MLB / Players

Merv Rettenmund

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 190 lb

BornJune 6, 1943 · Flint, MI, USA

MLB debutApril 14, 1968

Final gameJune 22, 1980

Seasons13 (1968–1980)

Baltimore Orioles 1968–1973; Cincinnati Reds 1974–1975; San Diego Padres 1976–1977; California Angels 1978–1980

Percentile snapshot

1971 season — qualified batters

141

28.6

589

43.8

491

24.1

74.1

156

69.6

53.6

47.3

RBI

66.1

90.2

33.9

.318

OBP

.422

98.2

SLG

.448

72.3

OPS

.870

89.3

wRC+

161.8

95.5

OPS+

151.5

91.1

wOBA

.408

94.6

sWAR

5.8

95.5

of 113 qualified 1971 batters (min 489 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

132.0

OPS+

124.9

85.5

sWAR

18.4

92.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1968	31	85	64	10	19	5	0	2	7	18	20	1	1	.297	.452	.469	.921	199.7	181.9	.434	1.2
1969	95	226	190	27	47	10	3	4	25	28	28	6	1	.247	.338	.395	.733	107.8	106.3	.340	0.6
1970	106	385	338	60	109	17	2	18	58	38	59	13	7	.322	.394	.544	.938	162.5	158.2	.421	4.0
1971	141	589	491	81	156	23	4	11	75	87	60	15	6	.318	.422	.448	.870	161.8	151.5	.408	5.8
1972	102	346	301	40	70	10	2	6	21	41	37	6	4	.233	.325	.339	.663	104.2	97.5	.322	0.9
1973	95	390	321	59	84	17	2	9	44	57	38	11	2	.262	.378	.411	.789	129.6	125.3	.368	2.2
1974	80	252	208	30	45	6	0	6	28	37	39	5	1	.216	.337	.332	.669	97.7	90.8	.327	0.4
1975	93	226	188	24	45	6	1	2	19	35	22	5	0	.239	.356	.314	.669	92.8	87.3	.326	0.2
1976	86	172	140	16	32	7	0	2	11	29	23	4	1	.229	.361	.321	.682	113.2	101.5	.340	0.6
1977	107	166	126	23	36	6	1	4	17	33	28	1	2	.286	.432	.444	.877	152.5	146.4	.404	1.5
1978	50	142	108	16	29	5	1	1	14	30	13	0	3	.269	.433	.361	.794	146.2	130.6	.387	0.9
1979	35	90	76	7	20	2	0	1	10	11	14	1	0	.263	.360	.329	.688	94.6	90.8	.322	0.0
1980	2	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	103.5	85.7	.333	0.0

Career totals

1,023

3,074

2,555

393

693

114

RBI

329

445

382

.2712

OBP

.3805

179th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4059

OPS

.7864

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1970-07-12	BAL @ DET Gameday	5	2	4	2	0	1	2	0	9
1970-06-25	BAL @ BOS Gameday	8	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	8
1973-08-07	BAL @ MIN Gameday	4	4	3	0	1	1	2	1	8
1973-07-18	BAL @ ATH Gameday	5	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	8
1971-08-04	BOS @ BAL Gameday	6	2	4	1	1	0	2	0	7

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.