Born in Wood River, Illinois, Retzer was signed by the Cleveland Indians before the 1954 season, but played his entire major league career for the Senators. He played semi-regularly for Washington in 1962 and 1963, starting 91 and 72 games, respectively. He had a lifetime fielding percentage of .983. He threw out 48 of 126 baserunners making stolen base attempts, which is 38.1%.\n', '

Retzer finished his career with a lifetime batting average of .264, 14 home runs, 72 runs batted in, and 65 runs scored in 237 ballgames. He caught the first pitch of the 100,000th game played in MLB history, which was presented to and placed in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He also caught President John F. Kennedy\'s first Opening Day first pitch.\n', '

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