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Ken Retzer

Kenneth Leo Retzer

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 30, 1934 in Wood River, IL
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1961
Team: Senators 1961-1964

Final Game: October 3, 1964
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Standard Batting

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
1954	20	CLE-min	D	130	450	450		138	24	1	8						.307	.307	.418	.724		188							TFT · GAFL
1955	21	CLE-min	C	124	460	460		139	29	5	3						.302	.302	.407	.709		187							FMH · NORL
1956	22	CLE-min	A	100	271	271		67	11	1	5						.247	.247	.351	.598		95							REA · EL
1958	24	CLE-min	A	92	279	279		81	14	2	1						.290	.290	.366	.656		102							REA · EL
1959	25	CLE-min	AAA	88	255	224	24	63	12	1	3	28	0	0	26	14	.281	.350	.384	.734		86		0	1	4			SDG · PCL
1960	26	PHI-CLE-min	AAA,AA	95	319	280	30	78	11	1	2	27	3		39	11	.279	.367	.346	.713		97							INA,MOB · AA,SOUA
1961	27	CHW-min	AAA	100	352	309	38	87	13	1	7	42	2	2	43	22	.282	.369	.398	.767		123							SDG · PCL
1961	27	WSA	AL	16	57	53	7	18	4	0	1	3	1	0	4	5	.340	.386	.472	.858	135	25	1	0	0	0	0	2
1962	28	WSA	AL	109	372	340	36	97	11	2	8	37	2	0	26	21	.285	.334	.400	.734	97	136	8	0	4	2	4	2
1963	29	WSA	AL	95	287	265	21	64	10	0	5	31	2	0	17	20	.242	.290	.336	.626	75	89	4	2	1	2	2	2
1964	30	TEX/ATL-min	AAA	108	393	351	29	84	11	0	7	39	1	2	35	25	.239	.307	.330	.637		116		1	2	4			TTO · IL
1964	30	WSA	AL	17	38	32	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	4	.094	.237	.094	.331	-3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2
1965	31	MIN-min	AAA	108	361	311	28	84	10	1	5	39	0	0	44	30	.270	.363	.357	.720		111		2	3	1			DEN · PCL
1966	32	HOU-min	AAA	80	234	204	23	50	9	0	0	13	0	0	28	20	.245	.333	.289	.623		59		0	0	2			OKC · PCL
1967	33	BAL-CLE-min	AAA	48	139	128	7	30	2	0	1	14	0	1	10	16	.234	.288	.273	.561		35		0	0	1			ROC,POR · IL,PCL
4 Yrs				237	754	690	65	182	25	2	14	72	5	0	52	50	.264	.316	.367	.683	87	253	14	3	5	4	7
162 Game Avg.				162	515	472	44	124	17	1	10	49	3	0	36	34	.264	.316	.367	.683	87	173	10	2	3	3	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1961	27	WSA	AL	16	57	3	-1	0	1	1	4	0.4	2	5	0.5	.524	.502	0.4	0.2	4	$	2
1962	28	WSA	AL	109	372	-5	0	0	1	5	2	0.0	10	12	1.1	.502	.501	1.1	0.5	11	$	2
1963	29	WSA	AL	95	287	-9	-0	-0	-2	4	-7	-0.9	8	1	-0.1	.491	.495	0.2	0.1	3	$	2
1964	30	WSA	AL	17	38	-5	-0	-0	1	1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.475	.497	-0.4	0.2	-4	$13,000	2
4 Seasons				237	754	-15	-2	0	1	10	-6	-1.0	21	15	1.2	.497	.499	1.3	1.0	14	$13,000

Advanced Batting

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
1961	27	WSA	AL	57	36	10	7.4	99	.362	.340	.257	.386	.331	.472	.400	.858	.730	135	.701	2.6	0.3	.833	.226	.132	1.0
1962	28	WSA	AL	372	257	45	4.7	103	.284	.285	.263	.334	.335	.400	.410	.734	.745	97	.515	-2.0	-0.2	.653	.197	.115	3.2
1963	29	WSA	AL	287	208	26	3.4	95	.244	.242	.255	.290	.322	.336	.394	.626	.716	75	.402	-8.9	-0.9	.537	.166	.094	2.9
1964	30	WSA	AL	38	30	1	0.9	96	.107	.094	.256	.237	.324	.094	.397	.331	.721	-3	.055	-4.4	-0.5	.300	.156	.000
4 Yrs				754	531	82	4.2	99	.267	.264	.259	.316	.329	.367	.403	.683	.732	87	.473	-12.6	-1.3	.600	.186	.103	7.4
162 Game Avg.				515	363	56	4.2	99	.267	.264	.259	.316	.329	.367	.403	.683	.732	87	.473	-12.6	-1.3	.600	.186	.103	5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	27	WSA	AL	57	1.8%	8.8%	7.0%	8.8%	28%	1.25	10.6	53.0	17.7	0.78	82%
1962	28	WSA	AL	372	2.2%	5.7%	7.0%	5.7%	22%	0.81	16.2	42.5	9.2	0.79	84%
1963	29	WSA	AL	287	1.7%	7.0%	5.9%	5.2%	23%	1.18	13.3	53.0	8.5	0.65	84%
1964	30	WSA	AL	38	0.0%	10.5%	13.2%	0.0%	0%	0.80	8.0		32.0	1.00	74%
4 Yrs				754	1.9%	6.6%	6.9%	5.4%	23%	0.96	13.8	49.3	9.6	0.74	84%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.7%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	1.76	6.1	38.2	8.6	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1961	27	WSA	AL	2.6	0.2	59	0.3	1.1	-0.8	.97	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.1	1.00	2.0	2.76	0
1962	28	WSA	AL	-2.0	-0.2	376	0.2	7.0	-6.8	1.07	0.1	0.0	1.6	0.2	0.94	1.8	2.07	11
1963	29	WSA	AL	-8.9	-0.9	293	-0.5	5.0	-5.5	1.13	-0.8	0.4	-3.5	-0.4	0.96	-7.7	2.37	15
1964	30	WSA	AL	-4.4	-0.5	39	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	1.02	-0.5	0.2	-2.4	-0.2	0.92	-4.4	0.95	4
4 Yrs				-12.7	-1.3	767	-0.3	13.5	-13.8	1.09	-1.0	0.7	-3.5	-0.4	0.95	-8.3	2.07	30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	27	WSA	AL	1	29%	35	1	100%	0	1	0	3	2	27%	5	4	1	0	0	0	6	3	2
1962	28	WSA	AL	1	24%	140	2	100%	2	0	0	0	5	46%	18	13	5	3	1	2	7	1	6
1963	29	WSA	AL	3	21%	103	2	100%	2	0	0	4	5	28%	14	12	2	1	1	0	3	0	3
1964	30	WSA	AL	0	11%	3	0		0	0	1	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				5	23%	281	5	100%	4	1	1	7	12	37%	38	30	8	4	2	2	17	4	12

Situational Hitting*

						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
1961	27	WSA	AL	57	84%	18			0	0	0	0	2.76	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		14	1	7%	5	1	20%	37	4	11%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1962	28	WSA	AL	372	95%	97			11	2	0	2	2.07	8	0	7	8	0	2	6	0	4	4	100%	65	8	12%	33	13	39%	225	30	13%	17	9	53%	16	10	63%	0
1963	29	WSA	AL	287	97%	64			15	2	0	3	2.37	5	0	7	5	0	3	2	0	1	1	100%	52	4	8%	25	9	36%	171	27	16%	19	11	58%	14	7	50%	0
1964	30	WSA	AL	38	76%	3			4	2	0	1	0.95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	2	1	50%	23	2	9%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	0
4 Yrs				754	94%	182			30	6	0	6	2.07	14	0	16	14	0	6	8	0	5	5	100%	138	14	10%	65	24	37%	456	63	14%	41	21	51%	33	19	58%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1961	27	16	57	53	7	18	4	0	1	3	1	4	5	.340	.386	.472	.858	135	25	1	0	0	0	0
1962	28	125	429	393	43	115	15	2	9	40	3	30	26	.293	.341	.410	.751	102	161	9	0	4	2	4
1963	29	220	716	658	64	179	25	2	14	71	5	47	46	.272	.321	.380	.701	92	250	13	2	5	4	6
1964	30	237	754	690	65	182	25	2	14	72	5	52	50	.264	.316	.367	.683	87	253	14	3	5	4	7

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1961	27	16	57	53	7	18	4	0	1	3	1	4	5	.340	.386	.472	.858	10	16
1962	28	109	372	340	36	97	11	2	8	37	2	26	21	.285	.334	.400	.734	46	109
1963	29	95	292	269	23	68	11	0	5	34	2	18	20	.253	.302	.349	.652	28	95
1964	30	17	41	33	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	7	4	.121	.293	.121	.414	1	17
4 Yrs		237	762	695	68	187	26	2	14	76	5	55	50	.269	.324	.373	.696	85	237
162 Game Avg.		162	521	475	46	128	18	1	10	52	3	38	34	.269	.324	.373	.696	58	237

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