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Butch Metzger
Clarence Edward Metzger

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 8, 1974
  vs. ATL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER
Final Game June 28, 1978
Born May 23, 1952 in Lafayette, IN

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1974 22 SFG NL   1   0  10   0   0   0   4  0   12.7   11    5    5   0   12    5   0   0    60   7   0  3.55  3.81  107 1.816
 1975 23 SDP NL   1   0   4   0   0   0   3  0    4.7    6    4    4   1    4    6   0   0    24   1   0  7.71  3.49   45 2.143
 1976 24 SDP NL  11   4  77   0   0   0  62 16  123.3  119   44   40   5   52   89   3   0   528  14   1  2.92  3.30  113 1.386 RoY-1
 1977 25 TOT NL   4   2  75   1   0   0  32  7  115.3  105   52   46  13   50   54   2   2   494   6   0  3.59  3.81  106 1.344
         SDP NL   0   0  17   1   0   0   4  0   22.7   27   16   14   5   12    6   1   0   105   4   0  5.56  3.56   64 1.721
         STL NL   4   2  58   0   0   0  28  7   92.7   78   36   32   8   38   48   1   2   389   2   0  3.11  3.87  125 1.252
 1978 26 NYM NL   1   3  25   0   0   0  11  0   37.3   48   28   27   4   22   21   1   0   180   7   1  6.51  3.47   53 1.875
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .667  18   9 191   1   0   0 112 23  293.3  289  133  122  23  140  175   6   2  1286  35   2  3.74  3.55   95 1.463
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   3  67   0   0   0  39  8  103.7  102   47   43   8   49   61   2   0   455  12   0  3.74  3.55   95 1.463
 Career High     11   4  77   1   0   0  62 16  123.3  119   52   46  13   52   89   3   2   528  14   1  2.92  3.81  113 1.344

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 24 SDP NL  77    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .000  .200  .000  -37    0   2   0   0   0   0 RoY-1
 1977 25 TOT NL  75    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   1
         SDP NL  17    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  58    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      191   15    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   8  .000  .118  .000  -64    0   4   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         13    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   7  .000  .118  .000  -64    0   3   0   0   0   1
 Career High     77    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   6                           0   2   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1976 24 SDP NL   12   10    0   0.0    85| .000  .253| .200  .318| .000  .361| .200  .679| -37  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1977 25 TOT NL    9   10    0   0.0    99| .000  .263| .000  .330| .000  .401| .000  .731|-100  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
         SDP NL    3    3    0   0.0    94| .000  .257| .000  .323| .000  .392| .000  .715|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         STL NL    6    7    0   0.0   102| .000  .268| .000  .336| .000  .408| .000  .744|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        21   20    0   0.0    91| .000  .258| .118  .323| .000  .380| .118  .703| -64  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 22 SFG NL P 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.20 0.71 1.42 1.91 0 12.7 1975 23 SDP NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 0.72 1.91 1.91 0 4.7 1976 24 SDP NL P 77 5 17 1 0 .957 .948 0.29 0.72 1.61 1.88 0 123.3 1977 25 TOT NL P 75 5 12 0 1 1.000 .950 0.23 0.67 1.33 1.86 1 115.4 SDP NL P 17 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.18 0.67 1.19 1.86 1 22.7 STL NL P 58 5 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.24 0.67 1.36 1.85 0 92.7 1978 26 NYM NL P 25 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.20 0.72 1.21 1.91 0 37.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 22 SFG NL P 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.20 0.71 1.42 1.91 0 12.7 1975 23 SDP NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 0.72 1.91 1.91 0 4.7 1976 24 SDP NL P 77 5 17 1 0 .957 .948 0.29 0.72 1.61 1.88 0 123.3 1977 25 TOT NL P 75 5 12 0 1 1.000 .950 0.23 0.67 1.33 1.86 1 115.4 SDP NL P 17 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.18 0.67 1.19 1.86 1 22.7 STL NL P 58 5 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.24 0.67 1.36 1.85 0 92.7 1978 26 NYM NL P 25 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.20 0.72 1.21 1.91 0 37.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 191 12 35 1 1 .979 .948 0.25 0.70 1.44 1.88 1 293.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 191 12 35 1 1 .979 .948 0.25 0.70 1.44 1.88 1 293
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Awards
1976-NL-ROY-Tie

Won-Loss %
1976 NL-.733-4

Games
1976 NL-77-2
1977 NL-75-4

Saves
1976 NL-16-5

Games Finished
1976 NL-62-1

Gray Ink: Pitching - 8 (1575) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1313) (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.


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Transactions 

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft.

December 6, 1974: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Tito Fuentes to the San Diego Padres for Derrel Thomas.

May 17, 1977: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for John D'Acquisto and Pat Scanlon.

April 5, 1978: Selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 4, 1978: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the New York Mets.

March 19, 1979: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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