.6
1978 27 STL NL 578 430 52 3.2 94 .258 .246 .261 .280 .329 .357 .384 .637 .712 78 .386 -17.0 -1.8 .529 .156 .111 1.8
1979 28 STL NL 643 465 67 3.9 101 .298 .268 .271 .299 .337 .382 .403 .681 .740 84 .442 -14.8 -1.5 .572 .157 .114 1.8
1980 29 STL NL 561 412 56 3.7 98 .279 .270 .271 .300 .334 .379 .394 .679 .728 86 .434 -10.8 -1.1 .556 .149 .109 .0
1981 30 CHC NL 286 221 18 2.2 95 .260 .215 .267 .261 .333 .281 .383 .541 .716 52 .242 -17.0 -1.8 .427 .123 .065 .0
1982 31 PIT NL 11 10 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .270 .091 .334 .000 .393 .091 .727 -73 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
11 Seasons 5079 3788 461 3.3 97 .277 .260 .267 .290 .334 .359 .390 .649 .725 79 .380 -151.1 -15.6 .521 .136 .099 17.4
162 Game Avg. 612 457 56 3.3 97 .277 .260 .267 .290 .334 .359 .390 .649 .725 79 .380 -151.1 -15.6 .521 .136 .099 2
STL (8 yrs) 4168 3094 392 3.4 98 .278 .263 .267 .292 .335 .369 .393 .661 .727 81 .393 -112.0 -11.5 .534 .141 .106 9.2
PIT (1 yr) 11 10 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .270 .091 .334 .000 .393 .091 .727 -73 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
SFG (1 yr) 614 463 51 3.0 94 .280 .267 .266 .293 .333 .333 .379 .626 .712 76 .357 -19.8 -2.1 .483 .109 .066 5.0
CHC (1 yr) 286 221 18 2.2 95 .260 .215 .267 .261 .333 .281 .383 .541 .716 52 .242 -17.0 -1.8 .427 .123 .065 .0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 STL NL 29 as 3B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1972 21 STL NL 81 0.0% 4.9% 2.5% 4.9% 14% 2.00 19.5 7.8 1.04 93%
1973 22 STL NL 446 1.4% 5.6% 2.0% 6.3% 28% 2.78 17.0 71.0 10.1 1.03 89%
1974 23 STL NL 612 1.1% 10.3% 3.8% 6.1% 24% 2.74 9.2 82.7 10.7 1.08 84%
1975 24 STL NL 627 0.8% 8.6% 3.5% 4.9% 20% 2.45 11.0 118.4 9.4 1.05 86%
1976 25 SFG NL 614 0.8% 7.8% 3.9% 4.4% 18% 2.00 12.0 115.4 8.7 1.15 87%
1977 26 STL NL 620 2.7% 11.9% 3.1% 8.7% 35% 3.89 7.9 34.5 7.4 1.09 80%
1978 27 STL NL 578 1.7% 10.6% 4.0% 6.6% 29% 2.65 8.9 54.0 7.2 0.86 82%
1979 28 STL NL 643 1.2% 13.2% 3.9% 7.9% 32% 3.40 7.1 75.6 8.3 0.82 80%
1980 29 STL NL 561 1.4% 7.8% 3.9% 7.3% 29% 2.00 11.9 65.4 9.0 1.01 85%
1981 30 CHC NL 286 0.7% 19.6% 5.2% 4.2% 21% 3.73 4.6 130.0 9.3 0.94 73%
1982 31 PIT NL 11 0.0% 36.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 2.00 55%
11 Seasons 5079 1.3% 10.2% 3.6% 6.4% 26% 2.82 9.2 70.3 8.7 1.00 83%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1972 21 STL NL 1 0 17% 40 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 44% 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 3
1973 22 STL NL 10 0 32% 133 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 12 50% 18 8 9 9 5 3 9 2 6
1974 23 STL NL 6 0 23% 219 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 12 26% 31 26 5 9 6 1 17 8 9
1975 24 STL NL 7 0 21% 191 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 28% 29 23 6 8 5 2 17 7 7
1976 25 SFG NL 9 0 20% 221 5 4 56% 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 14 25% 28 23 5 9 5 2 23 15 8
1977 26 STL NL 7 0 25% 208 2 6 25% 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 7 33% 31 24 7 4 1 3 20 11 8
1978 27 STL NL 7 0 21% 188 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 29% 37 28 7 2 1 1 19 9 9
1979 28 STL NL 7 0 19% 210 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 11 20% 27 20 5 9 6 2 10 7 2
1980 29 STL NL 4 0 20% 171 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 31% 22 17 4 4 4 0 16 7 9
1981 30 CHC NL 2 0 11% 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 27% 11 7 3 1 1 0 3 2 1
1982 31 PIT NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 60 0 21% 1657 10 14 42% 8 10 2 1 0 3 8 2 64 85 30% 238 179 52 56 34 14 138 68 62
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1972 21 STL NL 81 31% 28 1 0 0 0 0.32 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 25% 7 1 14% 57 10 18% 8 4 50% 4 2 50% 0
1973 22 STL NL 446 46% 100 12 2 0 0 1.67 6 0 18 1 5 1 5 0 4 4 100% 87 18 21% 42 14 33% 304 38 13% 22 10 45% 23 11 48% 0
1974 23 STL NL 612 33% 157 3 1 0 0 1.10 7 0 17 5 2 2 5 0 3 3 100% 131 25 19% 64 21 33% 414 58 14% 43 16 37% 48 14 29% 0
1975 24 STL NL 627 44% 159 1 0 0 0 0.50 5 0 19 5 0 3 2 0 2 2 100% 118 18 15% 56 17 30% 442 60 14% 47 23 49% 50 15 30% 0
1976 25 SFG NL 614 39% 154 2 0 0 0 1.07 5 0 21 2 3 4 1 0 4 3 75% 120 24 20% 62 25 40% 420 64 15% 40 21 53% 35 15 43% 0
1977 26 STL NL 620 36% 153 0 0 0 0 17 2 16 12 5 11 6 0 5 5 100% 120 17 14% 64 17 27% 438 64 15% 31 12 39% 41 16 39% 0
1978 27 STL NL 578 41% 133 4 4 0 3 1.32 10 0 11 3 7 3 7 0 3 3 100% 114 13 11% 60 16 27% 378 65 17% 44 22 50% 33 14 42% 0
1979 28 STL NL 643 39% 162 2 0 0 0 2.06 8 0 15 3 5 4 4 0 4 4 100% 126 13 10% 50 21 42% 407 65 16% 38 22 58% 50 22 44% 0
1980 29 STL NL 561 33% 141 1 0 0 0 0.65 8 0 11 6 2 3 5 0 9 8 89% 100 16 16% 53 21 40% 354 53 15% 22 14 64% 37 13 35% 0
1981 30 CHC NL 286 25% 56 1 0 0 0 0.08 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 100% 62 9 15% 36 16 44% 177 28 16% 19 10 53% 12 6 50% 0
1982 31 PIT NL 11 27% 0 3 0 0 0 1.40 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 5079 38% 1243 30 7 0 3 1.35 68 2 138 38 30 32 36 0 36 34 94% 994 157 16% 494 169 34% 3398 505 15% 314 154 49% 333 128 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 21 21 81 78 5 28 4 0 0 10 0 1 2 4 .359 .370 .410 .781 123 32 4 0 0 1 0
1973 22 168 527 504 45 128 24 2 6 52 0 2 11 29 .254 .273 .345 .619 72 174 22 4 4 4 2
1974 23 322 1139 1083 93 285 52 4 13 106 0 2 34 92 .263 .287 .355 .642 79 384 47 6 7 9 9
1975 24 483 1766 1675 136 444 77 5 18 169 1 3 56 146 .265 .291 .349 .640 77 585 65 11 9 15 18
1976 25 638 2380 2252 176 598 98 6 23 235 6 7 80 194 .266 .291 .345 .636 77 777 89 12 12 24 23
1977 26 795 3000 2839 234 751 134 7 40 314 8 13 99 268 .265 .291 .359 .650 79 1019 106 19 17 26 27
1978 27 945 3578 3379 275 884 160 9 50 389 9 13 122 329 .262 .289 .359 .648 79 1212 119 24 20 33 32
1979 28 1104 4221 3984 317 1046 201 11 58 462 10 13 147 414 .263 .291 .362 .653 80 1443 132 28 24 38 39
1980 29 1255 4782 4507 356 1187 234 11 66 520 10 14 169 458 .263 .292 .364 .656 80 1641 148 31 32 43 44
1981 30 1337 5068 4767 366 1243 243 12 68 548 10 14 184 514 .261 .290 .360 .650 79 1714 157 34 34 49 47
1982 31 1344 5079 4777 366 1243 243 12 68 548 10 14 184 518 .260 .290 .359 .649 79 1714 157 35 34 49 47

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1972 21 22 84 81 6 29 4 0 0 12 0 2 4 .358 .369 .407 .776 13 21
1973 22 147 438 422 42 96 19 2 6 44 0 9 25 .227 .249 .325 .574 33 147
1974 23 154 604 575 51 153 27 2 7 58 0 22 63 .266 .293 .357 .650 60 154
1975 24 161 623 590 45 157 25 1 5 65 1 22 54 .266 .295 .337 .633 58 161
1976 25 155 608 574 43 151 21 1 5 72 5 24 48 .263 .289 .329 .619 55 155
1977 26 157 608 581 58 147 35 1 16 80 2 18 74 .253 .283 .399 .682 64 157
1978 27 150 584 548 46 141 28 2 11 84 1 24 61 .257 .291 .376 .667 59 150
1979 28 159 640 606 43 163 41 2 8 75 1 25 85 .269 .300 .383 .683 69 159
1980 29 151 553 523 41 141 33 0 8 61 0 22 44 .270 .300 .379 .679 59 151
1981 30 124 435 397 16 88 14 2 3 46 0 24 85 .222 .269 .290 .559 30 82
1982 31 7 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 7
11 Seasons 1387 5188 4907 391 1266 247 13 69 597 10 192 547 .258 .288 .356 .644 500 1344
162 Game Avg. 162 606 573 46 148 29 2 8 70 1 22 64 .258 .288 .356 .644 58 1344

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1980 (3B)

Gold Gloves
1975-NL-3B

Games Played s c a p y
1975 NL--161--4th
1977 NL--157--7th
1979 NL--159--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1977 NL--36--7th
1979 NL--41--4th
1980 NL--33--8th

Singles s c a p y
1976 NL--127--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1977 NL--7--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1976 NL--9--3rd
1981 NL--6--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1973 NL--18--10th
1974 NL--25--1st
1975 NL--18--7th
1976 NL--24--2nd
1977 NL--17--8th
1980 NL--16--8th
Career--157--225th

AB per SO s c a p y
1980 NL--11.9--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1976 NL--463--9th

Youngest s c a p y
1972 NL--born 1951-06-24--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Roy Howell (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Roy Howell (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Aurelio Rodriguez (895)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Terry Pendleton (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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