Merv Rettenmund

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: June 6, 1943 in Flint, MI us

High School: Southwestern HS (Flint, MI)

School: Ball State University (Muncie, IN)

Debut: April 14, 1968 (Age 24-313d, 12,676th in major league history)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 22, 1980 (Age 37-016d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Mervin Weldon Rettenmund

Pronunciation: \ret-en-MUND\

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.0

2555

693

.271

393

RBI

329

OBP

.381

SLG

.406

OPS

.786

OPS+

123

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	BAL		MIL	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
2	2	Apr 7	BAL		MIL	W,8-7	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	3	Apr 11	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	46	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
4	4	Apr 12	BAL	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	5	Apr 13	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
6	6	Apr 14	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	8 (1)	Apr 15 (2)	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
8	9	Apr 17	BAL		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	10	Apr 18	BAL		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
10	11	Apr 19	BAL		NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
11	12	Apr 20	BAL		DET	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
12	13	Apr 21	BAL		DET	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	14	Apr 22	BAL		DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
14	15	Apr 24	BAL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
15	16	Apr 25	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	17	Apr 27	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
17	18	Apr 28	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	20 (1)	May 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
19	21	May 2	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
20	22	May 4	BAL		CAL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	30 (7)	May 13 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
22	31	May 14	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	41	10.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
23	34 (2)	May 19	BAL		BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	38 (3)	May 28	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	39	May 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	40	May 30	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	45 (4)	Jun 5	BAL		CHW	W,7-4	GS	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	56 (10)	Jun 17	BAL		TEX	W,5-4	GS	45	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	RF
29	61 (4)	Jun 23 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	62	Jun 24	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	65 (2)	Jun 27	BAL		NYY	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
32	66	Jun 28	BAL		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	69 (2)	Jul 1 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
34	70	Jul 1 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
35	72 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,9-7	GS	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
36	73	Jul 3 susp	BAL		MIL	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
37	74	Jul 4	BAL		MIL	W,10-7	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	75	Jul 6 (1)	BAL		OAK	L,5-7	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
39	76	Jul 6 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	77	Jul 7	BAL		OAK	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
41	78	Jul 8	BAL		OAK	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
42	79	Jul 9	BAL		CAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
43	80	Jul 10	BAL		CAL	L,8-10	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
44	82 (1)	Jul 12	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
45	83	Jul 13	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	85 (1)	Jul 15	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
47	87 (1)	Jul 17	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
48	88	Jul 18	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
49	91 (2)	Jul 21	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
50	92	Jul 22	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	96 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
52	99 (2)	Jul 30	BAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
53	100	Jul 31	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	101	Aug 1	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
55	104 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,8-2	GF	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
56	105	Aug 4	BAL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
57	106	Aug 5	BAL		BOS	L,4-7	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	107	Aug 6	BAL		BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
59	108	Aug 7 (1)	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
60	109	Aug 7 (2)	BAL	@	MIN	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
61	111 (1)	Aug 9	BAL	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	112	Aug 10	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	113	Aug 11	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
64	114	Aug 12	BAL	@	KCR	W,10-6	GS	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	RF LF
65	115	Aug 13	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
66	119 (3)	Aug 18	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
67	120	Aug 19	BAL		CHW	W,8-2	GS	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
68	121	Aug 20	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
69	122	Aug 21	BAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
70	125 (2)	Aug 25	BAL		KCR	W,7-1	GS	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF LF
71	126	Aug 26	BAL		KCR	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
72	127	Aug 27	BAL		TEX	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
73	128	Aug 28	BAL		TEX	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	130 (1)	Aug 31	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	132 (1)	Sep 2	BAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	133	Sep 3 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,13-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
77	136 (2)	Sep 5	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
78	139 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	140	Sep 9 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
80	141	Sep 10	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
81	143 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
82	145 (1)	Sep 13	BAL		MIL	W,7-6	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
83	147 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	148	Sep 16 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	150 (1)	Sep 18	BAL	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
86	152 (1)	Sep 20	BAL	@	DET	W,9-0	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
87	156 (3)	Sep 25	BAL		DET	W,8-3	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
88	157	Sep 26	BAL		DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
89	160 (2)	Sep 28 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,18-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
90	162 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							95gm		720.2	194	4	4	202	1