Howard
Retzlaff
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 170
 
Born: January 23, 1983 in Usa
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 23 KCA AL   6 3 3 3 4 5 4 6 6 6
2007 24 KCA AL   6 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 7
2008 25 KCA AL   6 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 8 8
2009 26 KCA AL   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8
2010 27 KCA AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
2011 28 KCA AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
2012 29 KCA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
2013 30 KCA AL $ 350,000 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8
2014 31 KCA AL $ 350,000 5 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 8 8
2016 33 CIN NL $ 900,001 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 7 8 8
2017 34 CIN NL   4 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 3 3 3 4 5 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 900,001 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 23 KCA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2007 24 KCA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2008 25 KCA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2009 26 KCA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2010 27 KCA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2011 28 KCA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2012 29 KCA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2013 30 KCA AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2014 31 KCA AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2016 33 CIN NL $ 900,001   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2017 34 CIN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 900,001   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2006 23 AA   4 3 .571 8 8 0 0 0 48.0 62 30 9 9 40 5.63 .312 .341 .533 .874  
    A   2 2 .500 7 7 0 0 0 44.0 46 17 2 17 31 3.48 .267 .333 .337 .671  
2007 24 AA   11 9 .550 28 28 0 0 0 175.7 189 84 21 52 120 4.30 .271 .321 .433 .754  
2008 25 AAA   7 11 .389 26 26 1 1 0 149.3 173 72 13 65 107 4.34 .292 .362 .427 .790  
2009 26 AAA   15 11 .577 31 31 3 1 0 209.7 208 93 20 86 166 3.99 .255 .326 .373 .699  
2010 27 KCA AL 8 15 .348 32 32 0 0 0 187.3 227 101 20 65 123 4.85 .297 .353 .425 .779 8.5
2011 28 KCA AL 7 11 .389 24 24 0 0 0 132.0 141 71 16 58 97 4.84 .273 .347 .405 .752 5.2
2012 29 KCA AL 9 16 .360 33 33 0 0 0 152.0 193 109 22 67 107 6.45 .303 .367 .441 .808 1.3
2013 30 AAA   13 6 .684 28 28 0 0 0 165.7 158 59 9 80 125 3.21 .250 .335 .360 .694  
2014 31 AAA   8 11 .421 29 29 1 1 0 169.0 179 70 19 84 115 3.73 .270 .353 .420 .772  
2015 32 AAA   0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 15.7 21 16 3 9 15 9.20 .318 .400 .576 .976  
2016 33 CIN NL 4 7 .364 23 15 0 0 0 81.7 101 41 9 44 43 4.52 .308 .389 .415 .804 3.2
2017 34 CIN NL 6 8 .429 23 23 0 0 0 112.7 119 50 16 40 64 3.99 .278 .334 .428 .762 6.0
5 Years Sim 34 57 .374 135 127 0 0 0 665.7 781 372 83 274 434 5.03 .292 .357 .424 .781 24.2
5 Years AAA 43 40 .518 117 117 5 3 0 709.3 739 310 64 324 528 3.93 .267 .344 .398 .742  
2 Years AA 15 12 .556 36 36 0 0 0 223.7 251 114 30 61 160 4.59 .280 .326 .455 .781  
1 Years A 2 2 .500 7 7 0 0 0 44.0 46 17 2 17 31 3.48 .267 .333 .337 .671  
8 Years Minors 60 54 .526 160 160 5 3 0 977.0 1036 441 96 402 719 4.06 .270 .339 .408 .748  
Season Average 6 11 .353 27 25 0 0 0 133.1 156 74 16 54 86 5.03 .292 .357 .424 .781  
Career Highs 9 16 .429 33 33 0 0 0 187.3 227 109 22 67 123 6.45 .308 .389 .441 .808  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   390 207 54 122 232   .286 .344 .439 .783
vs LH   391 165 29 152 202   .299 .372 .409 .781
Home 18 33 .353 74 70 0 0 0 362.3 434 206 41 151 246 5.12 .297 .363 .419 .781
Away 16 24 .400 61 57 0 0 0 303.3 347 166 42 123 188 4.93 .287 .352 .431 .783
Mar/Apr 6 13 .316 22 22 0 0 0 98.0 134 73 20 46 62 6.71 .318 .385 .500 .885
May 5 14 .263 26 26 0 0 0 142.0 179 90 18 51 95 5.71 .309 .365 .462 .827
June 6 10 .375 24 23 0 0 0 133.0 124 60 18 54 89 4.06 .251 .324 .382 .706
July 9 5 .643 22 20 0 0 0 110.0 131 36 8 30 72 2.95 .292 .336 .367 .704
August 3 6 .333 17 14 0 0 0 72.3 91 44 8 36 45 5.48 .304 .379 .428 .807
Sep/Oct 5 9 .357 24 22 0 0 0 110.3 122 69 11 57 71 5.63 .285 .369 .404 .773
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2016 33 CIN NL 24 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .037 .071 .074 .146 -1.4 0.0
2017 34 CIN NL 24 34 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .147 .171 .176 .348 0.2 0.0
2 Years Sim 48 61 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 26 .098 .127 .131 .258 -1.2 0.0
162 Game Average 205 13 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 87 .098 .127 .131 .258 -4.1  
Career Highs 24 34 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .147 .171 .176 .348 0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   51 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .118 .151 .157 .308 -0.2
vs LH   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
Home 27 30 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .100 .129 .167 .296 -0.3
Away 21 31 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .097 .125 .097 .222 -0.8
RISP   18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.7
Mar/Apr 7 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.1
May 10 19 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .105 .105 .158 .263 -0.4
June 8 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .182 .250 .273 .523 0.7
July 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
August 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Sep/Oct 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2010 27 KCA AL P 32 32 187.3 8 15 3 1 .885 1.11    
2011 28 KCA AL P 24 24 132.0 6 18 1 2 .960 1.64    
2012 29 KCA AL P 33 33 152.0 1 16 1 1 .944 1.01    
2016 33 CIN NL P 23 15 81.7 2 13 0 1 1.000 1.65    
2017 34 CIN NL P 23 23 112.7 2 16 0 1 1.000 1.44    
Career Totals   135 127 665.7 19 78 5 6 .951 1.31    
Career Highs   33 33 187.3 8 18 3 2 1.000 1.65    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2010-9-15
2012-6-16
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 134th overall pick, by Kansas City in 2006
Injured on 6/24/2008 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Earned first career win on 6/10/2010
Injured on 7/24/2011 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
1/29/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/6/2013 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
1/29/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/29/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Kansas City on 4/19/2015
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/6/2016 to a 2-year deal worth $900,001 per year
Had first career hit (double) on 6/2/2016, off Alex Martinez (CHN)
Released by Cincinnati on 9/28/2017