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Ken Reitz

Kenneth John Reitz (Zamboni)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 24, 1951 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Jefferson HS (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
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants/Cubs/Pirates 1972-1982
Agents: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: June 3, 1982
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1972	STL	NL	21	3B	20	20	19	174.0	45	17	26	2	3	.956	-0	-2	2.22	2.15	.945	2.87	2.88
1973	STL	NL	22	3B	135	107	92	996.1	304	85	211	8	19	.974	6	7	2.67	2.19	.946	2.88	2.88
1973	STL	NL	22	SS	1	1	1	8.0	5	3	2	0	1	1.000	-0	-60	5.62	5.00	.960	4.95	4.90
1974	STL	NL	23	3B	151	148	135	1335.0	420	131	278	11	29	.974	-5	-4	2.76	2.71	.948	3.04	3.04
1974	STL	NL	23	SS	2	0	0	6.0	4	0	3	1	0	.750	0	80	4.50	1.50	.960	4.95	4.95
1974	STL	NL	23	2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.50
1975	STL	NL	24	3B	160	157	144	1376.2	426	124	279	23	21	.946	-16	-14	2.63	2.52	.945	2.98	2.97	GG
1976	SFG	NL	25	3B	155	151	140	1346.2	462	140	303	19	32	.959	0	0	2.96	2.86	.952	2.93	2.92
1976	SFG	NL	25	SS	1				2	1	1	0	1	1.000				2.00	.965		5.00
1977	STL	NL	26	3B	157	156	141	1359.1	450	121	320	9	35	.980	-0	-0	2.92	2.81	.956	2.98	2.98
1978	STL	NL	27	3B	150	144	139	1294.2	437	111	314	12	18	.973	9	9	2.95	2.83	.952	3.00	2.97
1979	STL	NL	28	3B	158	156	145	1400.1	426	124	290	12	26	.972	-7	-6	2.66	2.62	.951	2.89	2.88
1980	STL	NL	29	3B	150	143	124	1246.0	387	86	293	8	25	.979	-8	-8	2.74	2.53	.948	2.87	2.88	AS
1981	CHC	NL	30	3B	81	75	63	667.1	219	57	157	5	11	.977	3	6	2.89	2.64	.948	2.84	2.85
1982	PIT	NL	31	3B	4	2	1	20.0	6	0	6	0	0	1.000	0	18	2.70	1.50	.952	2.79	2.78
	11 Seasons			3B	1321	1259	1143	11216.1	3582	996	2477	109	219	.970	-18	-2	2.79	2.63	.950	2.94	2.93
	3 Seasons			SS	4	1	1	14.0	11	4	6	1	2	.909	0	0	5.14	2.50	.961	4.95	4.95
	1 Season			2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.50
	11 Seasons			TOT	1326	1260	1144	11231.1	3593	1000	2483	110	221	.969	-18	-2	2.79	2.63	.950	2.94	2.94

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1972	STL	NL	21	3B	-0	-2	-0	-1	1	0
1973	STL	NL	22	3B	6	7	6	1	6	0
1973	STL	NL	22	SS	-0	-60	-0	0	-0	0
1974	STL	NL	23	3B	-5	-4	-5	-7	2	0
1974	STL	NL	23	SS	0	80	0	0	0	0
1974	STL	NL	23	2B	0	0	0	0	0
1975	STL	NL	24	3B	-16	-14	-16	-10	-6	0
1976	SFG	NL	25	3B	0	0	-1	1	-1	1
1976	SFG	NL	25	SS
1977	STL	NL	26	3B	-0	-0	-1	0	-2	1
1978	STL	NL	27	3B	9	9	9	4	5	0
1979	STL	NL	28	3B	-7	-6	-8	-7	-1	1
1980	STL	NL	29	3B	-8	-8	-8	-4	-4	0
1981	CHC	NL	30	3B	3	6	3	2	1	0
1982	PIT	NL	31	3B	0	18	0	-0	0	0
	11 Seasons			3B	-18	-2	-21	-21	0	3
	3 Seasons			SS	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			2B	0	0	0	0	0
	11 Seasons			TOT	-18	-2	-21	-21	0	3

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH
1972	STL	NL	21	21	20	21	20	0	20	0	1
1973	STL	NL	22	147	108	147	136	0	135	1	12
1974	STL	NL	23	154	148	154	152	1	151	3	3
1975	STL	NL	24	161	157	161	160	0	160	0	1
1976	SFG	NL	25	155	151	155	155	0	155	0	2
1977	STL	NL	26	157	156	157	157	0	157	0	0
1978	STL	NL	27	150	144	150	150	0	150	0	5
1979	STL	NL	28	159	156	159	158	0	158	0	2
1980	STL	NL	29	151	143	151	150	0	150	0	1
1981	CHC	NL	30	82	75	82	81	0	81	0	1
1982	PIT	NL	31	7	2	7	4	0	4	0	3
	11 Seasons			1344	1260	1344	1323	1	1321	4	31

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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	721	48%	79%	27%	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	4196	54%	82%	28%	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	5687	59%	81%	26%	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	5962	58%	82%	27%	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	5767	58%	84%	31%	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	5753	65%	82%	29%	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	5447	60%	81%	29%	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	5907	58%	84%	28%	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	5272	64%	86%	29%	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	2896	56%	83%	33%	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	85	48%	80%	28%	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			47693	59%	83%	29%	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				61%	82%	28%		89%																								68%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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	34	68%	79%	21%	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	23	57%	87%	35%	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			57	63%	82%	26%	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				61%	82%	28%		91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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	3	67%	100%	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			3	67%	100%	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				61%	82%	28%		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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1980 (3B)	Gold Gloves 1975 NL (3B)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1974 NL 151 (5th) 1975 NL 160 (1st) 1976 NL 155 (3rd) 1977 NL 157 (2nd) 1978 NL 150 (5th) 1979 NL 158 (2nd) 1980 NL 150 (3rd) Career 1,321 (60th)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1974 NL 131 (4th) 1975 NL 124 (4th) 1976 NL 140 (2nd) 1977 NL 121 (3rd) 1979 NL 124 (2nd) Career 996 (88th)
Assists as 3B s c a p y 1975 NL 279 (5th) 1977 NL 320 (4th) 1978 NL 314 (4th) 1979 NL 290 (3rd) 1980 NL 293 (4th) Career 2,477 (65th)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1975 NL 23 (4th) 1976 NL 19 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y 1973 NL 6 (4th) 1978 NL 9 (2nd) 1981 NL 3 (4th)	Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y Career 2.81 (39th)
Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1976 NL 2.86 (5th) 1979 NL 2.62 (4th)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1973 NL .974 (1st) 1974 NL .974 (1st) 1977 NL .980 (1st) 1978 NL .973 (1st) 1979 NL .972 (2nd) 1980 NL .979 (1st) 1981 NL .977 (1st) Career .970 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 1972 NL born 1951-06-24 (9th)

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