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Merv Rettenmund

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Full Name: Mervin Weldon Rettenmund Primary Position: OF,RF,LF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/190 First Game: April 14, 1968
Birthdate: June 6, 1943 Final Game: June 22, 1980
Birthplace: Flint, Michigan MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Career Highlights
  • 3 Statistics
    • 3.1 Batting Stats
    • 3.2 Fielding Stats
  • 4 Transactions
  • 5 Trivia
  • 6 Video Gallery
  • 7 Picture Gallery
  • 8 See Also
  • 9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Mervin Weldon Rettenmund was born on June 6, 1943 in Flint, Michigan. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1968 for the Baltimore Orioles. In 1969, his rookie year, he hit .247 with 4 home runs and 25 RBI. Rettenmund played for the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres and California Angels over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Merv Rettenmund's best season was 1971, when he hit for a .318 average and knocked in 75 runs.

After his playing career ended, Rettenmund joined the California Angels' coaching staff, where he remained until 1981. From 1983 to 1985, he was the hitting coach for the Texas Rangers, and then held the same position for the Oakland Athletics in 1989 and 1990, for the San Diego Padres from 1991-1999, and then the Atlanta Braves from 2000-2001.

The next season, he was a member of the Detroit Tigers staff, and then spent the next three years as a Toronto Blue Jays minor league instructor.

In 2006, he returned to the Padres as batting coach. He was replaced midway through the 2007 season by Wally Joyner.

[edit] Career Highlights

  • 1968 Minor League Player of the Year
  • 1968 International League MVP
  • 2 Time World Series Champion: 1970 Baltimore Orioles, 1975 Cincinnati Reds

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1968 BAL A 31 64 10 19 2 7 .297 .452 .469 5 0 18 20 1 1 1 0 0
1969 BAL A 95 190 27 47 4 25 .247 .338 .395 10 3 28 28 0 4 6 1 6
1970 BAL A 106 338 60 109 18 58 .322 .394 .544 17 2 38 59 3 4 13 1 8
1971 BAL A 141 491 81 156 11 75 .318 .422 .448 23 4 87 60 4 4 15 2 13
1972 BAL A 102 301 40 70 6 21 .233 .325 .339 10 2 41 37 0 4 6 0 10
1973 BAL A 95 321 59 84 9 44 .262 .378 .411 17 2 57 38 4 6 11 4 4
1974 CIN N 80 208 30 45 6 28 .216 .337 .332 6 0 37 39 2 3 5 1 7
1975 CIN N 93 188 24 45 2 19 .239 .356 .314 6 1 35 22 0 1 5 3 6
1976 SD N 86 140 16 32 2 11 .229 .361 .321 7 0 29 23 0 3 4 0 3
1977 SD N 107 126 23 36 4 17 .286 .432 .444 6 1 33 28 1 4 1 2 2
1978 CAL A 50 108 16 29 1 14 .269 .433 .361 5 1 30 13 2 1 0 0 3
1979 CAL A 35 76 7 20 1 10 .263 .360 .329 2 0 11 14 1 1 1 1 3
1980 CAL A 2 4 0 1 0 0 .250 .400 .250 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 366 662 93 158 14 75 .239 .366 .346 25 2 134 112 3 11 15 6 18
Total AL 657 1893 300 535 52 254 .283 .386 .427 89 14 311 270 15 25 53 9 47
Total 1023 2555 393 693 66 329 .271 .381 .406 114 16 445 382 18 36 68 15 65

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1968 BAL A OF 23 16 166 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 BAL A LF 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 BAL A RF 13 9 94 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 BAL A CF 13 7 65 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 BAL A RF 22 10 114 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 BAL A OF 78 42 467 107 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1969 BAL A CF 18 13 134.2 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 BAL A LF 44 19 218.1 51 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1970 BAL A CF 44 43 367 116 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1970 BAL A RF 36 19 196.1 46 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1970 BAL A OF 93 78 741.2 201 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1970 BAL A LF 30 16 178.1 41 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1971 BAL A LF 47 34 326.2 70 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1971 BAL A OF 134 129 1170.2 292 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1971 BAL A CF 40 37 300.1 106 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1971 BAL A RF 72 58 543.2 123 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1972 BAL A RF 79 56 546 128 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1972 BAL A CF 23 21 140 42 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 BAL A OF 98 80 712 174 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1972 BAL A LF 6 3 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 BAL A OF 90 78 720.2 196 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1973 BAL A CF 3 1 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 BAL A RF 81 71 644.1 176 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1973 BAL A LF 11 6 63.1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 CIN N CF 8 7 55 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 CIN N OF 69 58 497.1 103 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 CIN N RF 64 51 442.1 80 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CIN N LF 21 10 113 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CIN N OF 62 44 419.1 99 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CIN N CF 3 2 16 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CIN N RF 39 32 290.1 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CIN N 3B 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 SD N OF 43 25 270.1 79 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1976 SD N CF 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 SD N LF 34 19 209 68 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1976 SD N RF 11 6 56.1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 SD N RF 3 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 SD N OF 27 14 170 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 SD N CF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 SD N LF 23 14 159 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 SD N 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 CAL A OF 23 17 144 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1978 CAL A LF 5 2 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 CAL A RF 18 15 122 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1978 CAL A DH 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 CAL A OF 9 6 54 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 CAL A CF 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 CAL A RF 4 4 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 CAL A DH 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 CAL A LF 4 1 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 CAL A DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total CF 155 132 1104 350 7 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .986
Total OF 749 587 5533 1346 37 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 .985
Total DH 36 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 442 331 3088.1 693 19 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 .986
Total 3B 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 229 124 1340.2 318 11 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .979

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Baltimore Orioles (November 28, 1964).
  • Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Junior Kennedy and Bill Wood to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Ross Grimsley and Wally Williams (December 4, 1973).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to San Diego Padres in exchange for Rudy Meoli (April 5, 1976).
  • Granted free agency (November 2, 1977).
  • Signed by California Angels (March 25, 1978).
  • Released by California Angels (June 24, 1980).

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