Ken Retzer
Kenneth Leo Retzer
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
Final Game: October 3, 1964
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1961 WSA AL 27 C 16 15 133.0 80 71 8 1 2 .988 1.0 9.0 1 5.35 4.94 .989 6.21 5.44 1 5 7 6 46%
1962 WSA AL 28 C 99 91 798.0 540 488 44 8 5 .985 1.0 1.5 1 6.00 5.37 .989 6.30 5.57 6 23 29 19 40%
1963 WSA AL 29 C 81 72 627.1 362 320 35 7 5 .981 -2.0 -3.8 -2 5.09 4.38 .989 6.64 5.78 7 15 38 15 28%
1964 WSA AL 30 C 13 11 90.0 68 56 10 2 1 .971 1.0 13.3 1 6.60 5.08 .990 7.07 6.07 3 5 4 8 67%
4 Seasons C 209 189 1648.1 1050 935 97 18 13 .983 1.0 0.7 1 5.63 4.94 .989 6.46 5.67 17 48 78 48 38%
4 Seasons TOT 209 189 1648.1 1050 935 97 18 13 .983 1.0 0.7 1 5.63 4.94 .972 6.46 5.67 17 48 78 48 38%

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
1961 WSA AL 27 16 15 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 WSA AL 28 109 91 109 109 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1963 WSA AL 29 95 72 95 95 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1964 WSA AL 30 17 11 17 17 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 Seasons 237 189 237 237 0 209 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1961 WSA AL 27 592 3.59 4.94 10 90% 0 0 70 8 1 2 59 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
1962 WSA AL 28 3556 4.30 4.79 59 98% 0 0 503 42 1 8 452 42 9 1 3 4 8 1 1 6 1 5 0 0 0 6 100%
1963 WSA AL 29 2864 4.48 5.27 41 90% 0 3 321 27 4 10 280 34 10 0 0 4 7 0 2 5 1 6 0 3 4 7 71%
1964 WSA AL 30 405 3.60 4.70 7 86% 0 1 57 5 0 2 50 10 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
4 Seasons 7417 4.27 4.98 117 94% 0 4 951 82 6 22 841 94 21 1 3 8 18 3 3 12 2 14 0 3 4 16 75%
MLB Averages 3.76 4.27 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1961 WSA AL 27 1 5 218 7 6 5 46% 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 19 7 1.33 0.91
1962 WSA AL 28 6 23 1362 29 19 19 40% 25 19 1 0 3 0 5 0 84 27 1.25 1.18
1963 WSA AL 29 7 15 1104 38 15 14 28% 37 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 73 21 1.19 1.31
1964 WSA AL 30 3 5 135 4 8 7 67% 4 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 18 11 1.04 1.10
4 Seasons 17 48 2819 78 48 45 38% 71 46 4 1 3 1 6 0 194 66 1.22 1.18
MLB Averages 37% 1.21 1.17

* 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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