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Roger Metzger
Roger Henry Metzger

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 165 lb.
School St. Edward's University

Debut June 16, 1970
  vs. SFG 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 10, 1980
Born October 10, 1947 in Fredericksburg, TX

Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 22 CHC NL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1971 23 HOU NL 150  562   64  132  14 11   0   26  15  6  44  50  .235  .294  .299   70  168   5   2   4   4   5
 1972 24 HOU NL 153  641   84  142  12  3   2   38  23  9  60  71  .222  .288  .259   58  166   9   4   1   1   7
 1973 25 HOU NL 154  580   67  145  11 14   1   35  10  4  39  70  .250  .299  .322   74  187  12   3   0   3  10
 1974 26 HOU NL 143  572   66  145  18 10   0   30   9  7  37  73  .253  .297  .320   76  183  21   3   1   0  13
 1975 27 HOU NL 127  450   54  102   7  9   2   26   4  5  41  39  .227  .289  .296   68  133  15   4  10   0   6
 1976 28 HOU NL 152  481   37  101  13  8   0   29   1  1  52  63  .210  .286  .270   66  130   8   2  10   0  11
 1977 29 HOU NL  97  269   24   50   9  6   0   16   2  0  32  24  .186  .272  .264   51   71   5   1   3   0   7
 1978 30 TOT NL 120  358   28   88  10  2   0   23   8  1  24  26  .246  .292  .285   66  102   9   2   3   0  12
         HOU NL  45  123   11   27   4  1   0    6   0  0  12   9  .220  .287  .268   62   33   2   1   3   0   8
         SFG NL  75  235   17   61   6  1   0   17   8  1  12  17  .260  .294  .294   68   69   7   1   0   0   4
 1979 31 SFG NL  94  259   24   65   7  8   0   31  11  3  23  31  .251  .311  .340   84   88   5   1   2   0   6
 1980 32 SFG NL  28   27    5    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   2  .074  .167  .074  -29    2   1   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1219 4201  453  972 101 71   5  254  83 36 355 449  .231  .291  .293   67 1230  90  22  34   8  79
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        558   60  129  13  9   1   34  11  5  47  60  .231  .291  .293   67  163  12   3   5   1  10
 Career High    154  641   84  145  18 14   2   38  23  9  60  73  .253  .311  .340   84  187  21   4  10   4  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 22 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0   112| .000  .280| .000  .354| .000  .427| .000  .781|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1971 23 HOU NL  617  448   52   3.1    91| .235  .257| .294  .323| .299  .377| .593  .700|  70  .381 -22.8  -2.4  71%
 1972 24 HOU NL  715  528   52   2.7    90| .222  .254| .288  .322| .259  .376| .547  .698|  58  .316 -34.6  -3.7  71%
 1973 25 HOU NL  637  464   57   3.3    96| .250  .261| .299  .330| .322  .389| .621  .719|  74  .385 -22.9  -2.4  71%
 1974 26 HOU NL  633  471   54   3.1    91| .253  .258| .297  .329| .320  .372| .617  .701|  76  .357 -19.5  -2.0  56%
 1975 27 HOU NL  510  378   40   2.8    90| .227  .257| .289  .327| .296  .371| .585  .698|  68  .318 -19.6  -2.0  44%
 1976 28 HOU NL  543  402   38   2.6    84| .210  .252| .286  .317| .270  .359| .556  .676|  66  .296 -20.4  -2.1  50%
 1977 29 HOU NL  307  232   20   2.3    95| .186  .258| .272  .324| .264  .394| .536  .718|  51  .222 -17.8  -1.8 100%
 1978 30 TOT NL  393  294   29   2.6    90| .246  .256| .292  .323| .285  .376| .577  .699|  66  .301 -16.0  -1.7  88%
         HOU NL  138  107    8   2.0    88| .220  .253| .287  .319| .268  .371| .555  .690|  62  .206  -5.8  -0.6   0%
         SFG NL  255  187   21   3.0    91| .260  .257| .294  .324| .294  .378| .588  .703|  68  .354 -10.2  -1.1  88%
 1979 31 SFG NL  288  209   28   3.6    94| .251  .260| .311  .325| .340  .387| .651  .711|  84  .409  -6.2  -0.6  78%
 1980 32 SFG NL   31   28    0   0.0    93| .074  .263| .167  .325| .074  .382| .241  .707| -29  .000  -4.7  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4676 3456  370   2.9    91| .231  .257| .291  .325| .293  .377| .584  .701|  67  .333 -185.0 -19.3  69%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
1970 22 CHC NL SS 1 1 4 1 1 .833 .962 5.00 4.20 6.43 5.01 1 7.0 1971 23 HOU NL SS 148 275 459 17 91 .977 .968 4.96 4.46 5.07 5.14 145 1302.3 1972 24 HOU NL SS 153 238 504 22 101 .971 .967 4.85 4.48 4.86 5.04 153 1373.3 1973 25 HOU NL SS 149 231 429 12 83 .982 .961 4.43 4.31 4.55 4.93 146 1306.7 GG 1974 26 HOU NL SS 143 238 451 17 85 .976 .961 4.82 4.26 4.91 4.97 143 1261.7 1975 27 HOU NL SS 126 186 441 15 83 .977 .963 4.98 4.21 5.16 4.99 123 1094.3 1976 28 HOU NL SS 150 253 462 10 93 .986 .964 4.77 4.48 4.93 5.05 149 1304.3 2B 2 5 6 0 0 1.000 .973 5.50 4.95 5.82 5.51 2 17.0 1977 29 HOU NL SS 96 130 260 11 45 .973 .963 4.06 4.30 4.63 5.02 86 758.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1978 30 TOT NL SS 116 171 287 14 51 .970 .966 3.95 4.25 4.45 4.88 105 926.0 HOU NL SS 42 59 103 6 21 .964 .966 3.86 4.25 4.37 4.88 38 333.7 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.30 9.00 5.40 0 2.0 SFG NL SS 74 112 184 8 30 .974 .966 4.00 4.25 4.50 4.88 67 592.3 1979 31 SFG NL SS 78 108 219 15 34 .956 .965 4.19 4.51 4.92 5.00 68 598.3 2B 10 14 18 0 4 1.000 .979 3.20 4.55 5.24 5.42 5 55.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 1980 32 SFG NL SS 13 14 19 1 4 .971 .965 2.54 4.30 4.30 5.02 7 69.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.40 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1976 28 HOU NL 2B 2 5 6 0 0 1.000 .973 5.50 4.95 5.82 5.51 2 17.0 1977 29 HOU NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1978 30 HOU NL 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.30 9.00 5.40 0 2.0 1979 31 SFG NL 2B 10 14 18 0 4 1.000 .979 3.20 4.55 5.24 5.42 5 55.0 1980 32 SFG NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1979 31 SFG NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 1970 22 CHC NL SS 1 1 4 1 1 .833 .962 5.00 4.20 6.43 5.01 1 7.0 1971 23 HOU NL SS 148 275 459 17 91 .977 .968 4.96 4.46 5.07 5.14 145 1302.3 1972 24 HOU NL SS 153 238 504 22 101 .971 .967 4.85 4.48 4.86 5.04 153 1373.3 1973 25 HOU NL SS 149 231 429 12 83 .982 .961 4.43 4.31 4.55 4.93 146 1306.7 1974 26 HOU NL SS 143 238 451 17 85 .976 .961 4.82 4.26 4.91 4.97 143 1261.7 1975 27 HOU NL SS 126 186 441 15 83 .977 .963 4.98 4.21 5.16 4.99 123 1094.3 1976 28 HOU NL SS 150 253 462 10 93 .986 .964 4.77 4.48 4.93 5.05 149 1304.3 1977 29 HOU NL SS 96 130 260 11 45 .973 .963 4.06 4.30 4.63 5.02 86 758.0 1978 30 TOT NL SS 116 171 287 14 51 .970 .966 3.95 4.25 4.45 4.88 105 926.0 HOU NL SS 42 59 103 6 21 .964 .966 3.86 4.25 4.37 4.88 38 333.7 SFG NL SS 74 112 184 8 30 .974 .966 4.00 4.25 4.50 4.88 67 592.3 1979 31 SFG NL SS 78 108 219 15 34 .956 .965 4.19 4.51 4.92 5.00 68 598.3 1980 32 SFG NL SS 13 14 19 1 4 .971 .965 2.54 4.30 4.30 5.02 7 69.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1173 1845 3535 135 671 .976 .964 4.59 4.36 1126 10001.0 2B* 15 19 26 0 4 1.000 .978 3.00 4.59 7 76.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0 0.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1189 1864 3561 135 675 .976 .964 4.56 4.36
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.

Gold Gloves
1973-NL--SS

Games
1972 NL-153-2

At Bats
1972 NL-641-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1972 NL-715-2

Triples
1971 NL-11-1
1973 NL-14-1
1974 NL-10-4
1975 NL-9-6
1976 NL-8-10

Stolen Bases
1972 NL-23-9

Singles
1972 NL-125-8

Sac. Hits
1973 NL-12-6
1974 NL-21-3
1975 NL-15-7

Caught Stealing
1972 NL-9-8

Outs
1972 NL-528-1
1973 NL-464-10
1974 NL-471-8

   

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (586) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1421) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.9 (1697) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1579) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft.

October 12, 1970: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Houston Astros for Hector Torres.

June 15, 1978: Purchased by the San Francisco Giants from the Houston Astros.

August 16, 1980: Released by the San Francisco Giants.


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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