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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 13	WSA		BOS	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
2	5	Apr 14	WSA		BOS	W,7-6	GS	27	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
3	10 (4)	Apr 22	WSA		LAA	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	11	Apr 23	WSA		LAA	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
5	12	Apr 24	WSA		MIN	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	14 (1)	Apr 26 (1)	WSA		KCA	L,10-12	CG	63	13.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
7	16 (1)	Apr 27	WSA		KCA	L,3-7	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
8	17	Apr 28	WSA		KCA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	19 (1)	Apr 29 (2)	WSA	@	LAA	L,8-13	GS	25	5.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	21 (1)	May 2	WSA	@	DET	W,9-4	GS	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	22	May 3	WSA	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
12	24 (1)	May 5 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	26 (1)	May 7	WSA		CLE	L,3-7	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
14	34 (7)	May 15	WSA		BAL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
15	35	May 16	WSA	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
16	37 (1)	May 18 (2)	WSA		DET	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
17	38	May 19	WSA		DET	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	39	May 20	WSA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	40	May 21	WSA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	41	May 22	WSA		CHW	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	42	May 23	WSA	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
22	44 (1)	May 25	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
23	45	May 26 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	47 (1)	May 28	WSA	@	MIN	L,3-6	GF	10	1.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	49 (1)	May 30	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
26	50	May 31	WSA	@	KCA	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	53 (2)	Jun 4	WSA		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	54	Jun 6	WSA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
29	57 (2)	Jun 9	WSA		CLE	L,3-7	GS	36	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
30	62 (4)	Jun 14 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
31	65 (2)	Jun 16 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
32	71 (5)	Jun 21	WSA	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	89 (17)	Jul 13	WSA		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	90	Jul 15	WSA		DET	W,11-6	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	92 (1)	Jul 17	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-8	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	93	Jul 19	WSA	@	MIN	W,6-5	GF	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	95 (1)	Jul 21	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	98 (2)	Jul 25	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
39	99	Jul 26	WSA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	101 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	WSA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	103 (1)	Jul 29	WSA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	104	Jul 30	WSA		CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	107 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	WSA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
44	108	Aug 3	WSA		BOS	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
45	109	Aug 4	WSA		BOS	W,7-5	GS	29	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	111 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	WSA		NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
47	112	Aug 7	WSA		NYY	L,1-9	GF	32	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	113	Aug 8	WSA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
49	115 (1)	Aug 10	WSA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	116	Aug 11	WSA		BAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
51	117	Aug 13	WSA	@	LAA	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	118	Aug 14	WSA	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
53	119	Aug 15	WSA	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
54	120	Aug 16	WSA	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	125 (4)	Aug 21	WSA	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	126	Aug 22	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	127	Aug 23	WSA		LAA	L,0-17	CG	52	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	129 (1)	Aug 25	WSA		LAA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
59	132 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,2-14	CG	49	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
60	133	Aug 29 (2)	WSA		MIN	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	136 (2)	Sep 1	WSA	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
62	138 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	139	Sep 4	WSA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	140	Sep 5	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	45	11.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	141	Sep 6	WSA		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	142	Sep 7	WSA		CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
67	144 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	WSA		DET	L,0-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	145	Sep 9 (2)	WSA		DET	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
69	148 (2)	Sep 11	WSA		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	5	0	1	6	1	C
70	149	Sep 13	WSA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	150	Sep 14	WSA		CHW	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
72	151	Sep 17	WSA		KCA	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
73	152	Sep 18	WSA		KCA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
74	153	Sep 20	WSA	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
75	154	Sep 22 (1)	WSA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
76	155	Sep 22 (2)	WSA	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
77	156	Sep 23	WSA	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	157	Sep 24	WSA	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	158	Sep 25	WSA	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	159	Sep 27 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
81	160	Sep 27 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
							81gm		627.1	320	35	7	362	5