Baseball may be over, but check out our Football, Basketball, and Hockey Sites.
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Ken Reitz

Ken Reitz
Kenneth John Reitz (Zamboni)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 5, 1972
  vs. MON 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 3, 1982
Born June 24, 1951 in San Francisco, CA

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 31st round of the 1969 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1969. (All Transactions)

 About biographical information

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this person (what's this?)
Oracle: Find all of this player's teammates.

Sponsor this page for $10 and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service.

  

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1972 21 STL NL  21   78    5   28   4  0   0   10   0  1   2   4  .359  .370  .410  123   32   0   1   0   0   4
 1973 22 STL NL 147  426   40  100  20  2   6   42   0  1   9  25  .235  .256  .333   62  142   4   3   2   4  18
 1974 23 STL NL 154  579   48  157  28  2   7   54   0  0  23  63  .271  .299  .363   85  210   3   5   7   2  25
 1975 24 STL NL 161  592   43  159  25  1   5   63   1  1  22  54  .269  .298  .340   74  201   2   6   9   5  18
 1976 25 SFG NL 155  577   40  154  21  1   5   66   5  4  24  48  .267  .293  .333   76  192   3   9   5   1  24
 1977 26 STL NL 157  587   58  153  36  1  17   79   2  6  19  74  .261  .291  .412   88  242   5   2   4   7  17
 1978 27 STL NL 150  540   41  133  26  2  10   75   1  0  23  61  .246  .280  .357   78  193   3   7   5   5  13
 1979 28 STL NL 159  605   42  162  41  2   8   73   1  0  25  85  .268  .299  .382   84  231   4   5   7   4  13
 1980 29 STL NL 151  523   39  141  33  0   8   58   0  1  22  44  .270  .300  .379   86  198   8   5   5   3  16 AS
 1981 30 CHC NL  82  260   10   56   9  1   2   28   0  0  15  56  .215  .261  .281   52   73   2   6   3   3   9
 1982 31 PIT NL   7   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .091  .000  -73    0   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1344 4777  366 1243 243 12  68  548  10 14 184 518  .260  .290  .359   79 1714  34  49  47  35 157
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        576   44  150  29  1   8   66   1  2  22  62  .260  .290  .359   79  207   4   6   6   4  19
 Career High    161  605   58  162  41  2  17   79   5  6  25  85  .271  .300  .412   88  242   8   9   9   7  25
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1972 21 STL NL   81   56   10   4.8    91| .359  .255| .370  .323| .410  .377| .780  .701| 123  .579   2.3   0.2   0%
 1973 22 STL NL  446  352   31   2.4    97| .235  .263| .256  .332| .333  .390| .589  .722|  62  .254 -23.2  -2.4   0%
 1974 23 STL NL  612  455   56   3.3    95| .271  .262| .299  .334| .363  .379| .662  .714|  85  .388 -13.6  -1.4   0%
 1975 24 STL NL  627  460   56   3.3    99| .269  .270| .298  .342| .340  .390| .638  .732|  74  .377 -22.6  -2.3  50%
 1976 25 SFG NL  614  463   51   3.0    94| .267  .266| .293  .333| .333  .379| .626  .712|  76  .358 -19.8  -2.1  55%
 1977 26 STL NL  620  464   64   3.7   102| .261  .268| .291  .336| .412  .408| .703  .744|  88  .402 -12.3  -1.2  25%
 1978 27 STL NL  578  430   52   3.2    94| .246  .261| .280  .329| .357  .384| .637  .712|  78  .386 -17.0  -1.8 100%
 1979 28 STL NL  643  465   67   3.9   101| .268  .271| .299  .337| .382  .403| .681  .740|  84  .442 -14.8  -1.5 100%
 1980 29 STL NL  561  412   56   3.7    98| .270  .271| .300  .334| .379  .394| .679  .728|  86  .434 -10.8  -1.1   0%
 1981 30 CHC NL  286  221   18   2.2    95| .215  .267| .261  .333| .281  .383| .542  .716|  52  .242 -17.0  -1.8   0%
 1982 31 PIT NL   11   10    0   0.0    98| .000  .270| .091  .334| .000  .393| .091  .727| -73  .000  -2.4  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5079 3788  461   3.3    97| .260  .267| .290  .334| .359  .390| .649  .725|  79  .380 -151.1 -15.7  41%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1972 21 STL NL 3B 20 17 26 2 3 .956 .945 2.15 2.55 2.22 2.87 20 174.0 1973 22 STL NL 3B 135 85 211 8 19 .974 .946 2.19 2.49 2.67 2.88 107 996.3 SS 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 .962 5.00 4.30 5.62 4.95 1 8.0 1974 23 STL NL 3B 151 131 278 11 29 .974 .948 2.71 2.64 2.76 3.04 148 1335.0 SS 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 1.50 4.25 4.50 4.95 0 6.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1975 24 STL NL 3B 160 124 279 23 21 .946 .945 2.52 2.58 2.63 2.98 157 1376.7 GG 1976 25 SFG NL 3B 155 140 303 19 32 .959 .952 2.86 2.61 2.96 2.93 151 1346.7 SS 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 4.50 1977 26 STL NL 3B 157 121 320 9 35 .980 .956 2.81 2.54 2.92 2.98 156 1359.3 1978 27 STL NL 3B 150 111 314 12 18 .973 .952 2.83 2.53 2.95 3.00 144 1294.7 1979 28 STL NL 3B 158 124 290 12 26 .972 .951 2.62 2.50 2.66 2.89 156 1400.3 1980 29 STL NL 3B 150 86 293 8 25 .979 .948 2.53 2.39 2.74 2.87 143 1246.0 AS 1981 30 CHC NL 3B 81 57 157 5 11 .977 .948 2.64 2.47 2.89 2.84 75 667.3 1982 31 PIT NL 3B 4 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 2.42 2.70 2.79 2 20.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 23 STL NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1972 21 STL NL 3B 20 17 26 2 3 .956 .945 2.15 2.55 2.22 2.87 20 174.0 1973 22 STL NL 3B 135 85 211 8 19 .974 .946 2.19 2.49 2.67 2.88 107 996.3 1974 23 STL NL 3B 151 131 278 11 29 .974 .948 2.71 2.64 2.76 3.04 148 1335.0 1975 24 STL NL 3B 160 124 279 23 21 .946 .945 2.52 2.58 2.63 2.98 157 1376.7 1976 25 SFG NL 3B 155 140 303 19 32 .959 .952 2.86 2.61 2.96 2.93 151 1346.7 1977 26 STL NL 3B 157 121 320 9 35 .980 .956 2.81 2.54 2.92 2.98 156 1359.3 1978 27 STL NL 3B 150 111 314 12 18 .973 .952 2.83 2.53 2.95 3.00 144 1294.7 1979 28 STL NL 3B 158 124 290 12 26 .972 .951 2.62 2.50 2.66 2.89 156 1400.3 1980 29 STL NL 3B 150 86 293 8 25 .979 .948 2.53 2.39 2.74 2.87 143 1246.0 1981 30 CHC NL 3B 81 57 157 5 11 .977 .948 2.64 2.47 2.89 2.84 75 667.3 1982 31 PIT NL 3B 4 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 2.42 2.70 2.79 2 20.0 1973 22 STL NL SS 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 .962 5.00 4.30 5.62 4.95 1 8.0 1974 23 STL NL SS 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 1.50 4.25 4.50 4.95 0 6.0 1976 25 SFG NL SS 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 4.50
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1321 996 2477 109 219 .970 .950 2.63 2.53 1259 11216.3 SS* 4 4 6 1 2 .909 .962 2.50 4.33 1 14.0 2B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1326 1000 2483 110 221 .969 .950 2.63 2.54
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1980   STL NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1980 (3B)

Gold Gloves
1975-NL--3B

Games
1975 NL-161-4
1977 NL-157-7
1979 NL-159-9

Doubles
1977 NL-36-7
1979 NL-41-4
1980 NL-33-8

Singles
1976 NL-127-10

Hit By Pitch
1977 NL-7-4

Sac. Flies
1976 NL-9-3
1981 NL-6-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1973 NL-18-10
1974 NL-25-1
1975 NL-18-7
1976 NL-24-2
1977 NL-17-8
1980 NL-16-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1980 NL-11.9-7

Outs
1976 NL-463-9

Youngest Player
1972 NL-21-9

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1781) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1347) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Similar Batters  View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Bob Aspromonte (918)
  2. Gus Mancuso (912)
  3. Chris Gomez (909)
  4. Bob Kennedy (909)
  5. Mike Scioscia (904)
  6. Ray Knight (900)
  7. Dan Wilson (898)
  8. Jerry Denny (898)
  9. Jim Davenport (897)
  10. Frank Snyder (897)
Most Similar by Age 

Click on C to compare their stats
Mouse over numbers to view names
  1. Howard Earl (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Russell (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ossie Bluege (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Quinn (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Roy Howell (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Roy Howell (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Roy Howell (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Frankie Gustine (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Terry Pendleton (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Terry Pendleton (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 31st round of the 1969 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1969.

December 8, 1975: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for Pete Falcone.

December 10, 1976: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lynn McGlothen.

December 9, 1980: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with a player to be named later and Leon Durham to the Chicago Cubs for Bruce Sutter. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Ty Waller (December 22, 1980) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

April 1, 1982: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

May 16, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

June 5, 1982: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

July 21, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
View Ken Reitz's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References 
Error?     Compare     Search Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Ken Reitz    

Viewed 34407 times through December 2, 2008.
Name and misspellings: Kenneth king keny kenny james Ken jon John jimmy jim Zamboni Reitz

Pages Updated through October 30,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Ken Reitz
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.