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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 STL NL 21 3B 20 20 174.0 45 17 26 2 3 .956 -0.3 -2.1 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 0 2.22 2.15 .944 2.87 2.55
1973 STL NL 22 3B 135 107 996.1 304 85 211 8 19 .974 6.1 7.3 6.1 5.5 0.6 0 2.67 2.19 .944 2.88 2.49
1973 STL NL 22 SS 1 1 8.0 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 5.62 5.00 .960 4.95 4.30
1974 STL NL 23 3B 151 148 1335.0 420 131 278 11 29 .974 -5.0 -4.5 -5.0 2.1 -7.0 0 2.76 2.71 .947 3.04 2.64
1974 STL NL 23 SS 2 0 6.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.4 80.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 4.50 1.50 .975 4.95 4.25
1974 STL NL 23 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.60
1975 STL NL 24 3B 160 157 1376.2 426 124 279 23 21 .946 -16.4 -14.3 -16.4 -6.4 -10.1 0 2.63 2.52 .945 2.98 2.58 GG
1976 SFG NL 25 3B 155 151 1346.2 462 140 303 19 32 .959 0.2 0.2 -0.8 -1.4 0.7 1 2.96 2.86 .952 2.93 2.61
1976 SFG NL 25 SS 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 .950 4.50
1977 STL NL 26 3B 157 156 1359.1 450 121 320 9 35 .980 -0.1 -0.1 -1.1 -1.6 0.5 1 2.92 2.81 .955 2.98 2.54
1978 STL NL 27 3B 150 144 1294.2 437 111 314 12 18 .973 9.3 8.6 9.3 4.8 4.5 0 2.95 2.83 .951 3.00 2.53
1979 STL NL 28 3B 158 156 1400.1 426 124 290 12 26 .972 -6.9 -5.9 -7.9 -1.3 -6.6 1 2.66 2.62 .950 2.89 2.50
1980 STL NL 29 3B 150 143 1246.0 387 86 293 8 25 .979 -8.2 -7.9 -8.2 -3.8 -4.4 0 2.74 2.53 .946 2.87 2.39 AS
1981 CHC NL 30 3B 81 75 667.1 219 57 157 5 11 .977 3.3 5.9 3.3 1.0 2.4 0 2.89 2.64 .947 2.84 2.47
1982 PIT NL 31 3B 4 2 20.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.3 18.0 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 2.70 1.50 .950 2.79 2.42
11 Seasons 3B 1321 1259 11216.1 3582 996 2477 109 219 .970 -17.7 -1.9 -20.7 0.0 -20.5 3 2.79 2.63 .949 2.94 2.53
3 Seasons SS 4 1 14.0 11 4 6 1 2 .909 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.43 2.50 .964 4.95 4.32
1 Season 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.60
11 Seasons TOT 1326 1260 11231.1 3593 1000 2483 110 221 .969 -17.7 -1.9 -20.7 0.0 -20.5 3 2.79 2.63 .918 2.94 2.54

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1972 STL NL 21 21 20 21 21 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 STL NL 22 147 108 147 147 0 0 0 0 135 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1974 STL NL 23 154 148 154 152 0 0 0 1 151 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1975 STL NL 24 161 157 161 160 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1976 SFG NL 25 155 151 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 STL NL 26 157 156 157 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 STL NL 27 150 144 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1979 STL NL 28 159 156 159 158 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1980 STL NL 29 151 143 151 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 CHC NL 30 82 75 82 81 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 PIT NL 31 7 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Seasons 1344 1260 1344 1335 0 0 0 1 1321 4 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 STL NL 21 754 46% 75% 26% 43 93% 0 18 13 1 4 27 23 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 67%
1973 STL NL 22 4353 52% 79% 27% 293 92% 4 84 65 8 11 209 172 22 7 4 8 0 8 0 7 19 11 2 15 4 2 2 10 60%
1974 STL NL 23 5902 56% 78% 25% 398 92% 1 128 103 10 16 275 211 48 2 10 11 0 11 0 10 29 17 4 23 5 5 0 15 80%
1975 STL NL 24 6206 56% 79% 26% 421 89% 4 124 104 7 13 277 227 32 5 6 23 0 23 0 21 20 9 1 16 4 4 0 21 67%
1976 SFG NL 25 6008 56% 81% 30% 468 89% 1 145 112 19 14 302 251 42 2 5 19 0 15 4 15 34 25 2 31 3 1 2 16 50%
1977 STL NL 26 5986 63% 79% 28% 434 91% 2 122 83 18 21 321 268 40 2 9 9 0 9 0 8 35 22 5 30 3 2 1 17 76%
1978 STL NL 27 5744 56% 77% 28% 434 91% 3 109 85 10 14 314 272 34 1 10 12 0 12 0 9 18 11 2 16 1 1 0 16 69%
1979 STL NL 28 6166 56% 80% 27% 418 91% 4 122 93 7 22 296 229 48 4 11 11 0 10 1 9 28 20 0 23 3 1 2 15 67%
1980 STL NL 29 5546 61% 82% 28% 381 89% 0 87 62 10 16 291 238 36 2 10 8 0 8 0 8 25 12 2 19 4 1 3 8 75%
1981 CHC NL 30 3064 53% 78% 32% 231 87% 1 57 42 5 10 160 137 20 0 3 5 0 2 3 4 12 9 1 10 1 1 0 13 62%
1982 PIT NL 31 90 46% 76% 27% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 49819 57% 79% 28% 3526 90% 20 996 762 95 141 2478 2033 326 25 70 108 0 100 8 91 223 138 19 185 29 18 11 134 67%
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1973 STL NL 22 35 66% 77% 20% 3 100% 0 4 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1974 STL NL 23 24 54% 83% 33% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 59 61% 80% 25% 6 100% 0 4 2 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1974 STL NL 23 5 40% 60% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 5 40% 60% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 94%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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