Ken Retzer

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: April 30, 1934 in Wood River, IL us

Died: May 17, 2020 in Sun City, AZ

Schools: Jefferson City Junior College (Jefferson City, MO), University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, MO)

Debut: September 9, 1961 (Age 27-132d, 11,892nd in major league history)
vs. BAL 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1964 (Age 30-156d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Kenneth Leo Retzer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

690

182

.264

RBI

OBP

.316

SLG

.367

OPS

.683

OPS+

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

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 17	WSA	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	10 (5)	Apr 25	WSA	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	11	Apr 26	WSA	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	40	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16 (4)	May 1	WSA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
5	17	May 3	WSA		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	18	May 5	WSA	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
7	19	May 6 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	22 (2)	May 9 (2)	WSA		CHW	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	26 (3)	May 13	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	31 (4)	May 20 (1)	WSA		KCA	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	32	May 20 (2)	WSA		KCA	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
12	34 (1)	May 22	WSA		MIN	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	39 (4)	May 27	WSA		CLE	L,3-5	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	41 (1)	May 29	WSA	@	LAA	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	42	May 30 (1)	WSA	@	KCA	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	44 (1)	May 31	WSA	@	KCA	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	45	Jun 1	WSA	@	MIN	W,4-3	GF	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
18	46	Jun 2	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
19	48 (1)	Jun 5	WSA	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
20	49	Jun 6	WSA	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	50	Jun 7	WSA	@	BAL	L,5-12	GS	26	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	51	Jun 8 (1)	WSA		DET	L,6-7	GS	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
23	53 (1)	Jun 9	WSA		DET	W,4-2	GS	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	54	Jun 10 (1)	WSA		DET	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
25	55	Jun 10 (2)	WSA		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	56	Jun 13 (1)	WSA		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
27	58 (1)	Jun 14	WSA		CLE	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	59	Jun 15	WSA		BAL	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	60	Jun 16	WSA		BAL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	61	Jun 17	WSA		BAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
31	62	Jun 19	WSA	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	4	2	2	8	0	C
32	64 (1)	Jun 21	WSA	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	65	Jun 22	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
34	66	Jun 23	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
35	67	Jun 24 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	69 (1)	Jun 26	WSA		KCA	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
37	70	Jun 27	WSA		KCA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	71	Jun 28	WSA		KCA	L,7-10	CG	52	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
39	72	Jun 29	WSA		MIN	W,6-3	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	74 (1)	Jul 1	WSA		MIN	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
41	75	Jul 2	WSA		LAA	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	76	Jul 4 (1)	WSA		LAA	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
43	78 (1)	Jul 6	WSA	@	KCA	L,9-12	GS	28	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	79	Jul 7	WSA	@	KCA	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	80	Jul 8	WSA	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	68	14.1	7	3	0	10	0	C
46	82 (1)	Jul 13	WSA	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	84 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	WSA	@	LAA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	88 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
49	89	Jul 18	WSA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	91 (1)	Jul 21	WSA	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
51	92	Jul 22 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	94 (1)	Jul 24	WSA		CHW	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	96 (1)	Jul 26	WSA		CHW	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	97	Jul 27 (1)	WSA		BOS	W,11-2	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	100 (2)	Jul 29	WSA		BOS	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
56	101	Jul 31	WSA		NYY	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	102	Aug 1 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	104 (1)	Aug 3	WSA	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	105	Aug 4	WSA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	106	Aug 5 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
61	107	Aug 5 (2)	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	12	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
62	108	Aug 6	WSA		KCA	L,0-1	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
63	109	Aug 7	WSA		KCA	L,3-10	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
64	110	Aug 8 (1)	WSA		DET	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
65	111	Aug 8 (2)	WSA		DET	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
66	112	Aug 9	WSA		DET	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	113	Aug 10	WSA		CLE	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
68	115 (1)	Aug 12	WSA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
69	116	Aug 13 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	118 (1)	Aug 14	WSA	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
71	119	Aug 15	WSA	@	KCA	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
72	120	Aug 16	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	122 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	WSA	@	LAA	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
74	124 (1)	Aug 19	WSA	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	C
75	126 (1)	Aug 22	WSA	@	MIN	T,8-8	CG	49	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
76	127	Aug 23 (1)	WSA	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
77	129 (1)	Aug 24	WSA	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
78	130	Aug 25	WSA	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	131	Aug 26 (1)	WSA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	134 (2)	Aug 28	WSA		BAL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	135	Aug 29	WSA		BAL	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	136	Aug 30	WSA	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	138 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	WSA		LAA	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	139	Sep 1	WSA		LAA	W,3-2	GS	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
85	140	Sep 2	WSA		LAA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
86	141	Sep 3 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	143 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,7-9	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
88	145 (1)	Sep 7	WSA	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
89	146	Sep 8	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	147	Sep 9 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
91	148	Sep 9 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	149	Sep 11	WSA	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
93	150	Sep 12	WSA	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	58	15.0	21	1	0	22	0	C
94	151	Sep 13	WSA	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	155 (3)	Sep 18	WSA		NYY	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
96	156	Sep 19	WSA		NYY	L,5-8	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	158 (1)	Sep 22	WSA		BOS	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
98	160 (1)	Sep 26	WSA	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	162 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	WSA	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	8.1	8	1	0	9	1	C
							99gm		798.0	488	44	8	540	5