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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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	CIN		ATL	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
2	2	Apr 6	CIN		ATL	W,7-5	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
3	4 (1)	Apr 8	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	5	Apr 9	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
5	6	Apr 10	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
6	7	Apr 12	CIN	@	ATL	W,14-2	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
7	8	Apr 13	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	9	Apr 16	CIN		LAD	L,3-5	GS	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
9	10	Apr 17	CIN		LAD	L,1-14	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	11	Apr 19	CIN		SDP	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
11	12	Apr 20	CIN		SDP	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	14 (1)	Apr 21 (2)	CIN		SDP	L,2-7	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
13	15	Apr 23	CIN		CHC	W,5-3	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
14	17 (1)	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	18	Apr 27	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	GF	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	22 (3)	May 4	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	25 (2)	May 8	CIN		STL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
18	28 (2)	May 12 (1)	CIN		HOU	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	29	May 12 (2)	CIN		HOU	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
20	30	May 13	CIN		SFG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	31	May 14	CIN		SFG	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
22	32	May 15	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
23	33	May 17	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	34	May 18	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	35	May 19	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-1	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	36	May 20	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
27	37	May 21	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	38	May 22	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	44 (5)	May 28	CIN		NYM	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
30	45	May 29	CIN		NYM	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	46	May 31	CIN		PIT	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	47	Jun 1	CIN		PIT	L,1-14	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	49 (1)	Jun 3	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	50	Jun 4	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-3	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	53 (2)	Jun 8	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
36	62 (8)	Jun 18	CIN		MON	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
37	64 (1)	Jun 21	CIN		ATL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
38	65	Jun 22	CIN		ATL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	66	Jun 23 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
40	67	Jun 23 (2)	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	GF	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
41	68	Jun 24	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	69	Jun 25	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
43	70	Jun 26	CIN	@	HOU	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
44	71	Jun 27	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
45	72	Jun 28 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	74 (1)	Jun 29	CIN	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	75	Jun 30	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	77 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
49	80 (2)	Jul 5	CIN		STL	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
50	83 (2)	Jul 7 (2)	CIN		STL	W,11-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
51	86 (2)	Jul 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
52	87	Jul 12 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	89 (1)	Jul 13	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-4	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
54	90	Jul 14 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	93 (2)	Jul 16	CIN	@	STL	W,12-7	GF	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
56	96 (2)	Jul 19	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	99 (2)	Jul 25 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,14-13	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	100	Jul 25 (2)	CIN		SFG	W,5-0	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH RF
59	103 (2)	Jul 28	CIN		SDP	W,14-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	109 (5)	Aug 4 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-2	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	114 (4)	Aug 9	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
62	115	Aug 10	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
63	119 (3)	Aug 14	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	120	Aug 16	CIN		NYM	L,1-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	122 (1)	Aug 18	CIN		NYM	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
66	131 (8)	Aug 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	151 (19)	Sep 18	CIN	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	152	Sep 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-4	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
69	153	Sep 20	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							72gm		497.1	101	3	0	104	0