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Merv Rettenmund
Mervin Weldon Rettenmund
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 6, 1943 in Flint, MI
High School: Southwestern (Flint, MI)
School: Ball State University
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1968
Final Game: June 22, 1980
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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
1968 25 BAL AL 31 85 64 10 19 5 0 2 7 1 1 18 20 .297 .452 .469 .921 179 30 0 1 1 1 0 89/7
1969 26 BAL AL 95 226 190 27 47 10 3 4 25 6 1 28 28 .247 .338 .395 .733 104 75 6 0 4 4 1 798
1970 27 BAL AL 106 385 338 60 109 17 2 18 58 13 7 38 59 .322 .394 .544 .938 156 184 8 3 4 2 1 897
1971 28 BAL AL 141 589 491 81 156 23 4 11 75 15 6 87 60 .318 .422 .448 .870 149 220 13 4 4 3 2 *978 MVP-19
1972 29 BAL AL 102 346 301 40 70 10 2 6 21 6 4 41 37 .233 .325 .339 .663 96 102 10 0 4 0 0 98/7
1973 30 BAL AL 95 390 321 59 84 17 2 9 44 11 2 57 38 .262 .378 .411 .789 124 132 4 4 6 2 4 97/8
1974 31 CIN NL 80 252 208 30 45 6 0 6 28 5 1 37 39 .216 .337 .332 .669 89 69 7 2 3 2 1 9/8
1975 32 CIN NL 93 226 188 24 45 6 1 2 19 5 0 35 22 .239 .356 .314 .669 86 59 6 0 1 2 3 97/85
1976 33 SDP NL 86 172 140 16 32 7 0 2 11 4 1 29 23 .229 .361 .321 .682 103 45 3 0 3 0 0 79/8
1977 34 SDP NL 107 166 126 23 36 6 1 4 17 1 2 33 28 .286 .432 .444 .877 147 56 2 1 4 2 2 7/958
1978 35 CAL AL 50 142 108 16 29 5 1 1 14 0 3 30 13 .269 .433 .361 .794 130 39 3 2 1 1 0 D9/7
1979 36 CAL AL 35 90 76 7 20 2 0 1 10 1 0 11 14 .263 .360 .329 .688 91 25 3 1 1 1 1 D/798
1980 37 CAL AL 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 86 1 0 0 0 0 0 /D
13 Seasons 1023 3074 2555 393 693 114 16 66 329 68 28 445 382 .271 .381 .406 .786 123 1037 65 18 36 20 15
162 Game Avg. 162 487 405 62 110 18 3 10 52 11 4 70 60 .271 .381 .406 .786 123 164 10 3 6 3 2
BAL (6 yrs) 570 2021 1705 277 485 82 13 50 230 52 21 269 242 .284 .383 .436 .819 133 743 41 12 23 12 8
CAL (3 yrs) 87 237 188 23 50 7 1 2 24 1 3 42 28 .266 .404 .346 .750 114 65 6 3 2 2 1
SDP (2 yrs) 193 338 266 39 68 13 1 6 28 5 3 62 51 .256 .396 .380 .775 125 101 5 1 7 2 2
CIN (2 yrs) 173 478 396 54 90 12 1 8 47 10 1 72 61 .227 .346 .323 .669 88 128 13 2 4 4 4
AL (9 yrs) 657 2258 1893 300 535 89 14 52 254 53 24 311 270 .283 .386 .427 .812 131 808 47 15 25 14 9
NL (4 yrs) 366 816 662 93 158 25 2 14 75 15 4 134 112 .239 .366 .346 .712 102 229 18 3 11 6 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 26 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 BAL AL WS NYM L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 27 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933 1 0 0 0 0 0
1970 27 BAL AL WS CIN W 2 6 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 1.000 1.500 5 0 0 0 0 0
1971 28 BAL AL ALCS OAK W 3 8 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .375 .625 3 0 0 0 0 0
1971 28 BAL AL WS PIT L 7 27 27 3 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 .185 .185 .296 .481 8 0 0 0 0 0
1973 30 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 3 14 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 .091 .286 .091 .377 1 0 0 0 0 0
1975 32 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 32 CIN NL WS BOS W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1979 36 CAL AL ALCS BAL L 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (10 Series) 25 69 60 8 11 1 0 2 8 0 2 9 12 .183 .290 .300 .590 18 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 ALCS 10 31 24 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 7 7 .167 .355 .208 .563 5 0 0 0 0 0
4 WS 13 36 35 5 7 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 5 .200 .222 .371 .594 13 1 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 BAL AL 25 OF 23 16 166.0 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -1.4 0.8 2.3 -1.6 -1 1.63 1.30 .980 2.08 1.80
1968 BAL AL 25 CF 13 7 65.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -12.9 0.3 0.5 -0.2 -1 1.80 1.00 .985 2.53 2.25
1968 BAL AL 25 RF 13 9 94.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 6.4 0.5 1.6 -1.1 0 1.72 1.38 .978 1.88 1.57
1968 BAL AL 25 LF 4 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.3 0 1.29 0.25 1.000 1.80 1.45
1969 BAL AL 26 OF 78 42 467.0 111 107 3 1 0 .991 0.1 0.3 2.1 2.3 0.0 -2 2.12 1.41 .977 2.13 1.84
1969 BAL AL 26 LF 44 19 218.1 52 51 0 1 0 .981 1.4 7.7 2.4 2.4 0.1 -1 2.10 1.16 .979 1.99 1.60
1969 BAL AL 26 RF 22 10 114.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -16.8 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 -1 1.89 1.09 .975 1.91 1.60
1969 BAL AL 26 CF 18 13 134.2 40 38 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 2.7 0.3 -0.5 0.9 0 2.67 2.22 .982 2.50 2.18
1970 BAL AL 27 OF 93 78 741.2 212 201 6 5 1 .976 9.8 15.9 7.8 7.2 0.5 2 2.51 2.23 .980 2.14 1.85
1970 BAL AL 27 CF 44 43 367.0 121 116 2 3 0 .975 3.9 12.8 3.9 4.3 -0.4 0 2.89 2.68 .985 2.62 2.30
1970 BAL AL 27 RF 36 19 196.1 49 46 2 1 1 .980 2.3 14.1 1.3 0.7 0.6 1 2.20 1.33 .976 1.98 1.59
1970 BAL AL 27 LF 30 16 178.1 44 41 2 1 0 .977 3.6 24.2 2.6 2.2 0.3 1 2.17 1.43 .977 1.81 1.48
1971 BAL AL 28 OF 134 129 1170.2 306 292 7 7 4 .977 4.8 4.9 5.8 0.5 5.2 -1 2.30 2.23 .982 2.24 1.96 MVP-19
1971 BAL AL 28 RF 72 58 543.2 128 123 3 2 1 .984 1.1 2.4 2.1 -1.6 3.7 -1 2.09 1.75 .980 2.05 1.70 MVP-19
1971 BAL AL 28 LF 47 34 326.2 75 70 2 3 1 .960 1.9 7.0 1.9 1.6 0.3 0 1.98 1.53 .981 1.93 1.60 MVP-19
1971 BAL AL 28 CF 40 37 300.1 110 106 2 2 2 .982 1.8 7.2 1.8 0.5 1.2 0 3.24 2.70 .983 2.73 2.32 MVP-19
1972 BAL AL 29 OF 98 80 712.0 182 174 6 2 2 .989 1.9 3.2 1.9 -1.0 2.8 0 2.28 1.84 .983 2.22 1.91
1972 BAL AL 29 RF 79 56 546.0 134 128 4 2 1 .985 2.3 5.1 2.3 -0.1 2.4 0 2.18 1.67 .980 2.12 1.76
1972 BAL AL 29 CF 23 21 140.0 43 42 1 0 1 1.000 1.1 9.4 1.1 -0.1 1.1 0 2.76 1.87 .986 2.65 2.29
1972 BAL AL 29 LF 6 3 26.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -69.2 -1.5 -0.8 -0.7 0 1.38 0.67 .975 1.90 1.53
1973 BAL AL 30 OF 90 78 720.2 203 196 4 3 1 .985 12.7 21.1 11.7 6.6 5.1 1 2.50 2.22 .979 2.29 2.02
1973 BAL AL 30 RF 81 71 644.1 184 176 4 4 2 .978 12.2 22.7 11.2 5.2 6.0 1 2.51 2.22 .976 2.09 1.73
1973 BAL AL 30 LF 11 6 63.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 20.8 1.1 1.4 -0.3 0 2.13 1.36 .973 2.00 1.68
1973 BAL AL 30 CF 3 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -55.4 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 2.08 1.00 .967 2.77 2.53
1974 CIN NL 31 OF 69 58 497.1 106 103 3 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -3.9 -2.6 -4.4 1.9 1 1.92 1.54 .978 2.27 1.96
1974 CIN NL 31 RF 64 51 442.1 83 80 3 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -6.5 -3.4 -3.3 0.0 1 1.69 1.30 .975 2.04 1.66
1974 CIN NL 31 CF 8 7 55.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 17.5 0.8 -1.1 1.9 0 3.44 2.63 .986 2.77 2.42
1975 CIN NL 32 OF 61 44 419.1 100 99 1 0 1 1.000 1.4 4.0 0.4 1.3 -0.8 1 2.15 1.64 .978 2.29 2.01
1975 CIN NL 32 RF 39 32 290.1 61 61 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -7.4 -1.8 -0.4 -1.4 0 1.89 1.56 .974 2.05 1.74
1975 CIN NL 32 LF 21 10 113.0 30 29 1 0 1 1.000 2.2 23.4 1.2 1.6 -0.4 1 2.39 1.43 .973 2.10 1.71
1975 CIN NL 32 CF 3 2 16.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 75.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 0 5.62 3.33 .980 2.70 2.43
1975 CIN NL 32 3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 .900 3.15 2.60
1976 SDP NL 33 OF 43 25 270.1 87 79 6 2 1 .977 5.9 26.2 3.9 1.8 2.2 2 2.83 1.98 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 SDP NL 33 LF 34 19 209.0 75 68 5 2 1 .973 6.8 39.0 4.8 1.7 3.1 2 3.14 2.15 .976 2.02 1.59
1976 SDP NL 33 RF 11 6 56.1 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -12.8 -0.6 0.4 -0.9 0 2.08 1.18 .977 2.14 1.83
1976 SDP NL 33 CF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.88 2.50
1977 SDP NL 34 OF 27 14 170.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 -3.3 -23.3 -2.3 0.1 -2.4 -1 1.59 1.11 .977 2.26 1.93
1977 SDP NL 34 LF 23 14 159.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 -3.2 -24.2 -2.2 0.0 -2.2 -1 1.75 1.35 .971 1.93 1.51
1977 SDP NL 34 RF 3 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 2.00 0.67 .950 2.10 1.77
1977 SDP NL 34 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1977 SDP NL 34 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1978 CAL AL 35 OF 22 17 144.0 31 30 0 1 0 .968 -4.3 -35.8 -3.3 -1.8 -1.7 -1 1.88 1.36 .981 2.47 2.13
1978 CAL AL 35 DH 18
1978 CAL AL 35 RF 18 15 122.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -4.7 -46.2 -3.7 -1.5 -2.3 -1 1.62 1.22 .978 2.24 1.85
1978 CAL AL 35 LF 5 2 22.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 21.8 0.4 -0.3 0.6 0 2.86 1.40 .971 2.21 1.78
1979 CAL AL 36 DH 17
1979 CAL AL 36 OF 9 6 54.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -53.3 -1.4 -1.2 -0.1 -1 1.00 0.67 .983 2.47 2.13
1979 CAL AL 36 LF 4 1 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -53.3 -0.8 -1.0 0.2 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 2.20 1.80
1979 CAL AL 36 RF 4 4 30.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -56.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 -1 0.90 0.75 .967 2.25 1.88
1979 CAL AL 36 CF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.85 2.60
1980 CAL AL 37 DH 1
12 Seasons OF 747 587 5533.0 1404 1346 37 21 10 .985 24.8 5.4 24.8 13.7 11.1 0 2.25 1.85 .980 2.24 1.94
12 Seasons RF 442 331 3088.1 722 693 19 10 5 .986 6.0 2.3 7.0 1.5 5.7 -1 2.07 1.61 .977 2.07 1.71
11 Seasons LF 229 124 1340.2 336 318 11 7 3 .979 11.9 10.7 9.9 9.0 0.7 2 2.21 1.44 .977 1.96 1.59
11 Seasons CF 155 132 1104.0 362 350 7 5 3 .986 6.9 7.5 7.9 3.2 4.7 -1 2.91 2.30 .984 2.65 2.30
3 Seasons DH 36
2 Seasons 3B 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 3.00 0.50 .900 3.00 2.55
13 Seasons TOT 749 587 5536.0 1405 1346 38 21 10 .985 24.8 5.4 24.8 13.8 11.0 0 0 2.25 1.85 .965 2.24 1.95
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 AL (19, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1339th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1971 AL  .318 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1971 AL  .422 (2nd)
Career  .381 (161st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1971 AL  .870 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1971 AL  87 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1971 AL  118 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1971 AL  149 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1971 AL  99 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1970 AL  26 (10th)
1971 AL  37 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1970 AL  2.6 (10th)
1971 AL  3.8 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1971 AL  247 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1971 AL  .751 (4th)
Career  .639 (239th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1971 AL  12.7 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Gene Hermanski (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jason Michaels (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Paciorek (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Lindell (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

November 28, 1964: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1973: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Bill Wood (minors) and Junior Kennedy to the Cincinnati Reds for Wally Williams (minors) and Ross Grimsley.

April 5, 1976: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the San Diego Padres for Rudy Meoli.

November 2, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

March 25, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

June 24, 1980: Released by the California Angels.

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