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Ken Reitz

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 24, 1951 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: March 31, 2021 in St. Charles, MO

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 31st round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jefferson HS (Daly City, CA).

High School: Jefferson HS (Daly City, CA)

Debut: September 5, 1972 (Age 21-073d, 13,280th in major league history)
vs. MON 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 3, 1982 (Age 30-344d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Kenneth John Reitz

Nicknames: Zamboni

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.1

4777

1243

.260

366

RBI

548

OBP

.290

SLG

.359

OPS

.649

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	STL	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 8 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	0	1	1	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 8 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
4	4	Apr 11	STL		NYM	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
5	5	Apr 12	STL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 13	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
7	7	Apr 14	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
8	8	Apr 15	STL		CHC	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
9	9	Apr 17	STL		PIT	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
10	10	Apr 18	STL		PIT	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
11	11	Apr 21	STL	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
12	12	Apr 22 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	14 (1)	Apr 24	STL		LAD	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
14	15	Apr 25	STL		LAD	L,3-5	CG	45	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
15	16	Apr 27	STL		SFG	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
16	17	Apr 28	STL		SFG	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
17	18	Apr 29	STL		SFG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	19	May 1	STL	@	SDP	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
19	20	May 2	STL	@	SDP	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
20	21	May 3	STL	@	SDP	W,3-1	GF	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
21	22	May 4	STL	@	LAD	L,5-6	GF	17	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	23	May 5	STL	@	LAD	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	24	May 6	STL	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
24	25	May 8	STL	@	SFG	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
25	26	May 9	STL	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
26	27	May 10	STL	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	3B
27	28	May 11	STL		MON	W,12-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
28	29	May 12	STL		MON	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	30	May 13	STL		MON	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	31	May 14	STL		PHI	L,5-10	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	32	May 15	STL		PHI	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	33	May 16	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	34	May 17	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
34	35	May 20 (1)	STL	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
35	36	May 20 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
36	37	May 22	STL	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
37	38	May 25	STL		ATL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
38	39	May 26	STL		ATL	W,2-0	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	40	May 27	STL		ATL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	41	May 28	STL		ATL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	42	May 29	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	43	May 30	STL		CIN	W,5-2	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
43	44	May 31	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	45	Jun 1	STL		HOU	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	46	Jun 2	STL		HOU	W,6-2	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	48 (1)	Jun 5	STL		SDP	W,5-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
47	49	Jun 6	STL		SDP	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
48	50	Jun 7	STL		SDP	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
49	54 (3)	Jun 10 (2)	STL	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
50	55	Jun 11	STL	@	CIN	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
51	56	Jun 12	STL	@	CIN	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
52	58 (1)	Jun 15	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	59	Jun 16	STL	@	HOU	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	61 (1)	Jun 18	STL		MON	W,1-0	CG	18	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	64 (2)	Jun 21	STL		MON	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
56	65	Jun 22	STL		CHC	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
57	66	Jun 23	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
58	71 (4)	Jun 27	STL	@	PIT	W,15-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
59	74 (2)	Jun 30	STL		PHI	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	75	Jul 1	STL		PHI	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
61	76	Jul 2	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
62	77	Jul 3 (1)	STL		PIT	W,4-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	78	Jul 3 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
64	79	Jul 4	STL		PIT	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
65	80	Jul 5	STL		PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
66	81	Jul 6	STL	@	SFG	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
67	82	Jul 7	STL	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
68	84 (1)	Jul 10	STL	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
69	87 (2)	Jul 13	STL	@	SDP	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
70	88	Jul 14	STL	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
71	89	Jul 15	STL	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	61	15.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
72	90	Jul 16	STL		SFG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	91	Jul 17	STL		SFG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
74	92	Jul 18	STL		SFG	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
75	93	Jul 19	STL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
76	94	Jul 20	STL		LAD	L,3-4	CG	63	15.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
77	95	Jul 21	STL		LAD	W,8-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
78	96	Jul 22	STL		LAD	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
79	97	Jul 26 (1)	STL		NYM	W,13-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
80	98	Jul 26 (2)	STL		NYM	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
81	99	Jul 27	STL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	100	Jul 28	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	101	Jul 29 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
84	102	Jul 29 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
85	104 (1)	Jul 31	STL	@	MON	W,10-5	GF	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	105	Aug 1 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,9-3	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
87	106	Aug 1 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,2-0	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
88	107	Aug 2	STL	@	MON	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
89	108	Aug 3	STL	@	NYM	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
90	109	Aug 4	STL	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
91	110	Aug 5 (1)	STL	@	NYM	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
92	111	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,4-1	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	112	Aug 6	STL	@	NYM	L,3-10	CG	47	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
94	113	Aug 7	STL	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
95	114	Aug 8	STL		ATL	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
96	116 (1)	Aug 10	STL		CIN	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
97	118 (1)	Aug 12	STL		CIN	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
98	119	Aug 13	STL		HOU	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
99	120	Aug 14	STL		HOU	W,9-5	GS	30	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
100	121	Aug 15	STL		HOU	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
101	122	Aug 17	STL		SDP	L,2-4	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
102	123	Aug 18	STL		SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
103	124	Aug 19	STL		SDP	W,1-0		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
104	126 (1)	Aug 22	STL	@	ATL	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	127	Aug 24	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4		22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
106	128	Aug 25	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
107	129	Aug 26	STL	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
108	130	Aug 27	STL	@	HOU	W,6-3	GF	21	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	131	Aug 28	STL	@	HOU	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	132	Aug 29	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
111	134 (1)	Aug 31	STL		NYM	L,4-6	CG	42	10.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	135	Sep 1	STL		NYM	L,1-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
113	136	Sep 2	STL		NYM	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
114	137	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	51	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
115	138	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
116	139	Sep 4	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
117	140	Sep 5	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
118	141	Sep 7	STL	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
119	142	Sep 8	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	143	Sep 9	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
121	144	Sep 11	STL		MON	L,1-4	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
122	147 (2)	Sep 15	STL		PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
123	148	Sep 16	STL		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
124	149	Sep 17 (1)	STL	@	MON	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
125	150	Sep 17 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,5-3	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
126	151	Sep 18	STL	@	MON	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
127	152	Sep 19	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	23	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
128	154 (1)	Sep 21	STL	@	PHI	W,12-3	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
129	155	Sep 22	STL	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
130	156	Sep 23	STL	@	NYM	L,2-5	GS	33	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
131	157	Sep 25	STL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
132	158	Sep 26	STL		CHC	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
133	159	Sep 27	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	27	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
134	160	Sep 28	STL		PHI	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
135	161	Sep 29	STL		PHI	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
136	162	Sep 30	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							136gm		1004.1	88	213	8	309	20