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Merv Rettenmund
Mervin Weldon Rettenmund

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 195 lb.
School Ball State

MLB Debut April 14, 1968
Final Game June 22, 1980
Born June 6, 1943 in Flint, MI (age 80)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 26 BAA AL   91  205   42   64   9   7   5   28   2   1   26   28  .312  .388  .498  .885   127   102   1   1   0   0   4  
 1970 27 BAA AL  116  279   60   92  18   2  13   43   4   2   29   40  .330  .401  .548  .950   129   153   3   1   5   5  11  
 1971 28 BAA AL  144  503   85  161  23   4  12   50  10   7   67   75  .320  .404  .453  .857   124   228   4   3   0   6   9  
 1972 29 BAA AL   85  156   16   38   6   0   5   11   0   0    8   24  .244  .280  .378  .659    92    59   0   0   0   0   5  
 1973 30 BAA AL   93  264   33   68  14   0   8   34   7   1   43   37  .258  .367  .402  .769   104   106   0   2   1   4   4  
 1974 31 OAA AL   83  227   47   53   8   0  10   23   1   0   43   61  .233  .358  .401  .759   101    91   1   2   0   2   8  
 1975 32 OAA AL   81  209   25   50   5   0   3   20   4   2   34   22  .239  .344  .306  .650    93    64   0   1   1   0   6  
 1976 33 TEA AL   15   32    4    3   2   0   0    1   0   0   10    7  .094  .310  .156  .466    67     5   0   0   0   0   0  
 1977 34 TEA AL   59   95   24   33   6   0   3   11   0   0   30   15  .347  .512  .505 1.017   135    48   0   0   1   2   3  
 1978 35 NYN NL   34   31    9    9   0   0   0    1   0   0   13    2  .290  .500  .290  .790   118     9   0   0   1   0   1  
 1979 36 MON NL   26   64    6   15   4   0   1    8   0   0    7   21  .234  .319  .344  .663    92    22   0   0   0   1   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons      827 2065  351  586  95  13  60  230  28  13  310  332  .284  .381  .430  .810         887   9  10   9  20  52
 Per 600 PA           513   87  146  24   3  15   57   7   3   77   83                                 220   2   2   2   5  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BAA      529 1407  236  423  70  13  43  166  23  11  173  204  .301  .381  .461  .842         648   8   7   6  15  33
   With OAA      164  436   72  103  13   0  13   43   5   2   77   83  .236  .351  .356  .707         155   1   3   1   2  14
   With TEA       74  127   28   36   8   0   3   12   0   0   40   22  .283  .462  .417  .879          53   0   0   1   2   3
   With NYN       34   31    9    9   0   0   0    1   0   0   13    2  .290  .500  .290  .790           9   0   0   1   0   1
   With MON       26   64    6   15   4   0   1    8   0   0    7   21  .234  .319  .344  .663          22   0   0   0   1   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1023 2555  393  693 114  16  66  329  68  28  445  382  .271  .381  .406  .786        1037  36  20  15  18  65
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1969 26 BAA AL  67   40   7.4  29  13   0  .448   0   16   14  .875    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e3   153   
 1970 27 BAA AL  73   58   7.8  28   9   0  .321   5   23   17  .739    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e9    12   
 1971 28 BAA AL  26   95   7.1  11   5   0  .455   6   53   34  .642    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e9   -13   
 1972 29 BAA AL  53   15   3.4  14   5   0  .357   0   12    8  .667    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e3    -5   
 1973 30 BAA AL  65   43   5.7   4   0   0  .000   2   27   24  .889    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e5   -20   
 1974 31 OAA AL   7   34   5.0  10   1   0  .100   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              89   
 1975 32 OAA AL  79   23   3.8   6   1   0  .167   0   14   13  .929    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e3   -19   
 1976 33 TEA AL  64    2   2.2   6   1   0  .167   0    5    5 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e8  -217   
 1977 34 TEA AL  15   27  11.4  20   7   0  .350   1    9    8  .889    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e6   141   
 1978 35 NYN NL  61    5   6.8  21   7   0  .333   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  PH              -3   
 1979 36 MON NL  69    7   4.0   4   2   0  .500   1    5    5 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e9    -25   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          353   6.1 153  51   0  .333  15  165  129  .782    0    0  .000                  21   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 16.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1969 26 BAA AL  LF    43    47     2    0    1  1.000    23   226.2   1.95
                 RF    20    27     3    0    1  1.000    17   159.1   1.69
                 CF     4     9     0    0    0  1.000     1    14.0   5.79
 1970 27 BAA AL  LF    60    79     7    4    1   .956    44   424.2   1.82
                 RF    29    30     0    0    0  1.000     8   114.2   2.35
                 CF     8    14     0    1    0   .933     4    44.1   2.84
 1971 28 BAA AL  CF    82   212     4    4    0   .982    78   683.0   2.85
                 RF    42    56     1    2    0   .966    29   287.1   1.79
                 LF    31    31     0    0    0  1.000    15   147.1   1.89
 1972 29 BAA AL  RF    62    58     4    0    1  1.000    26   298.1   1.87
                 CF     7     8     0    0    0  1.000     2    25.1   2.84
                 LF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     1    10.0   1.80
 1973 30 BAA AL  RF    82   133     4    2    1   .986    62   595.0   2.07
                 CF     5    11     1    0    0  1.000     4    35.0   3.09
                 LF     4     6     1    0    0  1.000     4    34.0   1.85
 1974 31 OAA AL  RF    11     5     0    0    0  1.000     0    21.0   2.14
                 LF     2     7     0    0    0  1.000     0    13.0   4.85
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1975 32 OAA AL  RF    60    71     4    0    0  1.000    52   450.0   1.50
                 LF    17     8     1    0    0  1.000     0    34.0   2.38
                 CF     7     4     0    0    0  1.000     0    17.1   2.08
 1976 33 TEA AL  CF     9    18     0    0    0  1.000     7    64.0   2.53
                 LF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.1   2.84
                 RF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   4.50
 1977 34 TEA AL  LF    28    26     3    0    0  1.000    15   144.0   1.81
                 RF    20    18     2    1    1   .952     4    64.0   2.81
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     8.0   0.00
 1978 35 NYN NL  RF     3     0     0    0    0   .000     1    11.2   0.00
                 LF     1     4     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   4.50
 1979 36 MON NL  LF    19    27     1    1    0   .966    18   151.2   1.66
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 RF   331   400    18    5    4   .988   199  2005.1   1.88
                 LF   210   239    15    5    2   .981   121  1199.2   1.91
                 CF   123   276     5    5    0   .983    96   884.0   2.86
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     8.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1969 ALCS  BAA MNA   W    3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
      WS    BAA NYN   W    5   8  1  0  0  0  0   0  3  3  .000  .273  .000  0
 1971 ALCS  BAA OAA   L    4  18  1  3  0  0  0   1  1  6  .167  .250  .167  1
 1973 ALCS  BAA OAA   L    3  11  3  2  0  0  1   1  3  3  .182  .357  .455  0
 1974 ALCS  OAA BOA   L    3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1975 ALCS  OAA BOA   W    4   7  2  1  0  0  1   2  1  1  .143  .250  .571  0
      WS    OAA LAN   L    1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1969  BAA   94-68   Mike Skiffington
 1970  BAA   93-69   Mike Skiffington
 1971  BAA   96-66   Mike Skiffington
 1972  BAA   78-84   Mike Skiffington, Mike Rescigno
 1973  BAA   92-70   Mike Rescigno
 1974  OAA  101-61   Drew Kennedy
 1975  OAA   99-63   Drew Kennedy
 1976  TEA   88-74   Larry Cupp, Stu Blake
 1977  TEA   98-64   Stu Blake
 1978  NYN   82-80   Jon Fellows
 1979  MON   89-73   Steve Bivens

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