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Alex Metzler
Alexander Metzler

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 167 lb.

Debut September 16, 1925
Final Game September 28, 1930
Born January 4, 1903 in Fresno, CA
Died November 30, 1973 in Fresno, CA

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1925 22 CHC NL   9   38    2    7   2  0   0    2   0  0   3   7  .184  .244  .237   22    9   1           0    
 1926 23 PHA AL  20   67    8   16   3  0   0   12   1  0   7   5  .239  .311  .284   52   19   1           0    
 1927 24 CHW AL 134  543   87  173  29 11   3   61  15 11  61  39  .319  .396  .429  116  233  11           9     MVP-17
 1928 25 CHW AL 139  464   71  141  18 14   3   55  16  8  77  30  .304  .410  .422  120  196  20           6     MVP-25
 1929 26 CHW AL 146  568   80  156  23 13   2   49   9  5  80  45  .275  .367  .371   91  211   7           3    
 1930 27 TOT AL 112  288   42   68  10  3   1   28   5  3  32  18  .236  .313  .302   56   87  12           0    
         CHW AL  56   79   12   14   4  0   0    5   0  2  11   6  .177  .278  .228   31   18   3           0    
         SLB AL  56  209   30   54   6  3   1   23   5  1  21  12  .258  .326  .330   65   69   9           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      560 1968  290  561  85 41   9  207  46 27 260 144  .285  .374  .384   97  755  52   0   0  18   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        569   84  162  25 12   3   60  13  8  75  42  .285  .374  .384   97  218  15   0   0   5   0
 Career High    146  568   87  173  29 14   3   61  16 11  80  45  .319  .410  .429  120  233  20   0   0   9   0

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1925 22 CHC NL   42   32    2   1.7   116| .184  .303| .244  .361| .237  .432| .481  .793|  22  .114  -4.5  -0.4   0%
 1926 23 PHA AL   75   52    6   3.1   115| .239  .297| .311  .370| .284  .417| .595  .787|  52  .315  -4.8  -0.5 100%
 1927 24 CHW AL  624  392   89   6.0   109| .319  .291| .396  .358| .429  .408| .825  .766| 116  .600  14.8   1.4  57%
 1928 25 CHW AL  567  351   79   6.0   107| .304  .287| .410  .352| .422  .408| .832  .761| 120  .607  16.7   1.6  66%
 1929 26 CHW AL  658  424   77   4.8   111| .275  .290| .367  .357| .371  .420| .738  .777|  91  .490  -5.4  -0.5  64%
 1930 27 TOT AL  332  235   28   3.2   117| .236  .297| .313  .361| .302  .436| .615  .797|  56  .284 -19.6  -1.8  62%
         CHW AL   93   70    5   1.9   113| .177  .291| .278  .355| .228  .428| .506  .783|  31  .135  -7.9  -0.7   0%
         SLB AL  239  165   23   3.7   118| .258  .299| .326  .363| .330  .439| .656  .803|  65  .345 -11.6  -1.1  83%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2298 1486  281   5.0   111| .285  .291| .374  .357| .384  .416| .758  .774|  97  .512  -2.8  -0.2  63%

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1925 22 CHC NL  OF    9     24    3    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  2.33                0    9    0
 1926 23 PHA AL  OF   17     34    3    0    1 1.000  .966  2.18  2.23               15    1    1
 1927 24 CHW AL  OF  134    397   16   15    6  .965  .964  3.08  2.22                0  133    4
 1928 25 CHW AL  OF  134    288   11   10    3  .968  .973  2.23  2.22               50   43   46
 1929 26 CHW AL  OF  142    316   16   14    3  .960  .966  2.34  2.28              132   10    0
 1930 27 TOT AL  OF   83    144    3    7    0  .955  .965  1.77  2.16               22   37   24
         CHW AL  OF   27     30    1    1    0  .969  .966  1.15  2.16               21    1    5
         SLB AL  OF   56    114    2    6    0  .951  .965  2.07  2.16                1   36   19
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1925 22 CHC NL  OF    9     24    3    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  2.33                0    9    0
 1926 23 PHA AL  OF   17     34    3    0    1 1.000  .966  2.18  2.23               15    1    1
 1927 24 CHW AL  OF  134    397   16   15    6  .965  .964  3.08  2.22                0  133    4
 1928 25 CHW AL  OF  134    288   11   10    3  .968  .973  2.23  2.22               50   43   46
 1929 26 CHW AL  OF  142    316   16   14    3  .960  .966  2.34  2.28              132   10    0
 1930 27 TOT AL  OF   83    144    3    7    0  .955  .965  1.77  2.16               22   37   24
         CHW AL  OF   27     30    1    1    0  .969  .966  1.15  2.16               21    1    5
         SLB AL  OF   56    114    2    6    0  .951  .965  2.07  2.16                1   36   19
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  519   1203   52   46   13  .965  .967  2.42  2.23              219  233   75
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       519   1203   52   46   13  .965  .967  2.42  2.23

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1927-AL-17-0.06
1928-AL-25-0.02
Car-939-0.08 shares

On-base %
1928 AL-.410-7

Triples
1927 AL-11-7
1928 AL-14-7
1929 AL-13-8

Bases on Balls
1928 AL-77-6
1929 AL-80-6

Stolen Bases
1928 AL-16-8

Singles
1927 AL-130-5

Times on Base
1927 AL-243-8

Hit By Pitch
1927 AL-9-2
1928 AL-6-5

Caught Stealing
1927 AL-11-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1422) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1329) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1452) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
July 21, 1930: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Chicago White Sox.
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Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1927-AL-17-0.06 1928-AL-25-0.02 Car-939-0.08 shares	On-base % 1928 AL-.410-7	Triples 1927 AL-11-7 1928 AL-14-7 1929 AL-13-8	Bases on Balls 1928 AL-77-6 1929 AL-80-6	Stolen Bases 1928 AL-16-8	Singles 1927 AL-130-5
Times on Base 1927 AL-243-8	Hit By Pitch 1927 AL-9-2 1928 AL-6-5	Caught Stealing 1927 AL-11-7