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Merv
Rettenmund		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 195
 
Born: June 6, 1943 in Usa, MI, FLINT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1971    1973   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1969 26 CLE AL     8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1970 27 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1971 28 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1972 29 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1973 30 MON NL $ 3,300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1974 31 MON NL $ 3,300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1975 32 MON NL $ 3,650,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1976 33 MON NL $ 3,650,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
1977 34 MON NL $ 3,650,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
1978 35 MON NL $ 3,650,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
1979 36 IND AL $ 4,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 25 CLE AL 19 70 12 17 2 0 3 13 2 0 11 13 .243 .341 .400 .741 10.6 2.1
    AAA   135 482 87 131 21 2 24 75 6 2 111 75 .272 .408 .473 .881 98.2  
1969 26 AAA   137 522 98 153 21 1 21 72 14 5 117 86 .293 .423 .458 .880 106.7  
1970 27 MON NL 154 585 97 157 31 1 8 53 17 7 81 100 .268 .357 .366 .723 83.3 16.5
1971 28 MON NL 136 488 86 129 23 3 7 61 8 2 80 75 .264 .368 .367 .734 71.1 13.0
1972 29 MON NL 142 549 103 149 31 4 22 63 7 2 74 91 .271 .357 .463 .819 88.0 17.9
1973 30 MON NL 136 473 77 121 27 0 6 47 10 5 70 73 .256 .352 .351 .703 60.9 10.7
1974 31 MON NL 139 458 61 121 21 3 9 71 6 3 67 58 .264 .360 .382 .742 62.3 10.1
1975 32 MON NL 144 475 69 125 27 2 8 71 5 3 62 86 .263 .346 .379 .725 62.0 8.5
1976 33 MON NL 137 410 65 105 12 0 12 59 7 3 65 62 .256 .356 .373 .729 59.0 9.6
1977 34 MON NL 84 204 31 52 2 4 3 25 1 0 37 45 .255 .369 .348 .717 29.5 6.1
1978 35 MON NL 100 214 36 55 6 0 4 31 3 0 35 40 .257 .359 .341 .700 29.5 5.0
1979 36 IND AL 151 548 62 111 20 2 8 34 3 2 67 135 .203 .290 .290 .580 49.2 3.4
11 Years Sim 1342 4474 699 1142 202 19 90 528 69 27 649 778 .255 .349 .369 .718 605.3 102.9
2 Years AAA 272 1004 185 284 42 3 45 147 20 7 228 161 .283 .415 .465 .880 204.9  
162 Game Average 540 84 137 24 2 10 63 8 3 78 93 .255 .349 .369 .718 73.1  
Career Highs 154 585 103 157 31 4 22 71 17 7 81 135 .271 .369 .463 .819 88.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2954 461 758 129 16 66 342 40 20 411 528 .257 .347 .378 .725 407.8
vs LH   1520 238 384 73 3 24 186 29 7 238 250 .253 .353 .352 .705 207.1
Home 673 2147 336 556 88 5 48 260 34 13 297 374 .259 .349 .372 .721 295.4
Away 669 2327 363 586 114 14 42 268 35 14 352 404 .252 .349 .367 .716 319.5
RISP   1048 0 283 42 6 29 416 0 0 167 163 .270 .362 .405 .767 164.6
Pinch Hitting   115 16 38 5 2 3 38 3 0 17 16 .330 .425 .487 .912 22.9
Close/Late   483 66 145 18 0 7 67 0 0 68 74 .300 .389 .381 .770 73.7
Mar/Apr 202 653 106 160 41 1 10 68 9 4 109 123 .245 .351 .357 .707 89.0
May 223 778 131 204 43 3 19 91 14 6 121 131 .262 .363 .398 .761 117.6
June 220 747 110 194 31 6 13 93 10 3 99 128 .260 .347 .369 .716 100.7
July 209 694 110 201 30 2 17 88 11 5 94 108 .290 .374 .412 .786 109.2
August 247 811 126 195 29 3 14 89 15 4 108 142 .240 .329 .335 .664 97.7
Sep/Oct 241 791 116 188 28 4 17 99 10 5 118 146 .238 .335 .348 .683 100.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1968 25 CLE AL RF 19 19 166.0 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.2
1970 27 MON NL RF 132 127 1116.3 269 3 5 1 .982 2.19   4.4
    CF 20 14 141.7 44 3 0 0 1.000 2.99    
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1971 28 MON NL RF 129 120 1049.7 251 1 2 0 .992 2.16   3.2
    LF 4 0 8.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16    
    CF 4 0 7.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.57    
1972 29 MON NL RF 137 133 1143.3 255 2 9 0 .966 2.02   3.1
    CF 2 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 2 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1973 30 MON NL RF 125 120 1048.3 258 6 7 2 .974 2.27   3.2
    CF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
1974 31 MON NL RF 133 131 1133.7 264 4 5 1 .982 2.13   3.0
    LF 5 0 7.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.68    
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 32 MON NL RF 133 126 1111.3 249 4 4 2 .984 2.05   3.8
    LF 6 0 11.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77    
1976 33 MON NL RF 130 127 1101.7 243 3 2 3 .992 2.01   4.5
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 34 MON NL RF 16 12 116.0 32 0 1 0 .970 2.48   0.8
    LF 15 10 102.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.14    
    CF 14 3 49.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1978 35 MON NL LF 22 15 144.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   1.4
    CF 22 14 125.0 44 1 1 1 .978 3.24    
    RF 16 12 108.7 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.32    
1979 36 IND AL RF 150 146 1255.7 343 3 13 0 .964 2.48   3.8
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 1120 1073 9350.6 2223 27 48 9 .979 2.17   30.0
  CF 68 32 344.0 104 5 1 2 .991 2.85    
  LF 60 25 290.3 51 0 0 0 1.000 1.58   1.4
Career Totals   1248 1130 9984.9 2378 32 49 11 .980 2.17   31.4
Career Highs   154 146 1262.0 343 6 13 3 1.000 2.47    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1970 27 MON NL 7 29 5 12 2 0 2 5 1 0 7 5 .414 .541 .690 1.230
1971 28 MON NL 16 61 18 22 2 1 1 11 1 0 14 12 .361 .480 .475 .955
1972 29 MON NL 11 45 7 12 2 1 1 3 1 0 6 4 .267 .353 .422 .775
1973 30 MON NL 16 59 13 19 3 0 1 10 0 1 9 10 .322 .429 .424 .852
1974 31 MON NL 13 42 5 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 9 3 .190 .333 .262 .595
1975 32 MON NL 17 57 6 12 3 0 0 7 0 0 8 16 .211 .303 .263 .566
1976 33 MON NL 6 17 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .353 .421 .412 .833
1977 34 MON NL 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .800 1.000
1978 35 MON NL 6 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 97 321 59 94 14 2 7 44 3 1 57 58 .293 .403 .414 .817
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Runs
1970-7-97
1972-5-103
 Stolen Bases
1970-9-17
 Caught Stealing
1970-9-7
 Walks
1970-5-81
1971-9-80
 Strikeouts
1979-1-135
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  3. Johnny Grubb (941)
  4. Ellis Burton (927)
  5. Connie Ryan (922)
  6. Art Shamsky (921)
  7. Jose Pagan (919)
  8. Jerry Hairston (915)
  9. Don Baylor (915)
  10. John Hale (914)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1968
Had first career hit on 9/2/1968, off Mike Marshall (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/4/1968, off Charlie Beamon (DET)
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Montreal on 3/3/1970 (Going to CLE: RF Jim Spencer, C Carlton Fisk, LF Ralph Garr. Going to MON: RF Merv Rettenmund)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Colorado on 8/2/1970
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1970, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 5/27/1971 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
Injured on 4/14/1972 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1972, hitting .440 with 5 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1972, hitting .333 with 9 HR, 20 RBI
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/7/1974 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
7/1/1974: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $3,650,000 per year, for 4 years
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 2/26/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1979, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
 
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