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Ken Reitz

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Full Name: Kenneth John Reitz Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180 First Game: September 5, 1972
Birthdate: June 24, 1951 Final Game: June 3, 1982
Birthplace: San Francisco, California MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Ken Reitz (Kenneth John Reitz) was born on June 24, 1951 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on September 5, 1972 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1973, his rookie year, he hit .235 with 6 home runs and 42 RBI. Reitz played for the St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Ken Reitz's best season was 1977, when he slugged 17 home runs and knocked in 79 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1972 STL N 21 78 5 28 0 10 .359 .370 .410 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 4
1973 STL N 147 426 40 100 6 42 .235 .256 .333 20 2 9 25 4 4 0 2 18
1974 STL N 154 579 48 157 7 54 .271 .299 .363 28 2 23 63 2 3 0 7 25
1975 STL N 161 592 43 159 5 63 .269 .298 .340 25 1 22 54 5 2 1 9 18
1976 SF N 155 577 40 154 5 66 .267 .293 .333 21 1 24 48 1 3 5 5 24
1977 STL N 157 587 58 153 17 79 .261 .291 .412 36 1 19 74 7 5 2 4 17
1978 STL N 150 540 41 133 10 75 .246 .280 .357 26 2 23 61 5 3 1 5 13
1979 STL N 159 605 42 162 8 73 .268 .299 .382 41 2 25 85 4 4 1 7 13
1980 STL N 151 523 39 141 8 58 .270 .300 .379 33 0 22 44 3 8 0 5 16
1981 CHI N 82 260 10 56 2 28 .215 .261 .281 9 1 15 56 3 2 0 3 9
1982 PIT N 7 10 0 0 0 0 .000 .091 .000 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
Total 1344 4777 366 1243 68 548 .260 .290 .359 243 12 184 518 35 34 10 47 157

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1972 STL N 3B 20 20 174 17 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1973 STL N 3B 135 107 996.1 85 211 8 19 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1973 STL N SS 1 1 8 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 STL N SS 3 0 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1974 STL N 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 STL N 3B 151 148 1335 131 278 11 29 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1975 STL N 3B 160 157 1376.2 124 279 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 .946
1976 SF N 3B 155 151 1346.2 140 303 19 32 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1977 STL N 3B 157 156 1359.1 121 320 9 35 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1978 STL N 3B 150 144 1294.2 111 314 12 18 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1979 STL N 3B 158 156 1400.1 124 290 12 26 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1980 STL N 3B 150 143 1246 86 293 8 25 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1981 CHI N 3B 81 75 667.1 57 157 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1982 PIT N 3B 4 2 20 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 1321 1259 11216.1 996 2477 109 219 0 0 0 0 0 .970
Total SS 4 1 14 4 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .909
Total 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 31st round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969 - signed July 14, 1969).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Pete Falcone (December 8, 1975).
  • Traded by San Francisco Giants to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Lynn McGlothen (December 10, 1976).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Leon Durham and a player to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bruce Sutter (December 9, 1980); Chicago Cubs received Ty Waller (December 22, 1980).
  • Released by Chicago Cubs (April 1, 1982).
  • Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (May 16, 1982).
  • Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 5, 1982).
  • Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (July 21, 1983).

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