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George Rettger
George Edward Rettger

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 13, 1891
Final Game July 17, 1892
Born July 29, 1868 in Cleveland, OH
Died June 5, 1921 in Lakewood, OH

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1891 22 STL AA   7   3  14  12  10   1   2  1   92.7   85   63   35   4   51   49   0   7   384       0  3.40  4.02  118 1.468
 1892 23 TOT NL   2   3   7   6   4   0   1  0   47.0   40   32   22   2   41   13   0   5     0       0  4.21  3.36   80 1.723
         CLV NL   1   3   6   5   3   0   1  0   38.0   32   27   18   2   31   12   0   5     0       0  4.26  3.38   79 1.658
         CIN NL   1   0   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0    8    5    4   0   10    1   0   0     0       0  4.00  3.25   81 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .600   9   6  21  18  14   1   3  1  139.7  125   95   57   6   92   62   0  12   384       0  3.67  3.80  103 1.554
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  10  36  31  24   1   5  1  243.3  217  165   99  10  160  108   0  20   669   0   0  3.67  3.80  103 1.554
 Career High      7   3  14  12  10   1   2  1   92.7   85   63   35   4   51   49   0   7   384   0   0  3.40  4.02  118 1.468

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1891 22 STL AA  15   42    5    3   0  0   1    2   1      5  10  .071  .188  .143   -8    6               1    
 1892 23 TOT NL   8   23    1    3   1  0   0    3   0      4   4  .130  .259  .174   30    4               0    
         CLV NL   6   15    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      3   3  .133  .278  .133   23    2               0    
         CIN NL   2    8    1    1   1  0   0    3   0      1   1  .125  .222  .250   43    2               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       23   65    6    6   1  0   1    5   1  0   9  14  .092  .213  .154    5   10   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        458   42   42   7  0   7   35   7  0  63  99  .092  .213  .154    5   70   0   0   0   7   0
 Career High     15   42    5    3   1  0   1    3   1  0   5  10                           6   0   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1891 22 STL AA   48   39    1   0.7    98| .071  .272| .188  .357| .143  .366| .331  .723|  -8  .036  -6.4  -0.7     
 1892 23 TOT NL   27   20    1   1.3    83| .130  .254| .259  .328| .174  .340| .433  .668|  30  .134  -1.8  -0.2     
         CLV NL   18   13    1   2.0    84| .133  .256| .278  .330| .133  .343| .411  .673|  23  .254  -1.3  -0.1     
         CIN NL    9    7    0   0.0    80| .125  .250| .222  .324| .250  .335| .472  .659|  43  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        75   59    2   0.9    93| .092  .265| .213  .346| .154  .357| .367  .704|   5  .063  -8.2  -0.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1891 22 STL AA P 14 5 17 2 0 .917 .909 1.57 2.14 2.14 2.58 12 92.7 OF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 1.80 0 0 1 1892 23 TOT NL P 7 3 9 2 0 .857 .902 1.71 2.17 2.30 2.49 6 47.0 CLV NL P 6 1 8 2 0 .818 .900 1.50 2.17 2.13 2.49 5 38.0 CIN NL P 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 2.20 3.00 2.50 1 9.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1891 22 STL AA OF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 1.80 0 0 1 1892 23 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1891 22 STL AA P 14 5 17 2 0 .917 .909 1.57 2.14 2.14 2.58 12 92.7 1892 23 TOT NL P 7 3 9 2 0 .857 .902 1.71 2.17 2.30 2.49 6 47.0 CLV NL P 6 1 8 2 0 .818 .900 1.50 2.17 2.13 2.49 5 38.0 CIN NL P 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 2.20 3.00 2.50 1 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 21 8 26 4 0 .895 .907 1.62 2.15 18 139.7 OF 2 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 1.00 1.85 0 0 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 23 10 26 5 0 .878 .907 1.57 2.13
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1891 AA-.700-3

Saves
1891 AA-1-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1728) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

July 5, 1892: Released by the Cleveland Spiders.

July 13, 1892: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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