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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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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	3 (1)	Apr 10	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	4	Apr 11 (1)	BAL		DET	L,4-5	CG	45	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	5	Apr 11 (2)	BAL		DET	W,9-3	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
5	6	Apr 14	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	9 (2)	Apr 17	BAL		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	12 (2)	Apr 21	BAL	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	15 (2)	Apr 25	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	16	Apr 26	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	17	Apr 27	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-2	GF	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
11	18	Apr 28	BAL	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	19	Apr 29	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	20	Apr 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	24 (3)	May 6 (1)	BAL		CAL	W,3-1	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
15	25	May 6 (2)	BAL		CAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	26	May 9 (1)	BAL		OAK	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
17	27	May 9 (2)	BAL		OAK	L,1-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
18	29 (1)	May 11	BAL		KCR	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
19	30	May 12	BAL		KCR	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	31	May 14	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	32	May 15	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF LF
22	34 (1)	May 18	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	37 (2)	May 22	BAL		BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
24	38	May 23 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	39	May 23 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,1-2	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
26	40	May 26	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	41	May 27	BAL		CLE	L,5-10	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
28	42	May 28	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF LF
29	43	May 29	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
30	44	May 30	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
31	45	May 31 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
32	46	May 31 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	47	Jun 2	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	44	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
34	48	Jun 4	BAL	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	49	Jun 5	BAL	@	MIL	W,12-4	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
36	50	Jun 6	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	52 (1)	Jun 9	BAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
38	53	Jun 10	BAL		MIN	W,12-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
39	54	Jun 11	BAL		CHW	W,8-5	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
40	56 (1)	Jun 13	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	60 (3)	Jun 18	BAL		NYY	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	61	Jun 19	BAL		NYY	L,4-6	GS	50	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
43	62	Jun 20	BAL		NYY	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
44	63	Jun 21	BAL	@	WSA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	64	Jun 22 (1)	BAL	@	WSA	L,6-8	GF	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
46	65	Jun 22 (2)	BAL	@	WSA	W,2-0	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
47	66	Jun 23	BAL	@	WSA	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	67	Jun 24	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-1	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
49	69 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	70	Jun 26 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	72 (1)	Jun 28 susp	BAL		DET	L,4-9	CG	66	15.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	73	Jun 29	BAL		DET	W,15-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
53	74	Jun 30 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	39	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	CF LF
54	75	Jun 30 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	76	Jul 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	77	Jul 2	BAL	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
57	78	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	W,8-1	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
58	79	Jul 4	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF RF
59	80	Jul 6 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
60	81	Jul 6 (2)	BAL		WSA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	82	Jul 7	BAL		WSA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
62	83	Jul 8	BAL		WSA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	84	Jul 9	BAL		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
64	85	Jul 10 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,11-3	GS	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF RF
65	86	Jul 10 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	87	Jul 11	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
67	88	Jul 15	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
68	89	Jul 16	BAL	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
69	90	Jul 17	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
70	91	Jul 18	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-3	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
71	92	Jul 19	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	93	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-7	GS	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
73	94	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	95	Jul 22	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
75	96	Jul 23	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	97	Jul 25 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
77	98	Jul 25 (2)	BAL		CAL	L,6-9	CG	61	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
78	99	Jul 27 (1)	BAL		OAK	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	100	Jul 27 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	101	Jul 28	BAL		OAK	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
81	102	Jul 30	BAL		KCR	W,1-0	CG	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	103	Jul 31	BAL		KCR	W,4-0	GS	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	104	Aug 2	BAL		BOS	L,4-7	GS	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF CF
84	105	Aug 4	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
85	106	Aug 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
86	107	Aug 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
87	108	Aug 7	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
88	109	Aug 8	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
89	110	Aug 10	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
90	111	Aug 11	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-6	GS	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
91	112	Aug 12	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
92	113	Aug 13	BAL	@	CHW	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
93	114	Aug 14	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
94	115	Aug 15	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
95	116	Aug 16	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
96	118 (1)	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	119	Aug 20	BAL		MIN	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
98	120	Aug 21	BAL		MIN	W,4-1	GS	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
99	121	Aug 22	BAL		MIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
100	122	Aug 24	BAL		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
101	123	Aug 25	BAL		CHW	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
102	124	Aug 26	BAL		CHW	W,8-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	RF
103	125	Aug 28 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
104	126	Aug 28 (2)	BAL		MIL	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
105	127	Aug 29 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
106	128	Aug 29 (2)	BAL		MIL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
107	129	Aug 31	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	130	Sep 1	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
109	131	Sep 2	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	132	Sep 3	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
111	133	Sep 4	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	134	Sep 5	BAL	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
113	135	Sep 6 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,10-5	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
114	136	Sep 6 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
115	137	Sep 7	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	GS	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
116	138	Sep 9	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
117	139	Sep 10	BAL		WSA	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
118	140	Sep 13 (1)	BAL		DET	W,9-1	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
119	141	Sep 13 (2)	BAL		DET	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
120	142	Sep 14	BAL		DET	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
121	143	Sep 15	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	144	Sep 16	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
123	145	Sep 17 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
124	146	Sep 17 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
125	147	Sep 18	BAL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
126	148	Sep 19	BAL	@	DET	W,8-1	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
127	149	Sep 20	BAL	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
128	152 (2)	Sep 24 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-2	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
129	153	Sep 24 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
130	154	Sep 25	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	51	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
131	155	Sep 26	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
132	156	Sep 28 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,10-2	GS	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF RF
133	157	Sep 28 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
134	158	Sep 29	BAL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
							159gm		1170.2	299	7	7	313	4