Butch Metzger
Clarence Edward Metzger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 23, 1952 in Lafayette, IN
High School: Kennedy (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1974
Final Game: June 28, 1978
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 SFG NL 22 P 10 0 12.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.20 .950 1.92 0.71
1975 SDP NL 23 P 4 0 4.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.25 .900 1.93 0.72
1976 SDP NL 24 P 77 0 123.1 23 5 17 1 0 .957 1.61 0.29 .948 1.88 0.72 RoY-1
1977 TOT NL 25 P 75 1 115.4 17 5 12 0 1 1.000 1.33 0.23 .947 1.86 0.67
1977 SDP NL 25 P 17 1 22.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.19 0.18 .933 1.87 0.67
1977 STL NL 25 P 58 0 92.2 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.36 0.24 .950 1.86 0.67
1978 NYM NL 26 P 25 0 37.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.21 0.20 .940 1.90 0.72
5 Seasons P 191 1 293.1 48 12 35 1 1 .979 1.44 0.25 .946 1.88 0.70
5 Seasons TOT 191 1 293.1 48 12 35 1 1 .979 1.44 0.25 .925 1.88 0.70

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 SFG NL 22 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 SDP NL 23 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SDP NL 24 77 0 77 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 STL NL 25 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 SDP NL 25 17 1 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 NYM NL 26 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 191 1 191 191 191 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1974 SFG NL 22 61 72% 23% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 SDP NL 23 24 58% 8% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SDP NL 24 549 74% 21% 22 86% 0 4 0 4 21 17 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 86%
1977 STL NL 25 397 78% 23% 13 92% 0 5 0 3 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1977 SDP NL 25 108 82% 25% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 NYM NL 26 185 76% 16% 5 80% 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
5 Seasons 1324 76% 21% 47 87% 0 11 0 8 42 33 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 22 86%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 90% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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