Roger Metzger

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: October 10, 1947 in Fredericksburg, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (16th) of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Edward's University (Austin, TX).

High School: Holy Cross HS (San Antonio, TX)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), St. Edward's University (Austin, TX)

Debut: June 16, 1970 (Age 22-249d, 13,004th in major league history)
vs. SFG 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 10, 1980 (Age 32-305d)
vs. ATL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Roger Henry Metzger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

4201

972

.231

453

RBI

254

OBP

.291

SLG

.293

OPS

.584

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 2 (Apr 6, Apr 21)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	HOU	@	CIN	L,9-11	CG	44	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
2	2	Apr 7	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
3	3	Apr 8	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 9	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
5	5	Apr 10	HOU		LAD	L,2-5	GS	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
6	6	Apr 11	HOU		LAD	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
7	7	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 14	HOU		CIN	L,4-8	GS	30	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
9	9	Apr 15	HOU		CIN	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
10	10	Apr 16	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	GS	48	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
11	11	Apr 18	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
12	12	Apr 19	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
13	13	Apr 20	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
14	14	Apr 21	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
15	15	Apr 22	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
16	16	Apr 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
17	17	Apr 24	HOU		SDP	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	6	5	0	11	3	SS
18	18	Apr 25	HOU		SDP	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
19	19	Apr 26	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
20	20	Apr 28	HOU		MON	L,3-6	GS	25	5.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	25 (4)	May 6	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-2	GF	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
22	26	May 9	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
23	27	May 10	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
24	28	May 12	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
25	29	May 13	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
26	30	May 15	HOU		PHI	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
27	31	May 16	HOU		PHI	W,6-1	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
28	32	May 17	HOU		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
29	33	May 18	HOU		PHI	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
30	34	May 19	HOU		ATL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
31	35	May 20	HOU		ATL	W,13-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
32	36	May 21	HOU		ATL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
33	37	May 23	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	1	1	0	2	1	SS
34	38	May 24	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
35	39	May 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
36	40	May 26	HOU		NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
37	41	May 27	HOU		NYM	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
38	42	May 28	HOU		NYM	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
39	43	May 29	HOU		SFG	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	48 (4)	Jun 3 (2)	HOU		STL	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
41	49	Jun 4	HOU		STL	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
42	52 (2)	Jun 9	HOU	@	STL	W,11-7	GF	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
43	53	Jun 10	HOU	@	STL	W,12-5	GF	21	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
				Player went from Houston Astros to San Francisco Giants
44	62	Jun 18 (1)	SFG		NYM	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
45	63	Jun 18 (2)	SFG		NYM	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
46	65 (1)	Jun 21	SFG		CIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
47	66	Jun 22	SFG		CIN	L,0-5	GS	34	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
48	67	Jun 23	SFG		ATL	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
49	68	Jun 24	SFG		ATL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
50	69	Jun 25 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
51	70	Jun 25 (2)	SFG		ATL	L,4-8	GF	20	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
52	71	Jun 26	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	42	9.2	2	1	1	4	0	SS
53	72	Jun 27	SFG	@	SDP	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
54	74 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-4	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
55	75	Jun 30 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	L,9-10	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
56	76	Jun 30 (2)	SFG	@	ATL	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	77	Jul 1	SFG	@	ATL	W,15-4	CG	42	9.0	1	4	2	7	1	SS
58	80 (2)	Jul 4	SFG		SDP	L,5-7	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
59	81	Jul 5	SFG		SDP	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
60	83 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
61	84	Jul 7 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
62	85	Jul 8	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
63	86	Jul 9	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
64	89 (2)	Jul 15	SFG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
65	90	Jul 16 (1)	SFG	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
66	92 (1)	Jul 17	SFG	@	STL	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
67	94 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
68	95	Jul 19 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
69	96	Jul 20 susp	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
70	97	Jul 21	SFG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
71	98	Jul 22	SFG		PIT	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
72	100 (1)	Jul 25	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
73	101	Jul 26	SFG		STL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
74	102	Jul 28	SFG		CHC	L,0-1	GS	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
75	103	Jul 29	SFG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
76	104	Jul 30 (1)	SFG		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
77	106 (1)	Jul 31	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	107	Aug 1	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
79	108	Aug 2	SFG	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
80	109	Aug 3	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
81	111 (1)	Aug 5	SFG		LAD	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
82	112	Aug 6	SFG		LAD	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
83	113	Aug 8	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
84	114	Aug 9	SFG		HOU	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
85	115	Aug 10	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
86	116	Aug 11	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	SS
87	118 (1)	Aug 13	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-6	GS	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
88	122 (3)	Aug 18	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
89	124 (1)	Aug 20	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
90	126 (1)	Aug 22	SFG	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
91	127	Aug 23	SFG	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
92	130 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	SFG		MON	L,1-2	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
93	131	Aug 27 (2)	SFG		MON	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
94	132	Aug 29	SFG		NYM	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
95	133	Aug 30	SFG		NYM	L,4-10	CG	48	9.0	1	7	1	9	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	135 (1)	Sep 2	SFG		PHI	L,1-3	GS	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
97	136	Sep 3 (1)	SFG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
98	138 (1)	Sep 4	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
99	140 (1)	Sep 7	SFG	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
100	141	Sep 8	SFG	@	ATL	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
101	142	Sep 9	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
102	143	Sep 10	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
103	145 (1)	Sep 12	SFG		LAD	L,0-8	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
104	146	Sep 13	SFG		ATL	L,3-5	GS	47	11.0	5	8	0	13	3	SS
105	147	Sep 14	SFG		ATL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
106	148	Sep 15	SFG		CIN	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
107	149	Sep 16	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
108	150	Sep 17	SFG		CIN	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
109	152 (1)	Sep 20	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
110	153	Sep 21	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	2	SS
111	154	Sep 22	SFG		HOU	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
112	155	Sep 23	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
113	157 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
114	158	Sep 26	SFG		SDP	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
115	159	Sep 27	SFG		SDP	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
116	161 (1)	Sep 30	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
117	162	Oct 1	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
							117gm		928.0	171	289	14	474	51