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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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.0

2555

693

.271

393

RBI

329

OBP

.381

SLG

.406

OPS

.786

OPS+

123

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 66 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 25 go ahead

4 Tms
BAL	50
CIN	8
SDP	6
CAL	2

Platoon
vs LHP	37
vs RHP	29

Home/Road
Away	36
Home	30

Outs
1	26
0	23
2	17

20 Opps
MIL	9
OAK	8
TEX/WSA	5
DET	5
BOS	5
MIN	4
CAL	4
CLE	4
SFG	3
NYY	3
MON	3
HOU	3
CHW	3
SDP	1
KCR	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
TOR	1

54 Pitchers
Ken Holtzman	3
Les Cain	3
John Gelnar	2
Sam McDowell	2
Don Wilson	2
Jim Shellenback	2
Bobby Bolin	2
Rudy May	2
Jim Kaat	2
Marty Pattin	2
Ray Culp	1
Will McEnaney	1
Fritz Peterson	1
Jim Barr	1
Gerry Arrigo	1
Warren Bogle	1
Dan Warthen	1
Lew Krausse	1
Roger Moret	1
Steve Kealey	1
John Hiller	1
Danny Frisella	1
Claude Osteen	1
Terry Forster	1
Frank Linzy	1
Jim Maloney	1
Paul Lindblad	1
Phil Huffman	1
Dave Goltz	1
Daryl Patterson	1
Ray Corbin	1
Jeff Terpko	1
Jim Merritt	1
Gary Lavelle	1
Jack Aker	1
Steve Barber	1
Ken Brett	1
Sparky Lyle	1
Dooley Womack	1
Dennis Kinney	1
Dave Baldwin	1
John D'Acquisto	1
Jackie Brown	1
George Stone	1
Mike Kekich	1
Steve Hargan	1
Barry Moore	1
Vida Blue	1
Frank Bertaina	1
Jim Hannan	1
Mike Hedlund	1
John Candelaria	1
Don Sutton	1
John Curtis	1

20 Parks
Memor. Stad (BAL)	21
County Stad (MIL)	5
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
RingCentral Col (OAK)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
Munic. Stad (KAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1

Where Hit
7	33
9	15
8	6
78	6
89	5

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	64
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	37
1--	14
12-	8
123	3
--3	2
-2-	2

109 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	37
1 on	18
2 on	8
3 on	3
Any on	29

Inning
1	9
2	4
3	5
4	8
5	9
6	5
7	12
8	5
9	7
Extra	2

1-3	18
4-6	22
7-end	26

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	5
+2	8
+1	5
Tied	19
-1	10
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	6

Ahead	26
Tied	19
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	34
CF	19
LF	7
PH	5
DH	1

OrderPos
1st	16
2nd	10
6th	10
5th	9
4th	6
7th	5
3rd	4
9th	3
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1968-08-27 (1)	BAL		OAK	Warren Bogle	tied 3-3	b 9	1	1--	2	8	PH	0.385	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); C. Blefary Scores
2	2	2	1	1968-09-02 (2)	BAL		NYY	Steve Barber	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	1--	2	2	9	0.189	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Buford Scores
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1969-04-13 (2)	BAL		WSA	Frank Bertaina	ahead 8-0	b 8	2	---	1	5	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (LF-CF)
4	4	2	1	1969-04-21	BAL		CLE	Steve Hargan	ahead 4-0	b 7	1	12-	3	2	8	0.019	100%		Home Run (LF-CF); M. Belanger Scores; D. Buford Scores
5	5	3	1	1969-08-22	BAL	@	OAK	Lew Krausse	behind 1-2	t 5	1	---	1	8	8	0.158	47%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	4	1	1969-08-30	BAL		CAL	Steve Kealey	tied 1-1	b 5	1	1--	2	2	8	0.244	81%		Home Run (LF-CF); T. Phoebus Scores
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1970-05-03	BAL		MIN	Jim Kaat	tied 2-2	b 8	0	---	1	1	7	0.271	87%		Home Run (Deep CF)
8	8	2	1	1970-05-10 (1)	BAL		CHW	Gerry Arrigo	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	7	0.076	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	3	1	1970-05-21 (1)	BAL	@	DET	Les Cain	behind 0-1	t 6	1	---	1	1	7	0.173	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	4	1	1970-05-21 (2)	BAL	@	DET	John Hiller	tied 1-1	t 9	1	1--	2	9	9	0.423	92%		Home Run (Deep CF); E. Hendricks Scores
11	11	5	1	1970-06-05	BAL	@	MIL	Bobby Bolin	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	1	5	8	0.137	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	6	1	1970-06-07	BAL	@	MIL	John Gelnar	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	1--	2	5	8	0.147	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Powell Scores
13	13	7	1	1970-06-11	BAL		CAL	Rudy May	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.107	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	8	1	1970-06-13	BAL		OAK	Paul Lindblad	behind 6-10	b 9	0	---	1	5	8	0.021	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	9	1	1970-06-15	BAL		MIL	Bobby Bolin	behind 0-2	b 1	1	123	4	5	8	0.279	73%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Buford Scores; C. Salmon Scores; F. Robinson Scores
16	16	10	1	1970-06-25	BAL	@	BOS	Sparky Lyle	behind 5-7	t 9	1	---	1	5	8	0.054	9%		Home Run (CF-RF)
17	17	11	1	1970-07-12 (2)	BAL	@	DET	Daryl Patterson	ahead 12-3	t 8	0	---	1	4	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	12	1	1970-07-19 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	Barry Moore	ahead 5-0	t 4	0	---	1	2	8	0.027	96%		Home Run (LF-CF)
19	19	13	1	1970-08-08	BAL	@	NYY	Mike Kekich	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	5	9	0.092	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	14	1	1970-08-15	BAL	@	OAK	Dooley Womack	ahead 4-1	t 9	0	12-	3	4	9	0.016	100%		Home Run (LF-CF); D. Johnson Scores; B. Powell Scores
21	21	15	1	1970-08-18	BAL	@	MIL	Marty Pattin	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	2	8	0.132	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	16	1	1970-08-28 (2)	BAL		MIL	Dave Baldwin	ahead 7-4	b 7	1	---	1	4	8	0.029	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	17	1	1970-08-29	BAL		MIL	John Gelnar	ahead 5-0	b 6	1	---	1	2	8	0.012	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	18	1	1970-09-27	BAL	@	CLE	Sam McDowell	behind 0-1	t 4	0	1--	2	2	8	0.210	63%		Home Run (CF-RF); D. Buford Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1971-04-25	BAL	@	CAL	Jim Maloney	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	6	9	0.085	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	2	1	1971-06-05	BAL	@	MIL	Jim Hannan	behind 1-2	t 6	0	1--	2	5	9	0.301	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Robinson Scores
27	27	3	1	1971-06-22 (2)	BAL	@	WSA	Jim Shellenback	tied 0-0	t 5	2	---	1	1	9	0.176	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	4	1	1971-07-03	BAL	@	DET	Les Cain	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.112	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	5	1	1971-07-06 (1)	BAL		WSA	Jim Shellenback	ahead 3-0	b 1	2	---	1	6	9	0.062	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Rettenmund Scores/unER
30	30	6	1	1971-07-08	BAL		WSA	Jackie Brown	behind 0-1	b 1	1	12-	3	4	9	0.262	74%		Home Run (CF-RF); D. Buford Scores; P. Blair Scores
31	31	7	1	1971-07-10 (1)	BAL		CLE	Sam McDowell	behind 0-3	b 4	1	---	1	4	8	0.091	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	8	1	1971-07-22	BAL	@	KCR	Mike Hedlund	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	---	1	6	9	0.090	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	9	1	1971-08-10	BAL	@	MIN	Ray Corbin	tied 3-3	t 10	0	---	1	3	8	0.351	85%		Home Run (CF-RF)
34	34	10	1	1971-08-12	BAL	@	MIN	Jim Kaat	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	1--	2	3	9	0.146	78%		Home Run (CF-RF); P. Blair Scores
35	35	11	1	1971-09-01	BAL	@	BOS	Ray Culp	ahead 4-0	t 2	2	12-	3	4	9	0.102	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Cuellar Scores; B. Powell Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1972-05-15	BAL	@	DET	Les Cain	behind 1-2	t 3	1	---	1	2	9	0.134	48%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	2	1	1972-05-21	BAL	@	MIL	Ken Brett	tied 0-0	t 3	1	12-	3	2	9	0.281	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Dobson Scores; D. Buford Scores/unER
38	38	3	1	1972-06-21	BAL	@	CAL	Rudy May	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1	6	9	0.125	33%		Home Run (LF-CF)
39	39	4	1	1972-06-28	BAL	@	NYY	Fritz Peterson	ahead 2-0	t 6	1	-2-	2	6	9	0.104	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Robinson Scores
40	40	5	1	1972-08-06	BAL	@	BOS	John Curtis	tied 2-2	t 5	1	--3	2	1	9	0.190	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Belanger Scores
41	41	6	1	1972-08-12 (1)	BAL		BOS	Marty Pattin	behind 1-2	b 7	2	---	1	1	8	0.276	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1973-04-07	BAL		MIL	Frank Linzy	behind 2-6	b 7	1	12-	3	1	9	0.204	30%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Crowley Scores; M. Belanger Scores
43	43	2	1	1973-07-06 (2)	BAL		OAK	Vida Blue	behind 2-3	b 7	1	--3	2	1	9	0.317	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Robinson Scores
44	44	3	1	1973-07-07	BAL		OAK	Ken Holtzman	behind 2-3	b 5	1	1--	2	1	9	0.285	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Belanger Scores
45	45	4	1	1973-07-18	BAL	@	OAK	Ken Holtzman	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	0.105	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	5	2	1973-07-18	BAL	@	OAK	Ken Holtzman	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	1--	2	1	9	0.169	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Belanger Scores
47	47	6	1	1973-08-06	BAL		BOS	Roger Moret	behind 0-4	b 5	0	1--	2	1	9	0.131	27%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Belanger Scores
48	48	7	1	1973-08-07 (2)	BAL	@	MIN	Dave Goltz	ahead 5-1	t 3	2	1--	2	1	9	0.082	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Belanger Scores
49	49	8	1	1973-08-13	BAL	@	TEX	Jim Merritt	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	0.105	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
50	50	9	1	1973-08-18	BAL		CHW	Terry Forster	tied 0-0	b 7	2	1--	2	1	9	0.337	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Belanger Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1974-04-08	CIN	@	SFG	John D'Acquisto	behind 0-4	t 7	0	---	1	7	8	0.045	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	2	1	1974-04-12	CIN	@	ATL	Jack Aker	ahead 5-2	t 7	1	123	4	6	8	0.057	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Driessen Scores; T. Pérez Scores; J. Bench Scores
53	53	3	1	1974-05-12 (1)	CIN		HOU	Claude Osteen	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	---	1	7	9	0.052	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	4	1	1974-05-12 (2)	CIN		HOU	Don Wilson	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	6	9	0.147	66%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
55	55	5	1	1974-05-18	CIN	@	HOU	Don Wilson	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	9	0.232	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Bench Scores; D. Driessen Scores
56	56	6	1	1974-05-28	CIN		NYM	George Stone	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	1	6	9	0.050	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1975-06-29 (1)	CIN		SDP	Danny Frisella	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	---	1	7	9	0.057	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	2	1	1975-08-08	CIN		MON	Dan Warthen	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	7	9	0.118	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1976-05-18	SDP	@	SFG	Gary Lavelle	behind 4-6	t 9	2	1--	2	8	PH	0.371	40%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Kendall Scores/unER; M. Rettenmund Scores/unER
60	60	2	1	1976-09-06	SDP		LAD	Don Sutton	behind 0-4	b 9	0	---	1	9	PH	0.018	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1977-04-14	SDP		SFG	Jim Barr	behind 2-8	b 7	2	---	1	9	PH	0.008	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	2	1	1977-05-20	SDP	@	MON	Will McEnaney	ahead 8-4	t 8	2	-2-	2	3	7	0.025	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Almon Scores
63	63	3	1	1977-05-21	SDP	@	MON	Jeff Terpko	tied 8-8	t 21	1	12-	3	3	7	0.385	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Tenace Scores; B. Valentine Scores
64	64	4	1	1977-06-11	SDP	@	PIT	John Candelaria	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	7	0.098	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1978-05-06	CAL		CLE	Dennis Kinney	ahead 3-1	b 7	2	123	4	6	PH	0.088	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Chalk Scores; L. Bostock Scores; D. Baylor Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1979-06-04	CAL		TOR	Phil Huffman	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---	1	7	DH	0.158	54%		Home Run (Deep CF)

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